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Exhibit 10.7
CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made as of December 27, 2005 by and among CODORUS
VALLEY
BANCORP, INC., a Pennsylvania business corporation, (hereinafter
referred to as
the "Corporation"), PEOPLESBANK, A CODORUS VALLEY COMPANY, a
Pennsylvania state
charted bank (hereinafter referred to as the "Bank") and JANN A.
WEAVER, an
individual residing at 417 Chumleigh Road, Baltimore, Maryland
(hereinafter
referred to as "Executive").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Corporation, the Bank and Executive entered into a
Change
of Control Agreement dated as of October 1, 1997 (the "1997
Agreement"),
regarding, among other things, certain payments which may be due
Executive upon
termination following a Change of Control; and
WHEREAS, Executive is now serving as Treasurer/Chief Financial
Officer
of the Corporation and as Executive Vice President/Chief Financial
Officer of
the Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation and the Bank consider the continued
services
of Executive to be in the best interests of the Corporation and the
Bank; and
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WHEREAS, the Corporation, the Bank and Executive desire to enter
into
this Agreement whereby the Corporation agrees to make certain
payments to
Executive upon termination under specific conditions, in order to
induce
Executive to continue in employment, and concurrently herewith, to
terminate the
1997 Agreement, all as hereinafter set forth
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the continued employment of
Executive and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency
of which is hereby acknowledged, intending to be legally bound
hereby,
Executive, the Corporation and the Bank agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
TERMINATION PURSUANT TO A CHANGE OF CONTROL
1.1 DEFINITION:
TERMINATION PURSUANT TO A CHANGE OF CONTROL. Any of
the following events occurring during the period commencing with
the date of any
"Change of Control" (as defined in ARTICLE II hereof) and ending on
the second
(2nd) anniversary of the date of the Change of Control, shall
constitute a
"Termination Pursuant to a Change of Control":
(A) Executive's employment is terminated by the Corporation, the
Bank
or
an acquiror or successor of either without "Good Cause" (as
defined
below); or
(B) Any of the following events occurs and Executive thereafter
terminates Executive's employment:
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(i) any reduction in Executive's responsibilities, including
reporting responsibilities, or authority, including such
responsibilities or authorities as may be increased from time to
time;
or
(ii) the assignment to Executive of duties inconsistent with
Executive's title or office, as the same may be increased from time
to
time; or
(iii) any reassignment of Executive to a principal place of
employment which is more than twenty-five (25) miles form
Executive's
principal place of employment immediately prior to the Change
of
Control; or
(iv) any reduction in Executive's annual base salary as the
same
may be increased from time to time; or
(v) any failure to provide Executive with benefits at least as
favorable as those enjoyed by Executive under Corporation's or
Bank's
retirement or pension, life insurance, medical, health and
accident,
disability or other employee or incentive compensation plans in
which
Executive participated or the taking of any action that would
materially reduce any of such benefits, unless such reduction is
part
of a reduction applicable in each case to all employees; or
(vi) any requirement that Executive travel in performance of
his
duties on behalf of Corporation or Bank for a significantly
greater
period of time during any year than was required of Executive
during
the year preceding the year in which the Change of Control
occurred;
or
(vii) Any material breach of this Agreement of any nature
whatsoever on the part of the Corporation or the Bank.
For purposes of this Section 1.1, "Good Cause" shall mean (i)
the
willful failure by the Executive to substantially perform his
duties as an
officer of the Corporation or Bank after
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Executive's receipt of written notice from the Bank of such
failure, other than
a failure resulting from the Executive's incapacity because of
physical or
mental illness, or (ii) the willful engaging by the Executive in
misconduct
injurious to the Corporation or Bank, or (iii) the dishonesty or
gross
negligence of the Executive in the performance of his duties, or
(iv) the breach
of Executive's fiduciary duty involving personal profit, or (v) the
violation of
any law, rule or regulation governing banks or bank officers or any
final cease
and desist order issued by a bank regulatory authority, any of
which materially
jeopardizes the business of the Corporation or Bank, or (vi) moral
turpitude or
other conduct on the part of the Executive which brings public
discredit to the
Corporation or Bank. The burden of establishing the validity of any
termination
for Good Cause shall rest upon the Corporation or the Bank.
1.2 COMPENSATION UPON TERMINATION PURSUANT TO A CHANGE OF CONTROL.
If
Executive's employment is terminated and such termination is a
Termination
Pursuant to a Change of Control (as defined in Section 1.1), the
Executive shall
be entitled to receive the following:
(A) Executive's compensation shall be continued for a period of
one
(1)
year, commencing as of the Termination Pursuant to the Change
of
Control. For purposes of this Section 1.2, compensation shall mean
(i) the
highest of Executive's annualized base salary at the time of or
during one
of
the three calendar years immediately preceding the Termination
Pursuant
to a
Change of Control, plus (ii) the highest bonus earned by
Executive
with
respect to one of the three calendar years immediately preceding
the
date
of the Termination Pursuant to a Change of Control.
Notwithstanding
the
provisions of the preceding sentence, Executive, at his/her option,
may
choose to receive, within thirty (30) days after termination of
Executive's
employment, a lump sum equal to the present value of the amount
otherwise
payable hereunder, determined by using the short-term applicable
federal
rate
under Section 1274 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended,
in
effect on the date of termination of employment; and
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(B) For a period of one (1) year, commencing as of the
Termination
Pursuant to the Change of Control, the Bank also shall maintain in
full
force and effect, for the continued benefit of the Executive, all
employee
benefit plans and programs to which the Executive was entitled
prior to the
date
of termination, if the Executive's continued participation is
possible
under the general terms and provisions of such plans, and programs,
except
that
if the Executive's participation in any health, medical, life
insurance, or disability plan or program is barred, the Bank shall
obtain
and
pay for, on the Executive's behalf, individual insurance plans,
policies or programs which provide to the Executive health,
medical, life
and
disability insurance coverage which is substantially equivalent to
the
insurance coverage to which Executive was entitled prior to the
date of
termination.
1.3 OTHER BENEFITS. The payments provided by this ARTICLE I shall
not
affect Executive's rights to receive any payments or benefits to
which Executive
may be or become entitled under any other existing or future
agreement or
arrangement of the Corporation, the Bank or any successor of either
with the
Executive, or under any existing or future benefit plan or
arrangement of the
Corporation, the Bank or any successor in which Executive is or
becomes a
participant, or under which Executive has or obtains rights,
including without
limitation, any qualified or nonqualified deferred compensation or
retirement
plans or programs or any outstanding stock options or similar
agreements. Any
such rights of Executive shall be determined in accordance with the
terms and
conditions of the applicable agreement, arrangement or plan and
applicable law,
provided, however, that Executive shall not be entitled to any
severance
payments in addition to those provided hereunder.
1.4 WITHHOLDING FOR TAXES. All payments required to be made under
this
Agreement will be made in accordance with the Corporation's or
other payor's
normal payroll schedule except to the extent the Executive elects
to receive
payments in a lump sum as permitted
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