JAMAICA SAVINGS BANK FSB
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made and entered
into as of June 22, 1999 by and between JAMAICA SAVINGS BANK FSB, a federally
chartered savings bank, having its principal office at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 ("Bank"), and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, an individual residing
at (address omitted) ("Executive"). This Agreement amends, restates and
supersedes the Employment Agreement dated as of June 27, 1990 and the
Supplemental Employment Agreement dated as of July 9, 1996 by and between the
Bank and the Executive. Any reference to the "Company" in this Agreement shall
mean JSB Financial, Inc. and any successor thereto.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Executive is currently serving as Corporate
Secretary of the Bank, and the Bank wishes to assure itself of the services of
the Executive for the period provided in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Executive is willing to serve in the employ of
the Bank on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Bank and the
Executive hereby agree as follows:
1. POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
During the period of her employment hereunder, the Executive
agrees to serve as Corporate Secretary of the Bank. The Executive shall render
administrative and management services to the Bank such as are customarily
performed by persons situated in a similar executive capacity and shall perform
such other duties not inconsistent with her title and office as may be assigned
to her by or under the authority of the Board of Directors of the Bank (the
"Board"). The Executive shall have such authority as is necessary or appropriate
to carry out her assigned duties. Failure to re-elect the Executive as Corporate
Secretary of the Bank (or a more senior position) without the consent of the
Executive shall constitute a breach of this Agreement.
2. TERMS.
(a) The period of the Executive's employment under this
Agreement shall be deemed to have commenced as of the date first above written
(the "Effective Date") and shall be for an initial term of three years. Prior to
the first anniversary of the Effective Date of this Agreement and on each
anniversary date thereafter (each, an "Anniversary Date"), the Board shall
review the terms of this Agreement and the Executive's performance of services
hereunder and may, in the absence of objection from the Executive, approve an
extension of the Employment Agreement. In such event, the Employment Agreement
shall be extended to the third anniversary of the relevant Anniversary Date. For
purposes of this Agreement, the term "Employment Period" shall mean the term of
this Agreement plus such extensions as are provided herein.
(b) During the period of her employment hereunder, except for
periods of absence occasioned by illness, disability, holidays, reasonable
vacation periods and reasonable leaves of absence, the Executive shall devote
substantially all of her business time, attention, skill and efforts to the
faithful performance of her duties hereunder including (i) service as Corporate
Secretary of the Bank, and, if duly elected, a Director of the Bank, (ii)
performance of such duties not inconsistent with her title and office as may be
assigned to her by or under the authority of the Board or a more senior
executive officer, and (iii) such other activities and services related to the
organization, operation and management of the Bank. During the Employment Period
it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the Executive to (A) serve on
corporate, civic, industry or charitable boards or committees, (B) deliver
lectures, fulfill speaking engagements or teach at educational institutions and
(C) manage personal investments, so long as such activities do not significantly
interfere with the performance of the Executive's responsibilities as an
employee of the Bank in accordance with this Agreement. It is expressly
understood and agreed that to the extent that any such activities have been
conducted by the Executive prior to the Effective Date, the continued conduct of
such activities (or the conduct of activities similar in nature and scope
thereto) subsequent to the Effective Date shall not thereafter be deemed to
interfere with the performance of the Executive's responsibilities to the Bank.
It is also expressly agreed that the Executive may conduct activities subsequent
to the Effective Date that are generally accepted for an executive in her
position, regardless of whether conducted by the Executive prior to the
Effective Date.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary:
(i) the Executive's employment with the Bank may be terminated by the Bank or
the Executive during the term of this Agreement, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement; and (ii) nothing in this Agreement shall mandate
or prohibit a continuation of the Executive's employment following the
expiration of the term of this Agreement upon such terms and conditions as the
Board and the Executive may mutually agree.
(d) For all purposes of this Agreement, the term "Unexpired
Employment Period" as of any date shall mean the period beginning on such date
and ending on the Anniversary Date on which the Employment Period (as extended
pursuant to Section 2(a) of this Agreement) is then scheduled to expire.
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 Bank shall pay the Executive as compensation a salary at an annual rate of
not less than (salary omitted) per year or such higher rate as may be prescribed
by or under the authority of the Board ("Base Salary"). The Base Salary payable
under this Section 3 shall be paid in approximately equal installments in
accordance with the Bank's customary payroll practices. During the period of
this Agreement, the 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 the Executive's Base Salary, which increased
amount shall be considered the Executive's "Base Salary" for purposes of this
Agreement. In no event shall the Executive's annual rate of Base Salary under
this Agreement in effect at a particular time be reduced without her prior
written consent. In addition to the Base Salary provided in this Section 3(a),
the Bank shall provide the Executive at no cost to the Executive with all such
other benefits as are provided uniformly to permanent full-time employees of the
Bank.
(b) The Bank will provide the Executive with employee benefit
plans, arrangements and perquisites substantially equivalent to those in which
the Executive was participating or otherwise deriving benefit from immediately
prior to the beginning of the term of this Agreement, and the Bank will not,
without the Executive's prior written consent, make any changes in such plans,
arrangements or perquisites which would adversely affect the Executive's rights
or benefits thereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing
provisions of this Subsection (b), the Executive will be entitled to participate
in or receive benefits under any employee benefit plans with respect to which
the Executive satisfies the eligibility requirements, including, but not limited
to, the Retirement Plan of Jamaica Savings Bank FSB ("RP"), the Incentive
Savings Plan of Jamaica Savings Bank FSB ("ISP"), the Jamaica Savings Bank FSB
Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP"), the Benefit Restoration Plan of Jamaica
Savings Bank FSB ("BRP"), the JSB Financial, Inc. 1990 Stock Option Plan, the
JSB Financial, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan, retirement plans, supplemental
retirement plans, pension plans, profit-sharing plans, group life, health
(including hospitalization, medical and major medical), dental, accidental death
and dismemberment, travel accident and short-term disability insurance plans, or
any other employee benefit plan or arrangement made available by the Bank 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. The Executive will be entitled to incentive compensation
and bonuses as provided in any plan of the Bank in which the 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) The Executive's principal place of employment shall be at
the Bank's executive offices at the address first above written, or at such
other location in New York City or in Nassau County or Suffolk County at which
the Bank shall maintain its principal executive offices, or at such other
location as the Board and the Executive may mutually agree upon. The Bank shall
provide the Executive, at her principal place of employment with support
services and facilities suitable to her position with the Bank and necessary or
appropriate in connection with the performance of her assigned duties under this
Agreement. The Bank shall reimburse the Executive for her ordinary and necessary
business expenses, including, without limitation, fees for memberships in such
clubs and organizations as the Executive and the Board shall mutually agree are
necessary and appropriate for business purposes, and travel and entertainment
expenses, incurred in connection with the performance of her duties under this
Agreement, upon presentation to the Bank of an itemized account of such expenses
in such form as the Bank may reasonably require.
4. PAYMENTS TO THE 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 9 and 28.
(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 Bank or the Company of the Executive's full-time employment
hereunder for any reason other than: following a Change in Control, as defined
in Section 5; for Disability, as defined in Section 6; for Retirement, as
defined in Section 8; for Cause, as defined in Section 9; or upon the
Executive's death; or (ii) unless consented to by the Executive, the Executive's
voluntary resignation from the Bank's employ, upon any: (A) failure to elect or
re-elect or to appoint or re-appoint the Executive as Corporate Secretary of the
Bank, (B) material adverse change in the Executive's function, duties, or
responsibilities, which change would cause the 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) relocation of the
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 Bank or
the Company, or (E) material breach of this Agreement by the Bank. Upon the
occurrence of any event described in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D) or (E), above,
the Executive shall have the right to elect to terminate her employment under
this Agreement by resignation upon written notice pursuant to Section 10 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 as set
forth in Section 4(a), on the Date of Termination, as defined in Section 10, the
Bank shall be obligated to pay, or to provide, the Executive, or, in the event
of her subsequent death, to her surviving spouse or such other beneficiary or
beneficiaries as the Executive may designate in writing, or if neither her
estate, as severance pay or liquidated damages, or both, the benefits provided
below and a payment equal to the sum of the payments set forth below:
(i) payment of the sum of (A) the Executive's annual Base
Salary through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore
paid and (B) any compensation previously deferred by the Executive
(together with any accrued interest or earnings thereon) and any
accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid
(the sum of the amounts described in clauses (A) and (B) shall be
hereinafter referred to as the "Accrued Obligations");
(ii) the benefits, if any, to which the Executive is entitled
as a former employee under the Bank's or the Company's employee benefit
plans and programs and compensation plans and programs;
(iii) continued group life, health (including hospitalization,
medical and major medical), dental, accidental death and dismemberment,
travel accident and short-term disability insurance benefits as
provided by the Bank or the Company, in addition to that provided
pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii), if and to the extent necessary to provide
for the Executive, for the remaining Unexpired Employment Period,
coverage equivalent to the coverage to which she would have been
entitled if she had continued working for the Bank during the remaining
Unexpired Employment Period at the highest annual rate of salary
achieved during the Employment Period; provided, however, if the
Executive has obtained group life, health (including hospitalization,
medical and major medical), dental, accidental death and dismemberment,
travel accident and/or short-term disability insurance benefits
coverage from another source, the Executive may, as of any month, make
an irrevocable election to forego the continued coverage that would
otherwise be provided hereunder for the remaining Unexpired Employment
Period, or any portion thereof, in which case the Bank or the Company,
upon receipt of the Executive's irrevocable election, shall pay the
Executive an amount equal to the estimated cost to the Bank or the
Company of providing such coverage during such period;
(iv) if and to the extent not already provided under Sections
4(b)(ii) and 4(b)(iii), continued health (including hospitalization,
medical and major medical) and dental insurance benefits to the extent
maintained by the Bank or the Company for its employees or retirees
during the remainder of the Executive's lifetime and the lifetime of
her spouse, if any, for so long as the Executive continues to reimburse
the Bank for the cost of such continued coverage;
(v) a lump sum payment, as liquidated damages, in an amount
equal to the Base Salary and bonus or other incentive compensation that
the Executive would have earned if the Executive had continued working
for the Bank and the Company during the remaining Unexpired Employment
Period (A) at the highest annual rate of Base Salary and bonus or other
incentive compensation achieved by the Executive during the three-year
period immediately preceding the Executive's Date of Termination,
except that (B) in the case of a Change in Control, such lump sum shall
be determined based upon the Base Salary and the bonus or other
incentive compensation, respectively, that the Executive would have
been paid during the remaining Unexpired Employment Period including
the assumed increases referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section
5(b);
(vi) a lump sum payment in an amount equal to the excess, if
any, of: (A) the present value of the pension benefits to which the
Executive would be entitled under the RP and the BRP (and under any
other qualified and non-qualified defined benefit plans maintained by
the Bank or the Company covering the Executive) as if she had continued
working for the Bank during the remaining Unexpired Employment Period
(x) at the highest annual rate of Base Salary and, if applicable, the
highest bonus or other incentive compensation, respectively, achieved
by the Executive during the three-year period immediately preceding the
Executive's Date of Termination, except that (y) in the case of a
Change in Control, such lump sum shall be determined based upon the
Base Salary and, if applicable, the highest bonus or other incentive
compensation, respectively, that the Executive would have been paid
during the remaining Unexpired Employment Period including the assumed
increases referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 5(b), and (z)
in the case of a Change in Control, as if three additional years are
added to the Executive's age and years of creditable service under the
RP and the BRP and after taking into account any other compensation
required to be taken into account under the RP and the BRP (and any
other qualified and non-qualified defined benefit plans of the Bank or
the Company, as applicable), over (B) the present value of the pension
benefits to which she is actually entitled under the RP and the BRP
(and any other qualified and non-qualified defined benefit plans) as of
her Date of Termination, where such present values are to be determined
using a discount rate of 6% and the mortality tables prescribed under
section 72 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Code");
and
(vii) a lump sum payment in an amount equal to the
contributions that would have been made by the Bank or the Company on
the Executive's behalf to the ISP and the ESOP and to the BRP with
respect to such ISP and ESOP contributions (and to any other qualified
and non-qualified defined contribution plans maintained by the Bank or
the Company covering the Executive) as if the Executive had continued
working for the Bank and the Company during the remaining Unexpired
Employment Period making the maximum amount of employee contributions
required, if any, under such plan or plans and earning (A) the highest
annual rate of Base Salary and, if applicable, the highest bonus or
other incentive compensation, respectively, achieved by the Executive
during the three-year period immediately preceding the Executive's Date
of Termination, except that (B) in the case of a Change in Control,
such lump sum shall be determined based upon the Base Salary and, if
applicable, the bonus or other incentive compensation, respectively,
that the Executive would have been paid during the remaining Unexpired
Employment Period including the assumed increases referred to in
clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 5(b).
The benefits to be provided under, and the amounts payable pursuant to, this
Section 4 shall be provided and be payable without regard to proof of damages
and without regard to the Executive's efforts, if any, to mitigate damages. The
Bank and the Executive hereby stipulate that the damages which may be incurred
by the Executive following any such termination of employment are not capable of
accurate measurement as of the date first above written and that such liquidated
damages constitute reasonable damages under the circumstances.
(c) Payments to the Executive under Section 4 shall be made
within ten days of the Executive's Date of Termination.
(d) In the event payments are made under Section 4 or Section
5, the Executive may select an individual or firm to provide her with reasonable
outplacement counseling services, and the Bank shall pay for the costs of such
services; provided, however, that the cost to the Bank of such outplacement
counseling services shall not exceed 25% of the Executive's Base Salary.
5. CHANGE IN CONTROL.
(a) No benefit shall be payable under this Section 5 unless
there shall have been a Change in Control of the Bank or the Company, as set
forth below. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Change in Control" of the Bank
or the Company shall mean any one or more of the following:
(i) An event of a nature that would be required to be reported
in response to Item l(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");
(ii) An event of a nature that results in a Change in Control
of the Bank or the Company within the meaning of the Home Owners' Loan
Act of 1933, as amended, or the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978, as
amended, as applicable, and the Rules and Regulations promulgated by
the Office of Thrift Supervision ("OTS") or its predecessor agency, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") or the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("FRB"), as the case may be, as
in effect on the date hereof, but excluding any such Change in Control
resulting from the purchase of securities by the Company or the Bank's
or the Company's tax-qualified employee benefit plans and trusts;
(iii) If 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 Bank or the Company representing 20% or more of
the Bank's or the Company's outstanding securities except for any
securities of the Bank purchased by the Company in connection with the
initial conversion of the Bank from mutual to stock form (the
"Conversion") and any securities purchased by the Company or the Bank's
or the Company's tax-qualified employee benefit plans and trusts;
(iv) If the individuals who constitute the Board on the date
hereof (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at
least a majority of the Board, provided, however, that any person
becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election or
nomination for election by the Company's stockholders, was approved by
a vote of at least three-quarters of the directors then comprising the
Incumbent Board shall be considered as though he or she were a member
of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such
person whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an
actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or
removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of
proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Board;
(v) A merger, consolidation, reorganization, sale of all or
substantially all the assets of the Bank or the Company or similar
transaction occurs in which the Bank or the Company is not the
resulting entity, other than a transaction following which (A) at least
51% of the equity ownership interests of the entity resulting from such
transaction are beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
promulgated under Exchange Act) in substantially the same relative
proportions by persons who, immediately prior to such transaction,
beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under
the Exchange Act) at least 51% of the outstanding equity ownership
interests in the Bank or the Company and (B) at least 51% of the
securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of
the entity resulting from such transaction are beneficially owned
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act)
in substantially the same relative proportions by persons who,
immediately prior to such transaction, beneficially owned (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) at least 51%
of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors of the Bank or the Company;
(vi) A proxy statement shall be distributed soliciting proxies
from stockholders of the Company, by someone other than the current
management of the Company, seeking stockholder approval of a plan of
reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company or the Bank 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 Bank or the Company; or
(vii) A tender offer is completed for 20% or more of the
voting securities of the Bank or Company then outstanding.
The "Change in Control Date" shall mean the date during the Employment Period on
which a Change in Control occurs. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, if the Executive's employment with the Company is terminated
and if it is reasonably demonstrated by the Executive that such termination of
employment (1) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps
reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (2) otherwise arose in
connection with or anticipation of a Change in Control, then for all purposes of
this Agreement the "Change in Control Date" shall mean the date immediately
prior to the date of such termination of employment.
(b) If any of the events described in Section 5(a)
constituting a Change in Control have occurred or the Board has determined that
a Change in Control has occurred, the Executive shall be entitled to the
payments and the benefits provided below on the Change in Control Date. The
amounts payable and the benefits to be provided under this Section 5(b) to the
Executive shall consist of the payments and benefits that would be due to the
Executive and the Executive's family under Section 4(b) for the Unexpired
Employment Period as if an Event of Termination under Section 4(a) had occurred
on the Change in Control Date. For purposes of determining the payments and
benefits due under this Section 5(b), when calculating the payments due and
benefits to be provided for the Unexpired Employment Period, it shall be assumed
that for each year of the remaining term of this Agreement, the Executive would
have received (i) an annual increase in Base Salary equal to the average
percentage increase in Base Salary received by the Executive for the three-year
period ending with the earlier of (x) the year in which the Change in Control
Date occurs or (y) the year during which a definitive agreement, if any,
governing the Change in Control is executed, with the first such increase
effective as of the January 1st next following such three-year period and the
second and third such increases effective as of the next two anniversaries of
such January 1st, (ii) a bonus or other incentive compensation equal to the
highest percentage rate of bonus or incentive compensation paid to the Executive
during the three-year period referred to in clause (i) of this Section 5(b)
times the Base Salary that the Executive would have been paid during the
remaining term of this Agreement including the assumed increases referred to in
clause (i) of this Section 5(b), (iii) the maximum contributions that could be
made by or on behalf of the Executive with respect to any employee benefit plans
and programs maintained by the Company and the Bank based upon the Base Salary
and, if applicable, the bonus or other incentive compensation, respectively,
that the Executive would have been paid during the remaining term of this
Agreement including the assumed increases referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of
this Section 5(b), and (iv) the present value of the pension benefits to which
the Executive is entitled under Section 4(b)(vi) with respect to the RP and the
BRP (and under any other qualified and non-qualified defined benefit plans
maintained by the Bank or the Company covering the Executive) shall be
determined as if she had continued working for the Bank during the remaining
Unexpired Employment Period and shall be based upon the Base Salary and, if
applicable, the bonus or other incentive compensation, respectively, that the
Executive would have been paid during the remaining term of this Agreement
including the assumed increases referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of this
Section 5(b). The benefits to be provided under, and the amounts payable
pursuant to, this Section 5 shall be provided and be payable without regard to
proof of damages and without regard to the Executive's efforts, if any, to
mitigate damages. The Bank and the Executive hereby stipulate that the damages
which may be incurred by the Executive following any Change in Control are not
capable of accurate measurement as of the date first above written and that such
liquidated damages constitute reasonable damages under the circumstances.
(c) Payments under Section 5(b) shall be made to the Executive
on the Change in Control Date. Such payments shall be made regardless of whether
the Executive's employment terminates.
6. TERMINATION FOR DISABILITY.
(a) In the event of Termination for Disability, the Executive
shall receive the benefits provided in Section 6(b); provided, however, that the
benefits provided under Section 6(b) shall not be deemed to be in lieu of the
benefits she is otherwise entitled as a former employee under the Bank or the
Company's employee plans and programs. For purposes of this Agreement, the
Executive may be terminated for disability only if (i) the Executive shall have
been absent from her duties with the Bank on a full-time basis for at least six
consecutive months, or (ii) a majority of the members of the Board acting in
good faith determine that, based upon competent and independent medical evidence
presented by a physician or physicians agreed upon by the parties, the
Executive's physical or mental condition is such that she is totally and
permanently incapable of engaging in any substantial gainful employment based
upon her education, training and experience; provided, however, that on and
after the earliest date on which a Change in Control of the Bank or the Company
as defined in Section 5 occurs, such a determination shall require the
affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the members of the Board acting in
good faith and such vote shall not be made prior to the expiration of a 60-day
period following the date on which the Board shall, by written notice to the
Executive, furnish her a statement of its grounds for proposing to make such
determination, during which period the Executive shall be afforded a reasonable
opportunity to make oral and written presentations to the members of the Board,
and to be represented by her legal counsel at such presentations, to refute the
grounds for the proposed determination.
(b) The Bank will pay the Executive as Disability pay, a
bi-weekly payment equal to 100% of the Executive's bi-weekly annual rate of Base
Salary in effect on the date of the Executive's Termination for Disability. In
addition, the Bank will cause to be continued insurance coverage, including
group life, health (including hospitalization, medical and major medical),
dental, accidental death and dismemberment, travel accident and short-term
disability coverage substantially identical to the coverage maintained by the
Bank or the Company for the Executive prior to her Termination for Disability.
The Disability pay and coverages shall commence on the effective date of the
Executive's termination and shall cease upon the earliest to occur of: (i) the
date the Executive returns to the full-time employment of the Bank, in the same
capacity as she was employed prior to her Termination for Disability and
pursuant to an employment agreement between the Executive and the Bank; (ii) the
Executive's full-time employment by another employer; (iii) the Executive's
attaining the normal age of retirement or receiving benefits under the RP or
other defined benefit pension plan of the Bank or the Company; (iv) the
Executive's death; (v) the Executive's eligibility to collect payments under the
disability provision of the RP or other defined benefit pension plan of the Bank
or the Company; or (vi) the expiration of the term of this Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, there will be no reduction
in the compensation otherwise payable to the Executive during any period during
which the Executive is incapable of performing her duties hereunder by reason of
temporary disability.
7. TERMINATION UPON DEATH.
The Executive's employment shall terminate automatically upon
the Executive's death during the Employment Period. In such event, the Executive
and the Executive's legal representatives shall be entitled to the following:
(i) payment of the Executive's "Accrued Obligations;"
(ii) the continuation of all benefits to the Executive's
family and dependents that would have been provided if the Executive
had been entitled to the benefits under Section 4(b)(ii), (iii) and
(iv), and
(iii) the timely payment of any other amounts or benefits
required to be paid or provided or which the Executive is eligible to
receive under any plan, program, policy or practice or contract or
agreement of the Bank and its affiliated companies (all such other
amounts and benefits shall be hereinafter referred to as the "Other
Benefits");
provided, however, that if the Executive dies while in the employment of the
Bank, the amount of life insurance provided to the Executive by the Bank shall
not be less than the lesser of $200,000 or three times the Executive's then
annual Base Salary. Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the Executive's estate
or beneficiary, as applicable, in a lump sum cash payment within ten days of the
Date of Termination. With respect to the provision of Other Benefits after the
Change in Control Date, the term Other Benefits as utilized in this Section 7
shall include, without limitation, that the Executive's estate and/or
beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive, benefits at least equal to the most
favorable benefits provided by the Bank and affiliated companies to the estates
and beneficiaries of peer executives of the Bank and such affiliates companies
under such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to death benefits,
if any, as in effect with respect to other peer executives and their
beneficiaries at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the
Change in Control Date.
8. TERMINATION UPON RETIREMENT.
Termination by the Bank of the Executive based on "Retirement"
shall mean termination in accordance with the Company's or the Bank's retirement
policy or in accordance with any retirement arrangement established with the
Executive's consent with respect to him. Upon termination of the Executive upon
Retirement, the Executive shall be entitled to all benefits under the RP and any
other retirement plan of the Bank or the Company and other plans to which the
Executive is a party, and the Executive shall be entitled to the benefits, if
any, that would be payable to her as a former employee under the Bank's or the
Company's employee benefit plans and programs and compensation plans and
programs.
9. TERMINATION FOR CAUSE.
The terms "Termination for Cause" or "Cause" shall mean
personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty
involving personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful
violation of any law, rule or regulation (other than traffic violations or
similar offenses), or final cease and desist order, or any material breach of
this Agreement, in such case as measured against standards generally prevailing
at the relevant time in the savings and community banking industry. For purposes
of this Section, no act, or the failure to act, on the Executive's part shall be
"willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, in bad faith and without
reasonable belief that the action or omission was in the best interest of the
Bank or its affiliates. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given
pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or based upon the written
advice of counsel for the Bank shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or
omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of
the Bank. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be deemed to
have been terminated for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered
to her a Notice of Termination which shall include 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 the 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, the 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.
10. NOTICE.
(a) Any purported termination by the Bank or by the Executive
shall be communicated by a 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 the Executive's employment under
the provision so indicated.
(b) Subject to Section 10(c), "Date of Termination" shall mean
(A) if the Executive's employment is terminated for Disability, 30 days after a
Notice of Termination is given (provided that she shall not have returned to the
performance of her duties on a full-time basis during such 30-day period), and
(B) if her 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).
(c) If, within 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, then, except upon the
occurrence of a Change in Control and voluntary termination by the Executive in
which case the Date of Termination shall be the date specified in the Notice,
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
Bank will continue to pay the Executive her full compensation in effect when the
notice giving rise to the dispute was given (including, but not limited to, Base
Salary) and continue her as a participant in all compensation, benefit and
insurance plans in which she was participating when the notice of dispute was
given, until the dispute is finally resolved in accordance with this Agreement.
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.
(d) The Bank may terminate the Executive's employment at any
time, but any termination by the Bank, other than Termination for Cause, shall
not prejudice the Executive's right to compensation or other benefits under this
Agreement or under any other benefit or compensation plans or programs
maintained by the Bank or the Company from time to time. The Executive shall not
have the right to receive compensation or other benefits for any period after a
Termination for Cause as defined in Section 9 hereinabove.
(e) Any communication to a party required or permitted under
this Agreement, including any notice, direction, designation, consent,
instruction, objection or waiver, shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been given at such time as it is delivered personally, or five days after
mailing if mailed, postage prepaid, by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, addressed to such party at the address listed below or at
such other address as one such party may by written notice specify to the other
party, as follows. If to the Executive, (address omitted); if to the Bank,
Jamaica Savings Bank FSB, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention:
President, with a copy to Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Wood, Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxxx, Esq.
11. POST-TERMINATION OBLIGATIONS.
(a) All payments and benefits to the Executive under this
Agreement shall be subject to the Executive's compliance with paragraph (b) of
this Section 11 during the term of this Agreement and for one full year after
the expiration or termination hereof.
(b) The Executive shall, upon reasonable notice, furnish such
information and assistance to the Bank as may reasonably be required by the Bank
in connection with any litigation in which it or any of its subsidiaries or
affiliates is, or may become, a party; provided, that the Bank reimburses the
Executive for the reasonable value of her time in connection therewith and for
any out-of-pocket costs attributable thereto.
12. COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE.
The Executive hereby covenants and agrees that for a period of
one year following her Date of Termination, if such termination occurs prior to
the end of the term of the Agreement, she shall not, without the written consent
of the Board, become an officer, employee, consultant, director or trustee of
any savings bank, savings and loan association, savings and loan holding
company, bank or bank holding company if such position (a) entails working in
(or providing services in) New York City, Nassau or Suffolk counties or (b)
entails working in (or providing services in) any other county that is both (i)
within the Bank's primary trade (or operating) area at the time in question,
which shall be determined by reference to the Bank's business plan as in effect
from time to time, and (ii) in which the Bank engages in material or substantial
deposit-taking functions or lending activities at such time; provided, however,
that this Section 12 shall not apply if the Executive's employment is terminated
for the reasons set forth in any of Sections 4, 5, 6 or 8.
13. SOURCE OF PAYMENTS.
All payments provided in this Agreement shall be timely paid
in cash or check from the general funds of the Bank.
14. EFFECT ON PRIOR AGREEMENTS.
This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the
parties hereto and supersedes any prior employment agreement between the Bank or
any predecessor of the Bank and the Executive, including the Employment
Agreement dated June 27, 1990 and the Supplemental Employment Agreement dated
July 9, 1996, 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 provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted to mean that the
Executive is subject to receiving fewer benefits than those available to her
without reference to this Agreement.
15. EFFECT OF ACTION UNDER COMPANY AGREEMENT.
Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, to the
extent that full compensation payments and benefits are paid to or received by
the Executive under the Employment Agreement, dated June 22, 1999, as it may be
amended from time to time, between the Executive and the Company, such
compensation payments and benefits paid by the Company will be deemed to satisfy
the corresponding obligations of the Bank under this Agreement.
16. NO ATTACHMENT.
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.
17. 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.
18. SUCCESSOR AND ASSIGNS.
This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the Executive, her legal representatives and testate or intestate
distributees, and the Bank, its successors and assigns, including any successor
by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise or a statutory receiver or any
other person or firm or corporation to which all or substantially all of the
assets and business of the Bank may be sold or otherwise transferred. Any such
successor of the Bank shall be deemed to have assumed this Agreement and to have
become obligated hereunder to the same extent as the Bank and the Executive's
obligations hereunder shall continue in favor of such successor.
19. 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.
20. 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. Any reference in this
Agreement to a Section or Subsection shall refer to a Section or Subsection of
this Agreement, except as otherwise specified.
21. GOVERNING LAW.
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
New York, without reference to conflicts of law principles.
22. INDEMNIFICATION AND ATTORNEYS' FEES.
(a) The Bank shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend the
Executive against reasonable costs, including legal fees, incurred by her in
connection with her consultation with legal counsel or arising out of any
action, suit or proceeding in which she may be involved, as a result of her
efforts, in good faith, to defend or enforce the terms of this Agreement. The
Bank agrees to pay all such costs as they are incurred by the Executive, to the
full extent permitted by law, and without regard to whether the Bank believes
that it has a defense to any action, suit or proceeding by the Executive or that
it is not obligated for any payments under this Agreement.
(b) In the event any dispute or controversy arising under or
in connection with the Executive's termination is resolved in favor of the
Executive, whether by judgment, arbitration or settlement, the 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
the Executive under this Agreement.
(c) The Bank shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend the
Executive for any act taken or not taken, or any omission or failure to act, by
her in good faith while performing services for the Bank or the Company to the
same extent and upon the same terms and conditions as other similarly situated
officers and directors of the Bank or the Company. If and to the extent that the
Bank or the Company, maintains, at any time during the Employment Period, an
insurance policy covering the other officers and directors of the Bank or the
Company against lawsuits, the Bank or the Company shall use its best efforts to
cause the Executive to be covered under such policy upon the same terms and
conditions as other similarly situated officers and directors.
23. TAX INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 28 hereof, this
Section 23 shall apply if a change "in the ownership or effective control" of
the Bank or "in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets" of the
Bank occurs within the meaning of section 280G of the Code. If this Section 23
applies, then with respect to any taxable year in which the Executive shall be
liable for the payment of an excise tax under section 4999 of the Code with
respect to any payment in the nature of compensation made by the Bank, the
Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of the Bank to (or for
the benefit of) the Executive, the Bank shall pay to the Executive an amount
equal to X determined under the following formula:
X = E x P
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1 - [(FI x (1 - SLI)) + SLI + E + M]
where
E = the rate at which the excise tax is assessed under
section 4999 of the Code;
P = the amount with respect to which such excise tax is
assessed, determined without regard to this Section
23;
FI = the highest effective marginal rate of income tax
applicable to the Executive under the Code for the
taxable year in question (taking into account any
phase-out or loss of deductions, personal exemptions
and other similar adjustments);
SLI = the sum of the highest effective marginal rates of
income tax applicable to the Executive under all
applicable state and local laws for the taxable year
in question (taking into account any phase-out or
loss of deductions, personal exemptions and other
similar adjustments); and
M = the highest marginal rate of Medicare tax
applicable to the Executive under the Code for the
taxable year in question.
Attached as Appendix A to this Agreement is an example that illustrates
application of this Section 23. Any payment under this Section 23 shall be
adjusted so as to fully indemnify the Executive on an after-tax basis so that
the Executive would be in the same after-tax financial position in which she
would have been if no excise tax under section 4999 of the Code had been
imposed. With respect to any payment in the nature of compensation that is made
to (or for the benefit of) the Executive under the terms of this Agreement or
otherwise and on which an excise tax under section 4999 of the Code will be
assessed, the payment determined under this Section 23(a) shall be made to the
Executive on the earlier of (i) the date the Bank, the Company or any direct or
indirect subsidiary or affiliate of the Bank is required to withhold such tax,
or (ii) the date the tax is required to be paid by the Executive.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 23 to the
contrary, in the event that the Executive's liability for the excise tax under
section 4999 of the Code for a taxable year is subsequently determined to be
different than the amount determined by the formula (X + P) x E, where X, P and
E have the meanings provided in Section 23(a), the Executive or the Bank, as the
case may be, shall pay to the other party at the time that the amount of such
excise tax is finally determined, an appropriate amount, plus interest, such
that the payment made under Section 23(a), when increased by the amount of the
payment made to the Executive under this Section 23(b) by the Bank, or when
reduced by the amount of the payment made to the Bank under this Section 23(b)
by the Executive, equals the amount that, it is finally determined, should have
properly been paid to the Executive under Section 23(a). The interest paid under
this Section 23(b) shall be determined at the rate provided under section
1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. To confirm that the proper amount, if any, was paid
to the Executive under this Section 23, the Executive shall furnish to the Bank
a copy of each tax return which reflects a liability for an excise tax payment
made by the Bank, at least 20 days before the date on which such return is
required to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service.
24. NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS.
Except as otherwise provided herein, nothing in this Agreement
shall prevent or limit the Executive's continuing or future participation in any
plan, program, policy or practice provided by the Bank or any of its affiliated
companies and for which the Executive may qualify, nor shall anything herein
limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive may have under any
contract or agreement with the Bank or any of its affiliated companies. Amounts
which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to
receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of or any contract or
agreement with the Bank or any of its affiliated companies at or subsequent to
the Date of Termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy,
practice or program or contract or agreement except as explicitly modified by
this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a termination of
employment, the amounts provided in Section 4 or Section 5, as applicable, shall
be the Executive's sole remedy for any purported breach of this Agreement by the
Bank.
25. MITIGATION; OTHER CLAIMS.
The Bank's obligation to make the payments provided for in
this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be
affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right
or action which the Bank may have against the Executive or others. In no event
shall the Executive be obligated to seek other employment or take any other
action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Executive under any of
the provisions of this Agreement and such amounts shall not be reduced whether
or not the Executive obtains other employment.
26. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the
benefit of the Bank all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data
relating to the Bank or any of its affiliated companies, and their respective
businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Executive during the
Executive's employment by the Bank or any of its affiliated companies and which
shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or
representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After
termination of the Executive's employment with the Bank, the Executive shall
not, without the prior written consent of the Bank or as may otherwise be
required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information,
knowledge or data to anyone other than the Bank and those designated by it. For
purposes of this Agreement, secret and confidential information, knowledge or
data relating to the Bank or any of its affiliates, and their respective
business, shall not include any information that is public, publicly available
or available through trade association sources. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Executive acknowledges and
agrees that in the event of a violation or threatened violation of any of the
provisions of this Section 26, the Bank shall have no adequate remedy at law and
shall therefore be entitled to enforce each such provision by temporary or
permanent injunction or mandatory relief obtained in any court of competent
jurisdiction without the necessity of proving damages or posting any bond or
other security, and without prejudice to any other remedies that may be
available at law or in equity.
27. ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS.
The Executive shall have the right to obtain copies of any
Bank or Bank documents that the Executive reasonably believes, in good faith,
are necessary or appropriate in determining her entitlement to, and the amount
of, payments and benefits under this Agreement.
28. REQUIRED REGULATORY PROVISIONS.
The following provisions are included for the purpose of
complying with various laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Bank:
(a) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary,
in no event shall the aggregate amount of compensation payable to the
Executive under Section 4(b) hereof (exclusive of amounts described in
Sections 4(b)(i) and (ii)) exceed three times the Executive's average
annual total compensation for the last five consecutive calendar years
to end prior to her termination of employment with the Bank (or for her
entire period of employment with the Bank if less than five calendar
years).
(b) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary,
any payments to the Executive by the Bank, whether pursuant to this
Agreement or otherwise, are subject to and conditioned upon their
compliance with Section 18(k) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
("FDI Act"), 12 U.S.C. ss.1828(k), and any regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary,
if the Executive is suspended from office and/or temporarily prohibited
from participating in the conduct of the affairs of the Bank pursuant
to a notice served under Section 8(e)(3) or 8(g)(1) of the FDI Act, 12
U.S.C. ss.1818(e)(3) or 1818(g)(1), the Bank's obligations under this
Agreement shall be suspended as of the date of service of such notice,
unless stayed by appropriate proceedings. If the charges in such notice
are dismissed, the Bank, in its discretion, may (i) pay to the
Executive all or part of the compensation withheld while the Bank's
obligations hereunder were suspended and (ii) reinstate, in whole or in
part, any of the obligations which were suspended.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary,
if the Executive is removed and/or permanently prohibited from
participating in the conduct of the Bank's affairs by an order issued
under Section 8(e)(4) or 8(g)(1) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C.
ss.1818(e)(4) or (g)(1), all prospective obligations of the Bank under
this Agreement shall terminate as of the effective date of the order,
but vested rights and obligations of the Bank and the Executive shall
not be affected.
(e) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary,
if the Bank is in default (within the meaning of Section 3(x)(1) of the
FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. ss.1813(x)(1), all prospective obligations of the
Bank under this Agreement shall terminate as of the date of default,
but vested rights and obligations of the Bank and the Executive shall
not be affected.
(f) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary,
all prospective obligations of the Bank hereunder shall be terminated,
except to the extent that a continuation of this Agreement is necessary
for the continued operation of the Bank: (i) by the Director of the OTS
or his or her designee or the FDIC, at the time the FDIC enters into an
agreement to provide assistance to or on behalf of the Bank under the
authority contained in Section 13(c) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C.
ss.1823(c); (ii) by the Director of the OTS or his or her designee at
the time such Director or designee approves a supervisory merger to
resolve problems related to the operation of the Bank or when the Bank
is determined by such Director to be in an unsafe or unsound condition.
The vested rights and obligations of the parties shall not be affected.
If and to the extent that any of the foregoing provisions shall cease to be
required by applicable law, rule or regulation, the same shall become
inoperative as though eliminated by formal amendment of this Agreement.
SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, JAMAICA SAVINGS BANK FSB. has caused this
Agreement to be executed and its seal to be affixed hereunto by its duly
authorized officer, and the Executive has signed this Agreement, on the 22nd day
of June, 1999.
ATTEST: JAMAICA SAVINGS BANK FSB
By:
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Executive Vice President President
[Seal]
WITNESS:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
STATE OF NEW YORK )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF NASSAU )
On this 22nd day of June, 1999, before me personally came
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he is President of Jamaica Savings Bank FSB, the federally chartered
savings bank described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he
knows the seal of said bank; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such
seal; that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said bank;
and that he signed his name thereto by like order.
Name:
Notary Public
STATE OF NEW YORK )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF NASSAU )
On this 22nd day of June, 1999, before me personally came
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, to me known, and known to me to be the individual described in
the foregoing instrument, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that
she resides at the address set forth in said instrument, and that she signed her
name to the foregoing instrument.
Name:
Notary Public
APPENDIX A
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1. INTRODUCTION. Sections 280G and 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended ("Code"), impose a 20% non-deductible federal excise tax on a
person if the payments and benefits in the nature of compensation to or for the
benefit of that person that are contingent on a change in the ownership or
effective control of the Company or the Bank or in the ownership of a
substantial portion of the assets of the Company or the Bank (such payments and
benefits are considered "parachute payments" under section 280G) exceed three
times the person's "base amount" under section 280G. Section 23 of the Agreement
provides for the Executive to receive a tax indemnification payment (sometimes
referred to as a "gross-up" payment) if the payments and benefits in the nature
of compensation to or for the benefit of the Executive that are considered
parachute payments cause the imposition of an excise tax under section 4999 of
the Code. Capitalized terms in this Appendix A that are not defined in this
Appendix A have the meaning used in the Employment Agreement with the Executive.
2. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Appendix A is to illustrate how the tax
indemnification or gross-up payment would be computed. The amounts, figures and
rates used in this example are meant to be illustrative and do not reflect the
actual payments and benefits that would be made to the Executive under this
Agreement. For purposes of this example, it is assumed that a change in control
within the meaning of section 280G of the Code has occurred and that:
(a) The value of the insurance benefits required to be provided to a
hypothetical employee "Z" under sections 4(b)(iii) and 5(b) of the
Agreement for medical, dental, life and other insurance benefits
during the unexpired employment period is $23,000.
(b) The annual rate of Z's salary covered by the Agreement is $100,000,
and Z received annual salary increases of 4%, 5% and 6% (i.e., a
three-year average of 5%) for each of the prior three years. Hence,
the amount payable under sections 4(b)(v) and 5(b) of the Agreement
for salary during the unexpired employment period would be $331,013
[$105,000 + $110, 250 + $115,763].
(c) Z received annual bonuses equal to 20% of his salary in each of the
prior three years. Hence, the amount payable under sections 4(b)(v)
and 5(b) of the Agreement for bonuses during the unexpired employment
period would be $66,203 [20% x ($105,000 + $110,250 + $115,763)].
(d) The amount payable under sections 4(b)(vi) and 5(b) of the Agreement
for the present value of the additional RP and BRP accruals during the
unexpired employment period would be $45,000.
(e) The amount payable under sections 4(b)(vii) and 5(b) of the Agreement
for additional contributions to the ESOP, 401(k) Plan and BRP during
the unexpired employment period would be $20,000.
(f) Z's base amount (i.e., average W-2 wages for the five-year period
preceding the change in control) is $87,000.
3. DETERMINE IF Z IS SUBJECT TO AN EXCISE TAX. Z's parachute payments would
total $485,216 [$23,000 + $331,013 + $66,203 + $45,000 + $20,000]. Three times
Z's base amount is $261,000 [3 x $87,000]; accordingly, Z is subject to an
excise tax because $485,216 exceeds $261,000. Z's "excess parachute payments"
under section 280G of the Code are equal to Z's total parachute payments minus
one times Z's base amount, or $398,216 [$485,216 - $87,000]. If Z were not
protected by section 23 of the Agreement, Z would be subjected to an excise tax
of $79,643 [$398,216 x 20%], in addition to ordinary income taxes.
4. Compute Z's Tax Indemnification Payment. Z's tax indemnification payment
under section 23 of the Agreement would be computed pursuant to the following
formula:
E x P .2 x $398,216
X = ------------------------------------ = ----------------------------------
1 - [(FI x (1 - SLI)) + SLI + E + M] 1 - [.368874 + .0685 + .2 + .0145]
where
E = excise tax rate under section 4999 of the Code [20%];
P = the amount with respect to which such excise tax is
assessed determined without regard to section 23 of
the Agreement [$398,216];
FI = the highest effective marginal rate of income tax
applicable to Z under the Code for the taxable year
in question [assumed to be 39.6% in this example, but
in actuality, the rate is adjusted to take into
account any phase-out or loss of deductions, personal
exemptions and other similar adjustments];
SLI = the sum of the highest effective marginal rates of
income tax applicable to Z under applicable state and
local laws for the taxable year in question [assumed
to be 6.85% in this example, but in actuality, the
rate is adjusted to take into account any phase-out
or loss of deductions, personal exemptions and other
similar adjustments]; and
M = the highest marginal rate of Medicare tax applicable
to Z under the Code for the year in question [1.45%].
In this example, the amount of tax indemnification payment due to Z under
section 23 of the Agreement would be $79,643 [.2 x $398,216] divided by 0.348126
[1 - (.368874 + .0685 + .2 + .0145)], or $228,777. Such amount would be payable
in addition to the other amounts payable under the Agreement in order to put Z
in approximately the same after-tax position that Z would have been in if there
were no excise tax imposed under sections 280G and 4999 of the Code. The tax
indemnification to Z of $228,777 would in turn be a parachute payment subject to
excise tax under sections 280G and 4999. Accordingly, Z's actual excess
parachute payment would be $626,993 [$485,216 - $87,000) + $228,777)] resulting
in an excise tax of $125,399 [$626,993 x 20%]. The difference between the
indemnification. payment and the excise tax [$103,378] is an amount equal to the
sum of the income and other applicable taxes due on the indemnification payment
[($228,777 x .368874) + ($228,777 x .0685) + ($228,777 x .0145)], confirming
that the amount of the tax indemnification payment is sufficient to satisfy all
of Z's tax liability resulting from the excess parachute payment.
