Exhibit 10.2

 

FIRST UNITED CORPORATION

 

LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT (RSU) AGREEMENT
(Time-Vesting)

(Share-Settled)

 

Grant Date: _____________ (the “Grant Date”) Name of Grantee: ____________ (the
“Grantee” or “you”) Vesting Date(s) (each, a “Vesting Date”):

1/3 on _______________

1/3 on _______________

1/3 on _______________

Number of RSUs subject to Award:  

 

This Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered
into as of the Grant Date by and between First United Corporation, a Maryland
corporation (the “Company”), and you.

 

WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the First United Corporation Long-Term
Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “LTIP”) as a subplan of the
First United Corporation 2018 Equity Compensation Plan (the “Equity Plan” and,
together with the LTIP, the “Plan”), under which the Company is authorized to
grant equity-based awards to certain employees and service providers of the
Company;

 

WHEREAS, the Company, to induce you to continue to dedicate service to the
Company and to materially contribute to the success of the Company, agrees to
grant you this award of Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”);

 

WHEREAS, you acknowledge that a copy of the Plan has been furnished to you (and
is also publicly filed) and shall be deemed a part of this Agreement as if fully
set forth herein and the terms capitalized but not defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Plan;

 

WHEREAS, you acknowledge that a copy of a prospectus that summarizes the terms
and conditions of the Plan has also been furnished to you in accordance with
applicable law; and

 

WHEREAS, you desire to accept the award of RSUs granted pursuant to this

Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth herein and
for other valuable consideration hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as
follows:

 

1.       The Grant. Subject to the conditions set forth below, the Company
hereby grants you, effective as of the Grant Date, as a matter of separate
inducement and not in lieu of any salary or other compensation for your services
for the Company, an award of RSUs (the “Award”) consisting of the number of RSUs
set forth above in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein and
in the Plan.

 

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2.       Settlement of RSUs. Subject to Section 9 and Section 30, as soon as
reasonably practicable after the RSUs vest as provided in Section 5 or Section 6
(but in no event later than March 15 following the end of the calendar year in
which the RSUs vest), the Company shall settle the vested RSUs in shares of
Stock (“Shares”) by delivering one Share for each such RSU, rounded down in the
event of a fraction. The Company, in its sole discretion, may elect to deliver
the Shares in either certificate form or in electronic, book-entry form, with
such legends or restrictions thereon as the Committee may determine to be
necessary or advisable in order to comply with applicable securities laws. You
shall complete and sign any documents and take any additional action that the
Company may request to enable it to deliver Shares on your behalf.

 

3.       No Stockholder Rights. Unless and until the RSUs are settled, you shall
not have any rights of ownership in or with respect to the RSUs, including
voting rights, Dividend Equivalent rights, or similar shareholder rights.

 

4.       Restrictions; Forfeiture. The RSUs may not be sold, transferred or
otherwise alienated or hypothecated until they have been settled as described in
Section 2. The RSUs may also be forfeited to the Company as provided in Section
5 and Section 6.

 

5.       Vesting Requirements. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the Plan, the RSUs shall vest subject to the satisfaction of a
time-based vesting condition, and none of the RSUs shall be considered earned
until such vesting condition is satisfied. You shall be deemed to satisfy the
time-based vesting condition with respect to each tranche of RSUs upon your
continuous provision of service to the Company or an Affiliate as an employee or
as an independent contractor in any managerial or governance capacity, or as a
member of the Board or a board of an Affiliate (“Service”), from the Grant Date
through each Vesting Date reflected in the table at the beginning of this
Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in Section 6, any RSUs that do not vest
shall be forfeited.

 

6.       Termination of Services.

 

(a)       Termination due to Death, Disability or Retirement. Notwithstanding
Section 5, if your Service is terminated (i) due to your death, (ii) because you
suffer a “Disability” as that term is defined in the First United Bank & Trust
Long Term Disability Plan (as amended or superseded from time to time) as in
effect at the time a determination of Disability is to be made, (iii) due to
your separation from Service for any reason other than death, Disability, Cause
(as defined in Section 6(f)), or Detrimental Activity (as defined in Section
6(g)) after you have both (A) completed 10 years of Service with the Company or
an Affiliate and (B) attained 60 years of age, then a pro rata portion,
determined in accordance with the following sentence, of the number of RSUs
reflected in the table at the beginning of this Agreement shall become vested
and earned upon the date your Service is terminated. Such pro rata portion shall
be determined based on a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of
days that you provided Service between the Grant Date and the date of your
separation and the denominator of which shall be the total number of days
between the Grant Date and the Vesting Date. Any RSUs not vesting shall be
forfeited.

 

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(b)       Change in Control. Notwithstanding Section 5 and subject to the
Committee’s authority set forth in Section 15 of the Equity Plan, upon the
occurrence of a Change in Control, 100% of the RSUs reflected in the table at
the beginning of this Agreement shall vest upon the Change in Control.

 

(d)       Employment Agreement; Severance Plan. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement, in the event of any conflict between this Section 6 and the
provisions of (i) any written employment agreement between you and the Company
or (ii) any Company severance plan under which you are a participant with
respect to the vesting, acceleration or termination of equity awards upon a
termination of your Service, the provisions most favorable to you under either
this Agreement or under such employment agreement or severance plan, as
applicable, shall control.

 

(e)       Other Terminations. If your Service is terminated under circumstances
other than as described above in this Section 6, then those RSUs that have not
vested as of the date of termination shall be forfeited to the Company.

 

(f)       Definition of Cause. As used in this Agreement, “Cause” means one of
the following reasons for which your Service is terminated by the Company or an
Affiliate: (i) willful or grossly negligent misconduct on your part that is
materially injurious to the Company or an Affiliate; (ii) your embezzlement or
misappropriation of funds or property of the Company or an Affiliate; (iii) your
conviction of a felony or the entrance of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to
a felony; (iv) your conviction of any crime involving fraud, dishonesty, moral
turpitude or breach of trust or the entrance of a plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to such a crime; (v) your failure or refusal to devote full business
time and attention to the performance of your duties and responsibilities if
such breach has not been cured within 15 days after notice is given to you; or
(vi) issuance of a final non-appealable order or other direction by a federal or
state regulatory agency prohibiting your employment or other service in the
business of banking.

 

(g)       Definition of Detrimental Activity . As used in this Agreement,
“Detrimental Activity” means any conduct or act by you that is determined by the
Committee to be injurious, detrimental or prejudicial to any significant
interest of the Company or an Affiliate, including, without limitation, any one
or more of the following types of activity:

 

(i)       Conduct resulting in an accounting restatement due to material
noncompliance with any financial reporting requirement under the U.S. federal
securities laws.

 

(ii)       Engaging in any activity, as an employee, principal, agent or
consultant for another entity that competes with the Company or an Affiliate in
any actual, researched or prospective product, service, system or business
activity for which you have had any direct responsibility during the last two
years of your Service, in any territory in which the Company or an Affiliate
sells, provides or markets such product, service or system, or engages in such
business activity.

 

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(iii)       Soliciting any employee of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate
his or her employment with the Company or an Affiliate.

 

(iv)       The disclosure to anyone outside the Company or an Affiliate, or the
use in other than the Company’s or an Affiliate’s business, without prior
written authorization from the Company, of any confidential, proprietary or
trade secret information or material relating to the business of the Company and
its Affiliates acquired by you during your Service.

 

(v)       Your failure or refusal to disclose promptly and to assign to the
Company or an Affiliate upon request all right, title and interest in any
invention or idea, patentable or not, made or conceived by you during your
Service, relating in any manner to the actual or anticipated business, research
or development work of the Company or an Affiliate.

 

(vi)       Activity that results in termination of your Service for Cause.

 

7.       Leave of Absence. With respect to the Award, the Company may, in its
sole discretion, determine that if you are on leave of absence for any reason
you shall be considered to still be in the Service; provided that rights to the
RSUs during a leave of absence shall be limited to the extent to which those
rights were earned or vested when the leave of absence began.

 

8.       Payment of Taxes. In connection with any disposition of Shares or cash
acquired pursuant to settlement of the Award, you (or any person permitted to
receive such disposition or payment in the event of your death) shall be
responsible for satisfying withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating
to the Award or payment. Such tax obligations shall be satisfied through net
withholding (which is a reduction of the amount of Shares or cash, as determined
by the Committee, otherwise issuable or deliverable pursuant to the Award or
payment) and the maximum number of Shares that may be so withheld shall be the
number of Shares that have an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of
withholding or surrender equal to the aggregate amount of such tax liabilities
determined based on the greatest withholding rates for federal, state, local
and/or foreign tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that may be utilized
without creating adverse accounting treatment for the Company with respect to
the Award or payment, as determined by the Committee. You acknowledge that there
may be adverse tax consequences upon the transfer, vesting or settlement of the
Award, the disposition of the underlying Shares or cash and that you have been
advised, and hereby are advised, to consult a tax advisor prior to such
transfer, vesting, settlement, disposition or payment. You represent that you
are in no manner relying on the Board, the Committee, the Company or any of its
Affiliates or any of their respective managers, directors, officers, employees
or authorized representatives (including attorneys, accountants, consultants,
bankers, lenders, prospective lenders and financial representatives) for tax
advice or an assessment of such tax consequences.

 

9.       Compliance with Securities Law and Plan Limits. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent RSUs are otherwise
settleable in Shares but there are not sufficient Shares available for issuance
under the Plan, the Committee may elect to settle the RSUs in cash.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the issuance of
Shares shall be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of
federal, state, or foreign laws with respect to such securities and with the
requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may
then be listed. No Shares shall be issued hereunder if such issuance would
constitute a violation of any applicable federal, state, or foreign securities
laws or other law or regulations or the requirements of any stock exchange or
market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. In addition, Shares shall
not be issued hereunder unless (a) a registration statement under the Securities
Act (the “Act”) is at the time of issuance in effect with respect to the Shares
issued or (b) in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the Shares issued
may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements of the Act. The inability of the Company to obtain
from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by
the Company’s legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of
any Shares subject to the Award shall relieve the Company of any liability in
respect of the failure to issue such Shares as to which such requisite authority
has not been obtained; provided, however, that in such event, the Company shall
settle the vested portion of this Award through payment of cash having a Fair
Market Value equal to the number of Shares otherwise issuable. As a condition to
any issuance hereunder, the Company may require you to satisfy any
qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate to evidence compliance with
any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with
respect to such compliance as may be requested by the Company. From time to
time, the Board and appropriate officers of the Company are authorized to take
the actions necessary and appropriate to file required documents with
governmental authorities, stock exchanges, and other appropriate Persons to make
Shares available for issuance.

 

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10.       Right of the Company and Affiliates to Terminate Employment or
Services. Nothing in this Agreement confers upon you the right to continue in
the employ of or performing services for the Company or any of its Affiliates,
or interfere in any way with the rights of the Company or any of its Affiliates
to terminate your employment or service relationship at any time. For purposes
of this Agreement, you shall be considered to be in Service as long as you
remain in Service or in the service of a corporation or a parent or subsidiary
of such corporation assuming or substituting a new award for this Award.

 

11.       Corporate Acts. The existence of the RSUs shall not affect in any way
the right or power of the Board or the shareholders of the Company to make or
authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization, or other change in
the Company’s capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation of
the Company, any issue of debt or equity securities, the dissolution or
liquidation of the Company or any sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of
all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or
proceeding.

 

12.       Furnish Information. You agree to furnish to the Company all
information requested by the Company to enable it to comply with any reporting
or other requirements imposed upon the Company by or under any applicable
statute or regulation.

 

13.       Remedies. The parties to this Agreement shall be entitled to recover
from each other reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with the
successful enforcement of the terms and provisions of this Agreement whether by
an action to enforce specific performance or for damages for its breach or
otherwise.

 

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14.       No Liability for Good Faith Determinations. The members of the Board
and of the Committee shall not be liable for any act, omission or determination
taken or made in good faith with respect to this Agreement or the RSUs granted
hereunder.

 

15.       Execution of Receipts and Releases. Any payment of cash or any
issuance or transfer of Shares or other property to you, or to your legal
representative, heir, legatee or distributee, in accordance with the provisions
hereof, shall, to the extent thereof, be in full satisfaction of all claims of
such persons hereunder. The Company may require you or your legal
representative, heir, legatee or distributee, as a condition precedent to such
payment or issuance, to execute a release and receipt therefor in such form as
it shall determine.

 

16.       No Guarantee of Interests. The Committee, the Board and the Company do
not guarantee the Shares from loss or depreciation.

 

17.       Notice. All notices required or permitted under this Agreement must be
in writing and personally delivered or sent by mail and shall be deemed to be
delivered on the date on which it is actually received by the person to whom it
is properly addressed or if earlier the date it is sent via certified United
States mail.

 

18.       Waiver of Notice. Any person entitled to notice hereunder may waive
such notice in writing.

 

19.       Information Confidential. As partial consideration for the granting of
the Award hereunder, you hereby agree to keep confidential all information and
knowledge, except that which has been disclosed in any public filings required
by law, that you have relating to the terms and conditions of this Agreement;
provided, however, that such information may be disclosed as required by law and
may be given in confidence to your spouse and tax and financial advisors. In the
event any breach of this promise comes to the attention of the Company, it shall
take into consideration that breach in determining whether to recommend the
grant of any future similar award to you, as a factor weighing against the
advisability of granting any such future award to you.

 

20.       Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon you, your legal
representatives, heirs, legatees and distributees, and upon the Company, its
successors and assigns.

 

21.       Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal
or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the
remaining provisions hereof, but such provision shall be fully severable and
this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid
provision had never been included herein.

 

22.       Headings. The titles and headings of Sections are included for
convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construction of
the provisions hereof.

 

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23.       Governing Law. All questions arising with respect to the provisions of
this Agreement shall be determined by application of the laws of Maryland
without giving any effect to any conflict of law provisions thereof, except to
the extent Maryland state law is preempted by federal law. The obligation of the
Company to sell and deliver Shares hereunder is subject to applicable laws and
to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the
authorization, issuance, sale, or delivery of such Shares.

 

24.       Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the Board or by the
Committee at any time; provided that any amendment that would materially and
adversely affect your rights hereunder shall not be effective without your
consent.

 

25.       Clawback. To the extent required by applicable law or any applicable
securities exchange listing standards, or as otherwise determined by the Board
(or a committee thereof), all Shares granted and cash awarded under this
Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of any applicable clawback policies
or procedures adopted by the Company, which clawback policies or procedures may
provide for forfeiture and/or recoupment of such Shares and cash.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company
reserves the right, without your consent, to adopt any such clawback policies
and procedures, including such policies and procedures applicable to this
Agreement with retroactive effect.

 

26.       The Plan. This Agreement is subject to all the terms, conditions,
limitations and restrictions contained in the Plan.

 

27.       Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which
together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of
this Agreement by facsimile or portable document format (.pdf) attachment to
electronic mail shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Agreement.

 

28.       Consent to Electronic Delivery; Electronic Signature. In lieu of
receiving documents in paper format, you agree, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, to accept electronic delivery of any documents that the Company may be
required to deliver (including prospectuses, prospectus supplements, grant or
award notifications and agreements, account statements, annual and quarterly
reports and all other forms of communications) in connection with this and any
other award made or offered by the Company. Electronic delivery may be via a
Company electronic mail system or by reference to a location on a Company
intranet to which you have access. You hereby consent to any and all procedures
the Company has established or may establish for an electronic signature system
for delivery and acceptance of any such documents that the Company may be
required to deliver, and agree that your electronic signature is the same as,
and shall have the same force and effect as, your manual signature.

 

 

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29.       Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of
the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof, and contains all the
covenants, promises, representations, warranties and agreements between the
parties with respect to the Award granted hereby; provided, however, that the
terms of this Agreement shall not modify and shall be subject to the terms and
conditions of any employment, consulting and/or severance agreement or severance
plan between the Company (or an Affiliate or other entity) and you in effect as
of the date a determination is to be made under this Agreement. Without limiting
the scope of the preceding sentence, except as provided therein, all prior
understandings and agreements, if any, among the parties hereto relating to the
subject matter hereof are hereby null and void and of no further force and
effect. In this Agreement, unless otherwise stated, the following uses apply:
(a) “including” (and like terms) means “including, without limitation” (and like
terms); and (b) references to sections and exhibits are to sections and exhibits
in and to this Agreement.

 

30.       Acknowledgements Regarding Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement is
intended to comply with section 409A of the Code and the guidance and
regulations promulgated thereunder (“Section 409A”) or an exemption thereunder
and shall be construed and interpreted in a manner that is consistent with the
requirements for avoiding additional taxes or penalties under Section 409A.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representations that the
payments and benefits provided under this Agreement comply with Section 409A,
and in no event shall the Company be liable for all or any portion of any taxes,
penalties, interest or other expenses that may be incurred by you on account of
non-compliance with Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you acknowledge
that if you are deemed a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section
409A, as determined by the Committee, at a time when you become eligible for
settlement of the RSUs upon “separation from service” within the meaning of
Section 409A, then to the extent this Agreement provides for “nonqualified
deferred compensation” and to the extent necessary to prevent any accelerated or
additional tax under Section 409A, such settlement shall be delayed until the
earlier of: (a) the date that is six months following your separation from
service and (b) your death. All installment payments under this Agreement shall
be deemed separate payments for purposes of Section 409A.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by its
officer thereunto duly authorized, and the Grantee has set his or her hand as of
the Grant Date.

 

 

 

  FIRST UNITED CORPORATION       By:     Name:   Title:           GRANTEE      
 

 

 

 

 

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