Exhibit 99.1
RELEASE
AGREEMENT
READ IT CAREFULLY
NOTICE TO THOMAS N.
WASSON
This is a very important legal
document, and you should carefully review and understand the terms
and effect of this document before signing it. By signing
this Release Agreement, you are agreeing to completely release
Riverview Financial Corporation, Riverview National Bank, and its
predecessors HNB Bancorp, Inc., Halifax National Bank, First
Perry Bancorp, Inc., and Marysville National Bank; and their
subsidiaries, affiliates, directors and officers. Therefore,
you should consult with an attorney before signing this Release
Agreement. You have twenty-one (21) days from the day of
receipt of this document to consider this Release Agreement. The
twenty-one (21) days will begin to run on the day after
receipt. If you choose to sign this Release Agreement, you
will have an additional seven (7) days following the date of
your signature to revoke this Release Agreement, and this Release
Agreement shall not become effective or enforceable until the
revocation period has expired.
This Release Agreement (the
“Release Agreement”) is entered into as of
16 th April 2009 by and among Riverview
Financial Corporation (“Corporation”), Riverview
National Bank (“Bank”) and Thomas N. Wasson
(“Executive”) (collectively, the
“Parties”).
WHEREAS, Executive previously was
President of Halifax National Bank
(“Halifax”);
WHEREAS, Executive and Halifax
entered into an employment agreement dated January 9, 2007
(“Wasson Employment Agreement”);
WHEREAS, Halifax National Bank was
the wholly owned subsidiary of HNB Bancorp, Inc.;
WHEREAS, First Perry
Bancorp, Inc. (“First Perry”) and HNB
Bancorp, Inc. (“HNB”) entered into an Agreement
and Plan of Consolidation dated on or about June 18, 2008
(“Consolidation Agreement”) pursuant to which First
Perry and HNB consolidated into Corporation, a Pennsylvania
business corporation (the “Consolidation”) on
December 31, 2008;
WHEREAS, the Parties disagree with
regard to Executive’s rights to benefits under his Employment
Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Parties acknowledge
that litigating their differences will not be in the best interests
of either Party;
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to resolve
their differences, terminate the Employment Agreement and enter
into this Release Agreement; and
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration the receipt
and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to
be legally bound, it is agreed as follows:
1.
Termination of Wasson Employment Agreement .
Executive, Corporation, and Bank hereby mutually agree that the
Wasson Employment Agreement shall terminate and be cancelled
absolutely as of December 31, 2008. Neither Executive
nor Corporation, Bank, Halifax, HNB nor their successors shall have
any further rights or obligations under the Wasson Employment
Agreement.
2.
Consideration . In consideration of signing this
Release Agreement and releasing Corporation, Bank, HNB, and Halifax
as further provide in Paragraph 3 of this Agreement, Bank shall pay
Executive an amount equal to $170,000 minus applicable taxes and
deductions, payable in biweekly installments, commencing within
fourteen days of the date the Revocation Period terminates and with
the last installment being paid no later than December 31,
2010. In determining the amount of biweekly
payments to be paid, Bank shall assume that this Release Agreement
commenced on January 1, 2009, and shall pay Executive in a
lump sum, an amount equal to that amount which would have accrued
from January 1, 2009, through the date of execution of this
Release Agreement within fourteen (14) days of the date that the
Revocation Period terminates.
3.
Release and Waiver .
Executive, on behalf of himself, his
heirs and assigns, irrevocably and unconditionally releases First
Perry, Marysville, HNB, Halifax, Corporation and Bank and their
respective predecessors, successors, affiliates, subsidiaries,
parents, partners, shareholders, directors, officers, agents,
employees, attorneys, and all other persons or entities who could
be said to be jointly or severally liable with them from all
claims, controversies, liabilities, demands, causes of action,
debts, obligations, promises, acts, agreements, and damages of
whatever kind or nature, whether known or unknown, suspected or
unsuspected, foreseen or unforeseen, liquidated or contingent,
related to Executive’s employment, termination of employment,
Wasson Employment Agreement or termination thereof, including but
not limited to, any and all claims for breach of express or implied
contract or covenant of good faith and fair dealing (whether
written or oral), all claims for retaliation or violation of public
policy, breach of promise, detrimental reliance or tort (e.g.
intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, wrongful
termination, interference with contractual or advantageous
relationship, etc),
whether based on common law or otherwise; all
claims arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
amended; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; the Federal
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, any Whistleblower provision
of any statute or law, the Americans with Disabilities Act; the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, any other statute,
regulation or law or amendments thereto, claims for emotional
distress, mental anguish, personal injury, loss of consortium; any
and all claims that may be asserted on Executive’s behalf by
others (including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission); or
any other federal, state or local laws or regulations relating to
employment or benefits associated with Executive’s
employment. The Parties agree that nothing in this
Section 3 shall apply to and nothing in this Release Agreement
shall constitute a release or waiver of any rights or claims
arising under the SERP referenced in Section 8 of this Release
Agreement.
4.
Acceptance Period .
The following notice is included in
this Release Agreement as required by the Older Workers Benefit
Protection Act:
You have up to twenty-one (21)
days from the date of receipt of this release to accept the terms
of this release, although you may accept it at any time within
those twenty-one (21) days. You are advised to consult with
an attorney regarding this release.
The twenty-one (21) day period will begin to run
on the day after Executive receives this Release Agreement.
It will then run for a full twenty-one (21) calendar days and
expire at the end of the twenty-first day (the “Acceptance
Period”). In order to accept this Release Agreement,
Executive must sign his name and date his signature at the end of
this letter and return it to Bank via Renee Lieux, Bybel Rutledge
LLP, 1017 Mumma Road, Suite 302, Lemoyne, Pennsylvania
17043. If the twenty-first day of the Acceptance Period falls
on a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, Ms. Lieux’s
receipt of his acceptance by the close of business on the next
business day immediately following such Saturday, Sunday or legal
holiday will be sufficient to effect a timely acceptance of this
Release Agreement.
5.
Revocation Period . Executive has the right to revoke
this Release Agreement at any time within seven (7) days from
the date Executive signs and delivers this Release Agreement to
Bank (the “Revocation Period”), and this Release
Agreement will not become effective and enforceable until the
Revocation Period has expired. (NOTE: