Exhibit 10.1
January 16, 2009
[Executive]
Yadkin Valley Financial Corporation
209 North Bridge Street
Elkin, North Carolina 28621
Dear [Executive],
Yadkin Valley Financial Corporation
(the “Company”) anticipates entering into a Securities
Purchase Agreement (the “Participation Agreement”) with
the United States Department of Treasury (the
“Treasury”) that provides, among other things, for the
purchase by the Treasury of securities issued by the Company. This
purchase is anticipated to occur as part of the Company’s
participation in the Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program
- Capital Purchase Program (the “CPP”).
As a condition to the closing of the
investment contemplated by the Participation Agreement, the Company
is required to take certain actions with respect to compensation
arrangements of its senior executive officers. The Company has
determined that you are or may be a senior executive officer for
purposes of the CPP. To comply with the requirements of the CPP,
and in consideration of the benefits that you will receive as a
result of the Company’s participation in the CPP and for
other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which you
hereby acknowledge, you agree as follows:
(1)
No Golden Parachute Payments. You
will not be entitled to receive from the Company any golden
parachute payment (as defined below) during any period in which the
Treasury holds an equity or debt position acquired from the Company
in the CPP (the “CPP Covered Period”) (or during the
year following any acquisition of the Company, to the extent
required by the CPP Limitations (as defined below)).
(2)
Recovery of Bonus and Incentive
Compensation. You will be required to and shall return to the
Company any bonus or incentive compensation paid to you by the
Company during the CPP Covered Period if such bonus or incentive
compensation is paid to you based on materially inaccurate
financial statements or any other materially inaccurate performance
metric criteria.
(3)
Compensation Program Amendments.
Each of the Company’s compensation, bonus, incentive and
other benefit plans, arrangements and agreements , including your
Employment Security Agreement (all such plans, arrangements and
agreements, the “Benefit Plans”) are hereby amended to
the extent necessary to give effect to provisions
(1)&nb
