Exhibit 99.1
COMPLETE SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT
AND GENERAL
RELEASE
READ IT
CAREFULLY
NOTICE
TO GREGG J. WAGNER:
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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 Complete Settlement Agreement and General
Release (“Agreement”), you are agreeing to completely
release HARLEYSVILLE NATIONAL CORPORATION, HARLEYSVILLE NATIONAL
BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, HARLEYSVILLE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC., and
their subsidiaries, affiliates, directors and officers. Therefore,
you should consult with an attorney before signing this Agreement.
You have twenty one (21) days from the day of receipt of this
document to consider the Agreement. The twenty one (21) days will
begin to run on the day after receipt. If you choose to sign the
Agreement, you will have an additional seven (7) days following the
date of your signature to revoke the Agreement, and the Agreement
shall not become effective or enforceable until the revocation
period has expired.
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This Complete
Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") by and
between Gregg J. Wagner and Harleysville National Corporation,
Harleysville National Bank and Trust Company, Harleysville
Management Services, LLC, and each of their subsidiaries and
affiliates (collectively “Corporation”) is made this
29th day of November, 2006. In this Agreement, the
“Corporation” shall at all times include any and all
related entities, corporations, subsidiaries, and
affiliates.
WHEREAS,
Gregg J. Wagner (“Wagner”) and Harleysville Management
Services LLC executed an employment agreement dated January 1, 2005
(“Employment Agreement”) wherein beginning April 1,
2005, Wagner would serve as President and Chief Executive Officer
of Harleysville National Corporation;
WHEREAS, on
September 26, 2006, the Board of Directors of Harleysville National
Corporation terminated Wagner’s employment;
WHEREAS,
Paragraph 7(a) of the Employment Agreement provides
In the event
that Executive's employment is involuntarily terminated by HMS
without Cause [as defined in the Employment Agreement] and no
Change in Control shall have occurred as of the date of such
termination, upon execution of a mutual release, HMS will provide
Executive with the following pay and benefits: (i) a payment in an
amount equal to the greater of: that portion of the
Executive’s Agreed Compensation for the then existing
Employment Period that has not been paid to Executive as of the
date his employment terminates, or 1.0 times the Executive's Agreed
Compensation. Such amount shall be payable in twelve (12) equal
monthly installments; and (ii) subject to plan terms,
Executive’s continued participation in HMS's Wagner benefit
plans for twelve (12) months or until Executive secures
substantially similar benefits through other employment, whichever
shall first occur. If Executive is no longer eligible to
participate in an employee benefit plan because he is no longer an
employee, HMS will pay Executive the amount of money that it would
have cost HMS to provide the benefits to Executive;
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the foregoing preambles, the mutual covenants
and agreements set forth below and other valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged,
intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. Termination of Employment; Payments to
Wagner .
a.
Termination of employment with
Corporation shall be effective September 26, 2006. Wagner confirms
his termination of service with Corporation and all of its
subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures, partnerships, or any
other business enterprises, as well as from any office or position
with any trade group or any charitable organization which he holds
on behalf of the Corporation. Wagner hereby confirms his
resignation from any and all of the Corporation’s, its
subsidiaries’ and affiliates’ Boards of
Directors.
b. In consideration of Wagner complying with the
terms of this Agreement and provided that Wagner continuously and
at all times complies with all of his obligations pursuant to this
Agreement, Employer shall pay Wagner the following severance
package:
i.
Corporation has paid an amount
equal to Wagner’s salary through September 26, 2006, minus
all appropriate withholdings and/or deductions on the first
regularly scheduled pay date following the termination of
Wagner’s employment;
ii.
Corporation has provided Wagner and
his dependents with health insurance benefits through September 30,
2006;
iii.
Corporation has paid Wagner an
amount equal to his unused accrued PTO;
iv.
Corporation shall transfer title to
the 2005 Audi A8 which Wagner drove while employed by Corporation
to Wagner;
v.
Corporation shall pay Wagner a lump
sum payment equal to $486,000 minus all appropriate withholdings
and/or deductions, which represents 1.25 times his annual salary
and bonus, within thirty days of the expiration of the Revocation
Period as defined in Paragraph 12;
vi.
Corporation shall pay Wagner a lump
sum payment equal to $30,171 minus all appropriate withholdings
and/or deductions, which represents the gross-up amount of the
costs of employee benefits for a fifteen month period as determined
by Wagner, within thirty days of the expiration of the Revocation
Period as defined in Paragraph 12;
vii.
Corporation shall pay Wagner an
additional lump sum payment equal to $107,500 minus all appropriate
withholdings and/or deductions within thirty days of the expiration
of the Revocation Period as defined in Paragraph 12; and
viii.
Corporation shall pay $15,000 for
outplacement services, which amount shall be paid directly to
Career Concepts and which payment shall be made upon presentation
of an invoice from Career Concepts.
c. Wagner acknowledges and agrees that the benefits to be
provided to Wagner by Corporation pursuant to this Paragraph are,
in significant and substantial part, in addition to those benefits
to which he is already or would otherwise be entitled.
2.
Costs, Including Attorneys'
Fees . Wagner understands
and agrees that Corporation shall not be liable to Wagner and/or
any present or former attorney for any costs, expenses, or
attorneys' fees of any kind or amount. Furthermore,
Wagner
expressly
agrees that he is not to be considered to be the "prevailing" or
"successful" party within the meaning of any statute, rule, or
other law.
3.
Release by Wagner
. In consideration of the payments
and severance benefits set forth in this Agreement which
consideration and severance benefits Wagner was not otherwise
entitled to receive, and intending to be legally bound, Wagner, and
all other persons or entities claiming with, by, or through him,
hereby releases and forever discharges Corporation, and its
predecessors, successors, affiliates, subsidiaries, parents,
partners and all of their present and past shareholders, directors,
officers, agents, employees and attorneys, and all other persons or
entities who could be said to be jointly or severally liable with
them, (individually and collectively "the Releasees") from any and
all liabilities, claims, actions, causes of action, rights,
judgments, obligations, demands, or suits presently asserted or not
asserted, accrued or unaccrued, known or unknown, that Wagner had,
now has, or may have or could claim to have against the Releasees,
from the beginning of time to the date of execution of this
Agreement, including, but not limited to all claims and rights in
any way arising from or based upon Wagner's employment with
Corporation, or which relate in any way to the termination of
Wagner's employment with Corporation, and also including Title VII
of Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Pennsylvania Human
Relations Act, the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act,
the Federal Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the Family and
Medical Leave Act, any Whistleblower provision of any statute or
law, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and any
other statute, regulation, or law or amendments thereto.
Wagner
waives any rights under the Corporation’s stock option plans,
discharges the Corporation from any liabilities under Corporation
stock option plans, and agrees not to initiate or institute any
action, complaint, claim, charge, arbitration or lawsuit pursuant
to or related to the Corporation’s stock option
plans.
Wagner further
agrees that the payments and benefits described in this Agreement
shall be in full satisfaction of any and all claims for payments or
benefits, whether express or implied, that Wagner may have against
the Releasees arising out of his employment relationship or his
service as an employee, officer, and director of the Corporation
and the termination thereof, other than rights under the
Corporation pension plan and 401(k) plan.
4.
Indemnification by
Corporation . In
consideration of Wagner’s waiver and release of claims set
forth above and the other obligations of Wagner hereunder, to the
extent that the Corporation has officers’ and
directors’ liability insurance coverage covering the acts of
Wagner, Corporation shall, subject to the exclusions and
limitations set forth therein, indemnify and hold harmless Wagner
if he is made a party, is threatened to be made a party to, or
otherwise receives any other legal process in any action, suit, or
proceeding by reason of the fact that he was a director, officer,
or employee of the Corporation. Wagner shall be indemnified and
held harmless to the fullest extent permitted or authorized under
the officer’s and director’s liability insurance
policy, provided that such indemnification does not violate the
Corporation’s articles of incorporation, bylaws, the laws of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or federal banking laws.
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