CHANGE IN
CONTROL AGREEMENT AMONG
HARLEYSVILLE SAVINGS FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
HARLEYSVILLE SAVINGS BANK AND _____________
This CHANGE IN
CONTROL AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of the
_____ day of May 2009, is among Harleysville Savings Financial
Corporation (the “Corporation”), Harleysville Savings
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;
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’s 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 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, plus the average of the annual bonus paid to
the Executive by the Employers or any subsidiary during the three
calendar years ending prior to the calendar year in which the Date
of Termination occurs.
(b)
Cause. Termination by the Employers of the Executive’s
employment for “Cause” shall mean 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. For purposes of this paragraph, no
act or failure to act on the Executive’s part shall be
considered “willful” unless done, or omitted to be
done, by the Executive not in good faith and without reasonable
belief that the Executive’s action or omission was in the
best interest of the Employers.
(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 the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) (A) a
material diminution in the Executive’s base compensation as
in effect immediately prior to the date of the Change in Control or
as the same may be increased from time to time thereafter, (B) a
material diminution in the Executive’s authority, duties or
responsibilities as in effect immediately prior to the Change in
Control, or (C) a material diminution in the authority, duties or
responsibilities of the officer (as in effect immediately prior to
the date of the Change in Control) to whom the Executive is
required to report immediately prior to the Change in Control,
(ii) any
material breach of this Agreement by the Employers, or
(iii) any
material change in the geographic location at which the Executive
must perform his services under this Agreement immediately prior to
the Change in Control;
provided, however, that prior to any termination of employment for
Good Reason, the Executive must first provide written notice to the
Employers within ninety (90) days of the initial existence of the
condition, describing the existence of such condition, and the
Employers shall thereafter have the right to remedy the condition
within thirty (30) days of the date the Employers received the
written notice from the Executive. If the Employers
remedy the condition within such thirty (30) day cure period, then
no Good Reason shall be deemed to exist with respect to such
condition. If the Employers do not remedy the condition
within such thirty (30) day cure period, then the Executive may
deliver a Notice of Termination for Good Reason at any time within
sixty (60) days following the expiration of such cure period.
(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 a 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
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