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EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

Employee Retention Agreement

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Title: EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Pennsylvania     Date: 3/12/2009
Industry: Regional Banks     Sector: Financial

EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, Parties: orrstown financial services inc , orrstown bank
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Exhibit 10.10

EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is made to be effective as of March 1, 2009 (the “Effective Date”), by and among ORRSTOWN BANK, a Pennsylvania banking institution (the “Bank”), ORRSTOWN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., a Pennsylvania business corporation (the “Corporation”), and THOMAS RODNEY QUINN, JR., an adult individual (the “Executive”).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, the Bank is a subsidiary of the Corporation; and,

WHEREAS, the Corporation and the Bank each desire to employ the Executive and Executive desires to accept such employment, all upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

AGREEMENTS:

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:

1. EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYMENT TERM. The Corporation and Bank hereby shall employ the Executive and the Executive hereby accepts employment with the Corporation and the Bank under and pursuant to this Agreement for a term beginning as of the Effective Date and ending February 28, 2011 (the “Term”), unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided.

2. POSITION, DUTIES, AND PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. The Executive shall serve as President-Elect of the Corporation and the Bank from the Effective Date until the completion of the annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation to be held on or about May 5, 2009, and, in such capacity, shall report to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the Bank and have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the Bank. Beginning with the completion of the annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation to be held on or about May 5, 2009 through the balance of the Term of this Agreement, the Executive shall serve as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and the Bank, reporting only to the Boards of Directors of the Corporation and the Bank, and shall have supervision and control over, and responsibility for, the general management and operation of the Corporation and the Bank, and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Boards of Directors of the Corporation and the Bank. The Executive’s primary office shall be located at 77 East King Street, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, or at such place as the Board of Directors shall determine.

3. ENGAGEMENT IN OTHER EMPLOYMENT. The Executive shall devote all of his ability and attention to the business of the Corporation and the Bank during the Term of this Agreement. The Executive shall, during the Term of this Agreement, notify in writing and receive written approval from the Boards of Directors of the Corporation and the Bank before the Executive may engage in any other business or commercial activities, duties or pursuits, including, but not limited to, directorships of other companies. Subject to prior written notice to the Boards of Directors of the Corporation and the Bank, the Executive shall not be precluded from engaging in voluntary or philanthropic endeavors or from engaging in activities incident or necessary to personal investments, so long as they are, in the reasonable opinion of such Boards of Directors, not in conflict with or detrimental to the Executive’s rendition of services on behalf of the Bank and Corporation.

4. COMPENSATION

(a) Base Salary During the Term of this Agreement, the Bank shall pay to the Executive an annual base salary at a rate of $375,000.00 per year (the “Base Salary”). The Executive’s Base Salary shall be reviewed annually by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Bank (or such other committee as performs such functions) pursuant to its performance review policies then in effect for senior executives. The term “Base Salary” as used in this Agreement shall refer to the Base Salary as in effect from time to time. The Bank shall pay the Base Salary to Executive in equal installments pursuant to the Bank’s standard payroll policies and Executive’s Base Salary shall be subject to such withholding or deductions as may be mutually agreed between the Bank and Executive or required by law. The Base Salary shall be pro rated in any calendar year during which the Executive is employed hereunder for less than the entire such year in accordance with the number of days in such calendar year during which he is so employed.


(b) Annual Incentive Payments. With respect to each fiscal year of the Corporation and the Bank ending during the Term of this Agreement, the Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual incentive payment as determined by the Compensation Committee in accordance with the Corporation’s Executive Incentive Plan.

(c) Equity Awards. During the Term of this Agreement, the Executive shall be eligible to receive annual equity incentive awards under the terms and conditions of the Corporation’s equity-based compensation plans to the extent the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and the Bank immediately preceding the Executive in that position was eligible to receive such awards or, to the extent the preceding President and Chief Executive Officer was not so eligible, then to the extent the other senior executives of the Corporation are eligible to receive such awards.

(d) Senior Executive Benefits. During the Term of this Agreement, in addition to the employee benefits to be made available pursuant to Section 5(b), the Executive also shall be eligible to participate in any retirement plan, deferred compensation plan, welfare benefit plan or other benefit program as and to the extent the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and the Bank immediately preceding the Executive in that position was eligible to participate in any such program, plan or arrangement or, to the extent the preceding President and Chief Executive Officer was not so eligible, then to the extent the other senior executives of the Corporation are eligible to participate.

5. FRINGE BENEFITS, EXPENSES AND PERQUISITES.

(a) Relocation Allowance. In connection with Executive’s commencement of employment with the Corporation and the Bank, the Bank will provide to Executive a relocation allowance of $55,000.00 which shall include: (i) reimbursement for moving expenses to the Carlisle, Shippensburg, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania area; (ii) reimbursement for temporary living expenses in the Shippensburg area for up to six (6) months after the Effective Date; (iii) and reimbursement for up to six (6) months of commercial coach air fare and other reasonable travel related expenses for travel to and from Executive’s primary personal residence in Bonita Springs, Florida subsequent to the Effective Date. Except as to permitted reimbursements pursuant to this Section 5(a), Executive shall be solely responsible for any and all moving, temporary living, travel and other relocation expenses incurred by Executive in connection with relocating himself and his family from Bonita Springs, Florida to the Carlisle, Shippensburg, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania area.

(b) Employee Benefit Plans. During the Term of this Agreement, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in or receive benefits under all Bank employee benefit plans including, but not limited to, any pension plan, profit-sharing plan, savings plan, life insurance plan, medical/health insurance plan, disability insurance plan and other health and welfare benefits as made available by the Bank to its full time employees generally, subject to and on a basis consistent with the terms, conditions and overall administration of such plans and arrangements, and provided, further that such participation does not violate any state or federal law, rule or regulation.

(c) Business Expenses. During the Term of this Agreement, the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by him (in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the Bank for its senior executive officers) in performing services hereunder, provided that the Executive properly accounts therefore in accordance with Corporation and Bank policy.

(d) Vacation, Holidays, Sick Days and Personal Days. The Executive shall be entitled to four weeks (twenty (20) business days) paid vacation in each calendar year determined by the Bank from time to time for its senior executive officers (pro rated in any calendar year during which the Executive is employed hereunder for less than the entire such year). The Executive also shall be entitled to all paid holidays, sick days and personal days provided by the Bank to its regular full time employees and senior executive officers.

(e) Automobile. The Executive shall be entitled to the use of a Bank provided automobile and the Bank shall pay all expenses relating thereto, including fuel, oil, maintenance and insurance. The use of said automobile shall be limited to the Executive, his spouse, authorized Bank personnel, or a designated driver in the event of an emergency.

(f) Membership Dues. During the term of this Agreement, the Bank shall reimburse to the Executive the initiation fee, “family” membership dues and member assessments to either the Carlisle Country Club or the Chambersburg County Club, as selected by the Executive (the “Club”), incurred by the Executive to obtain and maintain membership in such Club. Business expenses incurred by Executive at the Club shall be subject to reimbursement in accordance with the reimbursement policies adopted by the Bank for its senior executive officers.


6. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. At the annual reorganization meetings of the Boards of Directors of the Corporation and the Bank to be held on or about May 5, 2009, the Corporation and the Bank each agree to elect the Executive to their respective Board of Directors and, thereafter, during the Term of this Agreement, the Corporation agrees to cause the Executive to be elected as a director on the Board of Directors of the Bank and to nominate Executive for election as a director on the Board of Directors of the Corporation in connection with each election of directors of the Corporation wherein his term of office otherwise would expire. The Executive agrees to serve with no additional compensation as a director on the Boards of Directors of the Corporation and of the Bank and, if elected or appointed thereto, in one or more offices or as a director of any subsidiary of the Corporation or the Bank. In the event Executive’s employment under this Agreement would be terminated by the Employers for Cause (as hereinafter defined) or by Executive without Good Reason (as hereinafter defined), Executive agrees to resign, effective as of the date of termination and in writing, from all of the director and officer positions then held by him under this Section 6.

7. NON-DISCLOSURE/TRADE SECRET. The Executive covenants and agrees that while employed by the Corporation and the Bank and at any time thereafter, the Executive shall not, without the written consent of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or Bank or a person authorized thereby, knowingly disclose to any person, other than an employee of the Corporation or Bank or a person to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance by the Executive of his duties as an executive of the Corporation or Bank, any confidential information obtained by the Executive while in the employ of the Corporation or Bank with respect to any of the Corporation’s or Bank’s services, products, improvements, formulas, designs or styles, processes, customers, methods of business or any business practices, the disclosure of which could be or will be materially damaging to the Corporation or Bank, provided, however, that confidential information shall not include any information known generally to the public (other than as a result of authorized disclosure by the Executive or any person with the assistance, consent or direction of the Executive) or any information of a type not otherwise considered confidential by persons engaged in the same business or a business similar to that conducted by the Corporation or Bank or any information that must be disclosed as required by law.

8. RESTRICTIVE COVENANT. The Executive covenants and agrees that while employed by the Corporation and the Bank and for a period of one (1) year after the termination of Executive’s employment, either voluntarily or involuntarily, the Executive shall not directly or indirectly, within the marketing area of the Corporation and the Bank (defined as the area within an eighty (80) mile radius of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania) enter into or engage generally in direct or indirect competition with the Corporation and the Bank or any subsidiary of the Corporation or the Bank, either as an individual on his own or as a partner or joint venturer, or as a director, officer, shareholder, employee, agent, independent contractor, lessor or creditor of or for any person. The foregoing restriction shall not be construed to prohibit the ownership by Executive of not more than five (5%) percent of any class of securities of any corporation which is in competition with the Corporation or the Bank, provided that such ownership represents a passive investment and that neither Executive nor any group of persons including Executive in any way, either directly or indirectly, manages or exercises control of any such corporation, guarantees any of its financial obligations, otherwise takes any part in its business, other than exercising his rights as a shareholder, or seek to do any of the foregoing.

9. NON-SOLICITATION. Executive covenants and agrees that while employed by the Corporation and the Bank and for a period of one (1) year after the termination of Executive’s employment, either voluntarily or involuntarily, Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly in any capacity whatsoever, (a) obtain, solicit, divert, appeal to, attempt to obtain, attempt to solicit, attempt to divert, or attempt to appeal to any customers, clients or referral sources of the Corporation, the Bank or any of their respective subsidiaries to divert their business from the Corporation, the Bank or any of their respective subsidiaries; (b) solicit any person who is employed by the Corporation, the Bank or any of their respective subsidiaries to leave the employ of the Corporation, the Bank or any of their respective subsidiaries. For purposes of this covenant, “customers, clients, and referral sources” shall include all persons who are or were customers, clients or referral sources of the Corporation, the Bank or any of their respective subsidiaries at any time during the employment of Executive by the Corporation and the Bank. The non-solicitation covenant set forth in this Section 9 shall not be construed to prohibit a general advertising or marketing program directed toward the marketing area of the Corporation and the Bank by any subsequent employer of Executive.

10. NOTIFICATION OF A NON-DISCLOSURE/TRADE SECRET, RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AND NO-SOLICITATION PROVISIONS. During his employment and for a period of one (1) year following termination of his employment with the Corporation and the Bank, either voluntarily or involuntarily, Executive agrees to inform any prospective employer of the existence of the Non-Disclosure/Trade Secret, Restrictive Covenant and Non-Solicitation provisions of this Agreement.


11. MUTUAL NONDISPARAGEMENT. The Executive, the Corporation and the Bank eac


 
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