Exhibit 10.6

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 12th day of January, 2004, between SUN BANCORP,
INC. (“Corporation”), a Pennsylvania business corporation having a place of
business at 155 North 15th Street, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837, SUNBANK
(“Bank”), a Pennsylvania chartered banking institution having a place of
business at 155 North 15th Street, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837, SUBI SERVICES,
LLC (“Services Company”), a Pennsylvania limited liability company having a
place of business at 155 North 15th Street, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837 and
David M. Diffenderffer  (“Executive”), an individual residing at 2826 Wimbledon
Lane, Lancaster, PA 17601 (collectively, the “Parties” and, individually,
sometimes a “Party”).

 

WHEREAS, the Corporation is a registered bank holding company;

 

WHEREAS, the Bank is a subsidiary of the Corporation;

 

WHEREAS, the Services Company is a subsidiary of the Bank;

 

WHEREAS, any reference solely to Corporation in this Agreement shall mean
Corporation, Bank or Services Company;

 

WHEREAS, Corporation, Bank and Services Company desire to employ Executive to
serve in the capacity of Regional President and Senior Vice President of
Services Company, Bank and Corporation on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, Executive desires to accept employment with Corporation, Bank and
Services Company on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as
follows:

 

1.             Employment.   Corporation, Bank and Services Company hereby
employ Executive and Executive hereby accepts employment with Corporation, Bank
and Services Company, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

2.             Duties and Position of Executive.  Executive shall perform and
discharge well and faithfully such duties as an executive officer of Corporation
as may be assigned to Executive from time to time by the Board of Directors of
Corporation and/or Corporation’s President and CEO.  Executive shall be employed
as Regional President and Senior Vice President of the Services Company, Bank
and Corporation, and shall hold such other titles as may be given to him from
time to time by the Board of Directors of Corporation.  The Executive may be
promoted to other positions within the Corporation and/or Bank and/or Services
Company and assigned duties consistent with such a position without the
Corporation, Bank or Services Company breaching this Agreement.  Such promotion
may occur without amendment of this Agreement; all other provisions of this
Agreement will remain in full force and effect.

 

3.             Engagement in Other Employment.  Executive shall devote his full
time, attention and energies to the business of  Corporation, Bank and Services
Company during the Employment Period (as defined in Section 4(a) of this
Agreement); provided, however, that this Section  shall not be construed as
preventing Executive from (a) investing Executive’s personal assets in
enterprises that do not compete with Corporation, Bank, Services Company or any
of their subsidiaries or affiliates or (b) being involved in any other activity

 

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with the prior approval of the Boards of Directors of Corporation, Bank and
Services Company.  The Executive shall not engage in any business or commercial
activities, duties or pursuits which compete with the business or commercial
activities of Corporation, Bank, Services Company or any of their subsidiaries
or affiliates, nor may the Executive serve as a director or officer or in any
other capacity in a company which competes with Corporation, Bank, Services
Company or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates.

 

4.             Term of Agreement.

 

(a)           Employment Period.  This Agreement shall be for a two (2) year
period (the “Employment Period”) beginning on the date first mentioned above,
and if not previously terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the
Employment Period shall end two (2) years later.  The Employment Period shall be
automatically extended on the second anniversary date of the commencement of the
Employment Period (the “Renewal Date”) for a period ending one (1) year from the
Renewal Date unless either party shall give written notice of non-renewal to the
other party at least sixty (60) days prior to the Renewal Date, in which event
this Agreement shall terminate at the end of the Employment Period.  If this
Agreement is renewed on the Renewal Date, it will be automatically renewed on
the first anniversary date of the Renewal Date and each subsequent year (the
“Annual Renewal Date”) for a period ending one (1) year from each Annual Renewal
Date, unless either party gives written notice of non-renewal to the other party
at least sixty (60) days prior to the Annual Renewal Date, in which case this
Agreement will terminate on the Annual Renewal Date immediately following such
notice.

 

(b)           Cause.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4(a) of this
Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate automatically for Cause (as defined
herein) upon written notice from the Board of Directors of Corporation to
Executive.  As used in this Agreement, the term “Cause” shall mean any of the
following:

 

(i)            Executive’s conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to
a felony, a crime of falsehood or a crime involving moral turpitude, or the
actual incarceration of Executive;

 

(ii)           Executive’s failure to follow the good faith lawful instructions
of the Board of Directors of Corporation with respect to its operations, after
notice from Corporation, and a failure to cure such violation within twenty (20)
days of said notice;

 

(iii)          the willful failure by the Executive to substantially perform his
duties hereunder, other than a failure resulting from Executive’s incapacity
because of physical or mental illness, as provided in Section 3(e) of this
Agreement, after notice from the Corporation and a failure to cure such
violation within twenty (20) days of said notice;

 

(iv)          Executive’s intentional violation of the provisions of this
Agreement, after notice from Corporation, and a failure to cure such violation
within twenty (20) days of said notice;

 

(v)           dishonesty or gross negligence of the Executive in the performance
of his duties;

 

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(vi)          conduct on the part of the Executive which brings public discredit
to  Corporation as determined by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the Board of
Directors of Corporation;

 

(vii)         Executive’s breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit;

 

(viii)        Executive’s violation of any law, rule or regulation governing
banks or bank officers or any final cease and desist order issued by a bank
regulatory authority;

 

(ix)           Executive’s unlawful discrimination, including harassment,
against Corporation’s employees, customers, business associates, contractors or
visitors;

 

(x)            Executive’s theft or abuse of Corporation’s property or the
property of Corporation’s customers, employees, contractors, vendors or business
associates;

 

(xi)           any final removal or prohibition order to which the Executive is
subject, by a federal banking agency pursuant to Section 8(e) of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Act;

 

(xii)          any act of fraud or misappropriation by Executive;

 

(xiii)         intentional misrepresentation of a material fact, or intentional
omission of information necessary to make the information supplied not
materially misleading, in an application or other information provided by the
Executive to Corporation or any representative of Corporation in connection with
the Executive’s employment with Corporation, Bank and Services Company;

 

(xiv)        direction or recommendation of a state or federal bank regulatory
authority to remove the Executive from his position with Corporation and/or Bank
and/or Services Company, as identified herein;

 

(xv)         the willful engaging by the Executive in misconduct injurious to
Corporation, after notice from Corporation, and a failure to cure such conduct
within twenty (20) days of said notice; or

 

(xvi)        willful and serious violation(s) by Executive of the Bank’s “Core
Values,” and a failure to cure such violation(s) within twenty (20) days after
notice by the Corporation; if the violation is so serious that an attempt to
cure would be fruitless, no notice need be given by the Corporation.

 

(xvii)       the existence of any material conflict between the interests of
Corporation and the Executive that is not disclosed in writing by the Executive
to Corporation,  Bank and Services Company and approved in writing by the Boards
of Directors of Corporation, Bank and Services Company and, after notice from
Corporation, a failure to cure such conflict within twenty (20) days of said
notice.

 

If this Agreement is terminated for Cause, all of Executive’s rights under this
Agreement shall cease as of the effective date of such termination and all of
Corporation, Bank and Services Company’s

 

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compensation and employment obligations under this Agreement shall terminate.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4(a) of this Agreement,
all of Corporation, Bank and Services Company’s  obligations under this
Agreement shall terminate automatically upon Executive’s voluntary termination
of employment.

 

(d)           Good Reason.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4(a) of
this Agreement, the Executive may terminate his employment under this Agreement
for Good Reason. As used in this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean any of the
following:

 

(i)            any reduction in the Executive’s Annual Base Salary, as in effect
on the date this Agreement is executed or as the same may be increased from time
to time, except such reductions that are the result of a national financial
depression or national or bank emergency, or when such reduction has been
implemented by the Board of Directors for the Corporation’s senior management;
or

 

(ii)           a requirement that Executive move his principal residence more
than seventy-five (75) miles from the location of Corporation’s principal
executive office immediately prior to this Agreement; or

 

(iii)          any removal of the Executive from any of the positions indicated
in Section 2 of this Agreement, other than for a promotion except as a result of
his regulatory removal and/or in connection with termination of the Executive’s
employment for Cause.

 

If Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason, then he may give notice
of intention to collect benefits under this Agreement by delivering a notice in
writing (the “Notice of Termination”) and Corporation shall pay Executive an
amount equal to one (1) times the Executive’s Annual Base Salary as defined in
Section 5(a) of this Agreement, which amount shall be payable in twelve (12)
equal monthly installments and shall be subject to federal, state and local tax
withholdings.  In addition, Executive shall receive a continuation, for a period
of twelve (12) months from the date of termination of employment, or until
Executive secures substantially similar benefits through other employment,
whichever shall first occur, of all health, accident, life and disability
insurance benefits in effect with respect to Executive on the date of
termination of employment and that were in effect during the two (2) years prior
to Executive’s termination of employment, or, if Corporation cannot provide such
benefits because Executive is no longer an employee, a dollar amount equal to
the cost to Executive of obtaining such benefits or substantially similar
benefits.  Executive only becomes entitled to receive these payments and
continuation of benefits if he executes a General Release in favor of
Corporation, Bank and their subsidiaries and affiliates.  However, in the event
the payments described herein, when added to all other amounts or benefits
provided to or on behalf of the Executive in connection with his termination of
employment, would result in the imposition of an excise tax under Code Section
4999, such payments shall be retroactively (if necessary) reduced to the extent
necessary to avoid such excise tax imposition.  Upon written notice to
Executive, together with calculations of Corporation’s independent auditors,
Executive shall remit to Corporation the amount of the reduction, plus such
interest as may be necessary to avoid the

 

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imposition of such excise tax.  Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other
provision of this contract to the contrary, if any portion of the amount herein
payable to the Executive is determined to be non-deductible pursuant to the
regulations promulgated under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the “Code”), then Corporation shall be required only to pay to
Executive the amount determined to be deductible under Section 280G.

 

(e)           Disability.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4(a) of
this Agreement, if, as a result of physical or mental injury or impairment,
Executive is unable to perform all of the essential job functions of his
position on a full time basis, taking into account any reasonable accommodation
required by law, and without posing a direct threat to himself and others, for a
period up to one hundred eighty (180) days, all obligations of Corporation, Bank
and Services Company to pay Executive an Annual Base Salary as set forth in
Paragraph 5(a) of this Agreement are suspended.  Any paid time off, sick leave,
or short term disability pay Executive may be entitled to receive, pursuant to
an established disability plan or program of the Services Company and/or Bank
and/or Corporation, if any exists, shall be considered part of the compensation
Executive shall receive while disabled, and shall not be in addition to the
compensation received by Executive under this provision of the Agreement. 
Executive further agrees that should he remain unable to perform all of the
essential functions of his position on a full time basis, taking into account
any reasonable accommodation required by law, and without posing a direct threat
to himself or others, after one hundred eighty (180) days, the Services Company,
Bank and Corporation will suffer an undue hardship by continuing Executive in
his position.  Upon this event, all compensation and employment obligations of
the Services Company, Bank and Corporation under this Agreement shall cease
(except Executive’s rights under the Corporation’s then existing short term
and/or long term disability plans, if any), and this Agreement shall terminate.

 

(f)            Death.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4(a) of this
Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate automatically upon Executive’s death
and Executive’s rights under this Agreement shall cease as of the date of such
termination.

 

5.             Employment Period Compensation.

 

(a)           Annual Base Salary.  For services performed by Executive under
this Agreement, Corporation shall pay Executive an Annual Base Salary in the
aggregate during the Employment Period at the rate of One Hundred Twenty Five
Thousand dollars ($125,000) per year, payable at the same times as salaries are
payable to other executive employees of Corporation.  Corporation may, from time
to time, increase Executive’s Annual Base Salary, and any and all such increases
shall be deemed to constitute amendments to this Section 5(a) to reflect the
increased amounts, effective as of the date established for such increases by
the Board of Directors of Corporation or any committee of such Board in the
resolutions authorizing such increases.

 

(b)           Bonus.  Executive may be eligible for incentive compensation under
the terms and conditions of any incentive compensation plan that Corporation may
have in effect from time to time.

 

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(c)           Vacations.  During the term of this Agreement, Executive shall be
entitled to paid annual vacation in accordance with the policies as established
from time to time by the Board of Directors of Corporation, Bank and Services
Company.  However, Executive shall not be entitled to receive any additional
compensation from Corporation for failure to take a vacation, nor shall
Executive be able to accumulate unused vacation time from one year to the next,
except to the extent authorized by the Board of Directors of Corporation.

 

(d)           Employee Benefit Plans.  During the term of this Agreement,
Executive shall be entitled to participate in and receive the benefits of any
Employee Benefit Plan currently in effect at Corporation, until such time that
the Board of Directors of Corporation authorizes a change in such benefits. 
Executive shall also be entitled to participate in any stock option and profit
sharing plans that Corporation may have in effect, subject to the terms and
conditions of those plans.  Nothing paid to Executive under any plan or
arrangement presently in effect or made available in the future shall be deemed
to be in lieu of the salary payable to Executive pursuant to Section 5(a)
hereof.

 

(e)           Business Expenses.  During the term of this Agreement, Executive
shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable expenses
incurred by him, which are properly accounted for, in accordance with the
policies and procedures established by the Board of Directors of Corporation for
its executive officers.

 

6.             Termination of Employment Following Change in Control.

 

(a)           If a Change in Control (as defined in Section 6(b) of this
Agreement) shall occur and if, within twelve (12) months following the Change in
Control (as defined in Section 6(b) of this Agreement), Executive’s employment
is involuntarily terminated (other than for the Cause as defined in Section 4(b)
of this Agreement), then, Executive may give notice of intention to collect
benefits under this Agreement, by delivering a notice in writing (the “Notice of
Termination”) to Corporation and Bank and the provisions of Section 7 of this
Agreement shall apply.

 

(b)           As used in this Agreement, “Change in Control” shall mean a change
in control (other than one occurring by reason of an acquisition of the Bank
and/or Corporation by Executive) of a nature that would be required to be
reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A or any
successor rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”); provided that, without limiting the
foregoing, a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if:

 

(i)            (A) the Corporation and/or Bank shall be merged or consolidated,
or (B) substantially all of the assets of Corporation and/or Bank shall be sold,
exchanged, transferred or otherwise disposed of, and, as a result of such
merger, consolidation, sale, exchange or transfer, less than a majority of the
outstanding voting stock of the surviving, resulting, purchasing “person”is
owned, immediately after the transaction, by the holders of voting stock of the
Corporation before the transaction, unless (y) such merger, consolidation, sale,
exchange, purchase or transfer is approved in advance by seventy percent (70%)
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Board of Directors of Corporation who are not interested in the transaction and
(z) a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the legal entity
resulting from, or existing after, any such transaction, and of the Board of
Directors of such entity’s parent corporation, if any, are former members of the
Board of Directors of Corporation, or

 

(ii)           any “person” or group of “persons” (as such term is used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act), other than Corporation, Bank or any
“person” who on the date hereof is a director or officer of Corporation and/or
Bank is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
1934 Act or any successor rule or regulation promulgated under the 1934 Act),
directly or indirectly, of securities of Corporation representing thirty (30%)
percent or more of the combined voting power of Corporation’s then outstanding
securities, or

 

(iii)          during any period of two (2) consecutive years during the term of
Executive’s employment under this Agreement, individuals who at the beginning of
such period constitute the Board of Directors of Corporation cease for any
reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election of each
director who was not a director at the beginning of such period has been
approved in advance by directors representing at least two-thirds of the
directors then in office who were directors at the beginning of the period.

 

7.             Rights in Event of Termination of Employment Following Change in
Control.

 

(a)           In the event that a Change in Control occurs and Executive
delivers a Notice of Termination (as defined in Section 6(a) of this Agreement)
to Corporation, Bank and Services Company, Executive shall be entitled to
receive the compensation and benefits set forth below:

 

(i)            a lump sum equal to two (2) times the Executive’s Annual Base
Salary as defined in Section 5(a), which amount shall be subject to federal,
state and local tax withholdings; and

 

(ii)           for a period of two (2) years from the date of termination of
employment, or until Executive secures substantially similar benefits through
other employment, whichever shall first occur, Executive shall receive a
continuation of all health, accident, life and disability insurance benefits in
effect with respect to Executive during the two (2) years prior to his
termination of employment, or, if Corporation cannot provide such benefits
because Executive is no longer an employee, a dollar amount equal to the cost to
Executive of obtaining such benefits or substantially similar benefits.

 

However, in the event the payment described herein, when added to all other
amounts or benefits provided to or on behalf of the Executive in connection with
his termination of employment, would result in the imposition of an excise tax
under Code Section 4999, such payments shall be retroactively (if  necessary)
reduced to the extent necessary to avoid such excise tax imposition.  Upon
written notice to Executive, together with calculations of Corporation’s
independent auditors, Executive shall remit to Corporation the amount of the
reduction plus such interest as

 

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may be necessary to avoid the imposition of such excise tax.  Notwithstanding
the foregoing or any other provision of this contract to the contrary, if any
portion of the amount herein payable to the Executive is determined to be
non-deductible pursuant to the regulations promulgated under Section 280G of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the Corporation shall be
required only to pay to Executive the amount determined to be deductible under
Section 280G.

 

(b)           Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any
payment provided for in this Section 7 by seeking other employment or
otherwise.  The amount of payment provided for in this Section 7(a)(i) shall not
be reduced by any compensation earned by Executive as the result of employment
by another employer or by reason of Executive’s receipt of or right to receive
any retirement or other benefits after the date of termination of employment or
otherwise.

 

8.             Rights in Event of Termination of Employment Absent Change in
Control.

 

(a)           In the event that Executive’s employment is involuntarily
terminated by  Corporation without Cause and no Change in Control shall have
occurred at the date of such termination, Corporation shall pay Executive an
amount equal to and no greater than two (2) times the Executive’s Annual Base
Salary as defined in Section 5(a) of this Agreement, which amount shall be
payable in twenty-four (24) equal monthly installments.  In addition, Executive
shall be entitled to a continuation of health, accident, life and disability
insurance benefits for twenty-four (24) months or until Executive secures
substantially similar benefits through other employment, whichever shall first
occur.  However, if the payment described herein, when added to all other
amounts or benefits provided  to  or  on  behalf  of  the  Executive in
connection with his termination of employment, would result in the imposition of
an excise tax under Code Section 4999, such payments shall be retroactively (if
necessary) reduced to the extent necessary to avoid such imposition.  Upon
written notice to Executive, together with calculations of Corporation’s
independent auditors, Executive shall remit to Corporation the amount of the
reduction plus such interest as may be necessary to avoid the imposition of such
excise tax.  Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this
contract to the contrary, if any portion of the amount herein payable to the
Executive is determined to be non-deductible pursuant to the regulations
promulgated under Section 280G of the Code, then Corporation shall be required
only to pay to Executive the amount determined to be deductible under Section
280G.

 

(b)           Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any
payment provided for in this Section 8 by seeking other employment or
otherwise.  The amount of payment provided for in this Section 8 (not
continuation of benefits) shall not be reduced by any compensation earned by
Executive as the result of employment by another employer or by reason of
Executive’s receipt of or right to receive any retirement or other benefits
after the date of termination of employment or otherwise.

 

(c)           The amounts payable pursuant to this Section 8 shall constitute
Executive’s sole and exclusive remedy in the event of involuntary termination
without cause of Executive’s employment by Corporation in the absence of a
Change in Control.

 

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9.             Restrictive Covenant.

 

(a)           Executive hereby acknowledges and recognizes the highly
competitive nature of the business of Corporation, Bank and Services Company
and, accordingly, agrees that, during and for the applicable period set forth in
Section 9(c) hereof, Executive shall not:

 

(i)            be engaged, directly or indirectly, either for his own account or
as agent, consultant, employee, partner, officer, director, proprietor, investor
(except as an investor owning less than 5% of the stock of a publicly owned
company) or otherwise of any person, firm, corporation or enterprise engaged in
(1) the banking or financial services industry (including bank holding company),
or (2) any other activity in which Corporation, Bank, Services Company or any of
their subsidiaries or affiliates are engaged during the Employment Period, in
any county in which, at any time during the Employment Period or on the date of
termination of the Executive’s employment, a branch, office or other facility of
Corporation, Bank, Services Company or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates
is located, or in any county contiguous to such a county, including contiguous
counties located outside of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the
“Non-Competition Area”); or

 

(ii)           provide financial or other assistance to any person, firm,
corporation, or enterprise engaged in (1) the banking or financial services
industry (including bank holding company), or (2) any other activity in which
Corporation, Bank, Services Company or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates
are engaged during the Employment Period in the Non-Competition Area; or

 

(iii)          directly or indirectly contact, solicit or induce any person,
corporation or other entity who or which is a customer or referral source of
Corporation, Bank, Services Company or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates,
during the term of Executive’s employment or on the date of termination of
Executive’s employment; or

 

(iv)          directly or indirectly solicit, induce or encourage any employee
of Corporation, Bank, Services Company or any of their subsidiaries or
affiliates, who is employed during the term of Executive’s employment or on the
date of termination of Executive’s employment, to leave the employ of
Corporation, Bank, Services Company or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates,
or to seek, obtain or accept employment with any person or entity other than
Corporation, Bank, Services Company or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates.

 

(b)           It is expressly understood and agreed that, although Executive,
Corporation, Bank and Services Company consider the restrictions contained in
Section 9(a) reasonable for the purpose of preserving for Corporation, Bank,
Services Company and any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, their good will
and other proprietary rights, if a final judicial determination is made, by a
court or arbitration panel having jurisdiction, that the time or territory or
any other restriction contained in Section 9(a) is an unreasonable or otherwise
unenforceable restriction against Executive, the provisions of Section 9(a)
shall not be rendered void, but shall be deemed amended to apply as to such
maximum time and territory and to such other extent as such court may judicially
determine or indicate to be reasonable.

 

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(c)           The provisions of this Section 9 shall be applicable, commencing
on the date of this Agreement and ending on one of the following dates, as
applicable:

 

(i)            if Executive voluntarily terminates his employment without Good
Reason, the first anniversary date of the effective date of termination of
employment;

 

(ii)           if Executive’s employment terminates in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4(b) of this Agreement (relating to termination for Cause)
or the Executive voluntarily terminates his employment in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4(c) of this Agreement (relating to termination by
Executive for Good Reason), the first anniversary date of the effective date of
termination of employment;

 

(iii)          if the Executive’s employment is involuntarily terminated in
accordance with the provisions of Section 6 of this Agreement (relating to
involuntary termination without Cause following a Change in Control), the second
anniversary date of the effective date of termination of employment;

 

(iv)          if the Executive’s employment is involuntarily terminated in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8 of this Agreement (relating to
involuntary termination without Cause absent a Change in Control), the second
anniversary date of the effective date of termination of employment;

 

(v)           if Executive’s employment terminates in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4(a) relating to non-renewal of contract, the effective
date of termination of employment.

 

10.           Unauthorized Disclosure.  During the term of his employment
hereunder, or at any later time, the Executive shall not, without the written
consent of the Board of Directors of Corporation or a person authorized thereby,
knowingly disclose to any person, other than an employee of the Corporation or a
person to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection
with the performance by the Executive of his duties as an executive of
Corporation, any material confidential information obtained by him while in the
employ of Corporation with respect to any of the services, products,
improvements, formulas, designs or styles, processes, customers, customer lists,
methods of business or any business practices of Corporation, Bank, Services
Company or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, the disclosure of which
could be or will be damaging to Corporation, Bank, Services Company or any of
their subsidiaries or affiliates; provided, however, that confidential
information shall not include any information known generally to the public
(other than as a result of unauthorized disclosure by the Executive or any
person with the assistance, consent or direction of the Executive) or any
information of a type not otherwise considered confidential by persons engaged
in the same business or a business similar to that conducted by Corporation,
Bank, Services Company or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates or any
information that must be disclosed as required by law.

 

11.           Work Made for Hire.  Any work performed by the Executive under
this Agreement should be considered a “Work Made for Hire” as that phrase is
defined by the U.S. patent laws and shall be owned by and for the express
benefit of

 

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Corporation, Bank, Services Company and their subsidiaries and affiliates.  In
the event it should be established that such work does not qualify as a Work
Made for Hire, the Executive agrees to and does hereby assign to Corporation,
Bank, Services Company and their affiliates and subsidiaries, all of his rights,
title, and/or interest in such work product, including, but not limited to, all
copyrights, patents, trademarks, and proprietary rights.

 

12.           Return of Company Property and Documents.  The Executive agrees
that, at the time of termination of his employment, regardless of the reason for
termination, he will deliver to Corporation, Bank, Services Company and their
subsidiaries and affiliates, any and all company property, including, but not
limited to, automobiles, keys, security codes or passes, mobile telephones,
pagers, computers, devices, confidential information, records, data, notes,
reports, proposals, lists, correspondence, specifications, drawings, blueprints,
sketches, software programs, equipment, other documents or property, or
reproductions of any of the aforementioned items developed or obtained by the
Executive during the course of his employment.

 

13.           Resignation as Director.  Executive agrees that in the event that
this Agreement or his employment under this Agreement is terminated, Executive
shall resign as a director of Corporation, Bank, Services Company or any of
their affiliates or subsidiaries, if he is then serving as a director of any
such entities.

 

14.           Liability Insurance.  Corporation shall use its best efforts to
obtain insurance coverage for the Executive under an insurance policy covering
officers and directors of Corporation, Bank and Services Company against
lawsuits, arbitrations or other legal or regulatory proceedings; however,
nothing herein shall be construed to require Corporation to obtain such
insurance, if the Board of Directors of the Corporation determines that such
coverage cannot be obtained at a reasonable price.

 

15.           Indemnification.  Corporation will indemnify the Executive as
required by  Pennsylvania law  and as provided by the Articles and By-laws of
Corporation, if not prohibited by federal law, with respect to any threatened,
pending or completed legal or regulatory action, suit or proceeding brought
against him by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of Corporation or is or was serving at the request of
Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another person or
entity.

 

16            Notices.  For the purposes of this Agreement, notices and all
other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United
States certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as
follows  (or to such other addresses provided by a party to the other parties in
writing):

 

If to the Executive:

Mr. David M. Diffenderffer

 

2826 Wimbledon Lane

 

Lancaster, PA 17601

 

If to the Services Company:

 

Mr. Robert McCormack

 

President and CEO

 

SUBI Services, LLC

 

155 North 15th Street

 

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania  17837

 

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If to the Bank:

 

Mr. Robert McCormack

 

President and CEO

 

Sun Bank

 

155 North 15th Street

 

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania  17837

 

 

If to the Corporation:

Mr. Robert McCormack

 

President and CEO

 

Sun Bancorp, Inc.

 

155 North 15th Street

 

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania  17837

 

17.           Waiver.  No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or
discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing
and signed by Executive and an executive officer specifically designated by the
Board of Directors of Corporation, Bank and Services Company.  No waiver by
either party, at any time, of any breach by the other party of, or compliance
with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other
party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions
at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.  Notwithstanding this Section
17, a promotion of Executive in accordance with Section 2 of this Agreement
shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or require an amendment in
writing.

 

18.           Assignment.  This Agreement shall not be assignable by any party,
except by Corporation to any successor in interest to its respective businesses.

 

19.           Entire Agreement.  This Agreement contains the entire agreement of
the parties relating to the employment of Executive and supersedes any and all
agreements, either oral or in writing, between the parties with regard to the
employment of Executive by Corporation, including the Change of Control
Agreement entered between Executive, Corporation and Bank, dated April 19, 1999.

 

20.           Successors; Binding Agreement.

 

(a)           Corporation, and Bank will require any successor (whether direct
or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all or
substantially all of the businesses and/or assets of Corporation and Bank to
expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to
the same extent that Corporation and Bank would be required to perform it if no
such succession had taken place.

 

(b)           This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by
Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, heirs,
distributees, devisees and legatees.  If Executive should die after a Notice of
Termination is delivered by Executive, or following termination of Executive’s
employment without Cause, and any amounts would be payable to Executive under
this Agreement if Executive had continued to live, all such amounts shall be
paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to Executive’s devisee,
legatee, or other designee, or, if there is no such designee, to Executive’s
estate.

 

21.           Arbitration.   Corporation and Executive recognize that in the
event a dispute should arise between them concerning the interpretation or
implementation of this Agreement (except for any enforcement sought with respect
to Sections 9,

 

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10, 11, or 12, which may be litigated in court), lengthy and expensive
litigation will not afford a practical resolution of the issues within a
reasonable period of time.  Consequently, each party agrees that all disputes,
disagreements and questions of interpretation concerning this Agreement are to
be submitted for resolution, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the American
Arbitration Association (the “Association”) in accordance with the Association’s
National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes or other applicable
rules then in effect (“Rules”).  Corporation or Executive may initiate an
arbitration proceeding at any time by giving notice to the other in accordance
with the Rules.  Corporation and Executive may, as a matter or right, mutually
agree on the appointment of a particular arbitrator from the Association’s
pool.  The arbitrator shall not be bound by the rules of evidence and procedure
of the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, but shall be bound by the
substantive law applicable to this Agreement.  The decision of the arbitrator,
absent fraud, duress, incompetence or gross and obvious error of fact, shall be
final and binding upon the parties and shall be enforceable in courts of proper
jurisdiction.  Following written notice of a request for arbitration,
Corporation, Bank and Executive shall be entitled to an injunction restraining
all further proceedings in any pending or subsequently filed litigation
concerning this Agreement, except as otherwise provided herein or any
enforcement sought with respect to Sections 9, 10, 11, or 12.

 

22.           Attorney’s Fees and Costs.  If any action at law or in equity is
necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, each party shall
bear his or its own attorney’s fees, costs, and expenses incurred in connection
with the litigation, unless mandated by statute.

 

23.           Validity.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of
this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

24.           Applicable Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the domestic, internal laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.

 

25.           Headings.  The section headings of this Agreement are for
convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction or
limit the scope or intent of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date
first above written.

 

 

ATTEST:

 

SUN BANCORP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Sandra J. Miller

 

 

/s/ Robert J. McCormack

 

 

 

Robert J. McCormack, President and CEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATTEST:

 

SUN BANK

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Sandra J. Miller

 

 

/s/ Robert J. McCormack

 

 

 

Robert J. McCormack, President and CEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATTEST:

 

SUBI SERVICES, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Sandra J. Miller

 

 

/s/ Robert J. McCormack

 

 

 

Robert J. McCormack, President and CEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITNESS:

 

EXECUTIVE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Annette Sarsfield

 

 

/s/ David M. Diffenderffer

 

 

 

David M. Diffenderffer

 

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