AMENDED AND RESTATED CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT AMONG ESB FINANCIAL CORPORATION, ESB BANKChange of Control Agreement |
|
|
|
You are currently viewing: This Change of Control Agreement involves
ESB FINANCIAL CORP | ESB BANK. RealDealDocs™ contains millions of easily searchable legal documents and clauses from top law firms. Search for free - click here. |
|
|
|
Search Change of Control Agreement by:
Exhibit 10.4
[Form for SVPs]
AMENDED AND RESTATED CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT AMONG
ESB FINANCIAL CORPORATION, ESB BANK
AND
This
AMENDED AND RESTATED CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”), dated as of the 21st day of November 2006, among
ESB Financial Corporation (the “Corporation”), ESB Bank, a
Pennsylvania chartered savings bank and a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Corporation (the “Bank”), and
(the “Executive”). Any reference to the “Employers”
shall mean both the Corporation and the Bank, and any reference to an
“Employer” shall mean either the Corporation or the Bank, as the
context requires.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
the Executive is presently an officer of the Employers, and the Executive and
the Employers have previously entered into a change in control agreement dated
, 200___(the
“Prior Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
the Employers desire to amend and restate the Prior Agreement in order to make
changes to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the “Code”), as well as certain other changes;
WHEREAS,
the Employers desire to be ensured of the Executive’s continued active
participation in the business of the Employers; and
WHEREAS,
in order to induce the Executive to remain in the employ of the Employers and
in consideration of the Executive agreeing to remain in the employ of the
Employers, the parties desire to specify the severance benefits which shall be
due the Executive in the event that his employment with the Employers is
terminated under specified circumstances;
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein
contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
The following words and terms shall have the meanings set forth below for the
purposes of this Agreement:
(a) Annual
Compensation. The Executive’s “Annual Compensation” for
purposes of this Agreement shall be deemed to mean the highest level of base
salary and cash bonus paid to the Executive by the Employers or any subsidiary
thereof during any of the three calendar
years ending prior to the
calendar year in which the Date of Termination occurs, provided that the
highest base salary and the highest cash bonus may be paid in separate years.
(b) Cause.
Termination by the Employers of the Executive’s employment for
“Cause” shall include termination because of personal dishonesty,
incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty involving personal
profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful violation of any
law, rule or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses) or
final cease-and-desist order.
(c) Change
in Control. “Change in Control” shall mean a change in the
ownership of the Corporation or the Bank, a change in the effective control of
the Corporation or the Bank or a change in the ownership of a substantial
portion of the assets of the Corporation or the Bank, in each case as provided
under Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
(d) Code.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(e) Date
of Termination. “Date of Termination” shall mean (i) if
the Executive’s employment is terminated for Cause, the date on which the
Notice of Termination is given, and (ii) if the Executive’s
employment is terminated for any other reason, the date specified in such
Notice of Termination.
(f) Disability.
“Disability” shall mean 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 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 12 months, receiving income
replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an
accident and health plan covering employees of the Employers.
(g) Good
Reason. Termination by the Executive of the Executive’s employment
for “Good Reason” shall mean termination by the Executive following
a Change in Control based on:
(i)
Without the Executive’s express written consent, the assignment by the
Employers to the Executive of any duties which are materially inconsistent with
the Executive’s positions, duties, responsibilities and status with the
Employers immediately prior to a Change in Control, or a material change in the
Executive’s reporting responsibilities, titles or offices as an employee
and as in effect immediately prior to such a Change in Control, or any removal
of the Executive from or any failure to re-elect the Executive to any of such
responsibilities, titles or offices, except in connection with the termination
of the Executive’s employment for Cause, Disability or Retirement or as a
result of the Executive’s death or by the Executive other than for Good
Reason;
2
(ii)
Without the Executive’s express written consent, a reduction by the
Employers in the Executive’s base salary as in effect on the date of the
Change in Control or as the same may be increased from time to time thereafter
or a material reduction in the package of fringe benefits provided to the
Executive; or
(iii)
The failure by the Employers to obtain the assumption of and agreement to
perform this Agreement by any successors as contemplated in Section 6
hereof.
(h) IRS.
IRS shall mean the Internal Revenue Service.
(i) Notice
of Termination. Any purported termination of the Executive’s
employment by the Employers for Cause, Disability or Retirement or by the
Executive for Good Reason shall be communicated by written “Notice of
Termination” to the other party hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, a
“Notice of Termination” shall mean a notice which
(i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied
upon, (ii) sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances
claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment
under the provision so indicated, (iii) specifies a Date of Termination,
which shall be not less than thirty (30) nor more than ninety (90) days
after such Notice of Termination is given, except in the case of the
Employers’ termination of the Executive’s employment for Cause,
which shall be effective immediately, and (iv) is given in the manner
specified in Section 7 hereof.
(j) Retirement.
“Retirement” shall mean voluntary termination by the Executive in
accordance with the Employers’ retirement policies, including early
retirement, generally applicable to their salaried employees.
2. Benefits
Upon Termination. If the Executive’s employment by the Employers
shall be terminated within eighteen (18) months subsequent to a Change in
Control by (i) the Employers other than for Cause, Disability or
Retirement or as a result of the Executive’s death, or (ii) the Executive
for Good Reason, then the Employers shall, subject to the provisions of
Section 3 hereof, if applicable:
(a) pay
to the Executive, in a lump sum as of the Date of Termination, a cash amount
equal to 1.5 times the Executive’s Annual Compensation; and
(b) maintain
and provide for a period ending at the earlier of (i) eighteen
(18) months after the Date of Termination or (ii) the date of the
Executive’s full-time employment by another employer (provided that the
Executive is entitled under the terms of such employment to benefits
substantially similar to those described in this subparagraph (b)), at no cost
to the Executive, the Executive’s continued participation in all group
insurance, life insurance, health and accident, disability and other employee
benefit plans, programs and arrangements in which the Executive was entitled to
participate immediately prior to the Date of Termination (other than retirement
plans or stock compensation plans of the Employers), provided that in the event
that the Executive’s participation in any plan, program or arrangement as
provided in this subparagraph
3
(b) is barred, or during
such period any such plan, program or arrangement is discontinued or the
benefits thereunder are materially reduced, the Employers shall arrange to
provide the Executive with benefits substantially similar to those which the
Executive was entitled to receive under such plans, programs and arrangements
immediately prior to the Date of Termination. If the provision of any of the
benefits covered by this Section 2(b) would trigger the 20% tax and interest
penalties under Section 409A of the Code, then the benefit(s) that would
trigger such tax and interest penalties shall not be provided (collectively,
the “Excluded Benefits”), and in lieu of the Excluded Benefits the
Employers shall pay to the Executive, in a lump sum within 30 days
following termination of employment or within 30 days after such
determination should it occur after termination of employment, a cash amount
equal to the cost to the Employers of providing the Excluded Benefits.
(c) The payment to the
Executive hereunder shall be paid by the Corporation and the Bank in the same
proportion as the time and services actually expended by the Executive on
behalf of each respective Employer, and no payments shall be duplicated.
3. Limitation
of Benefits under Certain Circumstances. If the payments and benefits
pursuant to Section 2 hereof, either alone or together with other payments
and benefits which the Executive has the right to receive from the Employers
would constitute a “parachute payment” under Section 280G of the
Code, then the payments and benefits pursuant to Section 2 hereof shall be
reduced by the minimum amount necessary to result in no portion of the payments
and benefits under Section 2 being non-deductible to either of the
Employers pursuant to Section 280G of the Code and subject to the excise
tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code. If the payments and benefits
under Section 2 are required to be reduced, the cash severance shall be reduced
first, followed by a reduction in the fringe benefits. The determination of any
reduction in the payments and benefits to be made pursuant to Section 2
shall be based upon the opinion of independent tax counsel selected by the Employers
and paid for by the Employers. Such counsel shall promptly prepare the
foregoing opinion, but in no event later than thirty (30) days from the
Date of Termination, and may use such actuaries as such counsel deems necessary
or advisable for the purpose. Nothing contained herein shall result in a
reduction of any payments or benefits to which the Executive may be entitled
upon termination of employment other than pursuant to Section 2 hereof, or
a reduction in the payments and benefits specified in Section 2 below
zero.
4. Mitigation;
Exclusivity of Benefits.
(a) The
Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any benefits
hereunder by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any
such benefits be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as a
result of employment by another employer after the Date of Termination or
otherwise, except as set forth in Section 2(b) above.
(b) The
specific arrangements referred to herein are not intended to exclude any other
benefits which may be available to the Executive upon a termination of
employment with the Employers pursuant to employee benefit plans of the
Employers or otherwise.
4
5. Withholding.
All payments required to be made by the Employers hereunder to the
Executive shall be subject to the withholding of such amounts, if any, relating
to tax and other payroll deductions as the Employers may reasonably determine
should be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.
6. Assignability.
The Employers may assign this Agreement and their rights hereunder in
whole, but not in part, to any corporation, bank or other entity with or into
which the Employers may hereafter merge or consolidate or to which the
Employers may transfer all or substantially all of their respective assets, if
in any such case said corporation, bank or other entity shall by operation of
law or expressly in writing assume all obligations of the Employers hereunder
as fully as if it had been originally made a party hereto, but may not
otherwise assign this Agreement or their rights hereunder. The Executive may
not assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder.
7. Notice.
For the purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications
provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly given when delivered or mailed by certified or registered mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective
addresses set forth below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|






