EXHIBIT 10.6
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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THIS AGREEMENT entered into this _________ day of February, 1995, and
effective as of January 1, 1995 ("Effective Date"), by and between
Roxborough-Manayunk Federal Savings Bank (the "Bank"), a federal stock savings
bank, which has the majority of its stock owned by FJF Financial, MHC, a federal
mutual holding company (the "MHC"), and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (the "Employee").
WHEREAS, the Employee has heretofore been employed by the Bank and the
MHC as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer and is experienced in all phases of
the business of the Bank; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire by this writing to set forth the continuing
employment relationship of the Bank and the Employee.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is AGREED as follows:
1. Employment. The Employee is employed in the capacity as the
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the MHC and the Bank. The Employee
shall render such administrative and management services to the Bank as are
currently rendered and as are customarily performed by persons situated in a
similar executive capacity. The Employee shall also promote, by entertainment or
otherwise, as and to the extent permitted by law, the business of the Bank. The
Employee's other duties shall be such as the Board of Directors for the Bank
(the "Board of Directors" or "Board") may from time to time reasonably direct,
including normal duties as an officer of the Bank.
2. Base Compensation. The Bank agrees to pay the Employee during the
term of this Agreement a salary at the rate of at least $ per annum, payable in
cash not less frequently than monthly; provided, that the rate of such salary
shall be reviewed by the Board of Directors not less often than annually, and
Employee shall be entitled to receive annually an increase at such percentage or
in such an amount as the Board of Directors in its sole discretion may decide at
such time.
3. Discretionary Bonus. The Employee shall be entitled to participate
in an equitable manner with all other senior management employees of the Bank in
discretionary bonuses that may be authorized and declared by the Board of
Directors to its senior management employees from time to time. No other
compensation provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed a substitute for the
Employee's right to participate in such discretionary bonuses when and as
declared by the Board of Directors.
4. (a) Participation in Retirement and Medical Plans. The
Employee shall be entitled to participate in any plan of the Bank relating to
pension, profit-sharing, or other retirement benefits and medical coverage or
reimbursement plans that the Bank may adopt for the benefit of its employees.
Additionally, Employee's dependent family shall be eligible to participate in
medical and dental insurance plans sponsored by the Bank with the cost of such
premiums paid by the Bank.
(b) Employee Benefits; Expenses. The Employee shall be eligible to
participate in any fringe benefits which may be or may become applicable to the
Bank's senior management employees, including by example, participation in any
stock option or incentive plans adopted by the Board of Directors of Bank, club
memberships, a reasonable expense account, and any other benefits which are
commensurate with the responsibilities and functions to be performed by the
Employee under this Agreement. The Bank shall reimburse Employee for all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses which Employee shall incur in connection with
his service for the Bank.
5. Term. The term of employment of Employee under this Agreement shall
be for the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending December 31, 1997.
Additionally, on each annual anniversary date from the Effective Date, the term
of employment under this Agreement shall be extended for an additional one year
period beyond the then effective expiration date upon a determination and
resolution of the Board of Directors that the performance of the Employee has
met the requirements and standards of the Board, and that the term of such
Agreement shall be extended.
6. Loyalty; Noncompetition.
(a) The Employee shall devote his full time and attention to the
performance of his employment under this Agreement. During the term of
Employee's employment under this Agreement, the Employee shall not engage in any
business or activity contrary to the business affairs or interests of the Bank.
(b) Nothing contained in this Paragraph 6 shall be deemed to prevent or
limit the right of Employee to invest in the capital stock or other securities
of any business dissimilar from that of the Bank, or, solely as a passive or
minority investor, in any business.
7. Standards. The Employee shall perform his duties under this
Agreement in accordance with such reasonable standards expected of employees
with comparable positions in comparable organizations and as may be established
from time to time by the Board of Directors.
8. Vacation and Sick Leave. At such reasonable times as the Board of
Directors shall in its discretion permit, the Employee shall be entitled,
without loss of pay, to absent himself voluntarily from the performance of his
employment under this Agreement, with all such voluntary absences to count as
vacation time; provided that:
(a) The Employee shall be entitled to annual vacation leave of at least
_________ weeks in accordance with the policies as are periodically established
by the Board of Directors for senior management employees of the Bank.
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(b) The Employee shall not be entitled to receive any additional
compensation from the Bank on account of his failure to take vacation leave and
Employee shall not be entitled to accumulate unused vacation from one fiscal
year to the next, except in either case to the extent authorized by the Board of
Directors for senior management employees of the Bank.
(c) In addition to the aforesaid paid vacations, the Employee shall be
entitled without loss of pay, to absent himself voluntarily from the performance
of his employment with the Bank for such additional periods of time and for such
valid and legitimate reasons as the Board of Directors in its discretion may
determine. Further, the Board of Directors shall be entitled to grant to the
Employee a leave or leaves of absence with or without pay at such time or times
and upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors in its discretion
may determine.
(d) In addition, the Employee shall be entitled to an annual sick leave
benefit as established by the Board of Directors for senior management employees
of the Bank. In the event that any sick leave benefit shall not have been used
during any year, such leave shall accrue to subsequent years only to the extent
authorized by the Board of Directors for employees of the Bank.
9. Termination and Termination Pay.
The Employee's employment under this Agreement shall be terminated upon
any of the following occurrences:
(a) The death of the Employee during the term of this Agreement, in
which event the Employee's estate shall be entitled to receive the compensation
due the Employee through the later of the last day of the calendar year in which
Employee's death shall have occurred or six months after his death.
(b) The Board of Directors may terminate the Employee's employment at
any time, but any termination by the Board of Directors other than termination
for Just Cause, shall not prejudice the Employee's right to all compensation and
all other benefits under the Agreement. The Employee shall have no right to
receive compensation or other benefits for any period after termination for Just
Cause. Termination for "Just Cause" shall include termination because of the
Employee's 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 the Agreement.
(c) Except as provided pursuant to Section 12 herein, in the event
Employee's employment under this Agreement is terminated by the Board of
Directors without Just Cause, the Bank shall be obligated to continue to pay the
Employee the salary provided pursuant to Section 2 herein, up to the date of
termination of the term (including any renewal term) of this Agreement and the
cost of
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Employee obtaining all health, life, disability, and other benefits which the
Employee would be eligible to participate in through such date based upon the
benefit levels substantially equal to those being provided Employee at the date
of termination of employment.
(d) If the Employee is removed and/or permanently prohibited from
participating in the conduct of the Bank's affairs by an order issued under
Sections 8(e)(4) or 8(g)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ("FDIA") (12
U.S.C. 1818(e)(4) and (g)(1)), all obligations of the Bank under this Agreement
shall terminate, as of the effective date of the order, but the vested rights of
the parties shall not be affected.
(e) If the Bank is in default (as defined in Section 3(x)(1) of FDIA)
all obligations under this Agreement shall terminate as of the date of default,
but this paragraph shall not affect any vested rights of the contracting
parties.
(f) All obligations under this Agreement shall be terminated, except to
the extent determined that continuation of this Agreement is necessary for the
continued operation of the Bank: (i) by the Director of the Office of Thrift
Supervision ("Director of OTS"), or his or her designee, at the time that the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") or the Resolution Trust
Corporation enters into an agreement to provide assistance to or on behalf of
the Bank under the authority contained in Section 13(c) of FDIA; or (ii) by the
Director of the OTS, or his or her designee, at the time that the Director of
the OTS, or his or 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. Any rights of the
parties that have already vested, however, shall not be affected by such action.
(g) The voluntary termination by the Employee during the term of this
Agreement with the delivery of no less than 60 days written notice to the Board
of Directors, other than pursuant to Section 12(b), in which case the Employee
shall be entitled to receive only the compensation, vested rights, and all
employee benefits up to the date of such termination.
(h) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any payments made
to the Employee pursuant to the Agreement, or otherwise, shall be subject to and
conditioned upon compliance with 12 USC ss.1828(k) and any regulations
promulgated thereunder.
10. Suspension of Employment. If the Employee is suspended and/or
temporarily prohibited from participating in the conduct of the Bank's affairs
by a notice served under Section 8(e)(3) or (g)(1) of the FDIA (12 U.S.C.
1818(e)(3) and (g)(1)), the Bank's obligations under the Agreement shall be
suspended as of the date of service, unless stayed by appropriate proceedings.
If the charges in the notice are dismissed, the Bank shall, (i) pay the Employee
all or part of the compensation withheld while its
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contract obligations were suspended and (ii) reinstate any of its obligations
which were suspended.
11. Disability. If the Employee shall become disabled or incapacitated
to the extent that he is unable to perform his duties hereunder, by reason of
medically determinable physical or mental impairment, as determined by a doctor
engaged by the Board of Directors, Employee shall nevertheless continue to
receive the compensation and benefits provided under the terms of this Agreement
as follows: 100% of such compensation and benefits for a period of 12 months,
but not exceeding the remaining term of the Agreement, and 80% thereafter for
the remainder of the term of the Agreement. Such benefits noted herein shall be
reduced by any benefits otherwise provided to the Employee during such period
under the provisions of disability insurance coverage in effect for Bank
employees. Thereafter, Employee shall be eligible to receive benefits provided
by the Bank under the provisions of disability insurance coverage in effect for
Bank employees. Upon returning to active full-time employment, the Employee's
full compensation as set forth in this Agreement shall be reinstated as of the
date of commencement of such activities. In the event that the Employee returns
to active employment on other than a full-time basis, then his compensation (as
set forth in Paragraph 2 of this Agreement) shall be reduced in proportion to
the time spent in said employment, or as shall otherwise be agreed to by the
parties.
12. Change in Control.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, in the event
of the involuntary termination of Employee's employment under this Agreement,
absent Just Cause, in connection with, or within twelve (12) months after, any
change in control of the Bank, Employee shall be paid an amount equal to the
product of 2.99 times the Employee's "base amount" as defined in Section
280G(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") and
regulations promulgated thereunder. Said sum shall be paid, at the option of
Employee, either in one (1) lump sum within thirty (30) days of such termination
discounted to the present value of such payment using as the discount rate the
"prime rate" as published in the Wall Street Journal Eastern Edition as of the
date of such payment, or in periodic payments over the next 36 months or the
remaining term of this Agreement whichever is less, as if Employee's employment
had not been terminated, and such payments shall be in lieu of any other future
payments which the Employee would be otherwise entitled to receive under Section
9 of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the forgoing, all sums payable hereunder
shall be reduced in such manner and to such extent so that no such payments made
hereunder when aggregated with all other payments to be made to the Employee by
the Bank shall be deemed an "excess parachute payment" in accordance with
Section 280G of the Code and be subject to the excise tax provided at Section
4999(a) of the Code. The term "control" shall refer to the ownership, holding or
power to vote more than 25% of the Bank's outstanding voting stock by any person
other than the MHC, the control of the election of a majority of the Bank's
directors, or the exercise of
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a controlling influence over the management or policies of the Bank by any
person or by persons acting as a group within the meaning of Section 13(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"). The term "control" shall
also refer to the control of proxies by any person, other than the Board of
Directors of the MHC, to direct more than 25% of the outstanding votes of the
MHC, the control of the election of a majority of the MHC's directors, or the
exercise of a controlling influence over the management or policies of the MHC
by any person or by persons acting as a group within the meaning of Section
13(d) of the Exchange Act. The term "person" means an individual other than the
Employee, or a corporation, partnership, trust, association, joint venture,
pool, syndicate, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization or any other
form of entity not specifically listed herein.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, Employee may voluntary terminate his employment under this Agreement
within twelve (12) months following a change in control of the Bank, and
Employee shall thereupon be entitled to receive the payment described in Section
12(a) of this Agreement, upon the occurrence, or within six (6) months
thereafter, of any of the following events, which have not been consented to in
advance by the Employee in writing: (i) if Employee would be required to move
his personal residence or perform his principal executive functions more than
thirty-five (35) miles from the Employee's primary office as of the signing of
this Agreement; (ii) if in the organizational structure of the Bank or the MHC,
Employee would be required to report to a person or persons other than the
President, Chairman of the Board and Board of Directors of the Bank or a holding
company of the Bank; (iii) if the Bank should fail to maintain existing employee
benefits plans, including material fringe benefit, stock option and retirement
plans; (iv) if Employee would be assigned duties and responsibilities other than
those normally associated with his position as referenced at Section 1, herein;
(v) if Employee would not be elected or reelected to the Board of Directors of
the Bank or the MHC or any other holding company of the Bank; (vi) if Employee's
responsibilities or authority have in any way been materially diminished or
reduced; (vii) if the OTS, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"),
Resolution Trust Corporation ("RTC") or any other department, agency or quasi-
agency of the federal government cause or bring about, without the consent of
the Bank and the MHC, a change in the corporate structure or organization of the
Bank and/or the MHC or (viii) the OTS, FDIC, RTC or any other agency or
quasi-agency of the federal government cause or bring about, without the consent
of the Bank and the MHC, a distribution of retained earnings or proceeds from
the sale of securities to depositors, borrowers, any government agency or
organization or civic or charitable organization.
(c) Arbitration. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to
this Agreement, or the breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration in
accordance with the rules then in effect of the district office of the American
Arbitration Bank ("AAA") nearest to the home office of the Bank, and judgment
upon the award
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rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof, except to the
extend that the parties may otherwise reach a mutual settlement of such issue.
The Bank shall incur the cost of all fees and expenses associated with filing a
request for arbitration with the AAA, whether such filing is made on behalf of
the Bank or the Employee, and the costs and administrative fees associated with
employing the arbitrator and related administrative expenses assessed by the
AAA. The Bank shall reimburse Employee for all costs and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from such dispute, proceedings or actions,
notwithstanding the ultimate outcome thereof, following the delivery of the
decision of the arbitrator or upon delivery of other legal judgment or
settlement of the matter. Such reimbursement shall be paid within ten (10) days
of Employee furnishing to the Bank evidence, which may be in the form, among
other things, of a canceled check or receipt, of any costs or expenses incurred
by Employee. Any such request for reimbursement by Employee shall be made no
more frequently than at sixty (60) day intervals.
13. Successors and Assigns.
(a) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
any corporate or other successor of the Bank or MHC which shall acquire,
directly or indirectly, by merger, consolidation, purchase or otherwise, all or
substantially all of the assets or stock of the Bank or the MHC.
(b) Since the Bank is contracting for the unique and personal skills of
the Employee, the Employee shall be precluded from assigning or delegating his
rights or duties hereunder without first obtaining the written consent of the
Bank.
14. Amendments. No amendments or additions to this Agreement shall be
binding upon the parties hereto unless made in writing and signed by both
parties, except as herein otherwise specifically provided.
15. Applicable Law. This agreement shall be governed by all respects
whether as to validity, construction, capacity, performance or otherwise, by the
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, except to the extent that Federal law
shall be deemed to apply.
16. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof.
17. Entire Agreement. This Agreement together with any understanding or
modifications thereof as agreed to in writing by the parties, shall constitute
the entire agreement between the parties hereto.
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