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CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT AMONG HARLEYSVILLE SAVINGS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, HARLEYSVILLE SAVINGS BANK

Change of Control Agreement

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Title: CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT AMONG HARLEYSVILLE SAVINGS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, HARLEYSVILLE SAVINGS BANK
Governing Law: Pennsylvania     Date: 5/21/2009
Industry: SandLs/Savings Banks     Sector: Financial

CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT AMONG HARLEYSVILLE SAVINGS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, HARLEYSVILLE SAVINGS BANK, Parties: harleysville savings bank , harleysville savings financial corporation
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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

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.

 

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(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 th


 
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