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EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
This Employment Agreement (the " Agreement
") is entered into to be effective as of January 1, 2007 (the
" Effective Date "), by and between ENB Insurance Agency,
Inc., a New York corporation with offices at 16 North Main Street,
Angola, New York 14006 (the " ENB Insurance "), and Robert
G. Miller, Jr. (the " Employee ") to set forth the terms and
conditions under which ENB Insurance 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 . ENB Insurance hereby employs the
Employee and the Employee hereby accepts such employment, subject
to the terms and conditions herein set forth. The Employee shall
hold the office of President of ENB Insurance effective as of the
Effective Date reporting to the Board of Directors of ENB Insurance
(the " ENB Board ").
2. 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 ENB Board for successive
additional periods of one (1) year commencing on
December 31, 2007 and each anniversary thereof (each such
period, an " Additional Term " and together with the Initial
Term collectively, the " Term ").
3. DUTIES .
(a) The Employee shall perform such reasonable duties and
functions as the ENB Board may lawfully assign to him and as are
typically performed by executives in such senior executive
position, and the Employee shall comply in the performance of his
duties with the policies of ENB Insurance and Evans Bancorp, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation and the parent corporation of ENB Insurance
(" Parent ") and the board of directors of each of ENB
Insurance and Parent, and be subject to the direction of the ENB
Board and the board of directors of Parent (the " Parent
Board ").
(b) Employee shall be primarily responsible for the direct
management of ENB Insurance’s resources toward the
achievement of strategic and financial objectives in a manner which
is consistent with the ENB Board’s and Parent Board’s
philosophies and policies, and with the various regulatory
requirements applicable to ENB Insurance’s business. The
Employee’s primary duties will consist of account servicing,
marketing, recruiting and training as requested by ENB Insurance
and also the solicitation, negotiation, placement and procurement
of insurance business for which ENB Insurance is licensed and
authorized to sell.
(c) The Employee agrees that during the Term, he will
comply with all regulations and guidelines of ENB Insurance, will
do nothing to jeopardize or impair ENB Insurance’s insurance
licenses, and will comply with all rules and regulations of the New
York State Insurance Department and the statutes of the State of
New York or any other state which regulates the business(s) of ENB
Insurance.
(d) The Employee shall maintain any and all licenses and
permits required to be owned or possessed by him under applicable
law (including NASD License) in order to perform the duties
required by him hereunder. The Employee shall keep and maintain all
of such licenses and permits in full force and effect during the
term of this Agreement.
(e) The Employee shall, except as otherwise provided
herein, be subject to ENB Insurance’s and the Parent’s
rules, practices and policies applicable to their Executive
Employees, respectively.
(f) In addition to the foregoing, the Employee shall have
such other duties and responsibilities as may be reasonably
assigned to him from time to time by the ENB Board. Employee agrees
to perform such other services and duties consistent with the
office or offices in which he is serving and its responsibilities
as may from time to time be prescribed by the ENB Board.
(g) The Employee shall devote all of his business time and
attention, reasonable vacation time and absences for sickness
excepted, to the business and affairs of ENB Insurance.
4. COMPENSATION . (a) As compensation for the
employment services to be rendered by the Employee hereunder, ENB
Insurance agrees to pay, and the Employee agrees to accept, payable
in equal installments in accordance with ENB Insurance’s
practice, an initial annual base salary of $206,000.00. The
Employee’s annual salary hereunder for the remaining years of
employment shall be determined by the ENB Board in its sole
discretion, provided, however, that the Employee’s annual
base salary shall not be reduced below $206,000.00. 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.
(b) In addition to the Employee’s annual base salary,
the Employee shall be entitled to receive "the employee portion" of
residual commissions earned on life insurance and annuities sold
through M&W Group, Inc. prior to the date of this
Agreement.
5. BONUS COMPENSATION . The Employee shall be
eligible to receive an annual bonus in such amounts and subject to
the achievement of bonus objectives to be determined from time to
time by the ENB Board in its sole discretion. The bonus arrangement
for fiscal year 2007 is outlined on Schedule A
hereto.
6. BENEFITS .
(a) Employee shall be entitled to four weeks of paid
vacation per year (in accordance with ENB Insurance’s
vacation policy as in effect from time to time), and to participate
in such benefit plans and arrangements and receive any other
benefits customarily provided by ENB Insurance to its senior
management personnel (including any profit sharing, pension, short-
and long-term disability insurance, hospital, major medical
insurance and group life insurance plans in accordance with the
terms of such plans) and for which the Employee shall qualify, and
as such plans, programs, and arrangements are from time to time
amended or modified (the " Benefit Plans "). Nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed to require the Bank to establish any
specific plan(s) or to prevent the Bank from amending, modifying or
any Benefit Plan.
(b) Subsection (a) above notwithstanding, and subject
to the following conditions and limitations, in lieu of family
health care insurance provided generally to ENB Insurance
employees, ENB Insurance shall use commercially reasonable efforts
to maintain for and provide to the Employee a long term health care
insurance policy that covers both Employee and his spouse, provided
the annual cost of such long term health care insurance policy does
not exceed the cost of family health insurance coverage provided by
ENB Insurance to its employees generally.
(c) ENB Insurance shall provide the Employee with a
company-owned vehicle, the specific make and model to be determined
by ENB Insurance. ENB Insurance shall reimburse the Employee, upon
presentment of suitable vouchers, for his reasonable country club
dues and his reasonable business expenses, including travel
expenses, incurred or paid by the Employee in connection with his
employment hereunder in accordance with ENB Insurance policy as
established from time to time by the ENB Board. ENB Insurance shall
also pay or reimburse the Employee for fees and expenses associated
with membership in trade associations and professional memberships
related to the business of ENB Insurance, as well as fees for
licenses and permits that the Employee is required to maintain to
perform his duties as referenced in Section 3(f) above.
7. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT; EFFECT OF TERMINATION
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(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 ENB Board 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 ENB Board 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 8 upon the "disability" (as hereinafter defined) of
the Employee; and
(v) upon 90 days’ prior written notice by the
Employee to the ENB Board of the Employee’s voluntary
termination of his employment.
(b) For the purposes of this Agreement " for cause "
shall mean (i) Employee’s dishonesty, willful
misconduct, gross negligence, or fraud in the Employee’s
dealings with ENB Insurance or any of its affiliates or any of ENB
Insurance’s or its affiliates’ customers or otherwise,
(ii) the Employee’s loss of his license to act as an
insurance agent in New York State, (iii)indictment for any crime
which in the reasonable judgment of the ENB Board adversely affects
the good name and reputation of ENB or any of its affiliates, or
(iv) material neglect or failure by the Employee to fulfill
the Employee’s obligations as President of ENB Insurance as
contemplated by this Agreement where such neglect or failure shall
not have ceased or been remedied within two weeks following written
warning from the ENB Board.
(c) In the event the Employee’s employment is
terminated without cause pursuant to Section 7(a)(i) above, ENB
Insurance 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). ENB Insurance’s obligation to
make payments under this Section 7(c) shall be conditional upon the
Employee’s compliance with his obligations under
Sections 12, 13, 14 and 15 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
ENB Insurance for cause or by the Employee pursuant to
Section 7(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 ENB Insurance’s vacation policy as in effect from
time to time and consistent with applicable law).
8. DISABILITY . The Employee’s employment may
also be terminated upon written notice to the Employee by ENB 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 ENB Board after
consultation with medical advisors satisfactory to such Board and
the Employee, is likely to continue for a sufficiently long period
of time so as to be materially detrimental to ENB Insurance’s
operations. Any termination pursuant to this Section 8 shall
be effective on the date 30 days after which the
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