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.
(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
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.
(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.
(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
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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