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Exhibit 10.2
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of March 29, 2005, between
Prudential Savings Bank, a Pennsylvania-chartered,
stock-form
savings bank (the "Bank" or the "Employer"), and Joseph R.
Corrato (the "Executive").
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Executive is presently an officer of the Bank;
WHEREAS, the Employer desires to be ensured of the
Executive's continued active participation in the business of
the
Employer; and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Executive to remain in the
employ of the Employer and in consideration of the
Executive's
agreeing to remain in the employ of the Employer, the
parties
desire to specify the severance benefits which shall be due
the
Executive in the event that his employment with the Employer
is
terminated under specified circumstances.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereby agree
as
follows:
1. Definitions. The following words and terms shall have
the meanings set forth below for the purposes of this
Agreement:
(a) Average Annual Compensation. The Executive's "Average
Annual Compensation" for purposes of this Agreement shall be
deemed to mean the average amount of Base Salary and cash
bonus
received by the Executive from the Employer or any
subsidiary
thereof (excluding any deferred amounts) during the most
recent
five calendar years preceding the Date of Termination (or
such
shorter period as the Executive was employed).
(b) Base Salary. "Base Salary" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 3(a) hereof.
(c) Cause. Termination of the Executive's employment for
"Cause" shall mean termination because of personal
dishonesty,
incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty
involving personal profit, intentional failure to perform
stated
duties, willful violation of any law, rule or regulation
(other
than traffic violations or similar offenses) or final
cease-and-
desist order, willful conduct which is materially
detrimental
(monetarily or otherwise) to the Employer or material breach
of
any provision of this Agreement.
(d) Change in Control of the Corporation. "Change in
Control of the Corporation" shall mean the occurrence of any
of
the following: (i) an event that would be required to be
reported by, or with respect to, the Corporation in response
to
Item 5.01 of Form 8-K or Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of
Regulation
14A pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended
("Exchange Act"), or any successor thereto, whether or not
any
class of securities of the Corporation is registered under
the
Exchange Act; (ii) any "person" (as such term is used in
Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the MHC is
or
becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-under
the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the
Corporation representing 20% or more of the combined voting
power
of the Corporation's then outstanding securities; or (iii)
during
any period of three consecutive years, individuals who at
the
beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of
the
Corporation cease for any reason to constitute at least a
majority thereof unless the election, or the nomination for
election by stockholders, of each new director was approved by
a
vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in
office
who were directors at the beginning of the period; provided,
however, that no Change in Control of the Corporation shall
be
deemed to have occurred solely because the MHC undertakes a
"second-step" mutual to stock conversion.
(e) Code. "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.
(f) Corporation. "Corporation" shall mean Prudential
Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania, the "mid-tier" holding company
for
the Bank, or any successor thereto.
(g) Date of Termination. "Date of Termination" shall mean
(i) if the Executive's employment is terminated for Cause or
for
Disability, the date specified in the Notice of Termination,
and
(ii) if the Executive's employment is terminated for any
other
reason, the date on which a Notice of Termination is given or
as
specified in such Notice.
(h) Disability. Termination by the Employer of the
Executive's employment based on "Disability" shall mean
termination because of any physical or mental impairment
which
qualifies the Executive for disability benefits under the
applicable long-term disability plan maintained by the
Employer
or any subsidiary or, if no such plan applies, which would
qualify the Executive for disability benefits under the
Federal
Social Security System.
(i) Good Reason. Termination by the Executive of the
Executive's employment for "Good Reason" shall mean
termination
by the Executive within twelve (12) months following a Change
in
Control of the Corporation based on:
(i) Without the Executive's express written consent,
the failure to elect or to re-elect or to appoint
or to re-appoint the Executive to the office of
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of the Employer or a material adverse
change made by the Employer in the Executive's
functions, duties or responsibilities as Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the
Employer;
(ii) Without the Executive's express written consent, a
reduction by the Employer in the Executive's Base
Salary as the same may be increased from time to
time or, except to the extent permitted by Section
3(b) hereof, a reduction in the package of fringe
benefits provided to the Executive, taken as a
whole;
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(iii) The principal executive office of the
Employer is relocated more than 20 miles from the
Employer's current main office location in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or, without the
Executive's express written consent, the Employer
requires the Executive to be based anywhere other
than an area in which the Employer's principal
executive office is located, except for required
travel on business of the Employer to an extent
substantially consistent with the Executive's
present business travel obligations;
(iv) Any purported termination of the Executive's
employment for Disability or Retirement which is
not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination
satisfying the requirements of paragraph (l)
below; or
(v) The failure by the Employer to obtain the
assumption of and agreement to perform this
Agreement by any successor as contemplated in
Section 9 hereof.
(j) IRS. "IRS" shall mean the Internal Revenue Service.
(k) MHC. "MHC" shall mean Prudential Mutual Holding
Company, the parent mutual holding company for the
Corporation
and the Bank.
(l) Notice of Termination. Any purported termination of
the Executive's employment by the Employer for any reason,
including without limitation for Cause, Disability or
Retirement,
or by the Executive for any reason, including without
limitation
for Good Reason, shall be communicated by written "Notice of
Termination" to the other party hereto. For purposes of this
Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" shall mean a dated
notice
which (i) indicates the specific termination provision in
this
Agreement relied upon, (ii) sets forth in reasonable detail
the
facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for
termination of the Executive's employment under the provision
so
indicated, (iii) specifies a Date of Termination, which shall
be
not less than thirty (30) nor more than ninety (90) days
after
such Notice of Termination is given, except in the case of
the
Employer's termination of the Executive's employment for
Cause,
which shall be effective immediately; and (iv) is given in
the
manner specified in Section 10 hereof.
(m) Retirement. "Retirement" shall mean voluntary
termination by the Executive in accordance with the
Employer's
retirement policies, including early retirement, generally
applicable to the Employer's salaried employees.
2. Term of Employment.
(a) The Employer hereby employs the Executive as Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and the Executive
hereby accepts said employment and agrees to render such
services
to the Employer on the terms and conditions set forth in
this
Agreement. Subject to the terms hereof, this Agreement shall
terminate two (2) years after the date first above written.
Beginning on the day which is one year subsequent to the
date
first above written, and on each annual anniversary
thereafter,
the term of this Agreement shall be extended for a period of
one
additional year provided that the Employer has not given
notice
to the Executive in writing at least
3
30 days prior to such day that the term of this Agreement
shall
not be extended further and/or the Executive has not given
notice
to the Employer of his election not to extend the term at
least
thirty (30) days prior to any such anniversary date. If any
party
gives timely notice that the term will not be extended as of
any
such annual anniversary date, then this Agreement shall
terminate
at the conclusion of its remaining term. References herein to
the
term of this Agreement shall refer both to the initial term
and
successive terms.
(b) During the term of this Agreement, the Executive shall
perform such executive services for the Employer as is
consistent
with his title of Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial
Officer and from time to time assigned to him by the
Employer's
Board of Directors.
3. Compensation and Benefits.
(a) The Employer shall compensate and pay the Executive for
his services during the term of this Agreement at a minimum
base
salary of $130,000 per year ("Base Salary"), which may be
increased from time to time in such amounts as may be
determined
by the Board of Directors of the Employer and may not be
decreased without the Executive's express written consent.
In
addition to his Base Salary, the Executive shall be entitled
to
receive during the term of this Agreement such bonus payments
as
may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Employer.
(b) During the term of this Agreement, t
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