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Exhibit 10.5

 

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Settlement Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of August 5, 2014 by and among James J. Gavin (“Executive”), Independent Bank Corp., a Massachusetts corporation, and Rockland Trust Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Independent Bank Corp. (collectively, “Buyer”), Peoples Federal Bancshares, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Seller”) and Peoples Federal Savings Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Seller (“Seller Bank”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, Buyer, Seller and Seller Bank are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 5, 2014 (the “Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which Buyer will acquire the Seller Bank through the transactions set forth in the Merger Agreement (the “Merger”); and

 

WHEREAS, Buyer, Seller, Seller Bank, and Executive desire to enter into this Agreement, which shall (i) terminate the Employment Agreement by and between Seller and Executive dated September 21, 2010 (the “Seller Employment Agreement”), (ii) amend the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement by and between Seller Bank and Executive dated December 16, 2008 (the “Seller Bank Employment Agreement”), and (iii) amend the Salary Continuation Agreement by and between Seller Bank and Executive dated November 29, 2004, as amended (the “Salary Continuation Agreement”), in each case effective immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Merger, and in lieu of any rights, payments, and benefits under the Seller Employment Agreement, Executive shall be entitled to the rights, payments, and benefits set forth herein;

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged, Executive, Buyer, Seller, and Seller Bank agree as follows:

 

1.             Termination of Seller Employment Agreement.  Executive, Seller and Buyer agree that the Seller Employment Agreement shall terminate without any further action of any of the parties, effective immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Merger.  Executive agrees that the satisfaction of the obligations set forth in this Agreement shall be in complete satisfaction of all of Executive’s rights, payments, and benefits under the Seller Employment Agreement.

 

2.             Assumption and amendment of Seller Bank Employment Agreement.  Rockland Trust Company shall assume the Seller Bank Employment Agreement, subject to the following modifications:

 

2.1          Position and responsibilities.  Executive shall serve as a Senior Vice President of Rockland Trust Company.  Executive shall have powers consistent with other Senior Vice Presidents of Rockland Trust Company.  Executive’s responsibilities will include oversight and maintenance of Seller Bank’s commercial loan portfolio, origination of new loans and such

 

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other duties, responsibilities and powers as Rockland Trust Company may reasonably assign to him.

 

2.2          Annual base salary.  Executive’s base salary shall be $235,000 per year, payable no less than bi-weekly.  Executive shall be eligible for annual merit-based increases to his base salary in accordance with Rockland Trust Company’s customary practices.

 

2.3          Cash incentive.  Executive shall be eligible to participate in Rockland Trust Company’s Officer Performance Incentive Plan (“OPIP”), with a target payout at 20% of base salary, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the OPIP as then in effect.  For informational purposes only, the Buyer stipulates that if Executive were employed by Buyer during 2014 the Executive’s target award would have been eligible for a potential increase by up to 1.7x based upon personal performance and by up to an additional 1.25x based upon company performance.  If the Effective Time of the Merger occurs in the first quarter of 2015 Executive will be entitled to participate in the 2015 OPIP as if he had been employed by Rockland Trust Company for all of 2015, without pro-ration.  The specific details of the 2015 OPIP have not yet been approved by the Board of Directors of the Buyer.  Buyer anticipates but does not guarantee that the 2015 OPIP performance multipliers will be the same as the 2014 OPIP performance multipliers.

 

2.4          Equity.  Executive will be eligible to receive equity awards from Buyer at a level comparable to similarly situated executives.

 

2.5          Employee benefits.  Executive shall be eligible to participate in Rockland Trust Company’s tax qualified defined contribution plan and other employee benefit programs (including vacation and holidays) at the same level as similarly situated executives, with credit given for Executive’s years of service as provided in Article V of the Merger Agreement.

 

2.6          Lump-sum payment.  Rockland Trust Company shall make a lump sum payment to Executive in the amount of $850,000 on the business day next following the Effective Time of the Merger.

 

2.7          Performance-based cash incentive payments.  For achieving customer retention goals, Rockland Trust Company shall pay to Executive up to $100,000 within thirty days after each of the first five anniversaries of the Effective Time of the Merger (for a potential aggregate amount of $500,000) as follows:

 

	
Commercial Loan Growth
    	
 
    	
Performance-Based Cash Incentive Payment
    
	
Flat up to 2% commercial loan growth
    	
 
    	
$0 to $50,000
    
	
2-4% commercial loan growth
    	
 
    	
$50,000 to $100,000
    
	
4% or more commercial loan growth
    	
 
    	
$100,000 maximum
    

 

The baseline commercial loan amount will be the aggregate dollar amount of loans in Seller Bank’s commercial loan portfolio at the Effective Time of the Merger, as determined by Buyer after the Executive Vice President of the Commercial Lending Division of Rockland Trust Company (currently Gerard Nadeau) consults with Executive.  The baseline commercial loan

 

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amount in the second through fifth years will include all commercial loan balances to customers who were in Seller Bank’s commercial loan portfolio at the Effective Time of the Merger (including any additional borrowing by those customers after the Effective Time of the Merger), plus any outstanding commercial loan amounts for new customers which were originated by Executive during the measurement period.  The degree of commercial loan growth will be calculated each year by Buyer after the Executive Vice President of the Commercial Lending Division of Rockland Trust Company (currently Gerard Nadeau) consults with Executive and the amount of performance-based cash incentive to be paid determined by linear interpolation within the ranges specified above.  No cash incentive will be paid if commercial loan growth is not achieved, and no more than $100,000 in performance-based cash incentive will be paid in any year if more than 4% commercial loan growth is achieved.

 

2.8          Effect on prior compensation and benefits levels.  The payments and benefits described in Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement shall be in lieu of any payments and benefits as described in Section 3 of the Seller Bank Employment Agreement prior to modification by this Agreement, except that Executive shall also retain (i) his right to payment of the Merger Consideration with respect to Executive’s common stock of Seller (whether restricted or unrestricted) and payment with respect to Seller’s stock options, in each case as provided in the Merger Agreement, (ii) his right to any accrued and vested benefits under any tax-qualified plan maintained or contributed to by Seller and/or Seller Bank determined as of the Effective Time of the Merger, (iii) his right to any accrued and vested benefits under the Voluntary Deferred Compensation and Supplemental Employee Stock Ownership Plan maintained and contributed to by Seller and Seller Bank determined as of the Effective Time of the Merger, and (iv) the right of the Executive’s beneficiary (as designated by Executive) to a $175,000 death benefit upon Executive’s death under the Seller Bank Split Dollar Plan dated March 1, 2011, as in effect as of the Effective Time of the Merger.

 

2.9          Term.  The term of the Seller Bank Employment Agreement shall end on the third anniversary of the Effective Time of the Merger.  Subject to Executive’s continued employment with Buyer, upon the expiration of the Term of this Agreement Buyer shall offer Executive the opportunity to enter into the form of change of control agreement then offered to similarly-situated executives of Buyer.

 

2.10        No “Good Reason”.  Executive agrees and acknowledges that, notwithstanding any provision of the Seller Bank Employment Agreement or the Salary Continuation Agreement to the contrary, the modification of the Seller Bank Employment Agreement and the Salary Continuation Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall not constitute “Good Reason” under the Seller Bank Employment Agreement.  Executive further agrees and acknowledges that the compensation, benefits, and perquisites that Executive shall receive from Buyer under the modified Seller Bank Employment Agreement are substantially the same, in the aggregate, to the compensation, benefits and perquisites which Executive received under the Seller Bank Employment Agreement prior to modification by this Agreement.

 

2.11        Waiver of resignation right.  Executive agrees and acknowledges that the consummation of the Merger (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not including any subsequent

 

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Change in Control of Buyer) shall not constitute a Change in Control for purposes of the Seller Bank Employment Agreement and Executive shall not receive the payments or benefits described in Section 5 of the Seller Bank Employment Agreement.

 

3.             Assumption and amendment of Salary Continuation Agreement.  Rockland Trust Company shall assume the Salary Continuation Agreement, subject to the following modifications:  (i) Executive agrees and acknowledges that, notwithstanding any provision of the Salary Continuation Agreement to the contrary, the Merger (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not including any subsequent Change in Control of Buyer) shall not constitute a “Change in Control” under the Salary Continuation Agreement, and Executive shall not receive the Change in Control Benefit as a result of the Merger as described in the Salary Continuation Agreement and (ii) Buyer agrees not to accelerate the Salary Continuation Agreement payments under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(ix)(B) within the 12 months following the Merger.

 

4.             Releases.  Subject to Buyer’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement, Executive, for himself and for his heirs, successors and assigns, does release completely and forever discharge Buyer, Seller and Seller Bank, their respective affiliates and successors and the current and former directors, officers, employees and agents of each of them (any and all of which are referred to below as the “Releasees”) from any obligations under the Seller Employment Agreement, the Seller Bank Employment Agreement, and the Salary Continuation Agreement and any and all other claims, demands, proceedings, agreements (express or implied), obligations, liabilities and causes of action whatsoever, whether known or unknown, whether arising under common law, in equity or under statute, including all claims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation prohibited by any federal, state, or local statute, regulation, or ordinance, including without implication of limitation, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans With Disabilities Act, Massachusetts General Laws chapter 151B, the Massachusetts Wage Act (including but not limited to paid time off, overtime and other wages), the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act; and all other statutory and common law claims which Executive or his heirs, successors or assigns now have, have ever had or may hereafter have against the Releasees relating to or arising out of any matter related solely to the period prior to the date of Executive’s execution of this Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive does not waive, release or discharge, (i) any right to file an administrative charge or complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or other administrative agency, although the Employee waives any right to monetary relief related to such a charge or administrative complaint, (ii) claims which cannot be waived by law, such as claims for workers’ compensation, (iii) any right to earned but unpaid wages, (iv) any right to accrued but unused vacation time, (v) any right to accrued and vested benefits under any tax-qualified plan maintained or contributed to by Seller and/or Seller Bank determined as of the Effective Time of the Merger, (vi) any right to accrued and vested benefits under the Voluntary Deferred Compensation and Supplemental Employee Stock Ownership Plan maintained and contributed to by Seller and Seller Bank determined as of the Effective Time of the Merger, (vii) the right to designate a beneficiary for the $175,000 death benefit under the Seller Bank’s Split Dollar Plan dated March 1, 2011, as in effect as of the Effective Time of the

 

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Merger, (viii) the obligations of Rockland Trust described in Section 2 and Section 3 of this Agreement, or (ix) the obligations of Buyer under the Merger Agreement.

 

Executive agrees to execute an identical “bring-down” release immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Merger in consideration of the payments described above, except that it will cover any claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended.

 

5.             General.

 

5.1          Heirs, successors and assigns.  The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon the parties and their respective heirs, successors and assigns.

 

5.2          Final agreement.  This Agreement represents the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, written or oral.  For avoidance of doubt, the payments and benefits described in Section 2 of this Agreement shall not be increased or decreased as a result of any compensation that Executive may receive from Seller or Seller Bank through the vesting of restricted stock, the exercise of stock options or otherwise.

 

5.3          Conflict.  In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any other agreement between the parties, including the Seller Employment Agreement, the Seller Bank Employment Agreement and the Salary Continuation Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.

 

5.4          Withholdings.  Seller, Seller Bank and Buyer may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state, or local taxes as may be required to be withheld pursuant to applicable law or regulation.

 

5.5          Governing law.  This Agreement shall be construed, enforced and interpreted in accordance with and governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without reference to its principles of conflicts of law, except to the extent that federal law shall be deemed to preempt such state laws.

 

5.6          Defined terms.  Any capitalized terms not defined in this Agreement shall have as their meaning the definitions contained in the Merger Agreement.

 

5.7          Voluntary and knowing action of Executive.  Executive acknowledges that, by his free and voluntary act of signing below, Executive agrees to all of the terms of this Agreement and intends to be legally bound hereby.  This Agreement will remain in effect despite the discovery or existence of any new, additional fact or any fact different from that which Executive now knows or believes to be true.  Executive acknowledges that he has read this Agreement, that the payments Executive will receive under this Agreement are sufficient consideration for Executive to enter into this Agreement, and that Executive understands the terms and conditions of this Agreement.  Executive further acknowledges and agrees that Executive’s decision to enter into this Agreement is not made in reliance upon, in whole or in part, any representation, inducement, promise or agreement, oral or otherwise, not embodied

 

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herein.  Executive represents to Buyer that he had adequate time and opportunity to be represented by legal counsel in connection with the review and execution of this Agreement, that execution of this Agreement is Executive’s free act and deed, and that Executive was not compelled to sign this Agreement by economic hardship or any other form of duress.

 

5.8          Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

5.9          Amendment.  This Agreement may be amended with the written consent of each of the parties hereto.  The consent of Seller and Seller Bank shall not be required to amend this Agreement after the Effective Time of the Merger.

 

6.             Section 409A of the Code.  It is the intention of the parties that this Agreement comply with and be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the United States Department of Treasury regulations and other guidance issued thereunder (collectively, “Section 409A”).  Each payment in a series of payments provided to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement will be deemed a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A.  If any amount payable under this Agreement upon a termination of employment is determined by the Company to constitute nonqualified deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A (after taking into account the short-term deferral exception and the involuntary separation pay exception of the regulations promulgated under Section 409A which are hereby incorporated by reference), such amount shall not be paid unless and until the Executive’s termination of employment also constitutes a “separation from service” from the Company for purposes of Section 409A.  In the event that the Executive is determined by the Company to be a “specified employee” for purposes of Section 409A at the time of his separation from service with the Company, any payments of nonqualified deferred compensation (after giving effect to any exemptions available under Section 409A) otherwise payable to the Executive during the first six (6) months following his separation from service shall be delayed and paid in a lump sum upon the earlier of (x) the Executive’s date of death, or (y) the first day of the seventh month following the Executive’s separation from service, and the balance of the installments (if any) will be payable in accordance with their original schedule.  To the extent any expense, reimbursement or in-kind benefit provided to the Executive constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A, (i) the amount of any expense eligible for reimbursement or the provision of any in-kind benefit with respect to any calendar year shall not affect the amount of expense eligible for reimbursement or the amount of in-kind benefit provided to the Executive in any other calendar year, (ii) the reimbursements for expenses for which the Executive is entitled to be reimbursed shall be made on or before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the applicable expense is incurred, and (iii) the right to payment or reimbursement or in-kind benefits hereunder may not be subject to liquidation for any other benefit.

 

7.             Effectiveness.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement shall be subject to consummation of the Merger in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, as the same may be amended by the parties in accordance with its terms.  In

 

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the event the Merger Agreement is terminated for any reason, this Agreement shall be deemed null and void with respect to all actions not yet taken pursuant to this Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Buyer, Seller and Seller Bank have each caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers, and the Executive has signed this Agreement, effective as of the date first above written.

 

	
WITNESS:
    	
 
    	
EXECUTIVE:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/   Christopher Lake
    	
 
    	
/s/   James J. Gavin
    
	
Name:   Christopher Lake
    	
 
    	
Name:   James J. Gavin
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ATTEST:
    	
 
    	
INDEPENDENT   BANK CORP.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/   Linda M. Campion
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Christopher Oddleifson
    
	
Name:   Linda M. Campion
    	
 
    	
Name: Christopher Oddleifson
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Chief Executive Officer and President
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ATTEST:
    	
 
    	
ROCKLAND   TRUST COMPANY
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/   Linda M. Campion
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Christopher Oddleifson
    
	
Name:   Linda M. Campion
    	
 
    	
Name: Christopher Oddleifson
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Chief Executive Officer and President
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ATTEST:
    	
 
    	
PEOPLES   FEDERAL BANCSHARES, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/ Christopher Lake
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Maurice H. Sullivan, Jr.
    
	
Name: Christopher Lake
    	
 
    	
Name: Maurice H. Sullivan, Jr.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ATTEST:
    	
 
    	
PEOPLES   FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/   Christopher Lake
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Thomas J. Leetch, Jr.
    
	
Name:   Christopher Lake
    	
 
    	
Name: Thomas J. Leetch, Jr.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
    

 

8Exhibit 10.6

 

CONSULTING AND NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT

 

Parties

 

This Consulting and Non-Competition Agreement (the “Agreement”) is by and between Rockland Trust Company, a Massachusetts-chartered trust company of 288 Union Street, Rockland, Massachusetts 02370 (the “Company”), and Maurice H. Sullivan, Jr. (the “Consultant”).

 

For good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Consultant hereby agree as follows:

 

Terms And Conditions

 

1.                                      Services to be Rendered.  The Consultant will assist the Company by:  (1) assisting with the retention of customers and key employees; (2) becoming familiar with the Company’s capabilities and colleagues (e.g., Investment Management Group, Commercial, Business Banking, Cash Management, and Retail products) and introducing prospective customers to appropriate Company employees; (3) otherwise initiating referrals for Company business development officers and relationship managers; (4) visiting centers of influence to introduce and promote the Company; (5) working with the Company’s Marketing Department by assisting with programs that support the Company’s strategic goals and improve its visibility, and by suggesting cost-effective ways to promote the Company; (6) assisting with customer relationship management; (7) assisting, if requested, with relations with other banks and bankers; (8) assisting, if requested, with government relations and relations with federal and state officials; (9) serving as a community liaison to represent the Company at events and functions; and, (10) by undertaking such other duties and responsibilities as may be reasonably required.  To ensure that the Consultant will have experienced a “separation from service” (as defined in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(h)) from Peoples Federal Bancshares, Inc. and Peoples Federal Savings Bank (collectively, the “Prior Service Recipients”), the Consultant shall not during the term of this Agreement provide services to the Company or its affiliates in excess of twenty percent of the average level of bona fide services the Consultant provided to the Prior Service Recipients during the thirty-six month period preceding the date of this Agreement.

 

2.                                      Consideration.  The Consultant agrees and acknowledges that the payment he will receive under Section 1.1 of the Settlement Agreement (as defined below) is good, valuable and sufficient consideration for the consulting services the Consultant is to render to the Company pursuant to Section 1 and the Executive’s obligations under Section 5.

 

3.                                      Term of Agreement.  This Agreement is executed on August 5, 2014 in conjunction with the Consultant’s simultaneous execution of a Settlement Agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”).  The term of this Agreement shall begin on the Effective Time of the transactions described in the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 5, 2014 and shall

 

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continue in effect until the third anniversary of that date unless earlier terminated in accordance with this Agreement.

 

4.                                      Termination of Consulting Services.  The Consultant may terminate his provision of services pursuant to Section 1 of this Agreement, at will, for any reason or for no reason, upon seven days prior written notice to the Company.  If the Consultant terminates the consulting arrangement described in Section 1 of this Agreement, the Company’s obligation to pay any further compensation for consulting services to the Consultant will cease.  The Consultant’s Confidentiality, Non-Competition, and Non-Solicitation obligations set forth below will survive any termination of the consulting arrangement under this Agreement.  The Company may terminate the Consultant’s services for cause, solely for any of the following reasons:  violation of the Consultant’s Confidentiality, Non-Competition, and Non-Solicitation obligations set forth below, for material nonperformance of consulting duties, or if the Consultant dies or becomes permanently disabled.  If the Company terminates the Consultant for cause, the Company’s obligation to pay any further compensation for consulting services to the Consultant will cease.  If the Company terminates the consulting arrangement under this Agreement without cause, the compensation due to the Consultant for consulting services for the remainder of the term shall become immediately due and payable.

 

5.                                      Confidentiality; Non-Competition; and Non-Solicitation.

 

(A)                               Confidentiality.  The Consultant acknowledges that he may have access to, become acquainted with, and obtain non-public financial information and knowledge relating to the business, financial condition, methods of operation and other aspects of the Company and its predecessors in interest, its parent, subsidiaries, and affiliates (collectively, “Affiliated Companies”) and their customers, employees and suppliers, some of which is confidential and proprietary (the “Proprietary Information”).  The Consultant also acknowledges that if he were to disclose the Proprietary Information to any person not related to the Affiliated Companies or use the Proprietary Information for his or any other person’s advantage that the Consultant could substantially detract from the value and business prospects of the Affiliated Companies.  Accordingly, the Consultant agrees that he will not disclose Proprietary Information to any person, other than directors, officers, employees, accountants, lawyers, consultants, advisors, agents, and representatives of, or other persons related to, the Affiliated Companies on a need to know basis in the course of carrying out his duties under this Agreement, except with the prior written approval of the Company, or except as may be required by law, or pursuant to a subpoena or other validly-issued administrative, regulatory or judicial process.  The Consultant’s confidentiality obligations shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

(B)                               Remedies.  The Consultant acknowledges and agrees:

 

(i)                                     that the provisions of this Section are reasonable and necessary for the protection of the Affiliated Companies, or their successors and assigns, and

 

(ii)                                  that the remedy at law for any breach by him of the provisions of this Section will be inadequate and, accordingly, the Consultant agrees that in the case of any such breach:

 

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(a)                                 the Company, or its successors and assigns, shall be entitled to injunctive relief in addition to any other remedy it may have, and

 

(b)                                 the Consultant shall forfeit any future payments or benefits to which he might be entitled hereunder.

 

(iii)                               that in the event of a breach by the Consultant of his obligations under Section 5(C), the Consultant shall be obligated to repay to the Company the portion of the consideration paid under Section 2 that is in respect of his noncompetition covenant.

 

(C)                               Non-Competition.  For three years from the Effective Time the Consultant will not accept a Board of Director position with, become employed in any capacity by, or otherwise act in an advisory capacity to a financial institution which maintains its headquarters in or otherwise does business in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

(D)                               Non-Solicitation.  For three years from the Effective Time the Consultant will not for any reason:

 

(i)                                     Solicit, divert or take away, directly or indirectly, any Major Customer of the Affiliated Companies, or their successors and assigns.  As used herein, “Major Customer” shall mean any customer of the Affiliated Companies who has maintained an average deposit balance of at least $100,000 or who has maintained or obtained a credit facility of at least $100,000 from the Affiliated Companies; or

 

(ii)                                  Directly or indirectly induce or attempt to influence any employee of the Affiliated Companies, or their successors and assigns, to terminate his/her employment.

 

(E)                                Enforceability.  The covenants on the part of the Consultant contained in this Section shall be construed as an agreement independent of any other provision in this Agreement, and the existence of any claim or cause of action by the Consultant against the Company, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of them.  This Section shall survive until the third anniversary of the Effective Time, even if this Agreement is terminated before such date.  The period, geographical area and the scope of the restrictions on the Consultant set forth herein are divisible so that if any provision of this Section is found to be invalid, that provision shall be automatically modified to the extent necessary to make it valid.

 

(F)                                 Jurisdiction.  The Consultant submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Massachusetts and the Federal courts of the United States of America located in Massachusetts in respect to the interpretation and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, and waives as a defense in any action, suit or proceeding for the interpretation or enforcement of this Section, that the Consultant is not subject thereto or that such action, suit or proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in said courts or that this Agreement may not be enforced

 

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in or by said courts or that the Consultant’s property is exempt or immune from execution, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, or that venue is improper.

 

6.                                      No Other Limitation Upon Consultant’s Other Activities.  The Company acknowledges that, except as otherwise expressly prohibited by this Agreement, the Consultant may provide services to other companies, nonprofit organizations, persons, or any other entities.  The Company agrees that Consultant shall not be prevented from continuing to provide services to anyone who now or in the future may desire Consultant’s services, except as otherwise expressly prohibited by this Agreement.

 

7.                                      Materials Owned by Company.  Any compilation of data, work product, and other materials provided or obtained by the Consultant in rendering services under this Agreement shall be the property of the Company.

 

8.                                      Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, together with the Settlement Agreement, expresses the entire agreement between the Company and the Consultant regarding this matter.  This Agreement can only be modified with another written agreement signed by both the Company and the Consultant.  This Agreement shall be binding upon both the Company and the Consultant and their respective heirs, legal representatives, and successors in interest.

 

9.                                      Governing Law.  This agreement shall be interpreted according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

10.                               Independent Contractor.  Both the Consultant and the Company agree that the relationship created by this agreement is intended to be that of independent contractor and not that of employee and employer.  The Consultant is a professional person and not an employee, or agent of the Company, for any purpose.  The Consultant is responsible for the payment of any taxes, including without limitation, all federal, state and location personal and business income taxes, sales and use taxes, other business taxes and license fees arising out of the activities of the Consultant.  The Consultant shall not be eligible for or entitled to any of the benefits to which employees of the Company may be entitled on the account of their employment, such as worker’s compensation, unemployment compensation, insurance, paid vacations, paid holidays, pension, profit sharing, Social Security, and other benefits that may be available.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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Signed as a Massachusetts instrument, under seal, as of August 5, 2014.

 

	
THE   COMPANY:
    	
 
    	
THE   CONSULTANT:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ROCKLAND   TRUST COMPANY
    	
 
    	
MAURICE   H. SULLIVAN, JR.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/   Christopher Oddleifson
    	
 
    	
/s/   Maurice H. Sullivan, Jr.
    
	
Name:
    	
Christopher   Oddleifson
    	
 
    	
Name:   Maurice H. Sullivan, Jr.
    
	
Title:
    	
Chief   Executive Officer and President
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Its   duly authorized representative

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