AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENTAGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is dated as of June 8, 2007 and is between Willow Financial Bank, a federally chartered savings bank (the Bank or the Employer), and G. Richard Bertolet (the Officer).
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WHEREAS, the Officer is currently employed as the Chief Lending Officer of the Bank pursuant to an employment agreement between the Bank and the Officer entered into as of July 1, 2005 (the 2005 Employment Agreement);
WHEREAS, the Bank desires to amend and restate the 2005 Employment Agreement in order to make changes to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), as well as certain other changes;
WHEREAS, the Bank desires to assure itself of the continued availability of the Officers services as provided in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Officer is willing to serve the Bank on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Officer to remain in the employ of the Employer and in consideration of the Officers agreeing to remain in the employ of the Employer, the parties desire to specify the severance benefits which shall be due the Officer by the Employer in the event that his employment with the Employer is terminated under specified circumstances;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, and upon the other terms and conditions hereinafter provided, 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 Officers Average Annual Compensation for purposes of this Agreement shall be deemed to mean the average amount of Base Salary and cash bonus paid to the Officer by the Employer or any subsidiary thereof during the most recent five calendar years preceding the year in which the Date of Termination occurs (or such shorter period as the Officer was employed).
(b) Base Salary. Base Salary shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.
(c) Cause. Termination of the Officers 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, 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) the acquisition of control of the Corporation as defined in 12 C.F.R. §574.4, unless a presumption of control is successfully rebutted or unless the transaction is exempted by 12 C.F.R. §574.3(c)(vii), or any successor to such sections; (ii) an event that would be required to be reported 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; (iii) any person (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Corporations then outstanding securities; or (iv) 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.
(e) Code. Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(f) Corporation. Corporation shall mean Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation and the parent holding company of the Bank.
(g) Date of Termination. Date of Termination shall mean (i) if the Officers employment is terminated for Cause or for Disability, the date specified in the Notice of Termination, (ii) if the Officers employment is terminated due to his death, the date of death, and (iii) if the Officers 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. Disability shall be deemed to have occurred if the Officer: (i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or (ii) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Bank.
(i) Effective Date. The Effective Date of this Agreement shall mean the date first above written.
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(j) Good Reason. Good Reason means the occurrence of any of the following conditions within twelve (12) months following a Change in Control of the Corporation:
(i) any material breach of this Agreement by the Bank, including without limitation any of the following: (A) a material diminution in the Officers base compensation, (B) a material diminution in the Officers authority, duties or responsibilities, or (C) a material diminution in the authority, duties or responsibilities of the supervisor to whom the Officer is required to report, or
(ii) any material change in the geographic location at which the Officer must perform his services under this Agreement;
provided, however, that prior to any termination of employment for Good Reason, the Officer must first provide written notice to the Bank within ninety (90) days of the initial existence of the condition, describing the existence of such condition, and the Bank shall thereafter have the right to remedy the condition within thirty (30) days of the date the Bank received the written notice from the Officer. If the Bank remedies the condition within such thirty (30) cure period, then no Good Reason shall be deemed to exist with respect to such condition.
(k) IRS. IRS shall mean the Internal Revenue Service.
(l) Notice of Termination. Any purported termination of the Officers employment by the Employer for any reason, including without limitation for Cause, Disability or Retirement, or by the Officer 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 Officers 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 Employers termination of the Officers employment for Cause, which shall be effective immediately, and except as set forth in Section 18(a) hereof; and (iv) is given in the manner specified in Section 11 hereof.
(m) Retirement. Retirement shall mean voluntary termination by the Officer in accordance with the Employers retirement policies, including early retirement, generally applicable to their salaried employees.
2. Term of Employment.
(a) The Employer hereby employs the Officer as Middle Market Manager, and the Officer hereby accepts said employment and agrees to render such services to the Employer on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Unless extended as provided in this Section 2, this Agreement shall terminate on June 30, 2008. Prior to July 1, 2008 and each July 1 thereafter, the Board of Directors of the Employer shall consider and review (after taking into account all relevant factors, including the Officers performance hereunder) a one-year extension of the term of this Agreement, and the term shall continue to extend each July 1 if the Board of Directors approves such extension unless the Officer gives written notice to the Employer of the Officers election not to extend the term, with such written notice to be given not less than thirty (30) days prior to any such July 1. If the Board of Directors of the Employer elects not to extend the term, it shall give written notice of such decision to the Officer not less than thirty (30) days prior to any such July 1. If any party gives timely notice that the term will not be extended as of any July 1, 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.
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(b) During the term of this Agreement, the Officer shall perform such services for the Employer as may be consistent with his title and from time to time assigned to him by the Board of Directors of the Employer. During the term of this Agreement, the Officer shall devote his best efforts and his full time effort to the affairs and business of the Employer.
3. Compensation and Benefits.
(a) Base Salary. The Employer shall compensate and pay the Officer for his services during the term of this Agreement at a minimum base salary of $195,000 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 Officers express written consent. In addition to his Base Salary, the Officer 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) Benefit Plans. During the term of this Agreement, the Officer shall be entitled to participate in and receive the benefits of any pension or other retirement benefit plan (excluding supplemental retirement plans), profit sharing, stock option, employee stock ownership, or other plans, benefits and privileges given to employees of the Employer, to the extent commensurate with his then duties and responsibilities, as fixed by the Board of Directors of the Employer. The Employer shall not make any changes in such plans, benefits or privileges which would adversely affect the Officers rights or benefits thereunder, unless such change occurs pursuant to a program applicable to all officers of the Employer and does not result in a disproportionately greater adverse change in the rights of or benefits to the Officer as compared with any other officer of the Employer. Nothing paid to the Officer under any plan or arrangement presently in effect or made available in the future shall be deemed to be in lieu of the salary payable to the Officer pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof.
(c) Paid Time Off. During the term of this Agreement, the Officer shall be entitled to paid time off in accordance with the policies as established from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Employer. The Officer shall not be entitled to receive any additional compensation from the Employer for failure to utilize such paid time off, nor shall the Officer be able to accumulate unused paid time off from one year to the next, except to the extent authorized by the Board of Directors of the Employer.
4. Expenses. The Employer shall reimburse the Officer or otherwise provide for or pay for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Officer in furtherance of or in connection with the business of the Employer, including, but not by way of limitation, automobile expenses and other traveling expenses, subject to such reasonable documentation and other limitations as may be established by the Board of Directors of the Employer. If such expenses are paid in the first instance by the Officer, the Employer shall reimburse the Officer therefor.
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5. Termination.
(a) General. The Employer shall have the right, at any time upon prior Notice of Termination, to terminate the Officers employment hereunder for any reason, including without limitation termination for Cause, Disability or Retirement, and the Officer shall have the right, upon prior Notice of Termination, to terminate his employment hereunder for any reason.
(b) For Cause. In the event that the Officers employment is terminated by the Employer for Cause, the Officer shall have no right pursuant to this Agreement to compensation or other benefits for any period after the applicable Date of Termination.
(c) Voluntary Termination by the Officer. In the event the Officer terminates his employment hereunder other than for death, Disability, Retirement, Good Reason or an uncured material breach of this Agreement by the Employer, then the Officer shall have no right pursuant to this Agreement to compensation or other benefits for any period after the applicable Date of Termination.
(d) Death. In the event the Officers employment hereunder is terminated due to death, neither the Officer nor his estate or named beneficiaries shall have any right pursuant to this Agreement to compensation or other benefits for any period after the Date of Termination.
(e) Disability. In the event the Officers employment hereunder is terminated due to Disability, the Officer shall be entitled to receive any disability benefits provided under any disability plan maintained by the Employer. Other than as set forth above, the Officer shall have no right pursuant to this Agreement to compensation or other benefits for any period after the Date of Termination.
(f) Retirement. In the event the Officers employment hereunder is terminated due to Retirement, the Officer shall have no right pursuant to this Agreement to compensation or other benefits for any period after the Date of Termination.
(g) Involuntary Termination. In the event that (i) the Officers employment is terminated by the Employer for other than Cause, Disability, Retirement or the Officers death or (ii) such employment is terminated by the Officer due to a material breach of this Agreement by the Employer, which breach has not been cured within thirty (30) days after a written notice of non-compliance has been given by the Officer to the Employer, then the Employer shall pay to the Officer, within thirty (30) days following the Date of Termination , a cash severance amount equal to one times the Officers current Base Salary; provided, however, that this Section 5(g) shall not be applicable if the termination of employment occurs concurrently with or subsequent to a Change in Control of the Corporation.
(h) Change in Control Termination. In the event that (i) the Officers employment is terminated concurrently with or within twelve (12) months following a Change in Control of the Corporation for other than Cause, Disability, Retirement or the Officers death or (ii) the Officer elects to terminate his employment for Good Reason, then the Employer shall, subject to the provisions of Section 6 hereof, if applicable,
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(A) pay to the Officer, within thirty (30) days following the Date of Termination, a cash severance amount equal to two (2) times the Officers Average Annual Compensation; and
(B) maintain and provide for a period ending at the earlier of (i) one year subsequent to the Date of Termination or (ii) the date of the Officers full-time employment by another employer (provided that the Officer is entitled under the terms of such employment to benefits substantially similar to those described in this subparagraph (B)), at no cost to the Officer, the Officers continued participation in all group insurance, life insurance, health and accident insurance and disability insurance offered by the Employer in which the Officer was entitled to participate immediately prior to the Date of Termination, provided that in the event that the Officers participation in any insurance plan as provided in this subparagraph (B) is barred, or during such period any such plan is discontinued or the benefits thereunder are materially reduced, the Employer shall either arrange to provide the Officer with benefits substantially similar to those which the Officer was entitled to receive under such plans immediately prior to the Date of Termination or pay a cash equivalency amount; and provided further, that any insurance premiums payable by the Employer pursuant to this Section 5(h)(B) shall be payable at such times and in such amounts as if the Officer was still an employee of the Employer, subject to any increases in such amounts imposed by the insurance company or COBRA, and the amount of insurance premiums required to be paid by the Employer in any taxable year shall not affect the amount of insurance premiums required to be paid by the Employer in any other taxable year.
6. Limitation of Benefits under Certain Circumstances. If the payments and benefits pursuant to Section 5 hereof, either alone or together with other payments and benefits which the Officer has the right to receive from the Employer and its affiliates, would constitute a parachute payment under Section 280G of the Code, then the payments and benefits payable by the Employer pursuant to Section 5 hereof shall be reduced by the Officer, by the amount, if any, which is the minimum necessary to result in no portion of the payments and benefits payable by the Employer under Section 5 being non-deductible to the Employer pursuant to Section 280G of the Code and subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code. If the payments and benefits under Section 5 are required to be reduced, the cash severance shall be reduced first, followed by a reduction in the fringe benefits. The determination of any reduction in the payments and benefits to be made pursuant to Section 5 shall be based upon the opinion of independent counsel selected by the Employer and paid by the Employer. Such counsel shall promptly prepare the foregoing opinion, but in no event later than thirty (30) days from the Date of Termination, and may use such actuaries as such counsel deems necessary or advisable for the purpose. Nothing contained in this Section 6 shall result in a reduction of any payments or benefits to which the Officer may be entitled upon termination of employment under any circumstances other than as specified in this Section 6, or a reduction in the payments and benefits specified in Section 5 below zero.
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7. Mitigation; Exclusivity of Benefits.
(a) The Officer shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any benefits hereunder by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any such benefits be reduced by any compensation earned by the Officer as a result of employment by another employer after the Date of Termination or otherwise, except as set forth in Section 5(h)(B)(ii) hereof.
(b) The specific arrangements referred to herein are not intended to exclude any other benefits which may be available to the Officer upon a termination of employment with the Employer pursuant to employee benefit plans of the Employer or otherwise.
8. Withholding. All payments required to be made by the Employer hereunder to the Officer shall be subject to the withholding of such amounts, if any, relating to tax and other payroll deductions as the Employer may reasonably determine should be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.
9. Competitive Activities
(a) The Officer agrees and acknowledges that by virtue of his employment hereunder, he will maintain an intimate knowledge of the activities and affairs of the Employer, including trade secrets, plans, business plans, strategies, projections, market studies, customer information, employee records and other internal proprietary and confidential information and matters (collectively Confidential Information). As a result, and also because of the special, unique and extraordinary services that the Officer is capable of performing for the Employer or one of its competitors, the Officer recognizes that the services to be rendered by him hereunder are of a character giving them a peculiar value, the loss of which cannot be adequately or reasonably compensated for by damages.
(b) Except for the purpose of carrying out his duties hereunder, the Officer will not remove or retain, or make copies or reproductions of, any figures, documents, records, discs, computer records, calculations, letters, papers, or recorded or documented information of any type or description relating to the business of the Employer. The Officer agrees that he will not divulge to others any information (whether or not documented or recorded) or data acquired by him while in the Employers employ relating to methods, processes or other trade secrets or other Confidential Information.
(c) The Officer agrees that the Employer is, and shall be, the sole and exclusive owner of all improvements, ideas and suggestions, whether or not subject to patent or trademark protection, and all copyrightable materials which are conceived by the Officer during his employment, which relate to the business of the Employer, which are confidential, or which are not readily ascertainable from persons or other sources outside the Employer.
(d) Unless the Officers employment is terminated in connection with or following a Change in Control of the Corporation, then for a period of one year after the termination of employment, the Officer shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit, induce, encourage or attempt to influence any client, customer or employee of the Employer to cease to do business with, or to terminate any employees employment with, the Employer. The Officer shall not be subject to any of the limitations set forth in the preceding sentence if the Officers employment is terminated in connection with or following a Change in Control of the Corporation.
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(e) The Officer agrees that during the term of his employment hereunder, except with the express consent of the Employer, he will not, directly or indirectly, engage or participate in, become a director of, or render advisory or other services for, or in connection with, or become interested in, or make any financial investment in any firm, corporation, business entity or business enterprise competitive with or to any business of the Employer; provided, however, that the Officer shall not thereby be precluded or prohibited from owning passive investments, including investments in the securities of other financial institutions, so long as such ownership does not require him to devote substantial time to management or control of the business or activities in which he has invested. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, during the term of this Agreement, the Officer shall have no employment contract or other written or oral agreement concerning employment as an officer of a savings bank or any other financial institution or financial institution holding company nor with any other entity or person other than the Bank or the Corporation. The provisions of this Section 9(e) shall not be applicable if the Officers employment is terminated in connection with or following a Change in Control of the Corporation.
(f) The Employer shall be entitled to immediate injunctive or other equitable relief to restrain the Officer from failing to comply with any obligation under this Section 9 or from rendering his services to persons or entities than the Employer, in addition to any other remedies to which the Employer may be entitled under law. The right to such injunctive or other equitable relief shall survive the termination by the Employer of the Officers employment.
(g) The Officer acknowledges that the restrictions contained in this Section 9 are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the Employer and that any violation thereof would result in irreparable injuries to the Employer. The Officer acknowledges that, if the Officer violates any of these restrictions, the Employer is entitled to obtain from any court of competent jurisdiction, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief as well as damages, and an equitable accounting of any earnings, profits and other benefits arising from such violation, which rights shall be cumulative and in addition to any other rights or remedies to which the Employer may be entitled. The Officer further acknowledges that the provisions of Sections 9(a), (b), (c), (f) and (g) shall remain in full force and effect beyond the termination of the Officers employment for any reason, including but not limited to termination in connection with or following a Change in Control of the Corporation.
10. Assignability. The Employer may assign this Agreement and its rights and obligations hereunder in whole, but not in part, to any corporation, bank or other entity with or into which the Employer may hereafter merge or consolidate or to which the Employer may transfer all or substantially all of its assets, if in any such case said corporation, bank or other entity shall by operation of law or expressly in writing assume all obligations of the Employer hereunder as fully as if it had been originally made a party hereto, but may not otherwise assign this Agreement or its rights and obligations hereunder. The Officer may not assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder.
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11. Notice. For the purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by first-class certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth below:
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12. Amendment; Waiver. No provisions of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by the Officer and such officer or officers as may be specifically designated by the Board of Directors of the Employer to sign on its behalf; provided, however, that if the Employer determines, after a review of the final regulations issued under Section 409A of the Code and all applicable Internal Revenue Service guidance, that this Agreement should be further amended to avoid triggering the tax and interest penalties imposed by Section 409A of the Code, the Employer may amend this Agreement to the extent necessary to avoid triggering the tax and interest penalties imposed by Section 409A of the Code. No waiver by any party hereto at any time of any breach by any other party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.
13. Governing Law. The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the United States where applicable and otherwise by the substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
14. Nature of Obligations. Nothing contained herein shall create or require the Employer to create a trust of any kind to fund any benefits which may be payable hereunder, and to the extent that the Officer acquires a right to receive benefits from the Employer hereunder, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Employer.
15. Headings. The section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
16. Validity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.
17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.
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18. Regulatory Actions. The following provisions shall be applicable to the parties to the extent that they are required to be included in employment agreements between a savings association and its employees pursuant to Section 563.39(b) of the Regulations Applicable to All Savings Associations, 12 C.F.R. §563.39(b), or any successor thereto, and shall be controlling in the event of a conflict with any other provision of this Agreement, including without limitation Section 5 hereof.
(a) The Banks Board of Directors may terminate the Officers employment at any time, but any termination by the Banks Board of Directors, other than termination for Cause, shall not prejudice the Officers right to compensation or other benefits under this Agreement.
(b) If the Officer is suspended from office and/or temporarily prohibited from participating in the conduct of the Employers affairs by a notice served under Section 8(e)(3) or Section 8(g)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) (12 U.S.C. §1818(e)(3) and 1818(g)(1)), the Employers obligations under this Agreement shall be suspended as of the date of service, unless stayed by appropriate proceedings. If the charges in the notice are dismissed, the Employer may, in its discretion: (i) pay the Officer all or part of the compensation withheld while its obligations under this Agreement were suspended, and (ii) reinstate (in whole or in part) any of its obligations which were suspended.
(c) If the Officer is removed from office and/or permanently prohibited from participating in the conduct of the Employers affairs by an order issued under Section 8(e)(4) or Section 8(g)(1) of the FDIA (12 U.S.C. §1818(e)(4) and (g)(1)), all obligations of the Employer under this Agreement shall terminate as of the effective date of the order, but vested rights of the Officer and the Employer as of the date of termination shall not be affected.
(d) If the Bank is in default, as defined in Section 3(x)(1) of the FDIA (12 U.S.C. §1813(x)(1)), all obligations under this Agreement shall terminate as of the date of default, but vested rights of the Officer and the Employer as of the date of termination shall not be affected.
(e) All obligations under this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to 12 C.F.R. §563.39(b)(5), except to the extent that it is determined that continuation of the Agreement for the continued operation of the Employer is necessary: (i) by the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), or his/her designee, at the time the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) enters into an agreement to provide assistance to or on behalf of the Bank under the authority contained in Section 13(c) of the FDIA (12 U.S.C. §1823(c)); or (ii) by the Director of the OTS, or his/her designee, at the time the Director or his/her designee approves a supervisory merger to resolve problems related to operation of the Bank or when the Bank is determined by the Director of the OTS to be in an unsafe or unsound condition, but vested rights of the Officer and the Employer as of the date of termination shall not be affected.
19. Regulatory Prohibition. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any payments made to the Officer pursuant to this Agreement, or otherwise, are subject to and conditioned upon their compliance with Section 18(k) of the FDIA (12 U.S.C. §1828(k)) and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including 12 C.F.R. Part 359. In the event of the Officers
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termination of employment with the Bank for Cause, all employment relationships and managerial duties with the Bank shall immediately cease regardless of whether the Officer remains in the employ of the Corporation following such termination. Furthermore, following such termination for Cause, the Officer will not, directly or indirectly, influence or participate in the affairs or the operations of the Bank.
20. Payment of Costs and Legal Fees and Reinstatement of Benefits. In the event any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with the Officers termination is resolved in favor of the Officer, whether by judgment, arbitration or settlement, the Officer shall be entitled to the payment of (a) all legal fees incurred by the Officer in resolving such dispute or controversy, and (b) any back-pay, including Base Salary, bonuses and any other cash compensation, fringe benefits and any compensation and benefits due to the Officer under this Agreement.
21. Entire Agreement. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement between the Employer and the Officer with respect to the matters agreed to herein. All prior agreements between the Employer and the Officer with respect to the matters agreed to herein are hereby superseded and shall have no force or effect, including the 2005 Agreement, the agreement between the parties dated January 20, 2005, and the agreement dated July 3, 2003 between Chester Valley Bancorp, Inc., First Financial and the Officer.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
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| G. Richard Bertolet |
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