Exhibit 10.10
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT
is made as of the 31
st day of December, 2008, between
ACNB Corporation (“Corporation”), a
Pennsylvania business corporation having a place of business at 16
Lincoln Square, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 17325, ADAMS COUNTY
NATIONAL BANK (“Bank”), a national banking
association having a place of business at 16 Lincoln Square,
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 17325, and Lynda L. Glass
(“Executive”), an individual residing in
Pennsylvania.
WITNESSETH
:
WHEREAS, Corporation is a registered financial holding
company;
WHEREAS, Bank is a subsidiary of the
Corporation;
WHEREAS, Executive, Corporation and Bank entered into an
employment agreement dated July 3, 2006 (“2006
Employment Agreement”); and,
WHEREAS, Executive, Corporation and Bank wish to amend
and restate the 2006 Employment Agreement to reflect changes made
in the final Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 as amended (“Code”)
Section 409A.
AGREEMENT
:
NOW, THEREFORE,
the parties hereto, intending to be
legally bound, agree as follows:
1.
Employment
. Corporation and Bank hereby employ
Executive and Executive hereby accepts employment with Corporation
and Bank, under the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
2.
Duties of
Executive . Executive shall serve as the Executive
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Bank and Executive
Vice President and Secretary of Corporation reporting only to the
Boards of Directors and President and CEO of Bank. Executive
shall have such other duties and hold such other titles as may be
given to her from time to time by the Boards of Directors of
Corporation and Bank provided that such duties are consistent with
the Executive’s position as Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer of Bank and Executive Vice President and
Secretary of Corporation.
3.
Engagement in Other
Employment . Executive shall devote all of her working
time, ability and attention to the business of the Corporation,
Bank and/or their subsidiaries or affiliates, during the term of
this Agreement. The Executive shall notify the Boards of
Directors of Corporation and Bank in writing before the Executive
engages in any other business or commercial duties or pursuits,
including but not limited to, directorships of other
companies. Under no circumstances may the Executive engage in
any business or commercial activities, duties or pursuits which
compete with the business or commercial activities of the
Corporation, Bank and/or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates,
nor may
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the Executive serve as a director or
officer or in any other capacity in a company which competes with
the Corporation, Bank and/or any of their subsidiaries or
affiliates. Executive shall not be precluded, however, upon
written notification to the Boards of Directors, from engaging in
voluntary or philanthropic endeavors, from engaging in activities
designed to maintain and improve her professional skills, or from
engaging in activities incident or necessary to personal
investments, so long as they are, in the Boards’ reasonable
opinion, not in conflict with or detrimental to the
Executive’s rendition of services on behalf of the
Corporation, Bank and/or any of their subsidiaries or
affiliates.
4.
Term of Agreement .
(a)
This Agreement shall be for a three
(3) year period (the “Employment Period”)
beginning on the date first written above, and if not previously
terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Employment
Period shall end three (3) years later (the “Initial
Term”). The Employment Period shall be extended
automatically for one (1) additional year on the first annual
anniversary date of the commencement of the Initial Term (the date
first above written), and then on each anniversary date of this
Agreement thereafter, unless any of Corporation, Bank or Executive
gives contrary written notice to the other(s) not less than
one hundred eighty (180) days before any such anniversary date so
that upon the anniversary date if notice had not been previously
given as provided in this Section 4(a), the Employment Period
shall be and continue for a three (3) year period
thereafter. References in the Agreement to “Employment
Period” shall refer to the Initial Term of this Agreement and
any extensions to the Initial Term of this Agreement. It is
the intention of the parties that this Agreement be
“Evergreen” unless (i) either party gives written
notice to the other party of her or its intention not to renew this
Agreement as provided above or (ii) this Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof.
(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 4(a) of this Agreement, this Agreement shall
terminate automatically for Cause (as defined herein) upon written
notice from the Board of Directors of each of Corporation and Bank
to Executive. As used in this Agreement, “Cause”
shall mean any of the following:
(i)
Executive’s conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to a felony, a crime of falsehood or a crime involving
moral turpitude, or the actual incarceration of Executive for a
period of twenty (20) consecutive days or more;
(ii)
Executive’s failure to follow the good faith lawful
instructions of the Board of Directors of Corporation or Bank with
respect to its operations, after written notice from Corporation or
Bank and a failure to cure such violation within thirty (30)
days of said written notice;
(iii)
Executive’s willful failure to substantially perform
Executive’s duties to Corporation or Bank, other than a
failure resulting from Executive’s incapacity because of
physical or mental illness, as provided in subsection (d) of
this Section 4, after written notice from Corporation or Bank
and a failure to cure such violation within thirty (30) days of
said written notice;
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(iv)
Executive’s intentional violation of the provisions of this
Agreement, after written notice from Corporation or Bank and a
failure to cure such violation within thirty (30) days of said
written notice;
(v)
dishonesty or gross negligence of the Executive in the performance
of her duties;
(vi)
Executive’s removal or prohibition from being an
institutional-affiliated party by a final order of an appropriate
federal banking agency pursuant to Section 8(e) or
8(g) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act or by the Office of
the Comptroller of the Currency pursuant to national
law;
(vii)
conduct by the Executive as determined by an affirmative vote of
seventy-five percent (75%) of the disinterested members of the
Board of Directors of Corporation or Bank which brings public
discredit to Corporation or Bank and which results or may be
reasonably expected to result in material financial or other harm
to the Corporation or Bank;
(viii)
Executive’s breach of fiduciary duty involving personal
profit;
(ix)
unlawful harassment by the Executive against employees, customers,
business associates, contractors, or vendors of Corporation or Bank
which results or may be reasonably expected to result in material
liability to Corporation or Bank, as determined by an affirmative
vote of seventy-five percent (75%) of the disinterested independent
members of the Board of Directors of Corporation or Bank, following
an investigation of the claims by a third party unrelated to the
Corporation or Bank chosen by the Executive, Corporation and
Bank. If the Executive, Corporation and Bank do not agree on
said third party, then as chosen by an affirmative vote of
seventy-five percent (75%) of the disinterested independent members
of the Board of Directors of the Corporation;
(x)
the willful violation by the Executive of the provisions of
Sections 9, 10 or 11 hereof, after written notice from the
Corporation or Bank and a failure to cure such violation within
thirty (30) days of said written notice;
(xi)
the willful 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;
(xii)
theft or abuse by Executive of the Corporation’s or
Bank’s property or the property of Corporation’s or
Bank’s customers, employees, contractors, vendors, or
business associates;
(xiii)
any act of fraud, misappropriation
or personal dishonesty;
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(xiv)
insubordination as determined by an affirmative vote of
seventy-five percent (75%) of the Board of Directors of Corporation
or Bank, after written notice from the Corporation or Bank and a
failure to cure such violation within thirty (30) days of said
written notice; or,
(xv)
the existence of any material conflict between the interests of the
Corporation or Bank and the Executive that is not disclosed in
writing by the Executive to the Corporation and Bank and approved
in writing by the Boards of Directors of Corporation and
Bank.
(xvi)
Before taking any vote under subparagraphs (vii), (ix) or
(xiv) above, all which require notice, Executive shall be entitled
to appear before the Boards and present Executive’s position
as to any issues about which Executive has been notified by the
Boards in writing. Such appearance shall be within a
reasonable period of time following written notice to Executive of
the issues but in no event longer than thirty (30) days after the
date of said written notice.
If this Agreement is terminated for
Cause, all of Executive’s rights under this Agreement shall
cease as of the effective date of such termination, except for the
rights under Paragraph 19 hereof with respect to
arbitration.
(c)
Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 4(a) of this Agreement, this Agreement shall
terminate automatically upon Executive’s voluntary
termination of employment (other than in accordance with
Section 6 of this Agreement) for Good Reason. The term
“Good Reason” shall mean (i) the assignment of
duties and responsibilities inconsistent with Executive’s
status as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of
Bank and Executive Vice President and Secretary of Corporation,
(ii) a reassignment which requires Executive to move her
principal residence or her office more than fifty (50) miles from
the Corporation’s and Bank’s principal executive office
immediately prior to this Agreement, (iii) any removal of the
Executive from office or any adverse change in the terms and
conditions of the Executive’s employment, except for any
termination of the Executive’s employment under the
provisions of Section 4(b) hereof, (iv) any
reduction in the Executive’s Annual Base Salary as in effect
on the date hereof or as the same may be increased from time to
time, or (v) any failure of Corporation and Bank to provide
the Executive with benefits at least as favorable as those enjoyed
by the Executive during the Employment Period under any of the
pension, life insurance, medical, health and accident, disability
or other employee plans of Corporation and Bank, or the taking of
any action that would materially reduce any of such benefits unless
such reduction is part of a reduction applicable to all
employees.
Executive shall, within ninety (90)
days of the occurrence of any of the foregoing events, provide
notice to Corporation and Bank of the existence of the condition
and provide Corporation and Bank thirty (30) days in which to cure
such condition. In the event that Corporation and Bank do not
cure the condition within thirty (30) days of such notice,
Executive may resign from employment for Good Reason by delivering
written notice (“Notice of Termination”) to Corporation
and Bank.
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If such termination occurs for Good
Reason, then Corporation or Bank shall pay Executive an amount
equal to the greater of the remaining balance of the Agreed
Compensation, as defined in subsection 4(g), otherwise due to the
Executive for the remainder of the then existing Employment Period
or 1.0 times the Executive’s Agreed Compensation, payable in
twelve (12) equal monthly installments and shall be subject to
federal, state and local tax withholdings. In addition, for a
period of one (1) year from the date of termination of
employment, or until Executive secures substantially similar
benefits through other employment, whichever shall first occur,
Executive shall receive a continuation of all life, disability,
medical insurance and other normal health and welfare benefits in
effect with respect to Executive during the two (2) years
prior to her termination of employment, or, if Corporation and Bank
cannot provide such benefits because Executive is no longer an
employee, Corporation and Bank shall reimburse Executive in an
amount equal to the monthly premium paid by her to obtain
substantially similar employee benefits which she enjoyed prior to
termination, subject to Code Section 409A if
applicable.
However, in the event the payment
described herein, when added to all other amounts or benefits
provided to or on behalf of the Executive in connection with her
termination of employment, would result in the imposition of an
excise tax under Code Section 4999, Corporation or Bank will
pay to Executive an additional cash payment (“Gross-up
Payment”) in an amount such that the after-tax proceeds of
such Gross-up Payment (including any income tax or excise tax on
such Gross-up Payment) will be equal to the amount of the excise
tax. Notwithstanding any other provision, in the event that
Executive is determined to be a specified employee as that term is
defined in Section 409A of the Code, no payment that is
determined to be deferred compensation subject to Section 409A
of the Code shall be made until one (1) day following six
(6) months from the date of separation of service as that term
is defined in Section 409A of the Code.
(d)
Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 4(a) of this Agreement, this Agreement shall
terminate automatically upon Executive’s Disability and
Executive’s rights under this Agreement shall cease as of the
date of such termination; provided, however, that Executive shall
nevertheless be entitled to receive an amount equal to and no
greater than seventy-five percent (75%) of the Executive’s
Agreed Compensation as defined in subsection (g) of this
Section 4, less amounts payable under any disability plan of
Corporation and Bank, until the earliest of (i)
Executive’s return to employment, (ii) her attainment of
age sixty-five (65), (iii) her death, or (iv) the
end of the then existing Employment Period. In addition,
Executive shall receive for such period a continuation of all life,
disability, medical insurance and other normal health and welfare
benefits in effect with respect to Executive during the two
(2) years prior to her disability, or, if Corporation and Bank
cannot provide such benefits because Executive is no longer an
employee, Corporation and Bank shall reimburse Executive in an
amount equal to the monthly premium paid by her to obtain
substantially similar employee benefits which she enjoyed prior to
termination, subject to Code Section 409A if applicable. For
purposes of this Agreement, the Executive shall have a Disability
if, the Executive is unable to engage in any substantial gainful
activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment that 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 the Executive is, by reason of any
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medically determinable physical or
mental impairment that 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 of the Corporation and Bank. The Executive shall
have no duty to mitigate any payment provided for in this Section
4(d) by seeking other employment.
(e)
In the event that Executive
terminates her employment without Good Reason as defined in
Section 4(c), all of Executive’s rights under this
Agreement shall cease as of the effective date of such termination,
except for the rights under Paragraph 19 hereof with respect to
arbitration.
(f)
Executive agrees that in the event
her employment under this Agreement is terminated, Executive shall
resign as a director of Corporation and Bank, or any affiliate or
subsidiary thereof, if she is then serving as a director of any of
such entities.
(g)
The term “Agreed
Compensation” shall equal the sum of (i) the
Executive’s highest Annual Base Salary under the Agreement,
and (ii) the a