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AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

Employee Retention Agreement

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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 3/31/2009

AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, Parties: flatbush federal bancorp  inc , flatbush federal savings & loan association
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Exhibit 10.4

AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made effective as of January 1, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Flatbush Federal Savings & Loan Association, a federally chartered savings association with its principal office in Brooklyn, New York (the “Association”), and Jesus R. Adia (“Executive”).  References to the “Company” mean Flatbush Federal Bancorp, Inc., the federal mid-tier stock holding company of the Association.  The Company shall be a signatory to this Agreement for the sole purpose of guaranteeing the Association’s performance hereunder.

 

WHEREAS , the Executive is currently employed as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Association pursuant to an employment agreement between the Association and the Executive originally entered into as of January 1, 2004 (the “Employment Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS , the Association desires to amend and restate the Employment Agreement in order to make changes to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and the final regulations issued thereunder in April 2007;


 

WHEREAS , the Association desires to ensure that the Association is assured of the continued availability of the Executive’s services as provided in this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS , the Executive is willing to serve the Association on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth and has agreed to such changes.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, and upon the other terms and conditions hereinafter provided, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.           POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

 

During the period of his employment hereunder, Executive agrees to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Association (the “Executive Position”).  During said period, Executive also agrees to serve, if elected, as an officer and director of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Association.  Failure to reelect Executive to the Executive Position without the consent of Executive during the term of this Agreement (except for any Termination for Cause, as defined herein) shall constitute a breach of this Agreement.

 

2.           TERM AND DUTIES.

 

(a)           The period of Executive’s employment under this Agreement shall begin as of the date first above written and shall continue for a period of thirty-six (36) full calendar months thereafter.  Commencing on the first anniversary date of this Agreement, and continuing at each anniversary date thereafter, the Agreement shall renew for an additional year such that the remaining term shall be thirty-six (36) full calendar months; provided, however, if written notice of nonrenewal is provided to Executive at least ten (10) days and not more than thirty (30) days prior to any anniversary date, the employment of Executive hereunder shall cease at the end of thirty-six (36) months following such anniversary date.

 

 

 

 


 

 

(b) During the period of his employment hereunder, except for periods of absence occasioned by illness, reasonable vacation periods, and reasonable leaves of absence approved by the board of directors of the Association (“Board”), Executive shall devote substantially all his business time, attention, skill, and efforts to the faithful performance of his duties hereunder including activities and services related to the organization, operation and management of the Association; provided, however, that, with the approval of the Board of the Association, as evidenced by a resolution of such Board, from time to time, Executive may serve, or continue to serve, on the boards of directors of, and hold any other offices or positions in, business companies or business organizations, which, in such Board’s judgment, will not present any conflict of interest with the Association, or materially affect the performance of Executive’s duties pursuant to this Agreement (it being understood that membership in and service on boards or committees of social, religious, charitable or similar organizations does not require Board approval pursuant to this Section 2(b)). For purposes of this Section 2(b), Board approval shall be deemed provided as to service with any such business companies or organizations that Executive was serving as of the date of this Agreement as set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

 

3.           COMPENSATION, BENEFITS AND REIMBURSEMENT.

 

(a) The compensation specified under this Agreement shall constitute the salary and benefits paid for the duties described in Section 2(b).  The Association shall pay Executive as compensation a salary of not less than $162,740.00 per year (“Base Salary”).  Such Base Salary shall be payable biweekly, or with such other frequency as officers and employees are generally paid. During the period of this Agreement, Executive’s Base Salary shall be reviewed at least annually. Such review may be conducted by a Committee designated by the Board, and the Board may increase, but not decrease (except a decrease that is generally applicable to all employees), Executive’s Base Salary (any increase in Base Salary shall become the “Base Salary” for purposes of this Agreement).  In addition to the Base Salary provided in this Section 3(a), the Association shall provide Executive at no cost to Executive with all such other benefits as are provided uniformly to permanent full-time employees of the Association.  Base Salary shall include any amounts of compensation deferred by Executive under qualified and nonqualified plans maintained by the Association.

 

(b) The Association will provide Executive with employee benefit plans, arrangements and perquisites substantially equivalent to those in which Executive was participating or otherwise deriving benefit from immediately prior to the beginning of the term of this Agreement, and the Association will not, without Executive’s prior written consent, make any changes in such plans, arrangements or perquisites which would adversely affect Executive’s rights or benefits thereunder, except as to any changes that are applicable to all participating employees or as reasonably or customarily available.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Subsection (b), Executive will be entitled to participate in or receive benefits under any employee benefit plans including, but not limited to, retirement plans, supplemental retirement plans, pension plans, profit-sharing plans, health-and-accident insurance plans, family medical coverage or any other employee benefit plan or arrangement made available by the Association or the Company in the future to its senior executives and key management employees, subject to and on a basis consistent with the terms, conditions and overall administration of such plans and arrangements.  Executive will be entitled to incentive compensation and bonuses as provided in any plan of the Association or the Company in which

 

 

 

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Executive is eligible to participate.  Nothing paid to Executive under any such plan or arrangement will be deemed to be in lieu of other compensation to which Executive is entitled under this Agreement.

 

(c) In addition to the Base Salary provided for by paragraph (a) of this Section 3, the Association or the Company shall pay or reimburse Executive for all reasonable travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by Executive performing his obligations under this Agreement and may provide such additional compensation in such form and such amounts as the Board may from time to time determine.  The Association shall reimburse Executive for his ordinary and necessary business expenses, including, without limitation, fees for memberships in such clubs and organizations as Executive and the Board shall mutually agree are necessary and appropriate for business purposes, and travel and entertainment expenses, incurred in connection with the performance of his duties under this Agreement, upon presentation to the Association of an itemized account of such expenses in such form as the Association may reasonably require.  All reimbursements pursuant to this Section 3(c) shall be paid promptly by the Association and in any event no later than March 15 of the year immediately following the year in which the expense was incurred.

 

4.           PAYMENTS TO EXECUTIVE UPON AN EVENT OF TERMINATION.

 

(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination (as herein defined) during Executive’s term of employment under this Agreement, the provisions of this section shall apply. As used in this Agreement, an “Event of Termination” shall mean and include any one or more of the following: (i) the termination by the Association of Executive’s full-time employment hereunder for any reason other than a termination following a Change in Control, as defined in Section 5(a) hereof, or a Termination for Cause, as defined in Section 8 hereof, or a termination upon Retirement as defined in Section 7 hereof, or a termination for disability as set forth in Section 6 hereof; and (ii) Executive’s resignation from the Association’s employ for “Good Reason.”  Good Reason shall include any of the following: (A) failure to elect or reelect or to appoint or reappoint Executive to the Executive Position, unless consented to by Executive, (B) a material change in Executive’s function, duties, or responsibilities, which change would cause Executive’s position to become one of lesser responsibility, importance, or scope from the position and attributes thereof described in Sections 1 and 2 above, to which Executive has not agreed in writing (and any such material change shall be deemed a continuing breach of this Agreement), (C) a relocation of Executive’s principal place of employment to a location that is more than 25 miles from the location of the Association’s principal executive offices as of the date of this Agreement, or a material reduction in the benefits and perquisites, including Base Salary, to Executive from those being provided as of the effective date of this Agreement (except for any reduction that is part of an employee-wide reduction in pay or benefits), (D) a liquidation or dissolution of the Association, or (E) material breach of this Agreement by the Association. Upon the occurrence of any event described in clauses (ii) (A), (B), (C), (D) or (E) above, Executive shall have the right to elect to terminate his employment under this Agreement by resignation upon not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice given within a reasonable period of time (not to exceed, except in case of a continuing breach, ) after the event giving rise to said right to elect, which termination by Executive shall be an Event of Termination.  No payments or benefits shall be due to Executive under this Agreement upon the termination of Executive’s employment except as provided in Section 4 or 5 hereof.

 

 

 

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(b) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination, the Association shall pay Executive, or, in the event of his subsequent death, his beneficiary or beneficiaries, or his estate, as the case may be, as severance pay or liquidated damages, or both, a cash amount equal to three (3) times the sum of the highest annual rate of Base Salary paid to Executive at any time under this Agreement and the highest rate of cash bonus awarded to Executive during the prior three years.    Such amounts shall be payable to Executive in a single cash lump sum distribution within thirty (30) days following Executive’s Event of Termination.

 

(c) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination, the Association will provide at the Association’s expense, life insurance and non-taxable family medical and dental coverage substantially comparable, as reasonably or customarily available, to the coverage maintained by the Association for Executive prior to his termination, except to the extent such coverage may be changed in its application to all Association employees.  Such coverage shall continue for the remaining unexpired term of the Agreement.

 

(d) For purposes of this Section 4, “Event of Termination” shall mean “Separation from Service” as defined in Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, such that the Association and Executive reasonably anticipate that the level of bona fide services Executive would perform after termination would permanently decrease to a level that is less than 50% of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or independent contractor) over the immediately preceding 36-month period.

 

5.           CHANGE IN CONTROL.

 

(a) “Change in Control” shall mean a change in control of a nature that: (i) would be required to be reported in response to Item 1(a) of the current report on Form 8-K, as in effect on the date hereof, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”); or (ii) results in a Change in Control of the Association or the Company within the meaning of the Home Owners’ Loan Act, as amended (“HOLA”), and applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect at the time of the Change in Control; or (iii) without limitation such a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as (a) any “person” (as the term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of Company’s outstanding securities except for any securities purchased by the Association’s employee stock ownership plan or trust; or (b) individuals who constitute the Board on the date hereof (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters of the directors comprising the Incumbent Board, or whose nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by the same Nominating Committee serving under an Incumbent Board, shall be, for purposes of this clause (b), considered as though he were a member of the Incumbent Board; or (c) a plan of reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Association or the Company or similar transaction in which the Association or Company is not the surviving institution occurs; or (d) a proxy statement soliciting proxies from stockholders of the Company, by someone other than the current management of the Company, seeking stockholder approval of a plan of reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company or similar transaction with one

 

 

 

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or more corporations as a result of which the outstanding shares of the class of securities then subject to the Plan are to be exchanged for or converted into cash or property or securities not issued by the Company; or (e) a tender offer is made for 25% or more of the voting securities of the Company and the shareholders owning beneficially or of record 25% or more of the outstanding securities of the Company have tendered or offered to sell their shares pursuant to such tender offer and such tendered shares have been accepted by the tender offeror.  Notwithstanding anything in this sub-section to the contrary, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to have occurred upon the conversion of the Company’s mutual holding company parent to stock form, or in connection with any reorganization used to effect such a conversion.

 

(b) If any of the events described in Section 5(a) hereof constituting a Change in Control shall have occurred or the Board has determined that a Change in Control has occurred, Executive shall be entitled to the benefits provided in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section 5 upon his subsequent termination of employment at any time during the term of this Agreement (regardless of whether such termination results from his resignation or his dismissal), unless such termination is (A) because of his death or Retirement, or, (B) for Disability. Upon a Change in Control, and for a period of one year thereafter, Executive shall have the right to elect to terminate his employment with the Association, for any reason, and receive the benefits provided for in this Section 5.

 

(c) Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control followed by the termination of Executive’s employment by the Association for any reason other than Cause (including a termination referred to in the last sentence of Section 5(b) above), Executive, or, in the event of his subsequent death (subsequent to such termination), his beneficiary or beneficiaries, or his estate, as the case may be, shall receive as severance pay or liquidated damages, or both, an amount equal to three times the sum of the highest annual rate of Base Salary and the highest rate of cash bonus awarded to Executive during the prior three years. All amounts payable to Executive shall be paid in a single cash lump sum distribution within thirty (30) days following such termination of Executive’s employment.

 

(d) Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control followed by the termination of Executive’s employment, the Association will continue to provide, at the Association’s expense, life insurance and non-taxable family medical and dental insurance coverage substantially comparable, as reasonably or customarily available, to the coverage maintained


 
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