RETIREMENT PAYMENT AGREEMENT

RETIREMENT PAYMENT AGREEMENT

 

AGREEMENT entered into as of the 1st day of August, 1988 between Clyde Savings and Loan Association, a domestic Corporation having its principal office in Clyde, North Carolina (herinafter referred to as the Association) and Robert E. Shepherd of Clyde, North Carolina (hereinafter referred to as the Director).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Director is rendering valuable service and it is the desire of the Association to have the benefit of his continued loyalty and service and also to assist him in providing for the contingencies of retirement and death; and,

 

WHEREAS, the Director hereby agrees to waive fees paid to him as a Director in the amount of $300 per month for five years from the date of the execution of this agreement;

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:

 

1.           Retirement Benefit: Should the Director still be in the Directorship of the Association upon the attainment of his 70th birthday, the Association will commence to pay him $1,700 per month for a continuous period of 120 months. However, should the director still be in the Directorship of the association upon attainment of his 65th birthday, the Association in its sole discretion may elect to commence to pay the Director $1,137 per month for a continous period of 120 months. In the event that the Director should die after becoming entitled to receive said monthly installments but before any or all of said installments have been paid, the Association will pay or will continue to pay said installments to such beneficiary or beneficiaries as the Director has directed by filing with the Association a notice in writing. In the event of the death of the last named beneficiary before all the unpaid payments have been made, the balance of any amount which remains unpaid at said death shall be commuted on the basis of 7½   percent per annum compound interest and shall be paid in a single sum to the executor or administrator of the estate of the last named beneficiary to die. In the absence of any such beneficiary designation, any amount remaining unpaid at the Director’s death shall be commuted on the basis of 7½ percent per annum compound interest and shall be paid in a single sum to the executor or administrator of the Director’s estate.

 

2.           Death Benefit: Should the Director die while in the Directorship of the Association and prior to the commencement of benefits under 1 above, the Association (beginning at a date to be determined by the Association but within six months from the date of such death) will commence to pay $1,700 per month for a continuous period of 120 months to such beneficiary or beneficiaries as the Director has directed by filing with the Association a notice in writing. Irrespective of the above, however, if the Director dies as a result of suicide within two years of the execution of this agreement, the death benefit shall not exceed an amount equal to his waived Directors’ fees plus interest at the rate of 7½ percent per annum compounded annually. In the event of the death of the last named beneficiary before all the unpaid payments have been made, the balance of any amount which remains unpaid at said death shall be commuted on the basis of 7½ percent per annum compound interest and shall be paid in a single

 

sum to the executor or administrator of the estate of the last named beneficiary to die. In the absence of any such beneficiary designation, any amount remaining unpaid at the Director’s death shall be commuted on the basis of 7½ percent per annum compound interest and shall be paid in a single sum to the executor or administrator of the Director’s estate.

 

3.           Termination of Directorship:

 

A.  If the Director terminates his Directorship, for reasons other than death prior to two years from the execution date of his Agreement, the Director’s benefits shall be limited to his waived Director fees plus interest at the rate of 7-1/2 percent per annum compounded annually and shall be paid in a single sum as soon as practical following the termination of his Directorship.

 

B.  If the Director terminates his Directorship, for reasons other than death, at the end of two or more years from the execution date Cof this Agreement, he or his beneficiary, as applicable, shall be entitled upon attainment of his 70th birthday or his prior death (or in the sole discretion of the association upon the attainment of his 65th birthday to the lesser amount indicated) to a percentage of the retirement benefits stated in Section 1 of this Agreement as determined by the following table:

 

FULL NUMBER OF YEARS SERVED AS DIRECTOR FROM DATE OF EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT UNTIL TERMINATION OF DIRECTORSHIP		PERCENTAGE OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS STATED IN SECTION 1 OF THIS AGREEMENT TO WHICH THE DIRECTOR IS ENTITLED
2		40%
3		60%
4		80%
5		100%

4.           Forfeiture Provisions:

 

A.           During the period the retirement benefit is payable to the Director under Section 1 of this Agreement, the Director shall not engage in business activities which are in competition with the Association without first obtaining the written consent of the Association.

 

B.           During the period the retirement payment is payable to the Director under Section 1 of the Agreement, the Director shall be available to render consulting services to the Association upon request by an officer of the Association, but such requests shall not be made more frequently than once each month. The Director shall not be considered to have breached this condition if he is unable to consult because of his mental or physical disability.

 

C.           Payment of the retirement benefit under this Agreement may be terminated by the Association, if the Director fails to comply with either of the conditions set forth in paragraph (A) and (B) of this Section 4.

 

5.           General Provisions

 

A.            Except as otherwise provided by this Agreement, it is agreed that neither the Director, nor his beneficiary shall have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer or otherwise convey the right to receive any payments here­under, which payments and the right thereto are expressly declared to be nonassignable and nontransferable.

 

B.           The benefits payable under this Agreement shall be independent of, and in addition to any other employment agreements that may exist from time to time between the parties hereto, concerning any other compensation payable by the Association to the Director whether as salary, bonus, or otherwise. This Agreement shall not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between the parties hereto, nor shall any provision hereof restrict the right of the Association to discharge the Director or restrict the right of the Association to discharge the Director or restrict the right of the Director to terminate his Directorship.

 

C.           The rights of the Director under this Agreement and of any beneficiary of the Director shall be solely those of an unsecured creditor of the Association.  Any asset acquired by the Association in connection with the liabilities assumed by it hereunder, shall not be deemed to be held under any trust for the benefit of the Director or his beneficiaries or to be considered security for the performance of the obligations of the Association but shall be, and remain, a general, unpledged, unrestricted asset of the Association.

 

D.           The Association hereby reserves the right to accelerate the payments specified in Sections 1, 2 and 3 above without the consent of the Director, his estate, beneficiaries, or any other person claiming through or under him.

 

E.           The Association agrees that it will not merge or consolidate with any other Association or organization, or permit its business activities to be taken over by any other organization unless and until the succeeding or continuing Association or other organization shall expressly assume the rights and obligations of the Association herein set forth. The Association further agrees that it will not cease its business activities or terminate its existence, other than as heretofore set forth in this Section, without having made adequate provision for the fulfilling of its obligations hereunder.

 

F.           This Agreement may be revoked or amended in whole or in part by a writing signed by both of the parties hereto.

 

G.           This Agreement shall be subject to and construed under the laws of the State of North Carolina.

 

IN WITNESS THEREOF, the said Association has caused this Agreement to be signed in its Corporate name by its duly authorized officer, and impressed with its corporate seal, attested by its Secretary, and the said Director has hereunto set his hand and seal, all on the day and year first above written.

 

ATTEST:	Clyde Savings and Loan Association
Peggy C. Melville	By F. Ed Broadwell                                                      (Seal)
	President
WITNESS:  Peggy C. Melville
	Robert E. Sheppard                                                      (Seal)
	(The Director)

RETIREMENT PAYMENT AGREEMENT ADDENDUM

 

WHEREAS, The Hometown Bank, formerly Clyde Savings and Loan Association, (the Bank) and Robert Shepherd (the Director) entered into an agreement as of August 1, 1988 which provided for certain deferred compensation to be paid by the Bank to the Director;

 

WHEREAS, paragraph 1 of the agreement states that “should the director still be in the directorship of the Association upon the attainment of his 70th birthday, the Association will commence to pay him $1,700 per month for a continuous period of 120 months. However, should the director still be in the directorship of the Association upon attainment of his 65th birthday, the Association in its sole discretion may elect to commence to pay the Director $1,137 per month for a continuous period of 120 months;”

 

NOW THEREFORE, the Bank hereby waives and removes the discretion provided it in the agreement to elect to pay the Director upon attainment of his 65th birthday and hereby agrees that should the Director still be in the directorship of the Bank upon the attainment of his 70th birthday, the Bank will commence to pay him $1,700 per month for a continuous period of 120 months as previously stated in the agreement;

 

IN WITNESS THEREOF, the Bank has caused this addendum to be signed in its corporate name by its duly authorized Officer, and impressed with its corporate seal, attested by its Secretary, and the said Director has hereunto set his hand and seal on this the 19th day of May, 2003.

 

The Hometown Bank			Director
/s/ F. Ed Broadwell			/s/ Robert Shepherd
F. Ed Broadwell, President			Robert Shepherd
Attest:
/s/ Peggy C. Melville
Peggy C. Melville, Secretary

 

This amendment (this “Amendment”) to that certain Retirement Payment Agreement between the undersigned director and HomeTrust Bank (formerly Clyde Savings and Loan Association) dated August 1, 1988 (the “RPA”) is being entered into by the parties for the purpose of modifying the RPA to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1996, as amended (“Section 409A”).

 

1.

Section 5(D) of the RPA, which provides for the right of the Association to accelerate payments, is hereby deleted.

 

2.

All other provisions of the RPA shall remain in full force and effect.

 

This Amendment has been executed by the parties as of this 25th day of November, 2008.

 

		HOMETRUST BANK
		By:	/s/ F. Ed Broadwell, Jr.
			F. Ed Broadwell, Jr.
			Chairman/CEO
			/s/ Robert E. Shepherd
			Robert E. Shepherd Director

 

 

On November 25, 2008, HomeTrust Bank and the undersigned director (the “Parties”) entered into an agreement (“Amendment 1”) to amend the Retirement Payment Agreement (the “Agreement”) to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (“Section 409A”). The intended effect of Amendment 1 was (1) to comply with Section 409A in a manner that had the least effect on the operation of the Agreement and, accordingly, (2) to eliminate the ability of the HomeTrust Bank to accelerate payments under the Agreement in a manner that violates Section 409A, to the minimum extent required thereby. It was not intended, and nor was it required by Section 409A, that the acceleration prohibition (nor any other Section 409A provision) be applied to benefits under the Agreement that are not subject to Section 409A (“Pre-Section 409A Benefits”). The Parties also intended that the acceleration prohibition preclude the right of the HomeTrust Bank to accelerate the commencement of benefits from age 70 to age 65, for benefits subject to Section 409A (i.e., amounts earned and vested as of December 31, 2004) (“Section 409A Benefits”). The Parties desire to clarify Amendment 1 to reflect the original intentions of the Parties as set forth above. Accordingly, Amendment 1 is clarified as follows:

 

1.           Section 5(D) shall be considered deleted only with respect to Section 409A Benefits. Section 5(D) shall be considered as remaining in effect with respect to Pre-Section 409A Benefits.

 

2.           The prohibition on accelerated benefits shall be interpreted to mean that the ability to accelerate the commencement of benefits from age 70 to age 65 shall apply only to Section 409A Benefits, and not to Pre-Section 409A Benefits. In particular, the second sentence of Paragraph 1 and the parenthetical in Paragraph 3(B) of the Agreement shall be interpreted as not applying to Section 409A Benefits.

 

This clarification shall be treated effective as of November 25, 2008, the date Amendment 1 was adopted by the Parties.

 

Signed by the Parties this 10th day of December, 2009.

 

		HOMETRUST BANK
		By:	/s/ F. Ed Broadwell, Jr.
			F. Ed Broadwell, Jr.
			Chairman/CEO
			/s/ Robert E. Shepherd
			Director