EXHIBIT 10.2
 
June 6, 2007
 

 
Mr. Patrick M. Ryan
Yardville National Bancorp
2465 Kuser Road
Hamilton, New Jersey  08690

Dear Patrick:
 
In connection with the anticipated merger (the “Merger”) by and between The PNC
Financial Services Group, Inc. (the “Parent”) and Yardville National Bancorp
(the “Company”) as contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated even
with the date hereof, by and among the Parent and the Company (the “Merger
Agreement”), the Company, PNC Bank, National Association (“PNC Bank”), and you
hereby enter into this Consulting, Non-Competition and Retention Agreement (this
“Agreement”).

The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that Section 9 of this Agreement shall
become immediately effective upon the execution of this Agreement and all other
provisions of this Agreement shall become effective only as of the Effective
Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement).  In the event that the Effective Time
does not occur for any reason, this Agreement shall be deemed null and void ab
initio and of no force and effect, and the Employment Agreement between you, the
Company and Yardville National Bank, a subsidiary of the Company, dated as of
August 20, 2004 (the “Prior Agreement”) shall be reinstated effective
immediately.
 
1.  Consulting Arrangement.  PNC Bank shall engage your services as a consultant
on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.  The term of this
arrangement shall be for a period of one year commencing on the date on which
the Effective Time occurs (the “Effective Date”) and ending on the first
anniversary of the Effective Date, or such earlier date as provided in Section 5
below (the “Consulting Period”).
 
2.  Services.  You have agreed to provide consulting services to PNC Bank and
its affiliates (as used herein, “affiliates” includes PNC Bank’s affiliates and
subsidiaries) during the Consulting Period as described herein (the
“Services”).  Your Services will include the following:  transition with the
Company’s Board of Directors, and assistance in retaining relationships with
those Board members as designated by PNC Bank; assistance in maintaining an
ongoing satisfactory business and personal relationship with customers and
current and past executives of the Company; assistance in meeting customers
and/or centers of influence to provide for continuity in the introduction of PNC
Bank and its affiliates to the Hamilton, New Jersey area; advice on the
appropriate civic involvement for PNC Bank and its affiliates and
executives;  and other matters as they may arise.  It is acknowledged that the
Services will not require a full-time commitment from you and you shall perform
the Services on a part-time basis, as and when reasonably requested by PNC Bank
from time to time.
 

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3.  Independent Contractor Status.  You shall perform the Services as an
independent contractor, and not as an employee, agent or representative of PNC
Bank or any of its affiliates.  Unless authorized in writing by PNC Bank, you
shall not have the power or authority to act on behalf of, or bind in any way,
PNC Bank or any of its affiliates.  Because the Services will be performed by
you as an independent contractor and not as an employee of PNC Bank, you
understand and agree that you are not eligible by virtue of this Agreement to
participate in any of PNC Bank’s employee benefit plans or programs.  (This
Agreement does not, however, circumvent any other legal or contractual rights
that you may have to such participation as a former employee of the
Company.)  In the unlikely event that this consulting arrangement is
reclassified as Bank employment by any governmental agency or court, you further
agree that you will not seek to participate in or benefit from any of PNC Bank’s
employee benefit plans or programs as a result of such reclassification.
 
4.  Fees.
 
(a)  Consulting Fees.  During the Consulting Period, you shall bill PNC Bank and
PNC Bank will pay to you a monthly consulting fee of $20,000 (which is a total
of $240,000 for the Consulting Period) (“Consulting Fees”).  In addition to the
Consulting Fee, the Company will reimburse you for reasonable travel and other
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by you in carrying out your duties under this
Agreement in accordance with the applicable expense reimbursement policies of
PNC Bank and its affiliates.
 
(b)  Settlement of Prior Agreement; SERP.  On January 2, 2008, subject to your
execution and non-revocation prior to December 20, 2007 of a release
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Release”), PNC Bank
will pay you (i) $2,260,000 in full settlement of any and all obligations and
liabilities under the Prior Agreement and in consideration for the restrictive
covenants contained herein and (ii) $4,026,000 in full settlement of any and all
obligations and liabilities under any non-qualified deferred compensation plans,
programs, or arrangements of PNC Bank, the Company or their respective
affiliates, including without limitation the Company’s Second Amended and
Restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan as in effect as of the Effective
Date.  For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the payments set forth in this Section 4(b) shall not be taken into
account in computing any benefits under any plan, program or arrangement of PNC
Bank, the Company or their respective affiliates.
 
5.  Termination of Consulting Arrangement.  The parties hereto expect that this
consulting arrangement will continue for the full term of the Consulting
Period.  Either you or PNC Bank may, however, choose to end the arrangement
prior to the end of the Consulting Period.
 
(a)          Termination by PNC Bank.  PNC Bank may provide written  notice and
terminate the consulting arrangement in the event that you take any action or
omission constituting “Cause”, which for purposes of this Agreement shall mean
in the good faith determination of PNC Bank: (i) your gross negligence or
willful misconduct with respect to your performance of the Services; (ii) your
commission of fraud against PNC Bank or its affiliates or its customers, clients
or employees, (iii) your commission of any theft or misappropriation of the
assets or business opportunities of PNC Bank or its affiliates, (iv) any breach
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duty owed to PNC Bank or its affiliates, (v) your commission of any felony or
act of moral turpitude, in either case, which could reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect on PNC Bank or its affiliates (vi) a material
violation by you the Parent’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or its
Employee Conduct Policies, unless not reasonably applicable to you as an
independent contractor; (vii) a material breach of your obligations contained in
this Agreement, including your intentional failure or refusal to perform the
Services; or (viii) the entry of any order against you by any government body
having regulatory authority with respect to the business of PNC Bank or its
affiliates for a violation by you of any rule or regulation governing the
business of PNC Bank or its affiliates; provided, however, that prior to being
given written notice of the termination of your engagement for Cause under (vi)
or (vii) hereof, if curable, you shall be given thirty days’ advance notice that
PNC Bank or its affiliates believe you are in violation of such provision(s),
during which time you may seek to cure your acts and/or omissions and to the
extent that such acts or omissions are cured within such period, such acts or
omissions shall not constitute Cause.  If the Consulting Period is terminated by
PNC Bank for Cause, PNC Bank’s obligation to pay all consulting fees hereunder
will cease immediately after the cure period, if any, has ended without an
effective cure.  In the event that the Consulting Period is terminated by PNC
Bank other than for Cause, PNC Bank will be obligated to pay you the remainder
of the unpaid Consulting Fees for the full Consulting Period (assuming no such
termination had occurred) within thirty days after such termination.

(b)           Termination by Consultant.  You may provide notice and terminate
the Consulting Period for “Good Reason” in the event that PNC Bank fails to pay
any of the amounts set forth in this Agreement when due; provided, however, that
PNC may cure within ten (10) business days following the receipt of notice from
you outlining such breach.  If you terminate the Consulting Period for Good
Reason, PNC Bank will be obligated to pay you the remainder of the unpaid
Consulting Fees for the full Consulting Period (assuming no such termination had
occurred) within thirty days after such termination.  In the event that you
terminate the Consulting Period without Good Reason, PNC Bank’s obligation to
pay all consulting fees hereunder will immediately cease.
 
(c)          Automatic Termination of the Agreement.  The engagement shall
terminate automatically upon your death or Disability.  “Disability” occurs if
you are incapable of performing the Services for a period of six months or more
during the Consulting Period.  Termination of the engagement by reason of
Disability shall be communicated to you by written notice, and shall be
effective on the 30th day after receipt of such notice by you (the “Disability
Effective Date”), unless you return to full-time performance of your duties
before the Disability Effective Date.  If termination of the consulting
arrangement occurs for either of these reasons, PNC Bank’s obligation to pay any
Consulting Fees will cease with the beginning of the first full calendar month
after your death or as of the Disability Effective Date, whichever is
applicable.

(d)           Mutual Agreement.  You and PNC Bank may mutually agree in writing
at any time to terminate the engagement, and the terms of that disengagement.
 
6.  
Restrictive Covenants and Confidentiality.

 
(a)           Conflicts of Interest.  You and PNC Bank have entered into this
Agreement in significant part because of your knowledge, experience and
expertise pertaining to
 

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the Company and its affiliates.  During your employment by the Company you have
had direct and indirect access to a significant amount of confidential and
proprietary information of the Company and its customers that is being acquired
by the Parent and its affiliates.  In addition, during the Consulting Period, in
the performance of the Services you will have access to and will accumulate
significant knowledge of the confidential and proprietary information of PNC
Bank and its affiliates and their customers.  You agree that it is reasonable
and necessary to protect the interest of PNC Bank and its affiliates in such
confidential and proprietary information, and that to do so you promise that you
will not, during the Consulting Period and for one year thereafter (the
“Restricted Period”), engage in any employment, enterprise or activity that
would present a real or perceived conflict of interest with your obligations to
advise PNC Bank and its affiliates, assist them in growing their presence and
business in the Hamilton, New Jersey metropolitan area and/or protecting,
preserving and avoiding even the inadvertent use or disclosure, or the
perception of your use or disclosure, of PNC Bank’s, the Company’s or their
respective affiliates’ confidential and/or proprietary information.
 
(b)          Nonsolicitation of Employees/Clients.  You agree that during the
Restricted Period you shall not, directly or indirectly, either for your own
benefit or purpose or for the benefit or purpose of any person or entity other
than PNC Bank or its affiliates, solicit, call on, do business with, or actively
interfere with any of their relationships with, or attempt to divert or entice
away, any person or entity that you should reasonably know (i) is or was a
customer for which PNC Bank or its affiliates provided services during or as of
the end of the Consulting Period, or (ii) is or was, as of the end of the
Consulting Period, considering retention of PNC Bank and/or any of its
affiliates to provide services.

(c)           No-hire.  You agree that during the Restricted Period you shall
not, directly or indirectly, either for your own benefit or purpose or for the
benefit or purpose of any person or entity other than PNC Bank or its
affiliates, employ or offer to employ, call on, or actively interfere with PNC
Bank’s or its affiliates’ relationship with, or attempt to divert or entice
away, any of their employees, nor shall you assist any other person or entity in
such activities; provided, however, that the covenant contained herein shall not
prohibit you from having an ownership interest in a person or entity at which
your son, Patrick L. Ryan is a director, officer or employee.

(d)           Non-competition.  You agree that during the Consulting Period and
the one-year period thereafter, you shall not serve as an officer, director or
employee of any bank holding company, bank, savings association, savings and
loan holding company, or mortgage company which offers products or services
competing with those offered by the Parent or PNC Bank from any office within
fifty (50) miles from the main office or any branch of PNC Bank.

(e)           Confidentiality.  You shall hold for the benefit of PNC Bank and
its affiliates and shall not disclose to others, copy, use, transmit, reproduce,
summarize, quote or make commercial, directly or indirectly, any secret or
confidential information, knowledge or data relating to PNC Bank and its
affiliates and their businesses (including without limitation information about
their respective clients and customers and their proprietary knowledge and trade
secrets, software, technology, research, secret data, customer lists, investor
lists, business methods, business plans, training materials, operating
procedures or programs, pricing strategies, employee lists and other business
information) that you have obtained during your engagement

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by PNC Bank, provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to
information that is generally known to the public other than as a result of the
breach of this Agreement by you or one of your representatives (“Confidential
Information”).  You acknowledge that such Confidential Information is
specialized, unique in nature and of great value to PNC Bank and its affiliates
and that such information gives PNC Bank and its affiliates a competitive
advantage.  Upon termination of your engagement, you shall surrender immediately
to PNC Bank, except as specifically provided otherwise herein, all Confidential
Information and all other property of PNC Bank and its affiliates in your
possession and all property made available to you in connection with your
engagement by PNC Bank, including, without limitation, any and all other
records, manuals, customer and client lists, notebooks, files, papers,
computers, computer programs, computer discs, lists, data, cellular phones,
two-way pagers, palm-held electronic devices, electronically stored information
and all other documents (and all copies thereof) held or made by
you.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, if you are required to disclose
any such Confidential Information pursuant to applicable law or a subpoena or
court order, you shall promptly notify PNC Bank in writing of any such
requirement so that PNC Bank and/or its affiliate(s) may seek an appropriate
protective order or other appropriate remedy or waive compliance with the
provisions hereof.  You shall reasonably cooperate with PNC Bank to obtain such
protective order or other remedy.  If such order or other remedy is not obtained
prior to the time that you are required to make the disclosure, or PNC Bank
waives compliance with the provisions hereof, you shall disclose only that
portion of the confidential or proprietary information that you are advised by
counsel that you are legally required to so disclose.

7.  Enforcement Provisions. You and PNC Bank understand and agree to the
following provisions regarding enforcement of this Agreement.
 
(a).           Governing Law and Jurisdiction.  This Agreement is governed by
and is to be construed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
without regard to conflict of laws rules.  Any dispute or claim arising out of
or relating to this Agreement or claim of breach hereof shall be brought
exclusively in the Federal court in the State of New Jersey.  By execution of
the Agreement, you, the Company and PNC Bank, and their respective affiliates,
consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of such court, and waive any right to
challenge jurisdiction or venue in such court with regard to any suit, action,
or proceeding under or in connection with the Agreement.  Each party to this
Agreement also hereby waives any right to trial by jury in connection with any
suit, action or proceeding under or in connection with this Agreement.

(b).           Equitable Remedies.  A breach of Section 6 of this Agreement will
cause PNC Bank and/or its affiliates irreparable harm, and PNC Bank and its
affiliates will therefore be entitled to (in addition to any monetary damages
available to them) the issuance of immediate, as well as permanent, injunctive
relief restraining you, and each and every person and entity acting in concert
or participating with you, from initiation and/or continuation of such breach
and such other remedies provided herein or any other remedies provided at law or
in equity.

(c).           Tolling Period.  If it becomes necessary or desirable for PNC
Bank and/or its affiliates to seek compliance with any provision of Section 6 of
this Agreement  by legal proceedings, the period during which you will be
required to comply with each such provision shall be tolled during any period of
violation of any of the covenants in Section 6 hereof and

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during any other period required for litigation during which PNC Bank seeks to
enforce such covenants against you if it is ultimately determined that you were
in breach of such covenants.

(d).           No Waiver.  Failure of you or PNC Bank or its affiliates to
demand strict compliance with any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this
Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of such term, covenant or condition, nor
shall any waiver or relinquishment of any such term, covenant or condition on
any occasion or on multiple occasions be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of
such term, covenant or condition.

(e).           Severability.  The restrictions and obligations imposed by
Section 6 of this Agreement are separate and severable, and it is the intent of
you and PNC Bank that if any restriction or obligation imposed by any of the
provisions of Section 6 of this Agreement is deemed by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be void for any reason whatsoever, the remaining provisions,
restrictions and obligations of Section 6 of this Agreement shall remain valid
and binding upon you.  You and PNC Bank further agree that each provision of
this Agreement shall be severable from every other provision of this Agreement
for the purpose of determining the legal enforceability of any specific
provision.  In the event that any provision of this Agreement is deemed invalid
or unenforceable under applicable law, all other provisions of this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect.

(f).           Reform.  In the event any part of Section 6 of this Agreement is
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, it is the
intent of you and PNC Bank that said court reduce and reform the provisions
thereof so as to apply the greatest limitations considered enforceable by the
court.

(g).           Waiver.  You and PNC Bank hereby waive any right to trial by jury
with regard to any suit, action or proceeding under or in connection with this
Agreement.
 
8.  Application of Policies.  Except as specifically modified by this Agreement,
during the Consulting Period, the general policies and practices of PNC Bank and
its affiliates (as such policies may exist from time to time) that are generally
applicable to consultants of PNC Bank, including but not limited to the Parent’s
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and its Employee Conduct Policies, will
apply to you with the same force and effect as to any other consultant of PNC
Bank.
 
9.           Termination of the Prior Agreement; Agreement to Remain Employed
with the Company Through the Effective Time.  Except as otherwise set forth
herein, you hereby agree that, in consideration for entering into this
Agreement, effective as of the Effective Time the Prior Agreement shall be null
and void, and no person or entity shall be obligated to pay to you or any person
any amounts in respect of the Prior Agreement.  Further, in consideration of the
benefits conferred upon you and the Company pursuant to this Agreement, you
hereby agree not to terminate your employment with the Company or any of its
subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time, and, prior to the Effective Time, the
Company agrees not to terminate your employment with the Company or its
subsidiaries without the prior written consent of PNC Bank.
 
10.           Taxes.  Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section
10, as a consultant and independent contractor of PNC Bank, you will be
responsible for, and will duly
 

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and timely comply with all applicable laws relating to, the collection, payment,
reporting and remittance of any and all Federal, state or local taxes, charges
or fees (“Taxes”) resulting from the receipt of amounts described in this
Agreement.  Except as set forth herein, neither PNC Bank, the Company nor any of
their respective affiliates shall be liable, for any Taxes resulting from the
receipt of amounts described in this Agreement or your failure to comply with
applicable laws.  You, the Company and PNC Bank agree that none of the payments
and benefits payable or provided to you or for your benefit in connection with
the Merger are intended to constitute an “excess parachute payment” within the
meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”).  However, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement or the Prior Agreement, in the event that the aggregate payments or
benefits to be made or afforded to you under this Agreement or otherwise (the
“Payments”) do constitute an “excess parachute payment” under Section 280G of
the Code, you shall be entitled to an amount equal to the Gross-Up Payment (as
defined in Section 15 of your Prior Agreement) in accordance with and subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in Section 15 of your Prior Agreement;
provided, however, if the aggregate value of the Payments are less than or equal
to the sum of (i) $75,000 plus (ii) three (3) times your “base amount,” as
determined in accordance with Section 280G of the Code, in lieu of payment of
the Gross-Up Payment, the Payments will instead be reduced to an amount such
that the value of such Payments shall be equal to three (3) times your “base
amount,” as determined in accordance with Section 280G of the Code, less
$5,000.00.  You hereby agree to report any amounts paid or benefits provided
under this Agreement for purposes of Federal, state and local income, engagement
and excise taxes consistent with the good faith manner in which PNC Bank or its
affiliates reports any such amounts or benefits for purposes of Federal, state
and local income, engagement and excise taxes and that you shall cooperate with
PNC Bank and/or its affiliates in good faith in connection with any valuation of
the restrictions and obligations under this Agreement.
 
11.           Compliance with Internal Revenue Code Section 409A.  If PNC Bank
determines that any compensation provided by this Agreement may result in the
application of Section 409A of the Code, it may, without your consent, modify
this Agreement to the extent and in the manner it deems necessary or advisable
in order to exclude such compensation from the definition of “deferred
compensation” within the meaning of such Section 409A or in order to comply with
the provisions of Section 409A, other applicable provision(s) of the Code and/or
any rules, regulations or other regulatory guidance issued under such statutory
provisions; provided, however, that in no event shall any modification pursuant
to this Section 11 reduce the economic benefits payable to you without your
prior written consent.

12.           Additional Obligations of Consultant.  You agree to the following:

(a)           You will maintain all insurance coverages required by law, as well
as all coverages reasonably necessary to protect PNC Bank and its affiliates
against all claims which may be incurred by or imposed on PNC Bank or its
affiliates in connection with or growing out of the Services.  Such coverages
shall include, but are not limited to, comprehensive general liability insurance
of at least $1,000,000.00 per occurrence.

(b)           You shall immediately notify PNC Bank if you have committed, been
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criminal offense involving dishonesty, breach of trust or money laundering, as
those terms are defined by the Statement of Policy of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation.

(c)           The Equal Employment Opportunity Clause set forth in Section 202
of Executive Order 11246, as amended, and the Affirmative Action clauses set
forth in Title 41 CFR 60-741.4 and Title 41 CFR 60-250.4 are hereby incorporated
by reference in and made a part of this Agreement.

13.           Survival of Certain Provisions of Prior
Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Section 13
(Indemnification and Liability Insurance) and, with respect to Section 4(b) of
this Agreement only, Section 14 (Reimbursement of your Expenses to Enforce this
Agreement) of your Prior Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in
accordance with its terms.

14.           Successors.  This Agreement is personal to you and without the
prior written consent of PNC Bank shall not be assignable by you otherwise than
by will or the laws of descent and distribution.  This Agreement shall inure to
the benefit of and be enforceable by your legal representatives.  This Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company (prior to the
Effective Date), PNC Bank and their respective successors and assigns.
 
15.           Entire and Final Agreement.  This Agreement shall supersede any
and all prior oral or written representations, understandings and agreements of
the parties with respect to the matters addressed herein (including, but not
limited to, all correspondence, memoranda and term sheets and the Prior
Agreement), and it contains the entire agreement of the parties with respect to
those matters.  No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or
implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either
party that are not set forth expressly in this Agreement.  Once signed by the
parties hereto, no provision of this Agreement may be modified or amended unless
agreed to in a writing, signed by you and a duly authorized officer of the
Company (prior to the Effective Date, it being understood that after the
Effective Time, no signature from the Company shall be required) and PNC Bank.

16.           Assignment.  Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights,
obligations or interests arising hereunder may be assigned by you.  Neither this
Agreement nor any of the rights, obligations or interests arising hereunder may
be assigned by the Company, or PNC Bank without your prior written consent, to a
person or entity other than an affiliate or parent entity of the Company or PNC
Bank, or their successors or assigns; provided, however, that in the event of
the merger, consolidation, transfer or sale of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company or PNC Bank with or to any other individual or entity,
this Agreement shall, subject to the provisions hereof, be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of such successor, and such successor shall discharge and
perform all the promises, covenants, duties, and obligations of the Company or
PNC Bank hereunder.

17.           Section Headings.  The section headings contained in this
Agreement are inserted for purposes of convenience only, and shall not affect
the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

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18.           Notices.  All notices required by this Agreement shall be sent in
writing and delivered by one party to the other by overnight express mail to the
following persons and addresses:

If to the Company:

Yardville National Bancorp
2465 Kuser Road
Hamilton, New Jersey  08690
Attention:  General Counsel

With a copy to the Parent.

If to PNC Bank:

PNC Bank, National Association
One PNC Plaza
249 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  15222
Attention:  General Counsel
Telecopy No.:  (412) 762-6238

If to you:

At the most recent address on file with the Company (if prior to the Effective
Time) or with PNC Bank (if after the Effective Time)

With a copy to:

David E. Rubinsky, Esq.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Attention: David E. Rubinsky
Telecopy No:  (212) 728-9635

19.           Execution in Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed by the
parties hereto in counterparts, each of which shall be considered an original
for all purposes.

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If the foregoing is satisfactory, please so indicate by signing and returning to
the Company and PNC Bank the enclosed copy of this letter, whereupon this will
constitute our agreement on the subject.

 

 
Yardville National Bancorp
       
By:
 /s/ F. Kevin Tylus  
Name:
 F. Kevin Tylus  
Date:
 June 6, 2007      

 

 
PNC Bank, National Association
       
By:
 /s/ David J. Williams  
Name:
 David J. Williams  
Date:
 June 6, 2007      

 
ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:
 

 By:  /s/ Patrick M. Ryan  
Patrick M. Ryan
Date:
 June 6, 2007        

 

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EXHIBIT A

Waiver and Release.
 
In exchange for the payments and benefits offered by PNC, you hereby:
 
(a)  
Fully release and forever discharge PNC, and each of its officers, directors,
employees and shareholders, from all liability upon claims of any nature
whatsoever, including claims of negligence, breach of contract, violation of
federal, state or local laws which prohibit discrimination on the basis of race,
color, national origin, religion, sex, age, veteran status, disability or
retaliation, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, and
the laws enforced by any other federal, state or local agencies, including
claims under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, as amended, and including
further claims of any other nature whatsoever based upon any act or event which
occurred on or before the date on which this Waiver and Release is signed and
becomes effective, whether known or unknown, which you now have or could claim
to have.

(b)  
Agree that you will not file, or permit to be filed in your name or on your
behalf, any lawsuit in court against any of the persons or entities released in
this Waiver and Release (other than that not released pursuant to paragraph (d)
below or to challenge this Waiver and Release under the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act), based upon any act or event which occurred on or before the
effective date of this Waiver and Release.

(c)  
Agree that, while this Waiver and Release does not prevent you from filing a
Charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), if any charge,
complaint, lawsuit or administrative claim is filed in your name or on your
behalf with the EEOC or any other administrative agency or organization, or in
any other forum, against any of the persons or entities released in this
paragraph, based upon any act or event which occurred on or before the date you
signed this Waiver and Release, you will not seek or accept any personal relief,
including but not limited to any award of monetary damages or reinstatement to
your employment with PNC.  (Provided, however, that this provision shall not
apply to a claim for damages under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.  If
successful on such claim, however, any monetary damages obtained by you would be
offset by the monies paid under the Consulting Agreement (as defined below).)

(d)  
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Waiver and Release to the contrary,
the release and other provisions herein shall not operate to release, and shall
not apply to disputes relating to your or your beneficiary’s rights to receive
all benefits and payments provided for or otherwise afforded under the
Consulting Agreement between you, on the one hand, and Yardville National
Bancorp and PNC Bank, National Association, on the other hand, dated June 6,
2007 (the “Consulting Agreement”), to the extent you are entitled to such
benefits and

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payments, or through any benefit plan to which you are entitled pursuant to the
Consulting Agreement or at any time before or after the termination of your
consulting relationship.

Intending to be legally bound hereby:

AGREED:

     
For Myself, and for My Heirs, Personal
 
(date of signing)
Representative and Assigns
         

FOR PNC

BY:
       
(Human Resources Signature)
 
(date of signing)
               

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NOTICE

You will have at least 45 calendar days to consider this Waiver and Release and
whether to sign it.  Even if you decide to accept this offer beforehand, you may
not sign this Waiver and Release prior to ______________________, 200__.  If you
sign the Waiver and Release ahead of time, it will invalidate the Waiver and
Release.

One (1) properly dated and fully executed original Waiver and Release must be
received by the Human Resources representative listed below within four (4)
calendar days from ________________________, 200__, or this offer is
automatically void.  If you do not sign or thereafter revoke your signature
under this Waiver and Release, you agree to reimburse PNC for all payments
provided to you based on Section 4(b) of the Consulting Agreement, unless
specifically excluded.

This Waiver and Release may be revoked by you at any time within seven (7)
calendar days after you have signed it, in which event PNC will consider that
you are not eligible for the benefits set forth herein.  To revoke this Waiver
and Release, written notice of revocation must be received by
_________________________________________ no later than seven (7) days after the
date you signed it.

If you have any questions or need to discuss this Waiver and Release, please
call __________________ at (______) ______________.

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