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Title: Second Amendment to Athens Federal Community Bank Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Agreement
Governing Law: Tennessee     Date: 9/17/2009

Second Amendment to Athens Federal Community Bank Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Agreement, Parties: athens bancshares corp , athens federal community bank
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Exhibit 10.8

Second Amendment to
Athens Federal Community Bank
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Agreement

     This Second Amendment to Athens Federal Community Bank Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Agreement (the “Amendment”) is adopted effective the 17th day of September, 2008, by and between Athens Federal Community Bank, a savings association located in Athens, Tennessee (the “Bank”) and Jeffrey Cunningham (the “Executive”).

     WHEREAS, on December 21, 2006 the parties executed a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Agreement (the “Agreement”), which Agreement provided certain benefits to the Executive; and

     WHEREAS, effective December 31, 2007, the parties adopted a First Amendment to Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Agreement amending certain provisions of the Agreement; and

     WHEREAS, the parties now wish to further amend certain provisions of the Agreement and to execute this Amendment in order to adopt and ratify such amendments.

     NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.

 

Section 1.12 of the Agreement is amended by deleting it in its entirety, and replacing it with the following:

 

 

 

1.12 “  Normal Retirement Age ” means the Executive attaining the age of fifty-eight (58).

 

2.

 

Section 2.2.1 of the Agreement is amended by deleting it in its entirety, and replacing it with the following:

 

 

 

 

2.2.1  Amount of Benefit . The benefit under this Section 2.2 is the vested Account Value determined as of the end of the Plan Year preceding Separation from Service. This benefit is determined by vesting the Executive in twenty eight point five seven percent (28.57%) of the Account Value as of December 31, 2008, and an additional eight point nine three percent (8.93%) of said amount for each succeeding year thereafter until the Executive becomes one hundred percent (100%) vested in the Account Value.

 

3.

 

This Amendment shall be attached to and made a part of the Agreement. The Agreement, as amended by any amendment thereto including the First Amendment and this Amendment, shall remain in full force and effect and shall

 


 

be deemed superseded by this Amendment only to the limited extent necessary to implement the terms hereof.

 

4.

 

This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original.

 

 

5.

 

All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

BANK:

Athens Federal Community Bank

 

 

 

By 

/s/ Tim Howard  

 

 

 

 

 

Title: Chairman of the Board 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE:
 

 

 

/s/ Jeffrey L. Cunningham  

 

 

Jeffrey Cunningham  

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

First Amendment to
Athens Federal Community Bank
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Agreement

     This First Amendment to Athens Federal Community Bank Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Agreement (the “Amendment”) is adopted effective the 31 st day of December, 2007, by and between Athens Federal Community Bank , a savings association located in Athens, Tennessee (the “Bank”) and Jeffrey Cunningham (the “Executive”).

     WHEREAS, on December 21, 2006 the parties executed a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Agreement (the “Agreement”), which Agreement provided certain benefits to the Executive; and

     WHEREAS, the parties now wish to amend certain provisions of the Agreement and to execute this Amendment in order to adopt and ratify such amendments.

     NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1.  Section 1.5 of the Agreement is amended by deleting it in its entirety, and replacing it with the following:

1.5 [Intentionally Omitted]

     2.  Section 2.5, and all subsections thereof, of the Agreement is amended by deleting it in its entirety, and replacing it with the following:

2.5 [Intentionally Omitted]

     3.  Section 2.8(b) of the Agreement is amended by deleting it in its entirety, and replacing it with the following:

(b) must, for benefits distributable under Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4, be made at least twelve (12) months prior to the first scheduled distribution;

     4.  Section 8.3 of the Agreement is amended by deleting it in its entirety, and replacing it with the following:

8.3 Plan Terminations Under Code Section 409A . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 8.2, the Bank may, in its sole discretion, terminate this Agreement by unilateral action; provided that, if the Bank terminates this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.3, it shall do so in conformity with one of the following circumstances:

(a) Upon the Bank’s dissolution or with the approval of a bankruptcy court, provided that all distributions are made no later than the end of the tax year in which the Executive is required to

 


 

include any portion of the amounts deferred under the Agreement in his gross income; or

(b) Upon the Bank’s termination of this and all other non-account balance plans (as referenced in Section 409A of the Code or the regulations thereunder), provided that all distributions are made no later than the end of the tax year in which the Executive is required to include any portion of the amounts deferred under the Agreement in his gross income, and that the Bank does not adopt any new non-account balance plans for a minimum of five (5) years following the date of such termination;

In which case, the Bank may distribute the Account Value, determined as of the date of the termination of the Agreement, to the Executive in a lump sum subject to the above terms.

     5. This Amendment shall be attached to and made a part of the Agreement. The Agreement, as amended by any amendment thereto including this Amendment, shall remain in full force and effect and shall be deemed superseded by this Amendment only to the limited extent necessary to implement the terms hereof.

     6. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original.

     7. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

BANK:

Athens Federal Community Bank

 

 

 

By 

/s/ Darrell Murray  

 

 

 

 

 

Title: Chairman of the Board 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE:
 

 

 

/s/ Jeffrey L. Cunningham  

 

 

Jeffrey Cunningham  

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Athens Federal Community Bank
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Agreement

ATHENS FEDERAL COMMUNITY BANK
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN AGREEMENT

     THIS SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is adopted this 21 st day of December, 2006, by and between Athens Federal Community Bank, a savings association located in Athens, Tennessee (the “Bank”), and Jeffrey Cunningham (the “Executive”).

     The purpose of this Agreement is to provide specified benefits to the Executive, a member of a select group of management or highly compensated employees who contribute materially to the continued growth, development and future business success of the Bank. This Agreement shall be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), as amended from time to time.

Article 1
DEFINITIONS

     Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings specified:

1.1

 

Account Value ” means the amount shown on Schedule A under the heading Account Value. The parties expressly acknowledge that the Account Value may be different than the liability that should be accrued by the Bank, under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), for the Bank’s obligation to the Executive under this Agreement. The Account Value on any date other than the end of a Plan Year shall be determined by adding the prorated increase attributable for the current Plan Year to the Account Value for the previous Plan Year.

 

1.2

 

Beneficiary ” means each designated person or entity, or the estate of the deceased Executive, entitled to any benefits upon the death of the Executive pursuant to Article 4.

 

1.3

 

Beneficiary Designation Form ” means the form established from time to time by the Plan Administrator that the Executive completes, signs and returns to the Plan Administrator to designate one or more Beneficiaries.

 

1.4

 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Bank as from time to time constituted.

 

1.5

 

Change in Control ” means a change in the ownership or effective control of the Bank, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Bank, as such change is defined in Code Section 409A and regulations thereunder or the Bank undertakes a Mutual to Stock Conversion.

 

1.6

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and all regulations and guidance thereunder, including such regulations and guidance as may be promulgated after the Effective Date of this Agreement.

 


 

1.7

 

Disability ” means the Executive: (i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; or (ii) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under an accident and health plan covering employees or directors of the Bank. Medical determination of Disability may be made by either the Social Security Administration or by the provider of an accident or health plan covering employees or directors of the Bank provided that the definition of “disability” applied under such insurance program complies with the requirements of the preceding sentence. Upon the request of the Plan Administrator, the Executive must submit proof to the Plan Administrator of the Social Security Administration’s or the provider’s determination.

 

1.8

 

Early Involuntary Termination ” means that the Executive, prior to Normal Retirement Age, has experienced a Separation from Service, following receipt of a written notification from the Bank that such Separation from Service has occurred for reasons other than Termination for Cause, Disability, or Early Voluntary Termination.

 

1.9

 

Early Voluntary Termination ” means that the Executive, prior to Normal Retirement Age, experiences a Separation from Service for reasons other than Termination for Cause, Disability, death of the Executive or Early Involuntary Termination.

 

1.10

 

Effective Date ” means January 1, 2007.

 

1.11

 

Mutual to Stock Conversion ” shall mean the conversion of the Bank from a mutual savings bank to a stock savings bank and which directly or by a parent corporation issues publicly traded or closely held stock to public shareholders. A Mutual to Stock Conversion shall include: 1) a transaction whereby any portion of the stock of the Bank is owned by public shareholders and not solely by a parent mutual holding company, and 2) a transaction whereby the stock of the Bank is 100% owned by a parent holding company (“Parent”) and any portion of the stock of the Parent is owned by public shareholders and not solely by a parent mutual holding company.

 

1.12

 

Normal Retirement Age ” means the Executive attaining age fifty-six (56).

 

1.13

 

Normal Retirement Date ” means the later of Normal Retirement Age or the date of Separation from Service.

 

1.14

 

Plan Administrator ” means the Board or such committee or person as the Board shall appoint from time to time.

 

1.15

 

Plan Year ” means each twelve (12) month period commencing on January 1 and ending on December 31 of each year.

 

1.16

 

Schedule A ” means the schedule attached to this Agreement and made a part hereof. Schedule A shall be updated upon a change in any of the benefits under Articles 2 or 3.

 


 

1.17

 

Separation from Service ” means the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Bank. Whether a Separation from Service takes place is determined in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A based on the facts and circumstances surrounding the termination of the Executive’s employment and whether the Bank and the Executive intended for the Executive to provide significant services for the Bank following such termination. A Separation from Service will not have occurred if:

 

 

(a)

 

the Executive continues to provide services as an employee of the Bank at an annual rate that is twenty percent (20%) or more of the services rendered, on average, during the immediately preceding three (3) full calendar years of employment (or, if employed less than three (3) years, such lesser period) and the annual remuneration for such services is twenty percent (20%) or more of the average annual remuneration earned during the final three (3) full calendar years of employment (or, if less, such lesser period), or

 

 

(b)

 

the Executive continues to provide services to the Bank in a capacity other than as an employee of the Bank at an annual rate that is fifty percent (50%) or more of the services rendered, on average, during the immediately preceding three (3) full calendar years of employment (or if employed less than three (3) years, such lesser period) and the annual remuneration for such services is fifty percent (50%) or more of the average annual remuneration earned during the final three (3) full calendar years of employment (or if less, such lesser period).

The Executive’s employment relationship will be treated as continuing intact while the Executive is on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of such leave of absence does not exceed six (6) months, or if longer, so long as the Executive’s right to reemployment with the Bank is provided either by statute or by contract. If the period of leave exceeds six (6) months and there is no right to reemployment, a Separation from Service will be deemed to have occurred as of the first date immediately following such six (6) month period.

1.18

 

Specified Employee ” means a key employee (as defined in Section 416(i) of the Code without regard to paragraph 5 thereof) of the Bank if any stock of the Bank is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise, as determined by the Plan Administrator based on the twelve (12) month period ending each December 31 (the “identification period”). If the Executive is determined to be a Specified Employee for an identification period, the Executive shall be treated as a Specified Employee for purposes of this Agreement during the twelve (12) month period that begins on the fast day of the fourth month following the close of the identification period.

 

1.19

 

Termination for Cause ” means Separation from Service by action of the Board of Directors or a banking regulatory agency resulting from the Executive’s:

 

(a)

 

Gross negligence or gross neglect of duties to the Bank; or

 

 

(b)

 

Conviction of a felony or of a gross misdemeanor involving moral turpitude in connection with the Executive’s employment with the Bank; or

 


 

 

(c)

 

Fraud, disloyalty, dishonesty or willful violation of any law or significant Bank policy committed in connection with the Executive’s employment and resulting in a material adverse effect on the Bank.

Article 2
DISTRIBUTIONS DURING LIFETIME

2.1

 

Normal Retirement Benefit . Upon the Normal Retirement Date, the Bank shall distribute to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.1 in lieu of any other benefit under this Article.

 

2.1.1

 

Amount of Benefit . The annual benefit under this Section 2.1 is One Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($160,000).

 

 

2.1.2

 

Distribution of Benefit . The Bank shall distribute the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (12) equal monthly installments commencing on the first day of the month following Normal Retirement Date. The annual benefit shall be distributed to the Executive for twenty (20) years.

 

2.2

 

Early Voluntary Termination Benefit . If Early Voluntary Termination occurs, the Bank shall distribute to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.2 in lieu of any other benefit under this Article.

 

2.2.1

 

Amount of Benefit . The benefit under this Section 2.2 is the vested Account Value determined as of the end of the Plan Year preceding Separation from Service. This benefit is determined by vesting the Executive in fourteen and twenty-nine hundredths percent (14.29%) of the Account Value for the fast complete Plan Year, and an additional fourteen and twenty-nine hundredths percent (14.29%) of said amount for each succeeding year thereafter until the Executive becomes one hundred percent (100%) vested in the Account Value.

 

 

2.2.2

 

Distribution of Benefit . The Bank shall distribute the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (12) equal monthly installments commencing on the first day of the month following Normal Retirement Age. The annual benefit shall be distributed to the Executive for twenty (20) years.

 

2.3

 

Early Involuntary Termination Benefit . If Early Involuntary Termination occurs, the Bank shall distribute to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.3 in lieu of any other benefit under this Article.

 

2.3.1

 

Amount of Benefit . The benefit under this Section 2.3 is one hundred percent (100%) of the Account Value determined as of the end of the Plan Year preceding Separation from Service.

 

 

2.3.2

 

Distribution of Benefit . The Bank shall distribute the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (12) equal monthly installments commencing on the first day of the month following Normal Retirement Age. The annual benefit shall be distributed to the Executive for twenty (20) years.

 


 

2.4

 

Disability Benefit . If the Executive experiences a Disability which results in a Separation from Service prior to Normal Retirement Age, the Bank shall distribute to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.4 in lieu of any other benefit under this Article.

 

 

2.4.1

 

Amount of Benefit . The benefit under this Section 2.4 is one hundred percent (100%) of the Account Value determined as of the end of the Plan Year preceding Separation from Service.

 

 

2.4.2

 

Distribution of Benefit . The Bank shall distribute the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (12) equal monthly installments commencing on the first day of the month following the date of Separation of Service resulting from such Disability determination. The annual benefit shall be distributed to the Executive for twenty (20) years.

2.5

 

Change in Control Benefit . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if a C


 
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