Exhibit 10.1
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and entered into
as of March 5, 2003 by and between Keystone Savings Bank ("Keystone"), and Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx (the "Executive").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, Keystone is in the process of converting from the mutual to
the stock form of organization (the "Conversion") and will concurrently become a
wholly owned subsidiary of KNBT Bancorp, Inc., a business corporation to be
organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the "Company");
WHEREAS, immediately following the Conversion, First Colonial Group,
Inc. ("First Colonial") will merge with and into the Company (the "Merger"),
pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger between Keystone and First Colonial
dated March 5, 2003 (the "Merger Agreement"), with the Company being the
surviving company;
WHEREAS, immediately following the Merger, Nazareth National Bank and
Trust Company ("Nazareth Bank"), a national bank and a wholly owned subsidiary
of First Colonial, will merge with and into Keystone (the "Bank Merger"), with
Keystone being the surviving institution and to be known as "Keystone Nazareth
Bank & Trust Company" (the "Bank");
WHEREAS, the Executive is currently employed as the President and
Chief Executive Officer of Nazareth Bank and its parent holding company First
Colonial pursuant to an employment agreement between Nazareth Bank and the
Executive entered into as of December 27, 2001 (the "Nazareth Employment
Agreement");
WHEREAS, Keystone desires to ensure that the Company and the Bank are
assured of the continued availability of the Executive's services as provided in
this Agreement, with the Company and the Bank collectively referred to herein as
the "Employers"; and
WHEREAS, the Executive is willing to serve the Company and 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 Employers and the Executive
hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. EFFECTIVE DATE; EMPLOYMENT.
This Agreement shall be effective on the date on which the Merger is
completed (the "Effective Date"). Each of the Employers agrees to employ the
Executive, and the Executive hereby
agrees to such employment, during the period and upon the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 2. EMPLOYMENT PERIOD.
(a) The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be and remain in
effect during the period of three years beginning on the Effective Date and
ending on the third anniversary of the Effective Date, plus such extensions, if
any, as are provided pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof (the "Employment Period").
(b) Except as provided in Section 2(c), beginning on the Effective
Date, on each annual anniversary date of the Effective Date during the
Employment Period, the Employment Period shall automatically be extended for one
additional year, unless either the Company or the Bank, on the one hand, or the
Executive, on the other hand, elects not to extend the Agreement further by
giving written notice thereof to the other parties at least 30 days prior to
such annual anniversary date. Upon termination of the Executive's employment
with either of the Employers for any reason whatsoever, any annual extensions
provided pursuant to this Section 2(b), if not theretofore discontinued, shall
automatically cease.
(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit the
Employers at any time from terminating the Executive's employment during the
Employment Period with or without notice for any reason, provided that the
relative rights and obligations of the Employers and the Executive in the event
of any such termination shall be determined under this Agreement.
SECTION 3. DUTIES.
(a) Throughout the Employment Period, the Executive shall serve as the
President and the Chief Executive Officer of each of the Employers, having such
power, authority and responsibility and performing such duties as are prescribed
by or under the Bylaws of each of the Employers and as are customarily
associated with such positions. The Executive shall devote his full business
time, attention, skills and efforts (other than during weekends, holidays,
vacation periods, and periods of illness or leaves of absence and other than as
permitted or contemplated by Section 7 hereof) to the business and affairs of
the Employers and shall use his best efforts to advance the interests of the
Employers.
(b) Throughout the Employment Period, the Board of Directors of the
Bank (the "Bank Board") shall nominate the Executive to be a director of the
Bank when his term expires, subject to the fiduciary duties of the Bank Board,
and the Company agrees to approve his election as a director of the Bank.
Throughout the Employment Period, the Board of Directors of the Company (the
"Company Board") shall nominate the Executive to be a director of the Company
when his term expires and recommend his election to the stockholders of the
Company, subject to the fiduciary duties of the Company Board.
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SECTION 4. CASH AND OTHER COMPENSATION.
(a) In consideration for the services to be rendered by the Executive
hereunder, the Employers shall pay to him a salary of three hundred thirty-five
thousand dollars ($335,000) annually ("Base Salary"). The Executive's Base
Salary shall be payable in approximately equal installments in accordance with
the Company's and the Bank's customary payroll practices for senior officers.
Base Salary shall include any amounts of compensation deferred by the Executive
under any tax-qualified retirement or welfare benefit plan or any other deferred
compensation arrangement. The Company Board and the Bank Board shall review the
Executive's annual rate of salary at such times during the Employment Period as
they deem appropriate, but not less frequently than once every twelve months,
and may, in their respective discretion, approve an increase therein. In
addition to salary, the Executive may receive other cash compensation from the
Employers for services hereunder at such times, in such amounts and on such
terms and conditions as the Company Board or the Bank Board may determine from
time to time. Any increase in the Executive's annual salary shall become the
Base Salary of the Executive for purposes hereof. The Executive's Base Salary as
in effect from time to time cannot be decreased by the Employers without the
Executive's express prior written consent.
(b) The Executive shall be entitled to participate in an equitable
manner with all other executive officers of the Employers in discretionary
bonuses as authorized by the Company Board and/or the Bank Board to executive
officers. No other compensation provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed a
substitute for the Executive's right to participate in such bonuses when and as
declared by the Company Board and/or the Bank Board.
SECTION 5. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS AND PROGRAMS.
(a) During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be treated as an
employee of the Company and the Bank and shall be entitled to participate in and
receive benefits under any and all qualified or non-qualified retirement,
pension, savings or profit-sharing plans, any and all group life, health
(including hospitalization, medical and major medical), dental, accident and
long term disability insurance plans, and any other employee benefit and
compensation plans (including, but not limited to, any incentive compensation
plans or programs, stock option and appreciation rights plans but excluding
restricted stock plans) as may from time to time be maintained by, or cover
employees of, the Company and the Bank, in accordance with the terms and
conditions of such employee benefit plans and programs and compensation plans
and programs and consistent with the Company's and the Bank's customary
practices. Any grants under a restricted stock plan to the Executive shall be at
the discretion of either the Company Board or the committee that administers
such plan. Nothing paid to the Executive under any such plan or program will be
deemed to be in lieu of other compensation to which the Executive is entitled
under this Agreement.
(b) During the Employment Period, the Employers shall provide the
Executive with an automobile allowance equal to $1,000 per month.
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(c) During the Employment Period, the Employers shall reimburse the
Executive for his monthly membership dues to be a member of the Saucon Valley
Country Club.
SECTION 6. INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE.
(a) During the Employment Period and for a period of six years
thereafter, the Employers shall cause the Executive to be covered by and named
as an insured under any policy or contract of insurance obtained by them to
insure their directors and officers against personal liability for acts or
omissions in connection with service as an officer or director of the Employers
or service in other capacities at the request of the Employers. The coverage
provided to the Executive pursuant to this Section 6 shall be of the same scope
and on the same terms and conditions as the coverage (if any) provided to other
officers or directors of the Employers or any successors.
(b) To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, the
Employers shall indemnify the Executive against and hold him harmless from any
costs, liabilities, losses and exposures that may be incurred by the Executive
in his capacity as a director or officer of the Employers or any subsidiary or
affiliate.
SECTION 7. OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES.
The Executive may (a) serve as a member of the boards of directors of
such business, community and charitable organizations as he may disclose to and
as may be approved by the Employers (which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld), and (b) perform duties as a trustee or personal representative or in
any other fiduciary capacity, provided that in each case such service shall not
materially interfere with the performance of his duties under this Agreement or
present any conflict of interest. The Executive may also engage in personal
business and investment activities which do not materially interfere with the
performance of his duties hereunder, provided that such activities are not
prohibited under any code of conduct or investment or securities trading policy
established by the Employers and generally applicable to all similarly situated
executives. If the Executive is discharged or suspended, or is subject to any
regulatory prohibition or restriction with respect to participation in the
affairs of the Bank, he shall continue to perform services for the Company in
accordance with this Agreement but shall not directly or indirectly provide
services to or participate in the affairs of the Bank in a manner inconsistent
with the terms of such discharge or suspension or any applicable regulatory
order.
SECTION 8. WORKING FACILITIES AND EXPENSES.
It is understood by the parties that the Executive's principal place
of employment shall be at the Employers' principal executive office located in
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, or at such other location within 25 miles of the
address of such principal executive office, or at such other location as the
Employers and the Executive may mutually agree upon. The Employers shall provide
the Executive at his principal place of employment with a private office,
secretarial services and other support services and facilities suitable to his
position with the Employers and necessary or
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appropriate in connection with the performance of his assigned duties under this
Agreement. The Employers shall reimburse the Executive for his ordinary and
necessary business expenses attributable to the Employers' business, including,
without limitation, the Executive's travel and entertainment expenses incurred
in connection with the performance of his duties for the Employers under this
Agreement, in each case upon presentation to the Employers of an itemized
account of such expenses in such form as the Employers may reasonably require.
SECTION 9. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT WITH BENEFITS.
(a) Subject to Section 9(c), the Executive shall be entitled to the
benefits described in Section 9(b) in the event that:
(i) his employment with both of the Employers terminates during the
Employment Period as a result of the Executive's voluntary resignation within
six full calendar months following:
(A) the failure of either the Company Board or the Bank Board to
appoint or re-appoint the Executive to the positions with the Company
stated in Section 3(a) of this Agreement;
(B) the expiration of a 30-day period following the date on which
the Executive gives written notice to the Employers of their material
failure, whether by amendment of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of
either the Company or the Bank, or by action of the Company Board, the
Company's shareholders, the Bank Board, the Bank's shareholder(s), or
otherwise, to vest in the Executive the functions, duties or
responsibilities prescribed in Section 3(a) of this Agreement, unless,
during such 30-day period, the Employers cure such failure;
(C) the expiration of a 30-day period following the date on which
the Executive gives written notice to the Employers of their material
breach of any term, condition or covenant contained in this Agreement
(including, without limitation, any reduction of the Executive's rate of
Base Salary in effect from time to time and any change in the terms and
conditions of any compensation or benefit program in which the Executive
participates which, either individually or together with other changes, has
a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of his total compensation
package), unless, during such 30-day period, the Employers cure such
failure;
(D) a change in the Executive's principal place of employment by
a distance in excess of 25 miles from the Employers' principal executive
office in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania;
(E) the liquidation, dissolution, bankruptcy or insolvency of the
Company or the Bank;
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(F) the receipt by the Executive of written notice pursuant to
Section 2(b) hereof that the Employment Period is not being extended as of
any annual anniversary date of the Effective Date; or
(G) the termination of the Executive's employment by one of the
Employers for reasons other than those specified in Section 10 hereof; or
(ii) the Executive's employment with the Employers is terminated by
the Employers during the Employment Period for any reason other than for
"cause," death or "Disability," as provided in Section 10(a).
(b) Subject to Section 9(c) and if the Executive has offered to
continue to provide services on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and
such offer has been declined, upon the termination of the Executive's employment
pursuant to Section 9(a) of this Agreement, the Employers shall pay and provide
to the Executive (or, in the event of his subsequent death, to his estate):
(i) his earned but unpaid Base Salary (including, without limitation,
all items which constitute wages under applicable law and the payment of
which is not otherwise provided for in this Section 9(b)) as of the date of
the termination of his employment, such payment to be made at the time and
in the manner prescribed by law applicable to the payment of wages but in
no event later than 30 days after termination of employment;
(ii) the benefits, if any, to which he is entitled under the employee
benefit plans and programs and compensation plans and programs maintained
for the benefit of the Company's and the Bank's officers and employees
through the date of the termination of his employment;
(iii) continued group life, health, dental, accident and long term
disability insurance benefits, in addition to that provided pursuant to
Section 9(b)(ii), and after taking into account the coverage provided by
any subsequent employer, if and to the extent necessary to provide for the
Executive, for the period beginning on the date on which his employment
terminates and ending on the earlier of (A) the last day of the Employment
Period (the "Remaining Employment Period") or (B) 24 months from the date
of termination (with such lesser period being the "Coverage Period"),
coverage equivalent to the coverage to which he would have been entitled
under such plans if he had continued to be employed during such period at
the highest annual rate of salary achieved during the Employment Period;
(iv) within 30 days following the date on which his employment
terminates, a lump sum payment, in an amount equal to the present value of
the Base Salary that the Executive would have earned if he had continued to
be employed during the Coverage Period at the highest annual rate of Base
Salary achieved during the Employment Period, such present value to be
determined using a discount rate equal to the applicable short-term federal
rate
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prescribed under Section 1274(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code"), compounded using the compounding periods
corresponding to the Company's and the Bank's regular payroll periods for
their officers, and such lump sum to be paid in lieu of all other payments
of Base Salary provided for under this Agreement in respect of the Coverage
Period;
(v) within 30 days following the date on which his employment
terminates, a lump sum payment in an amount equal to the excess, if any,
of:
(A) the present value of the aggregate benefits to which he would
be entitled under any and all qualified defined benefit pension plans and
non-qualified plans related thereto maintained by, or covering employees
of, the Company and the Bank if he were 100% vested thereunder and had
continued to be employed during the Coverage Period at the highest annual
rate of Base Salary achieved during the Employment Period; over
(B) the present value of the benefits to which he is actually
entitled under such defined benefit pension plans as of the date on which
his employment terminates; such present values to be determined using the
mortality tables prescribed under Section 415(b)(2)(E)(v) of the Code and a
discount rate, compounded monthly, equal to the annualized rate of interest
prescribed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation for the valuation of
immediate annuities payable under terminating single-employer defined
benefit plans for the month in which the Executive's employment terminates
("Applicable PBGC Rate");
(vi) within 30 days following the date on which his employment
terminates, a lump sum payment in an amount equal to the present value of
the additional employer contributions to which he would have been entitled
under any and all qualified defined contribution plans and non-qualified
plans related thereto maintained by, or covering employees of, the Company
and the Bank as if he were 100% vested thereunder and had continued to be
employed during the Coverage Period at the highest annual rate of Base
Salary achieved during the Employment Period and making the maximum amount
of employee contributions, if any, required or permitted under such plan or
plans, such present value to be determined on the basis of a discount rate,
compounded using the compounding period that corresponds to the frequency
with which employer contributions are made to the relevant plan, equal to
the Applicable PBGC Rate, provided that no payments shall be made pursuant
to this subsection (vi) with respect to the Company's Employee Stock
Ownership Plan ("ESOP") if the ESOP is terminated effective as of a date
within one year of the date of the termination of the Executive's
employment;
(vii) within 30 days following the date on which his employment
terminates, a lump sum payment in an amount equal to the present value of
the payments that would have been made to the Executive under any cash
bonus or long-term or short-term cash incentive compensation plan
maintained by, or covering employees of, the Company and the Bank if
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he had continued to be employed during the Coverage Period and had earned
in each calendar year that ends during the Coverage Period a bonus or
incentive award that equals the highest annual bonus or incentive award
paid to the Executive during the preceding 36 calendar months, with the
present value of such payments to be determined using a discount rate equal
to the applicable short-term federal rate prescribed under Section 1274(d)
of the Code, compounded using the compounding periods corresponding to the
Company's and the Bank's schedule of paying bonuses;
(viii) for the first year following the date on which his employment
terminates, reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by the
Executive in connection with the search for new employment, including
without limitation those of a placement agency or service, and
reimbursement for all reasonable relocation expenses incurred by the
Executive in connection with securing new employment; provided, however,
that the amounts payable by the Employers pursuant to this subsection
(viii) shall not exceed $75,000;
(ix) within 30 days following the occurrence of an event described in
Section 9(a), upon the surrender of then outstanding options or
appreciation rights previously issued to the Executive under any stock
option and appreciation rights plan or program maintained by, or covering
employees of, the Employers, a lump sum payment in an amount equal to the
product of:
(A) the excess of (I) the fair market value of a share of stock
of the same class as the stock subject to the option or appreciation right,
determined as of the date on which his employment terminates, over (II) the
exercise price per share for such option or appreciation right, as
specified in or under the relevant plan or program; multiplied by
(B) the number of shares with respect to which options or
appreciation rights are being surrendered; and
(x) within 30 days following the occurrence of an event described in
Section 9(a), upon the surrender of any shares previously awarded to the
Executive under any restricted stock plan maintained by, or covering
employees of, the Employers, which are then subject to restrictions, a lump
sum payment in an amount equal to the product of:
(A) the fair market value of a share of stock of the same class
of stock granted under such plan, determined as of the date of the
Executive's termination of employment; multiplied by
(B) the number of shares which are being surrendered.
The Employers 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 the
payments and benefits contemplated by this Section
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9(b) constitute reasonable damages under the circumstances and shall be payable
without any requirement of proof of actual damage but subject to mitigation as
provided in Section 9(c). The Employers and the Executive further agree that the
Employers may condition the payments and benefits (if any) due under Sections
9(b)(iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii) on the receipt of the Executive's
resignation from any and all positions which he holds as an officer, director or
committee member with respect to the Employers or any of their subsidiaries or
affiliates.
(c) In the event that the Executive becomes entitled to liquidated
damages pursuant to this Section 9 and a Change in Control as defined in Section
11(a) hereof has occurred within one year of the date of termination, the
Employers' obligations with respect to damages payable under Sections 9(b)(iii)
through 9(b)(viii) shall be reduced by the amount of the Executive's earned
income, if any (within the meaning of Section 911(d)(2)(A) of the Code), during
the Coverage Period. The Executive agrees that in the event he becomes entitled
to liquidated damages pursuant to this Section 9 and a Change in Control as
defined in Section 11(a) hereof has occurred within one year of the date of
termination, then throughout the Coverage Period, he shall promptly inform the
Employers of the nature and amounts of earned income which he earns from
providing services other than to the Company or the Bank, or any of their
respective successors, and shall provide such documentation of such cash income
as the Employers may request. In the event of changes to such cash income from
time to time, the Executive shall inform the Employers of such changes, in each
case within five days after the change occurs, and shall provide such
documentation concerning the change as the Employers may request. If a Change in
Control has occurred within one year of the date of termination, the Executive
shall reimburse to the Employers the cash payments or benefits provided by the
Employers to him pursuant to Sections 9(b)(iii) through 9(b)(viii), up to the
amount of earned income which he earns from providing services during the
Coverage Period. Such reimbursement shall be made as and when payments of such
earned income are received by the Executive or within 30 days thereafter. Other
than as set forth in this Section 9(c), the Executive shall not be obligated to
mitigate the amount of damages payable under Sections 9(b)(iii) through
9(b)(viii) of this Agreement and any income earned by the Executive from other
employment shall not reduce such damages.
SECTION 10. TERMINATION WITHOUT ADDITIONAL EMPLOYER LIABILITY.
(a) In the event that the Executive's employment with the Employers
shall terminate during the Employment Period on account of:
(i) the discharge of the Executive for "cause," which, for purposes of
this Agreement, shall mean a discharge because either the Company Board or
the Bank Board determines that the Executive has: (A) willfully failed to
perform his assigned duties under this Agreement, other than any failure
resulting from the Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental injury
or illness; (B) committed an act involving moral turpitude in the course of
his employment with the Employers and their subsidiaries; (C) engaged in
willful misconduct; (D) breached his fiduciary duties for personal profit;
(E) willfully violated, in any material respect, any law, rule or
regulation (other than traffic violations or similar
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offenses), written agreement or final cease-and-desist order with respect
to his performance of services for the Company or the Bank, as determined
by the Company Board or the Bank Board; or (F) materially breached the
terms of this Agreement and failed to cure such material breach during a
15-day period following the date on which the Company Board or the Bank
Board gives written notice to the Executive of the material breach.
(ii) the Executive's voluntary resignation from employment (including
voluntary retirement) with the Company and the Bank for reasons other than
those specified in Section 9(a)(i); or
(iii) the death of the Executive while employed by the Employers, or
the termination of the Executive's employment because of "Disability" as
defined in Section 10(c) below;
then in any of the foregoing events, the Employers shall have no further
obligations under this Agreement, other than (A) the payment to the Executive of
his earned but unpaid Base Salary as of the date of the termination of his
employment, (B) the payment to the Executive of the benefits to which he is
entitled under all applicable employee benefit plans and programs and
compensation plans and programs, and (C) the provision of such other benefits,
if any, to which he is entitled as a former employee under the Company's or the
Bank's employee benefit plans and programs and compensation plans and programs.
(b) For purposes of this Section 10, no act or failure to act, on the
part of the Executive, shall be considered "willful" unless it is done, or
omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief
that the Executive's action or omission was in the best interests of the
Employers. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a
resolution duly adopted by the Company Board, the Bank Board or based upon the
written advice of counsel for the Employers 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 Employers. The cessation of employment of the Executive shall
not be deemed to be for "cause" within the meaning of Section 10(a)(i) unless
and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a
resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of three-fourths of the members
of the Company Board or the Bank Board at a meeting of such Board called and
held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Executive and
the Executive is given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before
such Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of such Board, the
Executive is guilty of the conduct described in Section 10(a)(i) above, and
specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
(c) "Disability" shall be deemed to have occurred after the Executive
has been absent from his duties hereunder on a full-time basis for six
consecutive months due to any physical or mental injury or disease that prevents
the Executive from engaging in substantially all of his duties. The existence of
such physical or mental injury or disease shall be determined by a physician
selected by the Employers, and the physician shall certify the existence or
absence of such injury or disease to the Employers and the Executive. For
purposes of this section, the Executive shall be
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deemed to have been absent from his duties hereunder on a full-time basis for
six consecutive months if he has not, within any six-month period, attended to
his duties on a full-time basis for 15 consecutive business days within such
six-month period.
(d) During any period in which the Executive is absent due to physical
or mental injury or disease, the Employers may, without breaching this
Agreement, appoint another person or persons to act as interim President and
interim Chief Executive Officer pending the Executive's return to his duties on
a full-time basis hereunder or his termination as a result of such Disability.
Prior to the Executive's employment being terminated due to Disability under
Section 10(e) hereof, the Executive shall continue to receive his full Base
Salary, bonuses and other benefits to which he is entitled under this Agreement,
including continued participation in all employee benefit plans and programs.
(e) The Employers may provide notice to the Executive in writing that
they intend to terminate the Executive's employment under this Agreement, with
the termination date to be on or after the date that the Executive has been
absent from his duties hereunder on a full-time basis for six consecutive months
due to any physical or mental injury or disease. At the time his employment
hereunder is terminated due to Disability, (i) the Executive shall not be
entitled to any payments or benefits pursuant to Sections 4 and 5 hereof for
periods subsequent to such date of termination, and (ii) the Executive shall
become entitled to receive the Disability payments that may be available under
any applicable long-term disability plan or other benefit plan.
SECTION 11. PAYMENTS UPON A CHANGE IN CONTROL.
(a) The term "Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of
the following events:
(i) approval by the shareholders of the Company of a transaction that
would result and does result in the reorganization, merger or consolidation
of the Company, with one or more other persons, 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 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended ("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 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
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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 Company;
(ii) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company or beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of the outstanding
securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors by any person or by any persons acting in concert, or approval by
the shareholders of the Company of any transaction which would result in
such an acquisition;
(iii) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or the
Bank, or approval by the shareholders of the Company of a plan for such
liquidation or dissolution;
(iv) the occurrence of any event if, immediately following such event,
members of the Company Board who belong to any of the following groups do
not aggregate at least a majority of the Company Board:
(A) individuals who were members of the Company Board on the
Effective Date of this Agreement; or
(B) individuals who first became members of the Company Board
after the Effective Date of this Agreement either:
(1) upon election to serve as a member of the Company Board
by the affirmative vote of three-quarters of the members of such Board, or
of a nominating committee thereof, in office at the time of such first
election; or
(2) upon election by the shareholders of the Company Board
to serve as a member of the Company Board, but only if nominated for
election by the affirmative vote of three-quarters of the members of such
Board, or of a nominating committee thereof, in office at the time of such
first nomination;
provided that such individual's election or nomination did not result from
an actual or threatened election contest or other actual or threatened
solicitation of proxies or consents other than by or on behalf of the
Company Board; or
(v) any event which would be described in Section 11(a)(i), (ii),
(iii) or (iv) if the term "Bank" were substituted for the term "Company"
therein and the term "Bank Board" were substituted for the term "Company
Board" therein.
In no event, however, shall a Change in Control be deemed to have occurred as a
result of any acquisition of securities or assets of the Company, the Bank, or a
subsidiary of either of them, by the Company, the Bank, or any subsidiary of
either of them, or by any employee benefit plan maintained
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by any of them. For purposes of this Section 11(a), the term "person" shall
include the meaning assigned to it under Sections 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act.
(b) Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control prior to the expiration
of the Employment Period, the Employers shall pay to the Executive, in addition
to the amounts payable pursuant to Section 9, a severance benefit in a lump sum
payment, within 25 days after the effective time of such Change in Control equal
to the greater of (i) the sum of the amounts payable as Base Salary pursuant to
Section 4 during the Remaining Employment Period and as additional cash
compensation pursuant to Section 9(b)(vii) or (ii) three times the Executive's
"base amount" from the Employers or their predecessors (excluding any income
resulting from the vesting of restricted stock or the exercise of non-qualified
options on or prior to the Effective Date) as defined under Section 280G of the
Code, minus $1.00.
SECTION 12. TAX INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) If the payments and benefits pursuant to this Agreement, either
alone or together with other payments and benefits which the Executive has the
right to receive from the Employers and their subsidiaries, would constitute a
"parachute payment" as defined in Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code (the "Initial
Parachute Payment"), then the Company shall pay to the Executive, at the time
such payments or benefits are paid and subject to applicable withholding
requirements, a cash amount equal to the sum of the following:
(i) twenty (20) percent (or such other percentage equal to the tax
rate imposed by Section 4999 of the Code) of the amount by which the
Initial Parachute Payment exceeds the Executive's "base amount" from the
Employers and their subsidiaries (including their predecessors), as defined
in Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code, with the difference between the Initial
Parachute Payment and the Executive's base amount being hereinafter
referred to as the "Initial Excess Parachute Payment";
(ii) such additional amount (tax allowance) as may be necessary to
compensate the Executive for the payment by the Executive of state and
federal income and excise taxes on the payment provided under clause (i)
above and on any payments under this clause (ii). In computing such tax
allowance, the payment to be made under clause (i) above shall be
multiplied by the "gross up percentage" ("GUP"). The GUP shall be
determined as follows:
GUP = Tax Rate
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1- Tax Rate
The Tax Rate for purposes of computing the GUP shall be the highest
marginal federal and state income and employment-related tax rate (including
Social Security and Medicare taxes), including any applicable excise tax rate,
applicable to the Executive in the year in which the payment under clause (i)
above is made, and shall also reflect the phase-out of deductions and the
ability to deduct certain of such taxes.
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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if it shall subsequently be determined
in a final judicial determination or a final administrative settlement to which
the Executive is a party that the actual excess parachute payment as defined in
Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code (before giving effect to the payments under
Sections 12(a)(i) and (ii) above) is different from the Initial Excess Parachute
Payment (such different amount being hereafter referred to as the "Determinative
Excess Parachute Payment"), then the Company's independent tax counsel or
accountants shall determine the amount (the "Adjustment Amount") which either
the Executive must pay to the Company or the Company must pay to the Executive
in order to put the Executive (or the Company, as the case may be) in the same
position the Executive (or the Company, as the case may be) would have been if
the Initial Excess Parachute Payment had been equal to the Determinative Excess
Parachute Payment. In determining the Adjustment Amount, the independent tax
counsel or accountants shall take into account any and all taxes (including any
penalties and interest) paid by or for the Executive or refunded to the
Executive or for the Executive's benefit. As soon as practicable after the
Adjustment Amount has been so determined, the Company shall pay the Adjustment
Amount to the Executive or the Executive shall repay the Adjustment Amount to
the Company, as the case may be.
(c) In each calendar year that the Executive receives payments of benefits
that constitute a parachute payment, the Executive shall report on his state and
federal income tax returns such information as is consistent with the
determination made by the independent tax counsel or accountants of the Company
as described above. The Company shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless
from any and all losses, costs and expenses (including without limitation,
reasonable attorneys' fees, interest, fines and penalties) which the Executive
incurs as a result of so reporting such information. The Executive shall
promptly notify the Company in writing whenever the Executive receives notice of
the institution of a judicial or administrative proceeding, formal or informal,
in which the federal tax treatment under Section 4999 of the Code of any amount
paid or payable under this Section 12 is being reviewed or is in dispute. The
Company shall assume control at its expense over all legal and accounting
matters pertaining to such federal tax treatment (except to the extent necessary
or appropriate for the Executive to resolve any such proceeding with respect to
any matter unrelated to amounts paid or payable pursuant to this Section 12) and
the Executive shall cooperate fully with the Company in any such proceeding. The
Executive shall not enter into any compromise or settlement or otherwise
prejudice any rights the Company may have in connection therewith without the
prior consent of the Company.
SECTION 13. SOURCE OF PAYMENTS; NO DUPLICATION OF PAYMENTS.
All payments provided in this Agreement shall be timely paid in cash
or check from the general funds of the Company or the Bank. Payments pursuant to
this Agreement shall be allocated between the Company and the Bank in proportion
to the level of activity and the time expended on such activities by the
Executive as determined by the Company and the Bank on a quarterly basis, unless
the applicable provision of this Agreement specifies that the payment shall be
made by either the Company or the Bank. In no event shall the Executive receive
duplicate payments or benefits from the Company and the Bank.
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SECTION 14. COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE.
In the event the Executive's employment with the Employers is terminated
for any reason prior to the expiration of the Employment Period other than a
termination of employment occurring within 30 days of a Change in Control, the
Executive hereby covenants and agrees that for a period of two years following
the date of his termination of employment with the Employers (or, if less, for
the Remaining Employment Period), he shall not, without the written consent of
the Employers, 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, or any direct or indirect subsidiary or
affiliate of any such entity, that entails working within any county in which
the Company or the Bank maintains an office as of the date of termination of the
Executive's employment.
SECTION 15. CONFIDENTIALITY.
Unless he obtains the prior written consent of the Employers, the
Executive shall at all times keep confidential and shall refrain from using for
the benefit of himself, or any person or entity other than the Employers or
their subsidiaries, any material document or information obtained from the
Employers or their subsidiaries, in the course of his employment with any of
them concerning their properties, operations or business (unless such document
or information is readily ascertainable from public or published information or
trade sources or has otherwise been made available to the public through no
fault of his own) until the same ceases to be material (or becomes so
ascertainable or available); provided, however, that nothing in this Section 15
shall prevent the Executive, with or without the Employers' consent, from
participating in or disclosing documents or information in connection with any
judicial or administrative investigation, inquiry or proceeding or the Company's
public reporting requirements to the extent that such participation or
disclosure is required under applicable law.
SECTION 16. SOLICITATION.
The Executive hereby covenants and agrees that, for a period of two
years following his termination of employment with the Employers for any reason,
he shall not, without the written consent of the Employers, either directly or
indirectly:
(a) solicit, offer employment to, or take any other action intended,
or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would expect, to
have the effect of causing any officer or employee of the Employers or any
of their subsidiaries or affiliates to terminate his or her employment and
accept employment or become affiliated with, or provide services for
compensation in any capacity whatsoever to, any savings bank, savings and
loan association, bank, bank holding company, savings and loan holding
company, or other institution engaged in the business of accepting
deposits, making loans or doing business within the counties specified in
Section 14;
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(b) provide any information, advice or recommendation with respect to
any such officer or employee to any savings bank, savings and loan
association, bank, bank holding company, savings and loan holding company,
or other institution engaged in the business of accepting deposits, making
loans or doing business within the counties specified in Section 14, that
is intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would
expect, to have the effect of causing any officer or employee of the
Employers or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates to terminate his or
her employment and accept employment or become affiliated with, or provide
services for compensation in any capacity whatsoever to, any savings bank,
savings and loan association, bank, bank holding company, savings and loan
holding company, or other institution engaged in the business of accepting
deposits, making loans or doing business within the counties specified in
Section 14; or
(c) solicit, provide any information, advice or recommendation or take
any other action intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like
circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any customer of
the Company or the Bank to terminate an existing business or commercial
relationship with the Company or the Bank.
SECTION 17. NO EFFECT ON EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS OR PROGRAMS.
The termination of the Executive's employment during the Employment
Period or thereafter, whether by the Employers or by the Executive, shall have
no effect on the vested rights of the Executive under the Company's or the
Bank's qualified or non-qualified retirement, pension, savings, thrift,
profit-sharing or stock bonus plans, group life, health (including
hospitalization, medical and major medical), dental, accident and long term
disability insurance plans, or other employee benefit plans or programs, or
compensation plans or programs in which the Executive was a participant.
SECTION 18. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
(a) This Agreement is personal to each of the parties hereto, and no
party may assign or delegate any of its rights or obligations hereunder without
first obtaining the written consent of the other parties; provided, however,
that the Employers will require any successor or assign (whether direct or
indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Employers, by an
assumption agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Executive, to
expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to
the same extent that the Employers would be required to perform it if no such
succession or assignment had taken place. Failure of the Employers to obtain
such an assumption agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession
or assignment shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle the
Executive to compensation from the Employers in the same amount and on the same
terms as the compensation pursuant to Sections 9 and 11 hereof. For purposes of
implementing the provisions of this Section 18(a), the date which any such
succession becomes effective shall be deemed the date of termination of the
Executive's employment.
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(b) This Agreement and all rights of the Executive hereunder shall
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's personal and legal
representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees,
devises and legatees.
SECTION 19. NOTICES.
Any communication required or permitted to be given 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:
If to the Executive:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
At the address last appearing
on the personnel records of
the Executive
If to the Employers:
KNBT Bancorp, Inc.
Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust Company
Xxxxx 000 xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
(or the address of the Company's or the Bank's principal
executive office, if different)
Attention: Chairman of the Board
with a copy, in the case of a notice to the Employers, to:
Elias, Matz, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx L.L.P.
000 00xx Xxxxxx, X.X.
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx., Esq.
SECTION 20. INDEMNIFICATION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES.
(a) The Employers shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend the
Executive against reasonable costs, including legal fees and expenses, incurred
by him in connection with or arising out of any action, suit or proceeding in
which he may be involved, as a result of his efforts, in good faith, to defend
or enforce the terms of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, any
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settlement agreement which provides for payment of any amounts in settlement of
the Employers' obligations hereunder shall be conclusive evidence of the
Executive's entitlement to indemnification hereunder, and any such
indemnification payments shall be in addition to amounts payable pursuant to
such settlement agreement, unless such settlement agreement expressly provides
otherwise.
(b) The Employers' obligation to make the payments provided for in
this Agreement and otherwise to perform their obligations hereunder shall not be
affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right
or action which the Employers may have against the Executive or others. Unless
it is determined that a claim made by the Executive was either frivolous or made
in bad faith, the Employers agree to pay as incurred, to the full extent
permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses which the Executive may reasonably
incur as a result of or in connection with his consultation with legal counsel
or arising out of any action, suit, proceeding or contest (regardless of the
outcome thereof) by the Employers, the Executive or others regarding the
validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this
Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any
contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to this
Agreement), plus in each case interest on any delayed payment at the applicable
federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code. This Section
20(b) shall apply whether such consultation, action, suit, proceeding or contest
arises before, on, after or as a result of a Change in Control.
SECTION 21. SEVERABILITY.
A determination that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or
unenforceable shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provision hereof.
SECTION 22. WAIVER.
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.
SECTION 23. COUNTERPARTS.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the
same Agreement.
SECTION 24. GOVERNING LAW.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania applicable to
contracts entered into and to be
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performed entirely within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, except to the extent
that federal law controls.
SECTION 25. HEADINGS AND CONSTRUCTION.
The headings of sections in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and are not intended to qualify the meaning of any section. Any
reference to a section number shall refer to a section of this Agreement, unless
otherwise stated.
SECTION 26. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; MODIFICATIONS.
This instrument contains the entire agreement of the parties relating
to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes in its entirety any and all prior
agreements, understandings or representations relating to the subject matter
hereof, including the Nazareth Employment Agreement. By having this Agreement
supersede the Nazareth Employment Agreement, the Executive acknowledges and
agrees that no payments or benefits will be made to the Executive pursuant to
Sections 3 and 4 of the Nazareth Employment Agreement in the event his
employment is terminated on or after the Effective Date. No modifications of
this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by the parties
hereto.
SECTION 27. REQUIRED REGULATORY PROVISIONS.
Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, any
payments to the Executive by the Employers, 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, 12 U.S.C. Section 1828(k), and the
regulations promulgated thereunder in 12 C.F.R. Part 359.
SECTION 28. DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
(a) In the event of any dispute, claim, question or disagreement
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach hereof, the parties
hereto shall use their best efforts to settle such dispute, claim, question or
disagreement. To this effect, they shall consult and negotiate with each other,
in good faith, and, recognizing their mutual interests, attempt to reach a just
and equitable solution satisfactory to both parties.
(b) If they do not reach such a solution within a period of thirty
(30) days, then the parties agree first to endeavor in good faith to amicably
settle their dispute by mediation under the Commercial Mediation Rules of the
American Arbitration Association (the "AAA"), before resorting to arbitration.
(c) Thereafter, any unresolved controversy or claim arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the breach thereof, upon notice by any party to
the other, shall be submitted to and finally settled by arbitration in
accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules (the "Rules") of the
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AAA in effect at the time demand for arbitration is made by any such party. The
parties shall mutually agree upon a single arbitrator within thirty (30) days of
such demand. In the event that the parties are unable to so agree within such
thirty (30) day period, then within the following thirty (30) day period, one
arbitrator shall be named by each party. A third arbitrator shall be named by
the two arbitrators so chosen within ten (10) days after the appointment of the
first two arbitrators. In the event that the third arbitrator is not agreed
upon, he or she shall be named by the AAA. Arbitration shall occur in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania or such other location as may be mutually agreed to by the parties.
(d) The award made by all or a majority of the panel of arbitrators
shall be final and binding, and judgment may be entered based upon such award in
any court of law having competent jurisdiction. The award is subject to
confirmation, modification, correction or vacation only as explicitly provided
in Title 9 of the United States Code. The prevailing party shall be entitled to
receive any award of pre- and post-award interest as well as attorney's fees
incurred in connection with the arbitration and any judicial proceedings related
thereto. The parties acknowledge that this Agreement evidences a transaction
involving interstate commerce. The United States Arbitration Act and the Rules
shall govern the interpretation, enforcement, and proceedings pursuant to this
Section. Any provisional remedy which would be available from a court of law
shall be available from the arbitrators to the parties to this Agreement pending
arbitration. Either party may make an application to the arbitrators seeking
injunctive relief to maintain the status quo, or may seek from a court of
competent jurisdiction any interim or provisional relief that may be necessary
to protect the rights and property of that party, until such times as the
arbitration award is rendered or the controversy otherwise resolved.
SECTION 29. ACCESSION AGREEMENT
Keystone shall ensure that the Company signs an accession agreement on
or before the Effective Date pursuant to which the Company adopts and becomes a
party to this Agreement and agrees to perform all of its obligations and
agreements set forth herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Keystone has caused this Agreement to be executed
and the Executive has hereunto set his hand, all as of the day and year first
above written.
THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION WHICH MAY BE
ENFORCED BY THE PARTIES.
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Executive
ATTEST: KEYSTONE SAVINGS BANK
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Corporate Secretary Title: Chairman of the Board
[Seal]
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