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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
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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 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
shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
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