EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This
Employment Agreement (the “ Agreement ”) is
entered into to be effective as of December 1, 2006 (the
“ Effective Date ”), by and among Evans Bancorp
Inc. (“ EBI ”) and its subsidiary Evans National
Bank (the “ Bank ”), with offices at 14-16 North
Main Street, Angola, New York 14006, and David J. Nasca, residing
at 54 Lanoche Court, Williamsville, New York 14221 (the “
Employee ”) to set forth the terms and conditions
under which EBI and the Bank shall employ the Employee.
For
good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is
acknowledged by the parties, it is agreed as follows:
1. EMPLOYMENT; POSITION . EBI and
the Bank agree that the Employee shall succeed James Tilley,
EBI’s and the Bank’s current President and Chief
Executive Officer. EBI and the Bank hereby employ the Employee and
the Employee hereby accepts such employment, subject to the terms
and conditions herein set forth. Employee shall serve as President
of the Bank and of EBI effective as of the Effective Date, and as
Chief Executive Officer of the Bank and EBI effective as of
April 1, 2007. The Employee shall hold the offices of
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank and of EBI
reporting to the Board of Directors of the Bank and of EBI, as the
case may be. The Employee shall perform such reasonable duties and
functions as the Board of Directors of the Bank and/or of EBI may
lawfully assign to him and as are typically performed by executives
in such senior executive positions, and the Employee shall comply
in the performance of his duties with the policies of EBI and of
the Bank and of their respective Board of Directors. The Employee
agrees to devote his full working time to the performance of his
duties hereunder and not to accept paid employment with any other
corporation, bank, or other entity.
2. COMPENSATION . As compensation
for the employment services to be rendered by the Employee
hereunder, the Employee shall be paid, and the Employee agrees to
accept, an initial annual base salary of $200,000. The
Employee’s base salary shall be payable in equal installments
in accordance with the Bank’s practice, and shall be paid to
the Employee by either the Bank or EBI in such proportions as may
be determined by their respective Boards of Directors. The
Employee’s annual salary hereunder for the remaining years of
employment shall be determined by the Board of Directors of EBI and
of the Bank in their sole, respective discretions, provided,
however, that the Employee’s annual salary shall not be
decreased. The Employee’s performance appraisal and salary
review shall occur annually on a calendar year basis with the first
review to be held as of January 1, 2008.
3. STOCK OWNERSHIP . The Employee
represents that he currently owns shares of common stock of EBI
having a current market value of at least $10,000.
4. TERM . The initial term of
employment under this Agreement shall begin on the Effective Date
hereof and shall continue until December 31, 2011, subject to
prior termination in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
(the “ Initial Term ”). Subject to the rights of
the parties hereunder to terminate employment hereunder, the
Initial Term may be extended annually by appropriate action of the
Board of Directors of EBI and of the Bank for successive additional
periods of one (1) year commencing on December 31, 2007
and each anniversary thereof.
5. BENEFITS . Under current
policies, as a senior executive officer of the Bank, the Employee
is entitled to four weeks paid vacation per year plus five personal
days and customary bank holidays, beginning and accruing on
January 1, 2007. The Employee shall be entitled to participate
in all employee benefit plans, programs, and arrangements as
customarily provided by the Bank or by EBI, as the case may be, to
their respective senior executive officers and for which the
Employee shall qualify, as set forth in the Employee’s offer
of employment dated August 7, 2006, accepted August 14,
2006 and approved August 15, 2006 by the Board of Directors
EBI and the Bank, and as such plans, programs, and arrangements are
from time to time amended (the “ Benefit Plans
”).
6. BONUS COMPENSATION . The
Employee shall be entitled to receive such bonus as may from time
to time be deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Bank
or of EBI, in their sole, respective discretions. The Employee
acknowledges and agrees that, in light of the level of the
Employee’s compensation and other factors, bonus arrangements
for the Employee may be separately considered from bonus
arrangements for the other officers of the Bank or of EBI. The
Employee’s initial bonus review shall be for the calendar
year 2007, and shall occur as of January 1, 2008.
7. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS . The Bank
shall provide the Employee with a $700 per month automobile
allowance. The Bank shall reimburse the Employee for his reasonable
Brookfield Country Club dues and his reasonable business expenses.
The Bank shall pay or reimburse the Employee for fees and expenses
associated with membership in trade associations or professional
memberships related to the business of EBI or the Bank. Subject to
the following conditions and limitations, the Bank shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain for and provide to the
Employee supplemental long-term disability insurance (“
S-LDI ”) that supplements the Bank’s long-term
disability plan benefits for which the Employee is eligible to
participate and that provides the Employee with long-term
disability payments equal to not more than 70% of the
Employee’s annual salary, provided, the Employee is and
remains eligible for S-LDI based on Employee’s health or
otherwise, S-LDI covering the Employee is available to the Bank and
is available at commercially reasonable premium rates.
8. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT; EFFECT OF
TERMINATION .
(a) The Employee’s employment
hereunder shall terminate upon the first to occur of the
following:
(i) upon 90 days’ prior written
notice to the Employee upon determination by the Board of Directors
of the Bank and/or of EBI that the Employee’s employment
shall be terminated for any reason which would not constitute
termination “for cause” (as herein defined);
(ii) upon written notice to the Employee
upon determination by the Board of Directors of the Bank and/or of
EBI that the Employee’s employment shall be terminated
“for cause”;
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(iii)
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automatically
upon the death of the Employee;
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(iv) in accordance with the terms of
Section 9 upon the “disability” (as hereinafter
defined) of the Employee; and
(v) upon 90 days’ prior written
notice by the Employee to EBI and the Bank of the Employee’s
voluntary termination of his employment.
(b) For the purposes of this Agreement
“ for cause ” shall mean (i) dishonesty or
fraud in the Employee’s dealings with the Bank or EBI or
their respective customers, (ii) indictment for any crime
which in the reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors of the
Bank and/or EBI adversely affects the good name and reputation of
the Bank or of EBI or (iii) material neglect or failure by the
Employee to fulfill the Employee’s obligations as President
or Chief Executive Officer of the Bank or of EBI as contemplated by
this Agreement where such neglect or failure shall not have ceased
or been remedied within 30 days following written warning from
the Bank or EBI. The determination that “for cause”
exists shall be made by a 2/3rds vote of the Board of Directors of
the Bank and/or EBI (excluding the Employee for the purposes of
determining such 2/3rds vote).
(c) In the event the Employee’s
employment is terminated without cause pursuant to Section 8(a)(i)
above, EBI or the Bank shall pay the Employee, for a period equal
to the then remaining term of this Agreement, a monthly payment
(subject to applicable tax withholding) equal to one-twelfth of his
then annual base salary, which amount shall be in lieu of any and
all other payments due and owing to the Employee under the terms of
this Agreement (other than any payments or benefits payable under
the terms of the Benefit Plans). EBI’s or the Bank’s
obligation to make payments under this Section 8(c) shall be
conditional upon the Employee’s compliance with his
obligations under Sections 13, 14, 15 and 16
hereof.
(d) If the Employee should die during the
term of his employment hereunder, this Agreement shall terminate
immediately. In such event, the estate of the Employee shall
thereupon be entitled to receive such portion of the
Employee’s then annual base salary as has been accrued
through the date of his death. The Employee’s estate also
shall be entitled to any amounts or benefits payable under the
terms of the Benefit Plans.
(e) Upon termination of the
Employee’s employment by EBI or the Bank for cause or by the
Employee pursuant to Section 8(a)(v), the Employee shall not
be entitled to any amounts or benefits hereunder other than such
portion of the Employee’s annual salary as has been accrued
through the date of his termination of employment and any accrued
and unpaid vacation pay through the date of his termination of
employment (as provided in EBI’s or the Bank’s vacation
policy as in effect from time to time and consistent with
applicable law).
9. DISABILITY . The
Employee’s employment may also be terminated upon written
notice to the Employee by the Bank or EBI in the event of the
Employee’s disability. For purposes of this Agreement “
disability ” shall mean the Employee’s physical
or mental incapacity which prevents the Employee from performing
the Employee’s normal duties on a full time basis, which
condition, in the reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors of
the Bank and/or of EBI after consultation with medical advisors
satisfactory to such Boards and the Employee, is likely to continue
for a sufficiently long period of time so as to be materially
detrimental to the Bank’s and/or EBI’s operations. Any
termination pursuant to this Section 9 shall be effective on
the date 30 days after which the Employee shall have received
written notice of EBI’s or the Bank’s election to
terminate hereunder. In such event, the Employee shall thereupon be
entitled to receive, for a period equal to the shorter of
(i) 180 days from the effective date of the
Employee’s termination of employment under this
Section 9 or (ii) until such date the Employee becomes
eligible for long term disability payments under either the
Bank’s or EBI’s then existing long term disability
plan, continued scheduled monthly payments of the Employee’s
then annual base salary. Executive shall also be entitled to any
amounts or benefits payable under the terms of the Benefit
Plans.
10. ASSIGNMENT . This Agreement is
personal to the Employee and the Employee may not assign or
transfer any part of his rights or duties hereunder, or any
compensation due to the Employee hereunder, to any other person,
except that this Agreement