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AGROFRESH SOLUTIONS, INC.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES 
REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

The following summary of the material terms of the securities of AgroFresh Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“we,” “us,” “our” or “the company”), is not intended to be a complete summary of the rights and preferences of such securities and is subject to and qualified by reference to our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended (the “Charter”), our amended and restated bylaws, as amended (the “Bylaws”), and the warrant agreement, dated as of February 12, 2014, between the company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Warrant Agreement”), in each case incorporated by reference as exhibits to the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (the “Report”), and applicable Delaware law, including the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”). We urge you to read the Charter, the Bylaws and the Warrant Agreement in their entireties for a complete description of the rights and preferences of our securities.

The capital stock authorized by the Charter consists of 400,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, 100,000,000 shares of non-voting common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

Voting Power

Except as otherwise required by law or as otherwise provided in any certificate of designation for any series of preferred stock, the holders of common stock possess all voting power for the election of our directors and all other matters requiring stockholder action. Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share on matters to be voted on by stockholders. Holders of non-voting common stock will have no voting rights with respect to their shares of non-voting common stock.

Conversion

Pursuant to the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement, dated July 31, 2015, to which the company and The Dow Chemical Company (“TDCC”) are parties, TDCC has the right to elect to convert all or any portion of the shares of our common stock owned by it into a like number of shares of our non-voting common stock.

The Charter provides that each share of non-voting common stock shall automatically, and without any action on the part of the company or the holder of such share, be converted into one share of common stock (1) immediately upon the transfer, sale, assignment or conveyance of a share of non-voting common stock to a person or entity other than TDCC, or a person or entity over which TDCC has control, or (2) immediately prior to the effective time of any merger or consolidation of the company with or into any other corporation or other entity pursuant to which the shares of common stock are converted into shares or other securities of the surviving or resulting corporation or other entity or cash, property, rights or securities of any other corporation or entity.

Dividends

Holders of common stock will be entitled to receive such dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by our board of directors in its discretion out of funds legally available therefor. In no event will any stock dividends or stock splits or combinations of stock be declared or made on common stock unless the shares of common stock at the time outstanding are treated equally and identically.

Liquidation, Dissolution and Winding Up

In the event of our voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, distribution of assets or winding-up, the holders of the common stock will be entitled to receive an equal amount per share of all of our assets of whatever kind available for distribution to stockholders, after the rights of the holders of the preferred stock have been satisfied.

Preemptive or Other Rights

Our stockholders have no preemptive or other subscription rights and there are no sinking fund or redemption provisions applicable to our common stock.Document

Exhibit 4.2
DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(G) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

As of March 15, 2021, Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. (the “Fund”) has common stock (“Common Stock”) registered under Section 12(g) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
    The following description of the Fund’s shares of Common Stock is a summary and does not purport to be complete.  It is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Fund’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles of Incorporation”) and Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), each of which are incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of which this Exhibit 4.2 is a part.  Please see the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws for more detailed information.
Description of the Stock
A.The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Fundy initially had authority to issue was ten million (10,000,000) shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value per share., having an aggregate par value of $10,000.

B.The Board of Directors (the “Board”) may authorize the issuance from time to time of shares of Common Stock or securities or rights convertible into shares of Common Stock for such consideration as the Board may deem advisable.  The total number of shares of Common Stock that the Fund has outstanding is one hundred thousand (100,000).  The sole holder of the Fund’s shares of Common Stock is Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, LLC (the “Sole Shareholder”).  

C.No shareholder of the Fund has any preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any additional shares of stock, or any other security, of the Fund.  Shareholders are generally not be entitled to exercise any rights of an objecting shareholder, unless the Board determines such rights apply. 

D.The Board may impose restrictions on transferability of the Fund’s Common Stock.

E.No shares of the Fund’s Common Stock have any conversion or exchange rights or privileges or have cumulative voting rights.

F.Except as otherwise required under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), voting power for the election of directors and for all other purposes is vested exclusively in the holders of the Fund’s Common Stock.  Each holder of a full or fractional share of Common Stock is entitled, in the case of full shares, to one vote for each such share and, in the case of fractional shares, to a fraction of one vote corresponding to the fractional amount of each such fractional share.  The Operating Agreement of the Sole Shareholder (the “Operating Agreement”) grants the members of the Sole Shareholder (the “Members”) pass-through voting rights, meaning that the Sole Shareholder may take no action with respect to the Fund’s Common Stock without first securing the approval of the Members, with the same vote required of the Members as is required of holders of the Fund’s Common Stock.

G.Any assets of the Fund distributed to its Sole Shareholder, in cash or in kind at the option of the Board, are distributed in proportion to the number of full and fractional outstanding shares of Common Stock held.  Assets of the Fund distributed to the Sole Shareholder, which are further distributed to the Members, will follow the Distribution Policy set forth in the Operating Agreement.

H.Any action required or permitted to be taken by the shareholders at a meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting if (1) the Fund’s Sole Shareholder signs a written consent to the action, (2) all shareholders entitled to notice of the meeting but not entitled to vote at it sign a written waiver of any right to dissent, and (3) the consents and waivers are filed with the records of the meetings of shareholders. Such consent shall be treated for all purposes as a vote at the meeting.

I.Each shareholder of the Fund must, upon demand, disclose to the Fund information about their Common Stock holdings that the Board or any officer or agent of the Fund designated by the Board deems necessary to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 applicable to the Fund, the requirements of any other appropriate taxing authority, the provisions of the 1940 Act, or the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as any of said laws may be amended from time to time.exhibit1026naqvichangein

      95327135.6  107389063.2  Exhibit 10.26        1ST CONSTITUTION BANCORP  CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT  THIS AGREEMENT is dated and entered into effective as of the 5th day of  February, 2021, by and between 1ST Constitution Bancorp, a New Jersey corporation (together  with any successor, the “Company”), and Naqi A. Naqvi (the “Executive”).  WITNESSETH:  WHEREAS, should the Company receive a proposal from, or engage in  discussions with, a third person, whether solicited by the Company or unsolicited, concerning a  possible business combination with or the acquisition of a substantial portion of voting securities  of either party, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has deemed it imperative that  it and the Company be able to rely on the Executive to continue to serve in his or her position, and  that the Board and the Company be able to receive and rely upon his or her advice, if they request  it, as to the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, without concern that the Executive  might be distracted by the personal uncertainties and risks that such a proposal or discussions  might otherwise create; and  WHEREAS, the Executive has heretofore been employed as the Senior Vice  President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and 1st Constitution Bank (the “Bank”);  WHEREAS, the Executive, the Company and the Bank are parties to that certain  Employment Agreement, dated and entered into as of May 7, 2018, which terminated pursuant to  its terms on May 7, 2020; and   WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the Executive and the parties desire by  this writing to memorialize the termination of the Employment Agreement.  NOW, THEREFORE, to assure the Company of the Executive’s continued  dedication and the availability of his or her advice and counsel in the event of any such proposal,  to induce the Executive to remain in the employ of the Bank, and for other good and valuable  consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which each party acknowledges, the Company and the  Executive agree as follows:  

 

          107389063.2 2  1. OPERATION, EFFECTIVE DATE, AND TERM OF AGREEMENT  (a) This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and continue in effect  until eighteen months after a Change in Control (as defined below) shall occur.  (b) This Agreement is effective and binding on both parties as of the date  hereof.  Notwithstanding its present effectiveness, the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 of this  Agreement shall become operative only when, as and if there has been a “Change in Control”.  For  purposes of this Agreement, a “Change in Control” shall mean if any of the following events shall  occur after the date of this Agreement:  (i)  the acquisition by any person, directly or indirectly, of beneficial  ownership or power to vote more than thirty-five percent (35%) of the Company’s voting stock;  (ii)  the first purchase of the Company’s voting stock pursuant to a tender  offer or exchange offer (other than a tender or exchange offer made by an affiliate of the  Company);  (iii)  the acquisition by any person, directly or indirectly, of the control  of the election of a majority of the Company’s directors;  (iv)  the exercise of a controlling influence over the management or  policies of the Company by any person or persons acting as a group within the meaning of Sections  13(d) (3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange  Act”);    (v)  during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the  beginning of such two-year period constitute the Board (the “Continuing Directors”) cease for any  reason to constitute at least two-thirds (2/3) thereof; provided that, any individual whose election  or nomination for election as a member of the Board was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds  (2/3) of the Continuing Directors then in office shall be considered a Continuing Director; or    (vi)  the approval by the Company’s shareholders of (A) a merger or  consolidation of the Company with or into another company (other than a merger or consolidation  in which the Company is the surviving company and which does not result in any reclassification  or reorganization of the Company’s then outstanding shares of stock or a change in the Company’s  directors, other than the addition of not more than three directors), (B) a sale or disposition of all  or substantially all of the Company’s assets, or (C) a plan of liquidation or dissolution of the  Company.     The term “person” as used above means an individual, corporation, partnership,  trust, association, joint venture, pool, syndicate, sole partnership, unincorporated organization or   any other form of entity not specifically listed herein, or a person or persons acting as a group with  the meaning of Sections 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.  Any other provision hereof to  the contrary notwithstanding, no Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes  of the Agreement as a result of an offering registered with the Securities and Exchange  Commission of stock to the Company’s shareholders and/or investors or other offering conducted  

 

          107389063.2 3  by the Company to meet regulatory capital requirements at the demand of a bank regulatory  authority.  In no event shall a payment be made hereunder if the Bank is placed in conservatorship  or receivership in connection with a Change in Control and the Board determines in good faith that  the Change in Control was directed by or otherwise required by the Federal Deposit Insurance  Corporation.      2. EMPLOYMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE  Nothing herein shall affect any right which the Executive or the Company may  otherwise have to terminate the Executive’s employment by the Company at any time in any lawful  manner, subject always to the Company’s providing to the Executive the payments and benefits  specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Agreement to the extent herein below provided.  In the event any person commences a tender or exchange offer, circulates a proxy  statement to the Company’s shareholders or takes other steps that could reasonable be determined  to potentially effect a Change in Control as defined in paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Executive  agrees that he or she will not voluntarily leave the employ of the Company, and will continue to  perform his or her regular duties and to render the services specified in the recitals of this  Agreement, until such person has abandoned or terminated its efforts to effect a Change in Control  or until a Change in Control has occurred.  Should the Executive voluntarily terminate his or her  employment before any such effort to effect a Change in Control has commenced, or after any  such effort has been abandoned or terminated without effecting a Change in Control and no such  effort is then in process, this Agreement shall lapse and be of no further force or effect.  3. TERMINATION FOLLOWING CHANGE IN CONTROL  (a) If any of the events described in paragraph 1 hereof constituting a Change  in Control shall have occurred, the Executive shall be entitled to the benefits provided in paragraph  4 hereof upon the subsequent termination of his or her employment within eighteen (18) months  following a Change in Control (the “Change in Control Period”) unless such termination is (i) due  to the Executive’s death; or (ii) by the Company by reason of the Executive’s Disability or for  Cause; or (iii) by the Executive other than for Good Reason.  (b) If during the Change in Control Period, the Executive’s employment is  terminated by reason of his or her death or Disability, the Executive shall be entitled to death or  long-term disability benefits, as the case may be, from the Company no less favorable than those  benefits to which he or she would have been entitled had the death or termination for Disability  occurred during the six-month period prior to the Change in Control.  If prior to any such  termination for Disability, the Executive fails to perform his or her duties as a result of incapacity  due to physical or mental illness, he or she shall continue to receive his or her Base Salary less any  benefits as may be available to him or her under the Company’s disability plans until his or her  employment is terminated for Disability.  (c) If during the Change in Control Period the Executive’s employment shall  be terminated by the Company for Cause or by the Executive other than for Good Reason, the  Company shall pay to the Executive his or her full Base Salary through the Date of Termination  

 

          107389063.2 4  at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given, and the Company shall have no  further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement.  (d) For purposes of this Agreement:  (i)  “Disability” shall mean the Executive’s incapacity due to physical  or mental illness such that the Executive shall have become qualified to receive benefits under the  Company’s long-term disability plans or any equivalent coverage required to be provided to the  Executive pursuant to any other plan or agreement, whichever is applicable.  (ii)  “Cause” shall mean:  (A)  the conviction or plea of no lo contendere of the Executive  for a felony or similar crime, or the willful commission by the Executive of a criminal or other act  that in the judgment of the Board causes or will likely cause substantial economic damage to the  Company or substantial injury to its business reputation;  (B)  the commission by the Executive of an act of fraud in the  performance of such Executive’s duties on behalf of the Company;  (C)  the continuing willful failure of the Executive to perform the  duties of such Executive to the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the  Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness) after written notice thereof (specifying  the particulars thereof in reasonable detail) and a reasonable opportunity to be heard and cure such  failure are given to the Executive by the compensation committee of the Board; or  (D)  the order of a federal or state regulatory agency or a court of  competent jurisdiction requiring the termination of the Executive’s employment.  For purposes of this subparagraph (d)(iii), no act, or failure to act, on the  Executive’s part shall be considered “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by him or her  not in good faith and without reasonable belief that his or her action or omission was in the best  interests of the Company.  (iii)  “Good Reason” shall mean:  (A)  A material diminution in the Executive’s Base Salary;  (B)  A material diminution in the Executive’s authority, duties or  responsibilities;  (C)  A material diminution in the authority, duties or  responsibilities of the supervisor to whom the Executive is required to report;  (D)  A material diminution in the budget over which the  Executive retains authority;  

 

          107389063.2 5  (E)  A material change in the geographic location at which the  Executive must perform his or her services;  (F)  Any other action or inaction that constitutes a material  breach by the Company of the agreement, if any, under which the Executive provides services to  the Company; or  (G)  The failure of the Company to obtain the express written  assumption of and agreement to perform this Agreement by any successor as contemplated in  subparagraph 5(d) hereof.  The Executive may not terminate his or her employment for Good Reason  unless he or she has provided a written Notice of Termination to the Company setting forth the  existence of a condition described in this subparagraph 3(d)(iii) within a period not to exceed  ninety (90) days of the initial existence of the condition and the Company has had a period of at  least thirty (30) days from the date such Notice of Termination is provided to remedy the condition.  It is the intention of the parties that Good Reason be interpreted and applied  in conformity with the “good reason” rules in effect under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue  Code of 1986, as amended (and all guidance thereunder) (the “Code”).  (iv)  “Dispute” shall mean (i) in the case of termination of employment  of the Executive with the Company or a Subsidiary by the Company for Disability or Cause, that  the Executive challenges the existence of Disability or Cause and (ii) in the case of termination of  employment of an Executive with the Company by the Executive for Good Reason, that the  Company challenges the existence of Good Reason.  (v)  “Base Salary” shall mean the amount determined by multiplying  the Executive’s highest semi-monthly or other periodic rate of base pay paid to the Executive  during the twelve-month period immediately prior to the giving of the Notice of Termination by  the number of pay periods per year.  The following items are not part of base pay, as used herein:   reimbursed expenses, any amount paid on account of overtime or holiday work, payment on  account of insurance premiums or other contributions made to other welfare of benefit plans, any  year-end or other bonuses, commissions and gifts.  (vi)   “Affiliate” shall have the meaning given such term in Rule 405  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  (vii) “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written notice given by the  Executive or the Company, as the case may be, which shall indicate the specific basis for  termination and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide  a basis for determination of any payments under this Agreement.  Any purported termination of  employment by the Company by reason of the Executive’s Disability or for Cause, or by the  Executive for Good Reason, shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other  party hereto.  

 

          107389063.2 6  (viii) “Date of Termination” shall mean the date specified in the Notice  of Termination, which shall not be more than ninety (90) days after such Notice of Termination is  given, as such date may be modified pursuant to the following two sentences.  If within thirty (30)  days after any Notice of Termination is given, the party who receives such Notice of Termination  notifies the other party that a Dispute (as heretofore defined) exists, the Date of Termination shall  be the date on which the Dispute is finally determined, either by mutual written agreement of the  parties, or by a final judgment, order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction (the time for  appeal there from having expired and no appeal having been perfected); provided that the Date of  Termination shall be extended by a notice of Dispute only if such notice is given in good faith and  the party giving such notice pursues the resolution of such Dispute with reasonable diligence and  provided further that pending the resolution of any such Dispute, the Company shall continue to  pay the Executive the same Base Salary and to provide the Executive with the same or substantially  comparable welfare benefits and perquisites, including participation in the Company’s stock  option plan, that the Executive was paid and provided immediately prior to the Change in Control.   Should a Dispute ultimately be determined in favor of the Company then all sums paid by the  Company to the Executive from the date of termination specified in the Notice of Termination  until final resolution of the Dispute pursuant to this paragraph shall be repaid promptly by the  Executive to the Company, with interest at 70% of the prime rate charged from time to time by  Citibank, N.A., New York, New York, all stock options granted to the Executive during such  period shall be canceled or returned to the Company, and no service as an Executive shall be  credited to the Executive for such period for pension purposes.  The Executive shall not be  obligated to pay back the welfare benefits and perquisites for such period unless the final judgment,  order or decree of a court or other body resolving the Dispute determines that the Executive acted  in bad faith in giving a notice of Dispute.  Should a Dispute ultimately be determined in favor of  the Executive, then the Executive shall be entitled to retain all sums paid to the Executive under  this subparagraph (f) pending resolution of the Dispute and shall be entitled to receive, in addition,  the payments and other benefits provided for in paragraph 4 hereof to the extent not previously  paid hereunder.  4. PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION  If during the Change in Control Period the Company shall terminate the Executive’s  employment other than by reason of the Executive’s death, Disability or for Cause, or if the  Executive shall terminate his or her employment for Good Reason, then,  (a) the Company will pay to the Executive as compensation for services  rendered (subject to any applicable payroll or other taxes required to be withheld), commencing  on the first day of the month following the month of termination, one-twelfth (1/12) of Base Salary  of the Executive payable once monthly until the date which is eighteen (18) months after the Date  of Termination determined as if there were no Disputes.  (b) In the event that any payment or benefit received or to be received by the  Executive in connection with a Change in Control or the termination of the Executive’s  employment (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or  agreement with the Company, a successor or an affiliate of the Company or a successor)  (collectively with the payments and benefits hereunder, “Total Payments”) would not be  

 

          107389063.2 7  deductible (in whole or part) as a result of section 280G of the Code by the Company, an affiliate  or other person making such payment or providing such benefit, the payments and benefits  hereunder shall be reduced until no portion of the Total Payments is not deductible, or the  payments and benefits hereunder are reduced to zero.  Any such reduction shall be made by the  Company in its sole discretion consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.  For  purposes of this limitation (i) no portion of the Total Payments the receipt or enjoyment of which  the Executive shall have effectively waived in writing prior to the date of payment under  subsection (a) shall be taken into account, (ii) no portion of the Total Payments shall be taken into  account which, in the opinion of a national accounting or benefits consulting firm selected by the  Company, is not likely to constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of section  280G(b)(2) of the Code, (iii) the payments and benefits hereunder shall be reduced only to the  extent necessary so that, in the opinion of the national accounting or consulting firm referred to in  clause (ii), the Total Payments (other than those referred to in clauses (i) or (ii)) in their entirety  are likely to constitute reasonable compensation for services actually rendered within the meaning  of section 280G(b)(4) of the Code or are otherwise not likely to be subject to disallowance as  deductions; and (iv) the value of any non-cash benefit or any deferred payment or benefit included  in the Total Payments shall be determined by the Company’s independent auditors in accordance  with the principles of sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code.  (c) In the event that any payment or benefit received or to be received by the  Executive in connection with a Change in Control or the termination of the Executive’s  employment (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or  agreement with the Company, a successor or an affiliate of the Company or a successor)  (collectively with the payments and benefits hereunder, “Total Payments”) would not be  deductible (in whole or part) as a result of Section 162(m) of the Code, or any combination of  Section 162(m) and Section 280G of the Code, by the Company, an affiliate or other person making  such payment or providing such benefit, the payments and benefits hereunder shall be reduced  until no portion of the Total Payments is not deductible, or the payments and benefits hereunder  are reduced to zero.  Any such reduction shall be made by the Company in its sole discretion  consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.  For purposes of this limitation (i)  no portion of the Total Payments the receipt or enjoyment of which the Executive shall have  effectively waived in writing prior to the date of payment under subsection (a) shall be taken into  account, and (ii) the payments and benefits hereunder shall be reduced only to the extent necessary  so that, in the opinion of tax counsel selected by the Executive and acceptable to the Company’s  independent auditors, the Total Payments (other than those referred to in clause (i)) in their entirety  do not exceed the $1,000,000 limitation of Section 162(m)(1) of the Code, or are otherwise not  likely to be subject to disallowance as deductions.  5. GENERAL  (a) The Executive shall retain in confidence any proprietary or other  confidential information known to the Executive concerning the Company and its business  (including the Company’s subsidiaries and their businesses) so long as such information is not  publicly disclosed and disclosure is not required by an order of any governmental body or court.  

 

          107389063.2 8  (b) If litigation or other proceedings shall be brought to enforce or interpret any  provision contained herein or in connection with any tax audit to the extent attributable to the  application of Section 4999 of the Code to any payment or benefit provided hereunder, the  Company shall indemnify the Executive for his or her reasonable attorney’s fees and  disbursements incurred in connection therewith and pay prejudgment interest on any money  judgment obtained by the Executive calculated at Citibank, N.A., New York, prime rate of interest  in effect from time to time from the date that payment should have been made under the  Agreement; provided that if the Executive initiated the proceedings, the Executive shall not have  been found by the court or other fact finder to have acted in bad faith in initiating such litigation  or other proceeding, which finding must be final without further rights of appeal.  (c) Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, the Company’s  obligation to pay the Executive the compensation and to make the arrangements provided herein  shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including,  without limitation, any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which the  Company may have against the Executive or anyone else, except that the Company may delay any  payment hereunder or will be relieved of any liability for payments hereunder to the Executive, as  the case may be, in the event a bank regulatory authority with jurisdiction over the Company  advises the Company that it may not make payments to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement  in which case the Company shall be relieved of such liability hereunder or must delay making any  payments to the Executive in which case such payments will be delayed without interest or other  penalty until such time as the Company is advised by the bank regulatory authority that the  Company may make such payments.  All amounts payable by the Company hereunder shall be  paid without notice or demand.  Except as expressly provided herein, the Company waives all  rights which it may now have or may hereafter have conferred upon it, by statute or otherwise, to  terminate, cancel or rescind this Agreement in whole or in part.  Except as provided in paragraph  3(f) herein, each and every payment made hereunder by the Company shall be final and the  Company will not seek to recover for any reason all or any part of such payment from the Executive  or any person entitled thereto.  The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any  payment or other benefit provided for in this Agreement by seeking other employment or  otherwise.  (d) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by  purchase, merger, consolidated or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets  of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Executive, to  expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent  that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.  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 executes and delivers  the agreement provided for in this paragraph 5 or which otherwise becomes bound by all the terms  and provisions of this Agreement by operation of law.  (e) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the  Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,  distributees, devisees and legatees.  If the Executive should die while any amounts would still be  

 

          107389063.2 9  payable to the Executive hereunder if he or she had continued to live, all such amounts, unless  otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the  Executive’s devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there be no such designee, to the Executive’s  estate.  The rights or obligations of the Executive hereunder shall not be assignable by the  Executive, except as provided in this paragraph 5(e).  (f) Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to entitle the Executive to  continued employment with the Company and the rights of the Company to terminate the  employment of the Executive shall continue as fully as though this Agreement was not in effect.  6. NOTICE  For purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for  in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered  or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as  follows:    If to the Executive:  at the address on file with the Company      If to the Company:  1st Constitution Bancorp  2650 Route 130 North  Cranbury, NJ 08512  Attention:  President  or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance  herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.  7. MISCELLANEOUS  No provisions of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless  such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing, signed by the Executive and such  officer as may be specifically designated by the Board.  No waiver by either party hereto at any  time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of  this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or  dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.  No assurances  or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof  have been made by either party which are not set forth expressly in this Agreement. However, this  Agreement is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other plan providing for payments to or benefits  for the Executive or any agreement now existing, or which hereafter may be entered into, between  the Company and the Executive.  The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this  Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey.  

 

          107389063.2 10  8. FINANCING  All amounts due and benefits provided under this Agreement shall constitute  general obligations of the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  The  Executive shall have only an unsecured right to payment thereof out of the general assets of the  Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, by agreement with one or more  trustees to be selected by the Company, create a trust on such terms as the Company shall  determine to make payments to the Executive in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  9. VALIDITY  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not  affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain  in full force and effect.  Any provision in this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in  any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition  or unenforceability without invalidating or affecting the remaining provisions hereof, and any such  prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such  provision in any other jurisdiction.  10. SECTION 409 A OF THE CODE  It is the intent of the Executive and the Company that this Agreement be drafted,  interpreted and administered in accordance with Section 409A of the Code.  Specifically, but  without limitation, whether a termination of employment has occurred shall be determined in  accordance with Section 409A of the Code, and the Company is authorized to delay any payments  due hereunder as a result of termination of employment until the first day of the seventh month  following such termination of employment, if such delay is determined to be necessary in order to  avoid violating Section 409A requirements with respect to specified employees.  Each payment  due hereunder shall be considered to be a separate payment, as opposed to a series of payments,  for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.  11. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT ET AL.  Neither the Company nor the Bank shall be required to make any payment under  this Agreement (i) if the Company or the Bank has been advised by a bank regulatory authority  that doing so may result in the imposition of fines or other penalties on the Company or the Bank  or their respective directors or officers or a finding that the Company or the Bank is engaging in  an unsafe or unsound banking practice, (ii) if such payment would violate the terms of any  agreement, memorandum of understanding or similar arrangement between the Company or the  Bank and a bank regulatory authority or resolutions of the directors of the Company or the Bank  adopted at the direction of a bank regulatory authority,  (iii) result in the Company or the Bank  failing to meet, or while it does not meet, minimum capital requirements under applicable law, or  (iv) if it should violate any federal or state laws or regulations applicable to the Company or the  Bank or any entity which controls the Company, including, but not limited to, Section 18 (k) of  the Federal Deposit Insurance Act or any regulation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation  adopted thereunder.          

 

          107389063.2 11  12. COMPENSATION RECOVERY  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the  Company is required to materially restate its financial results due to the Company’s material  noncompliance with any financial reporting requirement under Federal securities laws, excluding  a restatement of such financial results due solely a change in generally accepted accounting  principles in the United States or such other accounting principles that may be adopted by the  Securities and Exchange Commission and are or become applicable to the Company, the Company  may, in its discretion or as necessary to comply with applicable law, require the Executive to repay  the Company or the Bank an amount by offset to any payment made pursuant to this Agreement  which is equal to all or any portion of any incentive compensation (including stock and stock- based awards) that has been paid, issued or granted to the Executive pursuant to any incentive  compensation program with the two years preceding the date on which the Company is required  to prepare an accounting restatement, to the extent that such amount was based on the erroneous  data and exceeded the amount that would have been paid, issued or granted to the Executive under  the accounting restatement.  Such repayment obligation shall be effective as of the date specified  by the Company; provided, however, that if any such offset is prohibited under applicable law, the  Company shall not permit such offset and may require immediate repayment by the Executive.    Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent required to comply with applicable law, any  applicable stock exchange listing requirements, and/or any compensation recovery or clawback  policy adopted by the Company, the Company may unilaterally amend this Section and such  amendment shall be binding on the Executive; provided, however, regardless of whether the  Company makes such a unilateral amendment, the Executive shall be bound by any compensation  recovery or clawback policy adopted by the Company whether adopted before or after the date of  this Agreement.      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the  date set forth above.            Executive Name: NAQI A. NAQVI              1ST CONSTITUTION BANCORP      By          Name:  Robert Mangano   Title:    Chief Executive Officer

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