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FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED CHANGE OF CONTROL EX-10.1 7 sep2007_10qex101.htm
AMENDMENT OF [AMENDED AND RESTATED] CHANGE OF CONTROL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT EXHIBIT (10) e) (vii)
Exhibit 10 m) (iii)
This Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of December 10, 2007 by and among State Bancorp, Inc., a New York business corporation (the “Company”), State Bank of Long Island, a banking corporation organized and operating under the laws of the State of New York (the “Bank”), and Thomas M. O’Brien, an individual (the “Executive”).
The Company is a bank holding company whose common stock is listed for trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market Global Market. The Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and conducts a commercial and consumer banking business in the New York metropolitan area. The Executive has substantial prior experience as a senior executive at public and private banking companies in the New York metropolitan area, including service as chief executive officer. The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) and the Board of Directors of the Bank (the “Bank Board”) have caused the Bank and the Company to enter into an EmploymentAgreement with the Executive as of November 6, 2006 (the “Prior Agreement”) to secure his services. The Executive, the Company and the Bank wish to amend and restate the Prior Agreement pursuant to section 31 thereof. The terms and conditions which the Company, the Bank and the Executive have agreed to are as follows.
The Company and the Bank hereby offer to employ the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts such employment, during the period and on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
2. Employment Period; Remaining Unexpired Employment Period.
(a) The Bank shall employ the Executive for a period of five (5) years beginning on November 6, 2006 (the “Employment Commencement Date”) and ending on the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Employment Commencement Date (the “Employment Period”).
(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any reference in this Agreement to the term “Remaining Unexpired Employment Period” as of any date shall mean the period beginning on such date and ending on the last day of the Employment Period.
(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit the Bank or the Company from terminating the Executive’s employment before the end of the Employment Period with or without notice and for any reason or without reason. This Agreement shall determine the relative rights and obligations of the Company, the Bank and the Executive in the event of any such termination. In addition, nothing in this Agreement shall require a termination, or prohibit a continuation, of the Executive’s employment at the expiration of the Employment Period. Any such continuation shall be on an “at-will” basis unless the Company, the Bank and the Executive agree otherwise.
3. Duties/Investment.
(a) The Executive shall be elected to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer of the Bank and the Company as of the Employment Commencement Date and to the additional positions of Chief Executive Officer of the Bank and the Company effective upon the retirement of the incumbent Chief Executive Officer from such positions, shall have such power, authority and responsibility and perform such duties as are prescribed by or under the Bank’s By-Laws and as are customarily associated with such position and shall report only to the Company Board and the Bank Board.
(b) The Executive shall also serve as a member of the Bank Board and the Company Board and as an officer or director of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Bank or the Company, if duly elected or appointed to serve in such capacities.
(c) The Executive shall devote his full business time and attention (other than during weekends, holidays, approved vacation periods, and periods of illness or approved leaves of absence) to the business and affairs of the Company and the Bank and shall use all of his skill and efforts to advance their best interests. On the Employment Commencement Date, the Executive shall execute a copy of the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
(d) Within a reasonable period after the Employment Commencement Date, the Executive agrees to invest $1,000,000 in the Company’s Common Stock on a basis reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Executive consistent with the Company’s stock ownership guidelines for executives.
The Executive may serve as a member of the boards of directors or other governing bodies of such business, community and charitable organizations as he may disclose to and as may be approved by the Company Board, or the Compensation Committee or Executive Committee thereof (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld); provided, however, that such service shall not materially interfere with the performance of his duties under this Agreement. The Executive may also engage in personal business and investment activities which do not materially interfere with the performance of his duties hereunder; provided, however, that such activities are not prohibited under any code of conduct or investment or securities trading policy established by the Bank or the Company and generally applicable to all similarly situated executives. As of the date of thisAgreement, the Executive has disclosed to, the Company Board has approved, the Executive’s service as a director of the entities enumerated on Exhibit A to this Agreement.
5. Working Facilities and Expenses.
The Executive’s principal place of employment shall be at the Company’s executive offices as of the Employment Commencement Date, or at such other location as the Company and the Executive may mutually agree upon. The Company or the Bank shall provide the Executive at his principal place of employment with a private office, secretarial services and other support services and facilities (including but not limited to a Company owned or leased automobile) suitable to his positions with the Company and the Bank and necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of his assigned duties under this Agreement. The Company shall reimburse the Executive for such ordinary and necessary travel, entertainment and business expenses consistent with past practice or as the Executive and the Company shall mutually agree are necessary and appropriate for business purposes, upon presentation of an itemized account of such expenses in such form as the Company may reasonably require.
For his services under this Agreement during the Employment Period, the Bank and the Company shall provide the Executive with a compensation package consisting of the following: (i) a base salary; (ii) a stock-based signing bonus in the form of a restricted stock grant; (iii) an annual incentive; and (iv) a long-term incentive in the form of stock options, as follows:
(i) Base Salary. The Company and the Bank shall pay the Executive a base salary at the annual rate of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) prior to July 1, 2007 and One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) thereafter, payable in approximately equal installments in accordance with the Bank’s customary payroll practices. The Company Board, or the Compensation Committee or Executive Committee thereof, shall review the Executive’s annual rate of salary at such times during the Employment Period as it deems appropriate, but not less frequently than once every twelve (12) months, and may, in its discretion, approve a salary increase.
(ii) Annual Incentive. The Executive shall be eligible for an annual incentive award, which may be payable in cash or stock-based compensation, on a basis no less favorable than members of the office of the Chairman of the Company (the “Annual Bonus”). The Executive shall have a target Annual Bonus (the “Target Bonus”) of $225,000.
(iii) Long-term Incentive. In consideration of the Executive’s acceptance of employment and execution of this Agreement, the Company shall grant to the Executive non-qualified stock options (the “Initial Stock Options”) to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock of the Company (“Common Stock”) equal to the quotient of (i) One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) divided by (ii) thirty-four percent (34%) of the closing sales price for a share of Common Stock as reported in the New York City Edition of the Wall Street Journal for the fourth (4th) trading day after the Company's issuance of a press release announcing the Executive's employment as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company (the date of such announcement, the “Announcement Date”). Twenty (20%) of the Initial Stock Options shall vest and become exercisable on each anniversary of the Announcement Date until all of the Initial Stock Options have become exercisable. The Initial Stock Options shall have a term that expires on the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Announcement Date or, if earlier, at the date and time of the Executive’s discharge with Cause (as defined herein) and an exercise price per share equal to fair market value of the Common Stock subject to the Initial Stock Options on the date of grant. The Initial Stock Options shall be evidenced by a written stock option agreement in a form prescribed by the Company that is consistent with the terms of this Agreement and otherwise is substantially the same as the form of stock option agreement used by the Company for other executive officer stock option grants as of the date of this Agreement.
(iv) Signing Bonus. In consideration of the Executive’s acceptance of employment and execution of this Agreement, the Company shall pay to the Executive a signing bonus (the “Signing Bonus”) by delivery to the Executive of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (A) One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00) divided by (B) the average of the closing sales price for a share of Common Stock as reported in the New York City Edition of the Wall Street Journal for each trading day during the period of seven (7) consecutive trading days commencing on the fourth (4th) trading day after the Announcement Date (such period, the “Averaging Period” and such number of shares of Common Stock, the “Bonus Stock”). The Signing Bonus shall be delivered by issuance to the Executive of a certificate evidencing the Bonus Stock with a record date of the last day of the Averaging Period. The Executive may, in his discretion, timely file an election under section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) with respect to the Bonus Stock. The Bonus Stock shall vest in twenty (20) equal quarterly installments commencing with the end of the first quarter in which the Employment Commencement Date occurs, subject to acceleration upon death, Disability and termination without Cause or termination by the Executive with Good Reason. The Signing Bonus shall be in lieu of participation during the Employment Period in any non-qualified deferred compensation or supplemental executive retirement program provided for other senior executives of the Bank or the Company, however denominated (except for any program providing for the voluntary or mandatory deferral of compensation otherwise earned and payable).
7. Employee Benefit Plans and Programs.
(a) Except as expressly provided herein to the contrary, during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be treated as an employee of the Bank and the Company and shall be entitled to participate in and receive benefits under any and all qualified retirement, pension, savings, profit-sharing or stock bonus plans, any and all group life, health (including hospitalization, medical andmajor medical), dental, accident and long-term disability insurance plans, and any other employee benefit and compensation plans (including, but not limited to, any incentive compensation plans or programs, stock option and appreciation rights plans and restricted stock plans) as may from time to time be maintained by, or cover employees of, the Bank and the Company, in accordance with theterms and conditions of such employee benefit plans and programs and compensation plans and programs and consistent with the Bank’s and the Company’s customary practices.
(b) The Company and the Bank shall provide the Executive and his eligible dependents with coverage under the Bank’s and the Company’s group health (including hospitalization, medical and major medical), dental and vision care plans through the last day of the first calendar month in which the both the Executive and his spouse are eligible for coverage under Medicare. In lieu thereof, the Bank and the Company may provide substitute coverage by direct payment to the carrier of the Executive’s share of premiums for continuation coverage under the corresponding plan of a prior employer or for coverage under an individual policy providing substantially equivalent benefits and approved by the Executive (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). The Company may require the Executive, while employed, to pay a portion of the premium cost of such coverage; provided, however, that the Executive’s dollar cost for any period shall not exceed the dollar cost borne by senior executives of the Company for corresponding coverage. Following the Executive’s termination of employment, the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to have such coverage continued and the Company may require the Executive to pay the full premium cost for such coverage (but in no event in excess of the aggregate premium cost paid by the Company and an actively employed executive for the same or substantially similar coverage), provided that if the Company cannot provide continuing coverage under its then existing plans, it shall have no obligation to acquire alternative coverage. The obligation to provide this coverage shall survive the termination of the Agreement unless the Executive is terminated with Cause or resigns without Good Reason (as defined in this Agreement).
(c) In addition to coverage under any group-term life insurance program maintained generally for employees of the Bank and the Company, the Bank and the Company shall pay directly to the carrier all required premiums under [redacted] that are to become due during the period beginning on the Employment Commencement Date and ending on December 31, 2007. The obligation to make these payments shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason other than the Executive’s discharge with Cause or resignation without Good Reason (as defined in this Agreement).
(a) During the Employment Period and thereafter, the Bank and the Company shall cause the Executive to be covered by any policy or contract of insurance obtained by them to insure their respective directors and officers against personal liability for acts or omissions in connection with service as an officer or director or service in other capacities at their request. The coverage provided to the Executive pursuant to this section 8 shall be of the same scope and on the same terms and conditions as the coverage (if any) provided to other officers or directors of the Bank and the Company.
(b) To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, during the Employment Period and thereafter, the Bank and the Company shall indemnify the Executive against and hold him harmless from any costs, liabilities, losses and exposures to the fullest extent and on the most favorable terms and conditions that similar indemnification is offered to any director or officer of the Bank or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof.
9. Termination of Employment Due to Death.
(a) The Executive’s employment with the Bank and the Company shall terminate, automatically and without any further action on the part of any party to this Agreement, on the date of the Executive’s death. In such event:
(i) The Bank and the Company shall pay to the Executive’s estate his earned but unpaid compensation (including, without limitation, salary, any Annual Incentive payable in respect of a completed fiscal year, and all other items which constitute wages under applicable law) as of the date of his termination of employment. This payment shall be made at the time and in the manner prescribed by law applicable to the payment of wages but in no event later than 30 (thirty) days after the date of the Executive’s termination of employment.
(ii) The Bank and the Company shall provide the benefits, if any, due to the Executive’s estate, surviving dependents or designated beneficiaries under the employee benefit plans and programs and compensation plans and programs maintained for the benefit of the officers and employees of the Bank and the Company. The time and manner of payment or other delivery of these benefits and the recipients of such benefits shall be determined according to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and programs.
The payments and benefits described in sections 9(a)(i) and (ii) shall be referred to in this Agreement as the “Standard Termination Entitlements.”
(b) In addition to the Standard Termination Entitlements, in the event of the Executive’s death during the Employment Period, the entire unvested portion of the Signing Bonus and the Initial Stock Options shall vest as of the Executive’s date of death.
10. Termination Due to Disability.
The Bank and the Company may terminate the Executive’s employment upon a determination, by vote of a majority of the members of the Company Board, or the members of the Compensation Committee or Executive Committee thereof, acting in reliance on the written advice of a medical professional acceptable to them, that the Executive is suffering from a physical or mental impairment which, at the date of the determination, has prevented the Executive from performing his assigned duties on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least sixty (60) days during the period of six (6) months ending with the date of the determination or is likely to result in death or prevent the Executive from performing his assigned duties on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at leastsixty (60) days during the period of six (6) months beginning with the date of the determination. In such event:
(a) The Bank shall pay and deliver to the Executive (or in the event of his death before payment, to his estate, surviving dependents or beneficiaries, as applicable) the Standard Termination Entitlements.
(b) In addition to the Standard Termination Entitlements (i) the Signing Bonus and the Initial Stock Options shall continue to vest as if the Executive remained in the active service of the Bank and the Company and (ii) upon the Executive’s death prior to full vesting, any unvested portion of the Signing Bonus and the Initial Stock Options shall vest as of the Executive’s date of death.
A termination of employment due to disability under this section 10 shall be effected by notice of termination given to the Executive by the Bank and the Company and shall take effect on the later of the effective date of termination specified in such notice or sixty (60) days after the date on which the notice of termination is deemed given to the Executive.
11. Discharge with Cause.
(a) The Bank and the Company may terminate the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period, and such termination shall be deemed to have occurred with “Cause” only if the Company Board and the Bank Board, by majority vote of their entire membership, each determines that the Executive (i) has willfully failed or refused to perform his assigned duties under this Agreement in any material respect (including, for these purposes, the Executive’s inability to perform such duties as a result of drug or alcohol dependency); (ii) has committed gross negligence in the performance of, or is guilty of continual neglect of, his assigned duties; (iii) has been convicted or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, the commission of a felony or any other crime involving dishonesty, personal profit or other circumstance likely, in the reasonable judgment of the Company Board and Bank Board, to have a material adverse effect on the Bank and the Company or their business, operations or reputation taken as a whole; (iv) has violated, in any material respect, any law, rule, regulation, written agreement or final cease-and-desist order applicable to the Bank in his performance of services for the Bank or the Company or the Company’s or the Bank’s Code of Conduct; or (v) has willfully and intentionally breached the material terms of this Agreement in any material respect. For purposes of this section 11, no act or failure to act on the part of the Executive shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Executive’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Bank and the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Company Board or the Bank Board or the Executive Committee thereof or based upon the written advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Bank and the Company. Termination with Cause shall be effected by written notice to the Executivesetting forth with particularity the grounds for termination.
(b) If the Executive is discharged during the Employment Period with Cause, the Bank and the Company shall pay and provide to him (or, in the event of his death, to his estate, his surviving beneficiaries or dependents, as applicable) the Standard Termination Entitlements only; any unvested Bonus Stock, any unexercised options to purchase Common Stock, whether or not vested shall be forfeited. While a proceeding to discharge the Executive with Cause is pending, the Company Board and the Bank Board may, by written notice to the Executive, temporarily suspend the Executive’s duties and authority and, in such event, may also suspend the payment of salary and other cash compensation and the vesting of Bonus Stock and the exercise of stock options, but not the Executive’s participation in retirement, insurance and other employee benefit plans. If the Executive is not discharged within ninety (90) days after the commencement of such a suspension, payments of salary and cash compensation shall resume, and all compensation withheld during the period of suspension shall be promptly restored. If the Executive is discharged without Cause during such ninety (90) day period, all compensation withheld during the period of suspension shall be promptly restored and shall be paid in addition to amounts due to the Executive under this Agreement on account of his discharge without Cause. If the Executive is discharged with Cause not later than ninety (90) days after the commencement of such a suspension, all payments withheld during the period of suspension shall be deemed forfeited and shall not be included in the Standard Termination Entitlements.
12. Discharge without Cause.
The Bank may discharge the Executive at any time during the Employment Period and, unless such discharge constitutes a discharge with Cause:
(i) The shares of Bonus Stock (if any) and the Initial Stock Options that are not vested as of the date of termination of employment) shall vest as of the date of termination of employment.
(ii) The Bank or the Company shall pay to the Executive (or, in the event of his death, his estate or designated beneficiaries) ten (10) business days after termination of employment a pro rata Annual Bonus for the year of termination based on the Target Bonus.
(iii) The Bank or the Company shall pay to the Executive (or, in the event of his death, his estate or designated beneficiaries) ten (10) business days after termination of employment, an additional lump sum payment equal to two times the sum of the Executive’s most recent Base Salary plus the Executive’s Target Bonus.
(iv) If the Executive’s termination of employment occurs upon, following or in connection with a Change of Control (as defined in this Agreement), (A) any options to purchase Common Stock (including but not limited to Initial Stock Options) and any unvested restricted stock or other Common Stock or stock-based awards that are scheduled to vest during the Remaining Unexpired Employment Period shall vest as of the date of termination of employment and (B) if the Remaining Unexpired Employment Period is less than 3 years, the Company shall pay to the Executive (or, in the event of his death, his estate or designated beneficiaries), subject to Section 21, ten (10) business days after termination of employment a lump sum payment equal to three times the sum of the Executive’s most recent Base Salary plus the Executive’s Target Bonus in lieu of the payment described in section 12(b)(iii).
The payments and benefits enumerated in section 12(b)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) shall be referred to collectively in this Agreement as the “Additional Termination Entitlements”.
(a) The Executive may resign from his employment with the Bank and the Company any time. A resignation under this section 13 shall be effected by notice of resignation given by the Executive to the Bank and the Company and shall take effect on the effective date of termination specified in such notice (which shall in no event be sooner than sixty (60) days after the notice is deemed given) or such earlier or later date as the Executive, the Company and the Bank may mutually agree upon. The Executive’s resignation of any of the positions within the Bank and the Company to which he has been assigned shall be deemed a resignation from all such positions unless the Bank, the Company and the Executor agree in writing otherwise.
(b) The Executive’s resignation shall be deemed to be for “Good Reason” if the effective date of resignation occurs within six (6) months after any of the following, where the Executive has given the Company notice of such event and a reasonable opportunity to cure:
(i) the failure of the Bank or the Company (whether by act or omission of the Bank Board, the Company Board or otherwise), to appoint or re-appoint or elect or re-elect the Executive to the position(s) with the Bank or the Company that he holds immediately prior to such failure, or to a more senior position;
(ii) the failure of the Bank’s shareholders or the Company’s shareholders to elect or re-elect the Executive to membership at the expiration of his term of membership (whether or not the Executive is a nominee for election), unless such failure is a result of the Executive’s refusal to stand for election or attainment of a mandatory retirement age generally imposed all employee-members of the Board;
(iii) a material failure by the Bank or the Company, whether by amendment of its certificate of incorporation or organization, by-laws, action of its Board or otherwise, to vest in the Executive the functions, duties, or responsibilities prescribed in section 3 of this Agreement or the functions, duties and responsibilities associated with a more senior position, provided that the Executive shall have given written notice of such failure to the Bank and the Company, and the Bank and the Company shall not have substantially cured such failure within thirty (30) days after such notice is deemed given;
(iv) any reduction of the Executive’s rate of Base Salary in effect from time to time, whether or not material, or any failure (other than due to reasonable administrative error that is cured promptly upon notice) to pay any portion of the Executive’s cash compensation as and when due;
(v) any change in the terms and conditions of any compensation or benefit program in which the Executive participates (other than an across-the-board change having substantially the same effect on all similarly situated employees) which, either individually or together with other changes, has a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of his total compensation package; provided that the Executive shall have given written notice of such material adverse effect to the Bank and the Company, and the Bank and the Company shall not have substantially cured such failure within thirty (30) days after such notice is deemed given;
(vii) any material breach by the Bank or the Company of any material term, condition or covenant contained in this Agreement (including but not limited any failure to provide the Executive with a Recommended Compensation Package for any portion of the Employment Period after the Initial Employment Period; provided that the Executive shall have given notice of such material breach to the Bank and the Company, and the Bank and the Company shall not have substantially cured such breach within thirty (30) days after such notice is deemed given; or
(viii) a change in the Executive’s principal place of employment to a place that is not the principal executive office of the Company or other mutually agreeable location, or a relocation of the Company’s principal executive office to a location that is both more than twenty-five miles farther away from the Executive’s principal residence than the distance between the Executive’s principal residence and principal place of employment immediately prior to the change or relocation and more than fifty (50) miles away from the location of the Bank’s principal executive office on the date of this Agreement.
(c) In the event of the Executive’s resignation, the Bank and the Company shall pay and deliver the Standard Termination Entitlements. In addition, if the Executive’s resignation is deemed to be a resignation with Good Reason, the Bank and the Company shall also pay and deliver the Additional Termination Entitlements.
14. Terms and Conditions of the Additional Termination Entitlements.
The Bank, the Company and the Executive hereby stipulate that the damages which may be incurred by the Executive following any termination of employment are not capable of accurate measurement as of the date first above written and that the Additional Termination Entitlements constitute reasonable damages under the circumstances and shall be payable without any requirement of proof of actual damage and without regard to the Executive’s efforts, if any, to mitigate damages. The Bank, the Company and the Executive further agree that the Bank and the Company may condition the payment and delivery of the Additional Termination Entitlements on the receipt of the Executive’s resignation from any and all positions which he holds as an officer, director or committee member with respect to the Company, the Bank or any subsidiary or affiliate and on the execution by the Executive of a reasonable release of the Company and the Bank that is limited to employment-related claims.
15. Definition of “Change of Control.”
For the purpose of this Agreement, a "Change of Control" shall mean:
(a) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) (a "Person") of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (i) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the "Outstanding Company Common Stock") or (ii) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the "Outstanding Company Voting Securities"); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (a), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control: (i) any acquisition directly from the Company, (ii) any acquisition by the Company, (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company or (iv) any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (c) of this section 15; or
(b) Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company's shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; or
(c) Consummation by the Company of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets of another entity (a "Business Combination"), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii) no Person(excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination; or
16. Excise Tax.
(a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that Crowe Chizek and Company LLC or such other accounting firm as shall be designated by the Company prior to the effective time of a Change of Control (the “Accounting Firm”) shall determine that receipt of all payments, benefits or distributions by the Company or its affiliates in the nature of compensation to or for the Executive’s benefit, whether paid or payable pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise (a “Payment”) would subject the Executive to the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, the Accounting Firm shall determine whether to reduce any of the Payments paid or payable pursuant to this Agreement that are taxable in the year in which the change in ownership or control occurs (the “Agreement Payments”) to the Reduced Amount (as defined below). The Agreement Payments shall be reduced to the Reduced Amount only if the Accounting Firm determines that the Executive would have a greater Net After-Tax Receipt (as defined below) of aggregate Payments if the Executive’s Agreement Payments were reduced to the Reduced Amount. If such a determination is not made by the Accounting Firm, the Executive shall receive all Agreement Payments to which the Executive is entitled under this Agreement.
(b) If the Accounting Firm determines that aggregate Agreement Payments should be reduced to the Reduced Amount, the Company shall promptly give the Executive notice to that effect and a copy of the detailed calculation thereof, and the Executive may then elect, in the Executive’s sole discretion, which and how much of the Agreement Payments shall be eliminated or reduced (as long as after such election the present value (determined for all purposes of section 16 of this Agreement in accordance with Sections 280G(b)(2)(A)(ii) and 280G(d)(4) of Code) of the aggregate Agreement Payments equals the Reduced Amount), and shall advise the Company in writing of the Executive’s election within ten days of the Executive’s receipt of notice. If no such election is made by the Executive within such ten-day period, the Company may elect which of such Agreement Payments shall be eliminated or reduced (as long as after such election the present value of the aggregate Agreement Payments equals the Reduced Amount) and shall notify the Executive promptly of such election. All determinations made by the Accounting Firm under this section 16 shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive in the absence of manifest error and shall be made within 60 days of the effective time of the Change of Control. As promptly as practicable following such determination, the Company shall pay to or distribute for the Executive’s benefit such Agreement Payments as are then due to the Executive under this Agreement and shall promptly pay to or distribute for the Executive’s benefit in the future such Agreement Payments as become due to the Executive under this Agreement. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company.
(c) As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that amounts will have been paid or distributed by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive pursuant to this Agreement which should not have been so paid or distributed (“Overpayment”) or that additional amounts which will have not been paid or distributed by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive pursuant to this Agreement could have been so paid or distributed (“Underpayment”), in each case, consistent with the calculation of the Reduced Amount hereunder. In the event that the Accounting Firm, based upon the assertion of a deficiency by the Internal Revenue Service against either the Company or the Executive which the Accounting Firm believes has a high probability of success determines that an Overpayment has been made, the Executive shall pay any such Overpayment to the Company together with interest at the applicable federal rate provided for in section 7872(f)(2) of the Code; provided, however, that no amount shall be payable by the Executive to the Company if and to the extent such payment would not either reduce the amount on which the Executive is subject to tax under section 1 and section 4999 of the Code or generate a refund of such taxes. In the event that the Accounting Firm, based upon controlling precedent or substantial authority, determines that an Underpayment has occurred, any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive together with interest at the applicable federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2) of the Code.
(d) For purposes hereof, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
(i) “Reduced Amount” shall mean the greatest amount of Agreement Payments that can be paid that would not result in the imposition of the excise tax under section 4999 of the Code if the Accounting Firm determines to reduce Agreement Payments pursuant to section 16(a).
Unless he obtains the prior written consent of the Company, the Executive shall keep confidential and shall refrain from using for the benefit of himself, or any person or entity other than the Company or any entity which is a subsidiary of the Company, any material document or information obtained from the Company, or from its subsidiaries, in the course of his employment with any of them concerning their properties, operations or business (unless such document or information is readily ascertainable from public or published information or trade sources or has otherwise been made available to the public through no fault of his own) until the same ceases to be material (or becomes so ascertainable or available); provided, however, that nothing in this section 18 shall prevent the Executive, with or without the Company’s consent, from participating in or disclosing documents or information in connection with any judicial or administrative investigation, inquiry or proceeding to the extent that such participation or disclosure is compelled under applicable law; in such Event, the Executive shall, to the extent practicable under the circumstances, notify the Company in advance of and afford the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to take action to prevent or limit the scope of such participation or disclosure.
18. Noncompetition.
(a) The Executive agrees that, while he is employed by the Company and for one year thereafter he will not engage in Competition (as defined below). The Executive shall be deemed to be engaging in “Competition” if he directly or indirectly, owns, manages, operates, controls or participates in the ownership, management, operation or control of or is connected as an officer, employee, partner, director, consultant or otherwise with, or has any financial interest in, any business engaged in the financial services business (a “Competing Business”) in any city or county in which the Company or its affiliates operates a commercial banking or other material financial services business which is a material part of such business and is in material competition with the business conducted by the Company at the time of the termination of his employment with the Company. Ownership for personal investment purposes only of less than 2% of the voting stock of any publicly held corporation shall not constitute a violation hereof. In no event shall services in any capacity described on Exhibit A attached here to be deemed a violation of this section 18(a). In no event shall the Executive have any obligation under this Section 18(a) following a Change of Control.
(b) The Executive acknowledges that the Company would be irreparably injured by a violation of this section 18 or of section 17 or section 19 and he agrees that the Company, in addition to any other remedies available to it for such breach or threatened breach, shall be entitled to a preliminary injunction, temporary restraining order, or other equivalent relief, restraining the Executive from any actual or threatened breach of sections 17, 18 or 19. If a bond is required to be posted in order for the Company to secure an injunction or other equitable remedy, the parties agree that said bond need not be more than a nominal sum.
19. Solicitation.
The Executive hereby covenants and agrees that, for a period of one (1) year following his termination of employment with the Bank and the Company, he shall not, without the written consent of the Company, either directly or indirectly:
(a) solicit, offer employment to, or take any other action intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates to terminate his or her employment and accept employment or become affiliated with, or provide services for compensation in any capacity whatsoever to, any savings bank, savings and loan association, bank, bank holding company, savings and loan holding company, or other institution engaged in the business of accepting deposits, making loans or doing business within the cities and counties in which the Bank maintains an office as of the date of the executive’s termination of employment;
(b) provide any information, advice or recommendation with respect to any such officer or employee of any savings bank, savings and loan association, bank, bank holding company, savings and loan holding company, or other institution engaged in the business of accepting deposits, making loans or doing business within the cities and counties specified in section 16 that is intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates to terminate his employment and accept employment or become affiliated with, or provide services for compensation in any capacity whatsoever to, any savings bank, savings and loan association, bank, bank holding company, savings and loan holding company, or other institution engaged in the business of accepting deposits, making loans or conducting any other banking business in direct or indirect competition with the Company and its subsidiaries within the cities and counties specified in section 19(a);
(c) solicit, provide any information, advice or recommendation or take any other action intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of (i) causing any customer of the Company or its subsidiaries to terminate an existing business or commercial relationship with them or (ii) interfering with their efforts to establish a business or commercial relationship with any person or entity known by the Executive to have been identified by the Company or its subsidiaries as a potential customer as of the date of the Executive’s termination of employment.
20. No Effect on Employee Benefit Plans or Programs.
The termination of the Executive’s employment during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, whether by the Company, the Bank or by the Executive, shall have no effect on the rights and obligations of the parties hereto under the Bank’s and Company’s qualified or non-qualified retirement, pension, savings, thrift, profit-sharing or stock bonus plans, group life, health (including hospitalization, medical and major medical), dental, accident and long term disability insurance plans or such other employee benefit plans or programs, or compensation plans or programs, as may be maintained by, or cover employees of, the Bank or the Company from time to time.
21. Mandatory Deferral of Compensation; Section 409A.
(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if, in the written opinion of the Company’s independent tax advisors, any payment or vesting of any compensation, other than Bonus Stock or resulting from the exercise of stock options, during a taxable year would be nondeductible for federal income tax purposes for such taxable year due to the application of section 162(m) of the Code (or the corresponding provisions of any succeeding statute) but would be deductible for such taxable year if section 162(m) of the Code (or corresponding provision of a succeeding statute) did not apply, the payment or delivery of such nondeductible compensation shall be deferred. For each taxable year, such mandatory deferral shall be applied in reverse chronological order such that the last payments due and payable for a taxable year are the first payments to be subject to the mandatory deferral. All such deferred compensation shall be deposited in a grantor trust which meets the requirements of Revenue Procedure 92-65 (as amended or superseded from time to time), the trustee of which shall be a financial institution selected by the Executive with the approval of the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), pursuant to a trust agreement the terms of which are approved by the Executive (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (the “Rabbi Trust”). Deferred compensation payable in shares of Common Stock shall be deposited in such shares of Common Stock and, when distributed, shall be distributed in kind. Deferred Compensation payable in cash shall be deposited in cash. Provision shall be made for deferred compensation deposited in cash, as well as accumulated cash dividends received with respect to deposited Common Stock, to be adjusted for investment returns on the basis of investment benchmarks selected by the Executive from time to time with the approval of the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Deferred Common Stock and other amounts deferred hereunder (as adjusted for investment returns) shall be distributed to the Executive at the earliest of (a) January 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Executive’s termination of service (within the meaning of section 409A of the Code) occurs, (b) the Executive’s death; or (c) immediately prior to the occurrence of a change in control of the Company (within the meaning of section 409A of the Code), or, if later, at the earliest date permitted under section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder. This section shall be construed, administered and enforced so as to prevent the imposition of an excise tax on the Executive under section 409A of the Code. Compensation deferred under this section 21 shall be 100% vested.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent necessary to comply with section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, no Additional Termination Entitlements shall be paid, and the payment of Additional Termination Entitlements shall be deferred if necessary, until the date of the Executive’s separation from service (within the meaning of section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986). In addition, if the Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) on the date of his separation from service (within the meaning of section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), payments that become due under this Agreement as a result of the Executive’s separation from service shall be deferred until the first business day that is six months and one day after such separation fro service. The amount of any payments required to deferred under this section 21(b) shall be deposited in a Rabbi Trust for investment pending distribution to the Executive; the payments due to the executive shall be increased to reflect the investment earnings of the Rabbi Trust. If any compensation or benefits provided by this Agreement may result in the application of section 409A of the Code, the Company shall, in consultation with the Executive, modify the Agreement in the least restrictive manner necessary 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 and without any diminution in the value of the payments to the Executive.
22. Provisions Relating to Common Stock.
(a) In the event any recapitalization, forward or reverse split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Common stock for other securities, stock dividend or other special and nonrecurring dividend or distribution (whether in the form of cash, securities or other property), liquidation, dissolution, or other similar corporate transaction or event, affects the Common Stock such that an adjustment is appropriate in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the rights of the Executive with respect to Bonus Stock or Initial Stock Options deliverable under this Agreement, the Company Board or its Compensation Committee shall, in such manner as it may determine, adjust any or all of (i) the number and kind of securities underlying Bonus Stock and Initial Stock Options, and (iii) the exercise price of Initial Stock Options, to prevent such dilution or enlargement.
(b) As soon as practicable, the Company shall prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-8 covering a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for all of the Common Stock contemplated to be issued or delivered to the Executive under this Agreement. Thereafter, the Company shall take all actions required to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement until all Common Stock issuable or deliverable to the Executive under this Agreement has been so issued and/or delivered or the Company’s obligation to issue or deliver any such Common Stock has lapsed.
This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Executive, his legal representatives and testate or intestate distributees, and the Bank and the Company and their respective successors and assigns, including any successor by merger or consolidation or a statutory receiver or any other person or firm or corporation to which all or substantially all of the assets and business of the Bank and the Company may be sold or otherwise transferred. Failure of the Bank or the Company to obtain from any successor its express written assumption of their obligations hereunder at least 60 days in advance of the scheduled effective date of any such succession shall be deemed a material breach of this Agreement.
If to the Executive, to the most recent address on file for him in the Company’s or the Bank’s personnel records, with a copy to:
25. Reimbursement for Attorneys’ Fees.
The Company shall indemnify the Executive against reasonable costs, including legal fees and expenses, incurred by him in connection with or arising out of any action suit or proceeding in which he may be involved as a result of his efforts, in good faith, to defend or enforce his rights under this Agreement; provided, however, that he shall have substantially prevailed on the merits. The Company shall reimburse the Executive for his reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in the structuring and negotiation of this Agreement.
Except to the extent preempted by federal law, this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts entered into and to be performed entirely within the State of New York by parties all of whom are citizens and residents of the State of New York.
30. Headings and Construction.
31. Entire Agreement; Modifications.
This instrument contains the entire agreement of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes in its entirety any and all prior agreements, understandings or representations relating to the subject matter hereof. No modifications of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
32. Non-Duplication.
Any compensation or benefits provided to the Executive by any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company or the Bank shall be applied to offset the obligations of the Company and the Bank hereunder in such manner as the Company and the Bank may mutually agree, it being intended that this Agreement set forth the aggregate compensation and benefits payable to the Executive for all services to the Company, the Bank and all of their respective direct or indirect subsidiaries and affiliates.
33. Required Regulatory Provisions.
Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, any payments to the Executive by the Bank or the Company, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, are subject to and conditioned upon their compliance with section 18(k) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. Section 1828(k), and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
In Witness Whereof, the Bank and the Company have caused this Agreement to be executed and the Executive has hereunto set his hand, all as of the day and year first above written.
By: _________________ By: _______________________________
Name: Janice Clark Name: Patricia M. Schaubeck
Title: Secretary Title: General Counsel
By: __________________ By: ________________________________.
Prudential Insurance Company of America. Serve as Independent Trustee of the $65B mutual fund complex.
Catholic Healthcare System of NY. Serve as trustee and finance chair. Catholic Healthcare Foundation, Inc. Serve as trustee of affiliated charitable foundation.
Niagara University. Member of the Board of Trustees
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in the City of New York. 1st Vice President.
Galway Bay Foundation, Inc. President & Founder of personal charitable foundation specializing in supporting programs for the emotionally/physically challenged, affordable housing and educational institutions.
Jacob Marley Foundation, Manhasset, NY. Secretary/Treasurer of foundation created by close friend lost on Sept. 11, 2001. Dedicated to working with disadvantaged populations in Manhasset, Great Neck and Bayshore, LI.
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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT1
AGREEMENT by and between State Bancorp, Inc., a New York corporation (the “Company”) and [NAME] (the “Executive”), dated as [DATE].
1. Certain Definitions. (a) The “Effective Date” shall mean the first date during the Change of Control Period (as defined in Section 1(b)) on which a Change of Control (as defined in Section 2) occurs. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if a Change of Control occurs and if the Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated prior to the date on which the Change of Control occurs, and if it is reasonably demonstrated by the Executive that such termination of employment (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change of Control, then for all purposes of this Agreement the “Effective Date” shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination of employment.
(b) The “Change of Control Period” shall mean the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the [YEARS] anniversary of the date hereof; provided, however, that commencing on the date one year after the date hereof, and on each annual anniversary of such date (such date and each annual anniversary thereof shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Renewal Date”), unless previously terminated, the Change of Control Period shall be automatically extended so as to terminate [YEARS] years from such Renewal Date, unless at least 60 days prior to the Renewal Date the Company shall give notice to the Executive that the Change of Control Period shall not be so extended.
(a) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d) (3) or 14(d) (2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (i) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (ii) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (a), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control: (i) any acquisition directly from the Company, (ii) any acquisition by the Company, (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company or (iv) any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (c) of this Section 2; or
(c) Consummation by the Company of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets of another entity (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii) no Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficial owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination; or
3. Employment Period. The Company hereby agrees to continue the Executive in its employ, and the Executive hereby agrees to remain in the employ of the Company subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the [YEARS] anniversary of such date (the “Employment Period”).
4. Terms of Employment. (a) Position and Duties. (i) During the Employment Period, (A) the Executive’s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties and responsibilities shall be at least commensurate in all material respects with the most significant of those held, exercised and assigned to the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date and (B) the Executive’s services shall be performed at the location where the Executive was employed immediately preceding the Effective Date or any office or location less than 10 miles from such location.
(b) Compensation. (i) Base Salary. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall receive an annual base salary (“Annual Base Salary”), which shall be paid at a monthly rate. The Annual Base Salary will be at least equal to twelve times the highest monthly base salary paid or payable, including any base salary which has been earned but deferred, to the Executive by the Company and its affiliated companies in respect of the twelve-month period immediately preceding the month in which the Effective Date occurs. During the Employment Period, the Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed no more than 12 months after the last salary increase awarded to the Executive prior to the Effective Date and thereafter at least annually. Any increase in Annual Base Salary shall not serve to limit or reduce any other obligation to the Executive under this Agreement. Annual Base Salary shall not be reduced after any such increase and the term Annual Base Salary as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to Annual Base Salary as so increased. As used in this Agreement, the term “affiliated companies” shall include any company controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Company.
(ii) Annual Bonus. In addition to Annual Base Salary, the Executive shall be awarded, for each fiscal year ending during the Employment Period, an annual bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) in cash at least equal to the Executive’s highest bonus for the last three full fiscal years prior to the Effective Date (annualized in the event that the Executive was not employed by the Company for the whole of any such fiscal year and received a pro-rated bonus as a consequence) (the “Recent Annual Bonus”). Each such Annual Bonus shall be paid no later than two and one-half months after the end of the fiscal year for which the Annual Bonus is awarded, unless the Executive shall elect to defer the receipt of such Annual Bonus pursuant to a written deferred compensation plan of the Company or an affiliated company.
(iii) Incentive, Savings and Retirement Plans. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all incentive, savings and retirement plans, practices, policies and programs applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies, but in no event shall such plans, practices, policies and programs provide the Executive with incentive opportunities (measured with respect to both regular and special incentive opportunities, to the extent, if any, that such distinction is applicable), savings opportunities and retirement benefit opportunities, in each case, less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of those provided by the Company and its affiliated companies for the Executive under such plans, practices, policies and programs as in effect at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.
(ix) Equity Compensation Awards. On the Effective Date, all awards of stock options and stock appreciation rights granted to the Executive prior to the date of this Agreement shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable, all restrictions on shares of restricted stock awarded to the Executive prior to the date of this Agreement shall immediately lapse and all performance based equity compensation awards made to the Executive prior to the date of this Agreement shall be deemed fully earned as if all performance goals had been fully attained and the performance period ended prior to the date of this Agreement on the Effective Date. The treatment of awards of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, performance based equity awards or similar equity awards made on or after the date of this Agreement shall be determined under the terms of the instruments evidencing such awards.
(i) fraud, misappropriation or intentional material damage to the property or business of the Company, or
(ii) commission of a felony whose determination is final and non-appealable, or entry of a plea of guilty or no contest to the commission of a felony, or
(iii) material violation of any material law, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or its business.
For purposes of this provision, no act or failure to act, on the part of the Executive, shall be considered “intentional” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Executive’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or upon the instructions of the Chief Executive Officer or a senior officer of the Company or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Company. The cessation of employment of the Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Executive and the Executive is given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, the Executive is guilty of the conduct described in subparagraph (i) or (ii) or (iii) above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
(i) without the express written consent of the Executive, the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent in any respect with the Executive’s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by Section 4(a) of this Agreement, or any other action by the Company which results in a diminution in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities, excluding for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive;
(iii) without the express written consent of the Executive, the Company’s requiring the Executive to be based at any office or location other than as provided in Section 4(a)(i)(B) hereof or the Company’s requiring the Executive to travel on Company business to a substantially greater extent than required during the one-year period prior to the Effective Date;
For purposes of this Section 5(c), any good faith determination of “Good Reason” made by the Executive shall be conclusive. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, a termination by the Executive for any reason during the 30-day period immediately following the first anniversary of the Effective Date shall be deemed to be a termination for Good Reason for all purposes of this Agreement.
(e) Date of Termination. “Date of Termination” means (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination or any later date specified therein, as the case may be, (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause or Disability, the date on which the Company notifies the Executive of such termination and (iii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death or Disability, the date of death of the Executive or the Disability Effective Date, as the case may be.
6. Obligations of the Company upon Termination. (a) Good Reason; Other Than for Cause, Death or Disability. If, during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate the Executive’s employment other than for Cause, Death or Disability or the Executive shall terminate employment for Good Reason:
A. in a lump sum in cash 30 days after the Date of Termination, the sum of (1) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, (2) the Executive’s Annual Bonus for the most recently completed fiscal year, to the extent not theretofore paid or deferred by the Executive, and (3) the product of (x) the Annual Bonus in effect at such date and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current fiscal year through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365, and (4) any accrued vacation pay, to the extent not theretofore paid; and
B. at the time and in the manner provided in, or in accordance with, the applicable written deferral arrangement, any compensation previously deferred by the Executive (together with any accrued interest or earnings thereon), to the extent not theretofore paid (such deferred compensation, together with the amounts referred to in subclauses (1), (2) (3) and (4) of clause (A) above, the “Accrued Obligations”);
C. the amount equal to the product of (1) [MULTIPLE] and (2) the sum of (x) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary and (y) the Annual Bonus and (z) the aggregate employer contributions made for the Executive’s account for the most recently completed fiscal year under all qualified and non-qualified defined contribution plans.
(ii) for [MULTIPLE] years after the Executive’s Date of Termination, or such longer period as may be provided by the terms of the appropriate plan, program, practice or policy, the Company shall continue group health, medical, dental, vision, prescription drug and life insurance benefits to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family (collectively, the “Other Benefits”) at least equal to those which would have been provided to them in accordance with the plans, programs, practices and policies described in Section 4(b)(iv) of this Agreement if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies and their families, provided, however, that if the Executive becomes reemployed with another employer and is eligible to receive medical or other benefits under another employer-provided plan, the medical and other benefits described herein shall be secondary to those provided under such other plan during such applicable period of eligibility, and for purposes of determining eligibility (but not the time of commencement of benefits) of the Executive for retiree benefits pursuant to such plans, practices, programs and policies, the Executive shall be considered to have remained employed until three years after the Date of Termination and to have retired on the last day of such period;
(iii) without limiting the generality of clause (ii) above, the Executive’s participation in the Company’s hospital/medical/surgical insurance plan shall be continued on the same basis as prior to the Date of Termination, or equivalent benefits shall be provided by the Company, at no direct cost to the Executive for a period of [MULTIPLE] years from the Date of Termination; and
(iv) the Company shall, at its sole expense as incurred, provide the Executive with outplacement services the scope and provider of which shall be selected by the Executive in the Executive’s sole discretion, but shall in event cost the Company more than $10,000 in any calendar year or continue for more than [MULTIPLE].
(b) Death. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s death during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive’s legal representatives under this Agreement, other than for payment of Accrued Obligations and the timely payment or provision of Other Benefits.
(c) Disability. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s Disability during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive, other than for payment of Accrued Obligations and the timely payment or provision of Other Benefits. Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum in cash 30 days after the Date of Termination. With respect to the provision of Other Benefits, the term Other Benefits as utilized in this Section 6(c) shall include, and the Executive shall be entitled after the Disability Effective Date to receive, disability and other benefits at least equal to the most favorable of those generally provided by the Company and its affiliated companies to disabled executives and/or their families in accordance with such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to disability, if any, as in effect generally with respect to other peer executives and their families at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as in effect at any time thereafter generally with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies and their families.
(d) Cause; Other than for Good Reason. If the Executive’s employment shall be terminated for Cause during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive other than the obligation to pay to the Executive (x) the Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, (y) the amount of any compensation previously deferred by the Executive, to the extent vested, and (z) Other Benefits, in each case to the extent theretofore unpaid. If the Executive voluntarily terminates employment during the Employment Period, excluding a termination for Good Reason, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive, other than for Accrued Obligations and the timely payment or provision of Other Benefits. In such case, all Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination.
(e) Payment Schedule. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent required to comply with Section 409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code, (I) if the Executive’s termination of employment does not constitute a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, any taxable payment or benefit which becomes due under this Agreement as a result of such termination of employment shall be deferred to the earliest date on which the Executive has a separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code; and (ii) if the Executive is deemed to be a ‘specified employee’ for purposes of Section 409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code at his separation from service, payments due to him that would otherwise have been payable at any time during the six month period immediately following separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) shall not be paid prior to, and shall instead be payable in a lump sum upon, the expiration of such six-month period. Any amounts deferred under this Section 4(e) shall bear interest at an annual rate equal to the long-term rate from the date originally scheduled to be paid through and including the date of actual payment, compounded monthly.
(f) Payment Cap. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if any payment under this Section 6, either alone or together with other payments and benefits which the Executive has the right to receive from the Company and its affiliated companies, would constitute a “parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code, payments shall be reduced by the amount, if any, which is the minimum necessary to result in no portion of such payments being non-deductible to the Company or its affiliated companies pursuant to Section 280G of the Code and subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code. The allocation of the reduction required hereby among such payments shall be determined by the Executive.
8. Full Settlement; Legal Fees. The Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Company may have against the Executive or others. In no event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement and except as specifically provided in Section 6(a)(ii), such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Executive obtains other employment. The Company agrees to pay as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses which the Executive may reasonably incur as a result of any contest (regardless of the outcome thereof) by the Company, the Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability or entitlement under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (whether such contest is between the Company and the Executive or between either of them and any third party, and including as a result of any contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement), plus in each case interest on any delayed payment at the applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code.
9. Determinations Required under Section 280G of the Code. All calculations required to be made in order to determine whether payments constitute an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code , including the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by Crowe Chizek and Company LLC or such other registered public accounting firm as may be designated by acting as the Company’s independent auditors (the “Accounting Firm”), which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive within 15 business days of the receipt of demand from the Executive, or such earlier time as is requested by the Company. In the event that the Accounting Firm is serving as accountant or auditor for the individual, entity or group effecting the Change of Control, the Executive shall appoint another nationally recognized accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder (which accounting firm shall then be referred to as the Accounting Firm hereunder). All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive.
10. Restrictive Convents. The Company conducts a consumer and business banking business (the “Company’s Business”). The Executive acknowledges that the Company is entering into this Agreement with him for the purpose of preserving and cultivating the Company’s Business in preparation for a possible Change of Control of the Company. Therefore, the Executive agrees to the following covenants:
(i) Definition of Company’s Geographic Market. For all purposes of this Section 10, the Company’s Geographic Market shall be any town, county, village or other municipal unit by which the Company or any applicable Company maintains an office, but that contiguous town, county, village or municipal unit.
(ii) Confidential Information. Unless he obtains the prior written consent of the Company, the Executive shall keep confidential and shall refrain from using for the benefit of himself, or any person or entity other than the Company and its parents and subsidiaries (the Company and such parents and subsidiaries collectively, the “Company’s Affiliated Group”), any material document or information obtained from a member of the Company’s Affiliated Group in the course of his employment with any of them concerning their current or planned future properties, operations or business, including but not limited to information concerning the Company’s customers (the “Confidential Information”) unless and until such document or information is readily ascertainable from public or published information or trade sources or has otherwise been made available to the public through no fault of his own; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 10(a)(ii) shall prevent the Executive, with or without the Company’s consent, from participating in or disclosing documents or information in connection with any judicial or administrative investigation, inquiry or proceeding to the extent that such participation or disclosure is compelled under applicable law; in such event, the Executive shall, to the extent practicable under the circumstances, notify the Company in advance of and afford the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to take action to prevent or limit the scope of such participation or disclosure.
(iii) Proprietary Information. The Executive acknowledges that, during the course of his employment, he will, alone or jointly with others, develop or have access to information (whether in written, oral, electronic or other form) concerning the Company’s Affiliated Group’s business plans, marketing plans, methods and surveys, product and service design, development and pricing plans and methods, customer lists, prospect lists, customer relationship information and need assessments, profitability assessments, technology, service marks, trademarks and other intellectual property, trade secrets, know-how and other proprietary information concerning the Company’s Affiliated Group (the “Proprietary Information”). The Executive acknowledges that all such Proprietary Information is, as between the Executive and the Company’s Affiliated Group, the sole property of the Company’s Affiliated Group and that the Executive has no right, title or interest therein. During his employment with the Company and at all times thereafter, the Executive shall refrain from using any Proprietary Information for the benefit of any person or entity other than the Company’s Affiliated Group. At any time upon the Company’s request, and in any event upon his termination of employment with the Company, the Executive shall promptly return to the Company all Proprietary Information in his possession in any form or media and all laptop computers, cell phones and other property of the Company’s Affiliated Group in his possession and shall, if requested to do so by the Company, certify in writing that any Proprietary Information not so returned has been destroyed.
(iv) Non-derogation. While employed by the Company and at all times thereafter, the Executive shall refrain from making any statement (whether or not in writing) concerning the Company’s Affiliated Group or its business, operations, customers, directors, officers, employees or owners that he intends, or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would expect, to impair in any respect the Company’s Affiliated Group’s business, operations or reputation.
(v) Solicitation. The Executive, for a period of one (1) year following his termination of employment with the Company, shall not, without the written consent of the Company, either directly or indirectly:
(A) solicit, offer employment to, or take any other action intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any officer or employee of the Company’s Affiliated Group to terminate his or her employment and accept employment or become affiliated with, or provide services with or without compensation in any capacity whatsoever to, any person or entity engaged in a business or line of business or providing a product or service in direct or indirect competition with the Company’s Business in the Company’s Geographic Market;
(B) provide any information, advice or recommendation with respect to any such officer or employee to any person or entity that is intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing, encouraging or enabling any officer or employee of the Company’s Affiliated Group to terminate his employment and accept employment or become affiliated with, or provide services with or without compensation in any capacity whatsoever to, any person or entity engaged in a business or line of business or providing a product or service in direct or indirect competition with the Company’s Business in the Company’s Geographic Market; or
(C) directly or indirectly solicit, or facilitate in any manner any other person’s or entity’s solicitation of, business in competition with the Company’s Business in the Company’s Geographic Market from (I) any of the Company’s customers with whom the Executive served as a relationship manager, or whom the Executive was assigned to solicit on behalf of the Company, at any time during the period of one (1) year ending on the date of his termination of employment; (II) any other person or entity which the Executive knows to be one of the Company’s customers, or (III) any other person or entity which the Executive knows is being actively solicited by the Company on, or had been identified for active solicitation by the Company at any time during the period of one (1) year ending on the date of his termination of employment with the Company.
(b) Reasonableness of Covenants. The Executive acknowledges that: (i) the Company has a legitimate business interest in preserving its investment in its Confidential Information and Proprietary Information, and the Company’s customers; (ii) the restrictions set forth in this Section 10 constitute reasonable restrictions to protect the Company’s legitimate business interests; (iii) such restrictions are reasonable in duration, geographic scope and scope of business protected; (iv) observing such restrictions will not unreasonably impair the Employee’s ability to seek or secure employment following his termination of employment with the Company; and (v) his employment by the Company constitute adequate consideration for his adherence to such restrictions. The Executive hereby waives his right, in any action or proceeding relating to the enforcement or enforceability of the provisions of this Section 10, to make any argument or assertion to the contrary.
(c) Nonexclusive Monetary Damages. If the Executive violates any of the covenants set forth in Section 10(a), then in addition to any other remedies that may be available to the Company at law or equity: (i) the Executive shall forfeit his right to receive any future compensation and benefits under this Agreement, other than earned but unpaid compensation under vested benefits under benefit plans; (ii) the Executive shall repay to the Company on demand the amount of any payments (other than earned compensation and vested benefits under benefit plans) theretofore paid, together with interest thereon from the date of payment by the Company to the date of repayment by the Executive at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum, compounded annually; and (iii) the Executive shall forfeit and pay over to the Company any monetary payments made, and the fair market value of any benefits in kind (including but not limited to benefits under any indemnification agreements or arrangements) provided, by any person or entity for the purpose of inducing the Executive to violate, or rendering the Executive financially indifferent to the consequences of violating, any of such covenants. The Executive hereby acknowledges that the foregoing constitute reasonable but non-exclusive damages and waives his right, in any action or proceeding relating to the enforcement or enforceability of the provisions of this Section 10, to make any argument or assertion to the contrary.
(d) Specific Performance. The Executive acknowledges that money damages will not be an adequate remedy for his failure to observe or perform any of the covenants set forth in Section 10(a). Therefore, the Company shall have the right to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for equitable relief, including but not limited to a temporary restraining order or injunction ordering specific performance. The Executive hereby waives his right, in any action or proceeding relating to any application for equitable relief, to make any argument or assertion to the contrary.
(e) Notification to Subsequent Employers and Potential Employers. Prior to accepting employment with any person or entity other than a member of the Company’s Affiliated Group, the Executive shall disclose to such person or entity the existence of this Agreement and furnish such person or entity with a copy hereof. The Company reserves the right, and the Executive hereby authorizes the Company (i) to notify any person or entity making a pre-hire or post-hire inquiry of the Company concerning the Executive of the existence of this Agreement and to furnish to such person or entity a copy hereof and (ii) to notify any person or entity engaged in a business or line of business or providing products or services in direct or indirect competition with the Company’s Business in the Company’s Geographic Market by whom the Executive is subsequently employed, or with whom the Executive is subsequently affiliated as an owner, investor, financier, director, officer, employee, independent contractor, vendor or service provider, whether for or without compensation, of the existence of this Agreement and to furnish to such person or entity a copy hereof.
(f) Reformation or Modification. In the event that this Section 10 or any portion hereof shall be found by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable as written, such court or arbitrator shall, and is hereby authorized to, modify this Section 10 or any portion hereof in such manner as he or it determines to be necessary to render this section 10 enforceable to the maximum possible extent and to enforce this Section 10 as so modified.
As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.
12. Miscellaneous. (a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise than by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives.
1 The Company’s General Counsel, Ms. Patricia M. Schaubeck, has not previously entered into a Change of Control Employment Agreement with the Company. As such, Ms. Schaubeck’s Change of Control Employment Agreement is not being amended and restated. All terms and conditions of Ms. Schaubeck’s Change of Control Employment Agreement are otherwise identical to the terms and conditions of this form of Amended and Restated Change of Control Employment Agreement.
(f) The Executive and the Company acknowledge that, except as may otherwise be provided under any other written agreement between the Executive and the Company, the employment of the Executive by the Company is “at will” and, prior to the Effective Date, the Executive’s employment may be terminated by either the Executive or the Company at any time, in which case the Executive shall have no further rights under this Agreement. From and after the Effective Date, this Agreement shall supersede any other agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
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AMENDMENT OF [AMENDED AND RESTATED] CHANGE OF CONTROL EMPLOYMENT
This AMENDMENT OF [AMENDED AND RESTATED] CHANGE OF CONTROL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Amendment”) is made and entered into as of December, 2008 by and between STATE BANCORP, INC., a New York business corporation (the “Company”) and [NAME OF EXECUTIVE], an individual (the “Executive”).
WHEREAS, the parties hereto made and entered into a[n Amended and Restated] Change of Control Employment Agreement as of ________ ___, ____ (the “Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Company is considering participation in the Capital Purchase Program (“CPP”) of the U.S. Treasury (“UST”) authorized under the Emergency Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (“EESA”) under which program it would enter, among other documents, into a Securities Purchase Agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with UST; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 111(b) of EESA and the standard terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company would be required to meet standards promulgated under section 111(b) of EESA in 31 C.F.R. Part 30 for executive compensation to its senior executive officers as defined under 31 C.F.R. Part 30; and
WHEREAS, executive compensation of senior executive officers, which may include compensation of the Executive as described in the Agreement, would be required to meet the standards of section 111(b) of EESA and 31 C.F.R. Part 30 thereunder by the closing date of the Purchase Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Agreement for compliance with section 111(b) of EESA and 31 C.F.R. Part 30 thereunder; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 12(a) of the Agreement, the parties may modify the agreement by means of a signed writing;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the benefits each party hereto shall receive as a result of any investment of the UST in the Company, and in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and obligations hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 6(a)(ii) of the Agreement is amended to replace the word “three” where it appears therein with the word used immediately after the first word, “for,” in that section 6(a)(ii).
The Agreement is amended to add a section 13 to the end of the Agreement, to read in its entirety as follows:
Compliance with the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
In the event the Company issues any debt or equity to the United States Treasury (“UST”) pursuant to the Capital Purchase Program (the “CPP”) implemented under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (“EESA”), the following provisions shall take precedence over any contrary provisions of this Agreement or any other compensation or benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement in which the Executive participates:
(a) The Executive shall repay to the Company any bonus or incentive compensation paid to the Executive while (i) the Executive is a senior executive officer (within the meaning of 31 C.F.R. Part 30) (“Senior Executive Officer”) and (ii) the UST holds any debt or equity interest in the Company acquired under the CPP (such period, the “CPP Compliance Period”), if and to the extent that such bonus or incentive compensation was paid on the basis of a statement of earnings, gains, or other criteria (each, a “Performance Criterion,” and in the aggregate, “Performance Criteria”) that are later proven to be materially inaccurate. A Performance Criterion shall be proven to be materially inaccurate if so determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or in the written opinion of the Accounting Firm or, if the Accounting Firm is unable to provide the determination, an independent attorney or firm of certified public accountants selected by the Company and approved by the Executive (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), which determination shall both state the accurate Performance Criterion and that the difference between the accurate Performance Criterion and the Performance Criterion on which the payment was based is material (a “Determination”). Upon receipt of a Determination, the Company may supply to the Executive a copy of the Determination, a computation of the bonus or other incentive compensation that would have been payable on the basis of the accurate Performance Criterion set forth in the Determination (the “Determination Amount”) and a written demand for repayment of the amount (if any) by which the bonus or incentive compensation actually paid exceeded the Determination Amount.
(b) (i) If the Executive’s employment terminates in an “applicable severance from employment” (within the meaning of 31 C.F.R. Part 30) during the CPP Compliance Period, then payments to the Executive that are contingent on such applicable severance from employment and designated to be paid during the CPP Compliance Period shall be limited, if necessary, to the maximum amount which may be paid without causing any amount paid to be an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of section 280G(b)(1) of the Code, as modified by section 280G(e) of the Code, referred to as a “golden parachute payment” under 31 C.F.R. Part 30 (the “Maximum Payment Amount”). Any reduction in payments required to achieve such limit shall be applied to all payments otherwise due hereunder in the reverse chronological order of their payment dates, and where multiple payments are due on the same date, the
reduction shall be apportioned ratably among the affected payments. The required reduction (if any) shall be determined in writing by the Computation Advisor or, if the Computation Advisor is unable to provide the determination, by an independent attorney or firm of certified public accountants selected by the Company and approved by the Executive (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(ii) The aggregate amount by which payments designated to be paid during the CPP Compliance Period are reduced pursuant to section 13(b)(i) (the “Unpaid Amount”) shall be delayed to and shall be paid on the first business day following the last day of the CPP Compliance Period. Pending payment, the Unpaid Amount shall be deposited in a Rabbi Trust. Payment of the Unpaid Amount shall include any investment earnings on the assets of the Rabbi Trust attributable to the Unpaid Amount.
This section 13 shall apply during the CPP Compliance Period whether or not a Change in Control has occurred or any other provision of this Agreement has taken effect. This section 13 shall be operated, administered and construed to comply with section 111(b) of EESA as implemented by guidance or regulation thereunder that has been issued and is in effect as of the closing date of the agreement, if any, by and between the UST and the Company, under which the UST acquires equity or debt securities of the Company under the CPP (such date, if any, the “Closing Date,” and such implementation, the “Relevant Implementation”). If after such Closing Date the clawback requirement of section 13(a) shall not be required by the Relevant Implementation of section 111(b) of EESA, such requirement shall have no further effect. If after such Closing Date the limitation on golden parachute payments under section 13(b)(i) shall not be required by the Relevant Implementation of section 111(b) of EESA, such limitation shall have no further effect and any Unpaid Amount delayed under section 13(b)(ii) shall be paid on the earliest date on which the Company reasonably anticipates that such amount may be paid without violating such limitation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be executed and the Executive has hereunto set his hand, all as of this day and year above written.
[NOTE: AS OF 3/13/09, THOMAS M. O'BRIEN, BRIAN K. FINNERAN, FREDERICK C. BRAUN, III, AND PATRICIA M. SCHAUBECK HAVE EACH ENTERED INTO THIS AMENDMENT OF [AMENDED AND RESTATED] CHANGE OF CONTROL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE COMPANY.]