SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2024-05-08

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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ia9f06e9757124f868d59a4d38d27b549_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">EXHIBIT 10.1</font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONSULTING AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">This FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONSULTING AGREEMENT</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> (the &#8220;First Amendment&#8221;) is effective as of May 1, 2023 (&#8220;Effective Date&#8221;) by and between </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Valley National Bank</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, a national banking association with its principal place of business at 1455 Valley Road, Wayne, New Jersey 07470 on behalf of itself, its subsidiaries and affiliated companies (hereinafter collectively &#8220;Valley&#8221;), and </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">ALREM LLC</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, a New York limited liability company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(&#8220;Consultant&#8221;), (each individually a &#8220;Party&#8221;, and collectively, the &#8220;Parties&#8221;).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WHEREAS</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, Avner Mendelson, a Member of Consultant (the &#8220;Member&#8221;), is currently a director on Valley&#8217;s board of directors&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WHEREAS</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, Valley and Consultant entered into that certain Consulting Agreement dated as of May 1, 2022 (the &#8220;Agreement&#8221;), pursuant to which Valley engaged Consultant to provide certain Services (as defined in the Agreement) to Valley, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement&#59; and</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WHEREAS</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">,</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Valley and Consultant have agreed to amend the Agreement as set forth in this First Amendment. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">NOW THEREFORE</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, for an in consideration of the foregoing premises and mutual promises and undertakings herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;padding-left:27pt">Capitalized Terms.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> Capitalized terms that are not expressly defined in this First Amendment shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Agreement. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',s