AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT Nicole ShermanEmployment Agreement • March 4th, 2010 • Americanwest Bancorporation • State commercial banks
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Amendment No. 5”) is entered into as of the 31st day of December, 2009 (the “Amendment Effective Date”), and amends that certain EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT dated as of January 28, 2005, as previously amended by that certain AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT dated as of December 31, 2006, that certain AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT dated as of July 28, 2008, that certain AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT dated November 20, 2008, and that certain AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT dated April 15, 2009 (collectively, the “Employment Agreement”), by and between AmericanWest Bank, a Washington state-chartered bank (“Employer”), and Nicole Sherman (“Executive”).
