ROEBLING BANK EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT As Amended and Restated

ROEBLING BANK

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

As Amended and Restated

 

THIS AGREEMENT entered into this 15^th day of December, 2008 to be effective January 1, 2009 (“Effective Date”), by and between Roebling Bank, Roebling, New Jersey, a Federal stock savings bank, hereafter (the “Bank”) and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (the “Employee”).

 

WHEREAS, the Employee has heretofore been employed by the Bank as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer 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 between the Bank and the Employee.

 

 

1.         Employment. The Employee is employed in the capacity as the Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Bank. The Employee shall render such administrative and management services to the Bank and to Roebling Financial Corp, Inc. or any successor holding company of the Bank (“Parent”) as are currently rendered and as are customarily performed by persons situated in a similar executive capacity. The Employee shall promote the business of the Bank and Parent. 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 $114,500 per annum (as of June 1, 2008), 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, during the term of this Agreement, the Employee’s dependent family shall be eligible to participate in medical and dental insurance plans sponsored by the Bank with the cost of such additional premiums for the Employee’s family 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 as of June 1, 2009 (“Term”). Unless the Board of Directors of the Bank determines not to renew such Term and gives the Employee not less than sixty days written notice of its intention to not renew such Term, then as of each annual anniversary date from the Effective Date, the Term of this Agreement shall be extended for an additional one year period beyond the then effective expiration date.

 

 

(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 or Parent.

 

(b)       Nothing contained in this Section 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 Parent, 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 in accordance with the policies as are periodically established by the Board of Directors for senior management employees of the Bank, but in no event less than four weeks per year.

 

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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 to the extent authorized by the Board of Directors for senior management employees of the Bank.

 

(c)       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.

 

 

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 last day of the calendar month in which Employee’s death shall have occurred.

 

(b)       The Bank may terminate the Employee’s employment at any time with or without Just Cause within its sole discretion. This Agreement shall not be deemed to give Employee any right to be retained in the employment or service of the Bank, or to interfere with the right of the Bank to terminate the employment of the Employee at any time, but any termination by the Bank other than termination for Just Cause, shall not prejudice the Employee’s right to compensation or 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. The Bank may within its sole discretion, acting in good faith, terminate the Employee for Just Cause and shall notify such Employee accordingly. 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 for the remainder of the Term of the Agreement as provided at Section 5, herein, but in no event for a period of less than six (6) months thereafter, and the cost of Employee obtaining all health, life, disability, and other benefits which the Employee was eligible to participate in as of the last date of employment for a period of 120 days from the date of such termination of employment 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

 

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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”) 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 30 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 §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 may within its discretion (i) pay the Employee all or part of the compensation withheld while its 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 of12 months, but not exceeding the remaining term of the Agreement, and 65% thereafter for the remainder of the term of the Agreement, if applicable. 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

 

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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 Section 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.

 

 

(a)       Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, in the event of the involuntary termination of Employee’s employment during the term of this Agreement following any change in control of the Bank or Parent, absent Just Cause, Employee shall be paid an amount equal to two (2.0) times the total taxable compensation paid to the Employee during the calendar year period ending on the December 31 prior to such Change in Control plus the costs associated with maintaining the benefits participation in effect as of the date of such Change in Control for a period of two years from the date of such termination of employment. Said sum shall be paid in one (1) lump sum within thirty (30) days of such termination of employment, and such payment 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 or the Parent shall be deemed an “excess parachute payment” in accordance with Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and regulations promulgated thereunder, and would be subject to the excise tax provided at Section 4999(a) of the Code. The term “control” or “Change in Control” shall refer to: (i) the sale of all, or a material portion, of the assets of the Bank or Parent; (ii) the merger or recapitalization of the Bank or Parent whereby the Bank or the Parent is not the surviving entity; (iii) a change in control of the Bank or Parent, as otherwise defined or determined by the Office of Thrift Supervision (“OTS”) or regulations promulgated by it; or (iv) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of the beneficial ownership (within the meaning of that term as it is used in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the outstanding voting securities of the Bank or Parent by any person, trust, entity or group other than by Roebling Financial Corp, Inc., the holding company of the Bank. This limitation shall not apply to the purchase of shares by underwriters in connection with a public offering of Parent or Bank stock, or the purchase of shares of up to 25% of any class of securities of the Bank or Parent by a tax-qualified employee stock benefit plan. The term “person” refers to an individual or a corporation, partnership, trust, association, joint venture, pool, syndicate, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein. The provisions of this Section 12(a) shall survive the expiration of this Agreement occurring after a Change in Control.

 

(b)     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, Employee may voluntarily terminate his employment under this Agreement within 24 months following a Change in Control of the Bank or Parent for Good Reason (as defined thereafter) and Employee shall thereupon be entitled to receive the payment and benefits described in Section 12(a) of this Agreement. The Employee must provide written notice to the Bank of the existence of the event or condition constituting such Good Reason within ninety (90) days of the initial occurrence of the event or the condition alleged to constitute “Good Reason.” Upon delivery of such notice by the Employee, the Bank shall have a period of thirty (30) days thereafter during

 

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which it or they may remedy in good faith the condition constituting such Good Reason, and the Employee’s employment shall continue in effect during such time so long as the Bank makes diligent efforts during such time to cure such Good Reason. In the event that the Bank shall remedy in good faith the event or condition constituting Good Reason, then such notice of termination shall be null and void, and the Bank shall not be required to pay the amount due to the Employee under this Section 12(b). The Bank’s remedy of any Good Reason event or condition with or without notice from the Employee shall not relieve the Bank from any obligations to the Employee under this Agreement or otherwise and shall not affect the Employee’s rights upon the reoccurrence of the same, or the occurrence of any other, Good Reason event or condition. The provisions of this Section 12(b) shall survive the expiration of this Agreement occurring after a Change in Control.

 

“Good Reason” shall exist if, without Employee’s express written consent, the Bank materially breaches any of their respective obligations under this Agreement. Without limitation, such a material breach shall be deemed to occur upon the occurrence any of the following:

 

 

(2)   a material diminution in the Employee’s authority, duties, or responsibilities;

 

(3)   a material diminution in the budget over which the Employee retains authority;

 

(4)   a material change in the geographic location of the Employee’s office location; or

 

(5)   any other action or inaction that constitutes a material breach by the Bank of this Agreement.

 

 

(a)       This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon any corporate or other successor of the Bank or Parent 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 Parent.

 

(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 all respects whether as to validity, construction, capacity, performance or otherwise, by the laws of the State of New Jersey, except to the extent that Federal law shall be deemed to apply.

 

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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.       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 Association (“AAA”) nearest to the home office of the Bank, and judgment upon the award 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. Further, the settlement of the dispute to be approved by the Board of the Bank may include a provision for the reimbursement by the Bank to the Employee for all reasonable costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from such dispute, proceedings or actions, or the Board of the Bank or the Parent may authorize such reimbursement of such reasonable costs and expenses by separate action upon a written action and determination of the Board following settlement of the dispute. Such reimbursement shall be paid within ten (10) days of Employee furnishing to the Bank or Parent evidence, which may be in the form, among other things, of a canceled check or receipt, of any costs or expenses incurred by Employee. The provisions of this Section 17 shall survive the expiration of this Agreement.

 

18.       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.

 

 

(a)   This Agreement shall be amended to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder. Prior to such amendment, and notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall be construed in a manner consistent with Section 409A of the Code and the parties shall take such actions as are required to comply in good faith with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code such that payments shall not be made to the Employee at such time if such payments shall subject the Employee to the penalty tax under Code Section 409A, but rather such payments shall be made by the Bank to the Employee at the earliest time permissible thereafter without the Employee having liability for such penalty tax under Section Code 409A.

 

(b)   Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Bank in good faith determines, as of the effective date of Employee’s Termination of Employment that the Employee is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and if the payment under Sections 9(c) or 12 does not qualify as a short-term deferral under Code Section 409A and Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(4) (or any similar or successor provisions), and that an amount (or any portion of an amount) payable to Employee hereunder, is required to be suspended or delayed for six months in order to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, then the Bank will so advise Employee, and any such payment (or the minimum amount thereof) shall be suspended and accrued for six months (“Six-Month Delay”), whereupon such amount or portion thereof shall be paid to Employee in a lump sum on the first day of the seventh month following the effective date of Employee’s Termination of Employment. The

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limitations of this Six-Month Delay shall only be effective if the stock of the Parent or a parent corporation is publicly traded as set forth at Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code.

 

“Specified Employee” means, for an applicable twelve (12) month period beginning on April 1, a key employee (as described in Code Section 416(i), determined without regard to paragraph (5) thereof) during the calendar year ending on the December 31 immediately preceding such April 1.

 

“Termination of Employment” shall have the same meaning as “separation from service”, as that phrase is defined in Section 409A of the Code (taking into account all rules and presumptions provided for in the Section 409A regulations). No separation from service is deemed to occur due to military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of such leave does not exceed six months, or if longer, so long as the Employee’s right to reemployment is provided by law or contract. A leave of absence constitutes a bona fide leave of absence only if there is a reasonable expectation that the Employee will return to perform services for the Bank. If the period of leave exceeds six months and the Employee does not retain a right to reemployment under an applicable statute or by contract, the employment relationship is deemed to terminate on the first date immediately following such six-month period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where a leave of absence is due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than six months, where such impairment causes the Employee to be unable to perform the duties of his position of employment or any substantially similar position of employment, a 29-month period of absence may be substituted for such six-month period.

 

Whether a “Termination of Employment” takes place is determined based on whether the facts and circumstances indicate that the Bank and Employee reasonably anticipated that no further services would be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide services the Employee would perform after such date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) would permanently decrease to no more than 20 percent of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding 36-month period (or the full period of services to the Bank if the Employee has been providing services to the Bank less than 36 months). Facts and circumstances to be considered in making this determination include, but are not limited to, whether the Employee continues to be treated as an employee for other purposes (such as continuation of salary and participation in employee benefit programs), whether similarly situated service providers have been treated consistently, and whether the Employee is permitted, and realistically available, to perform services for other service recipients in the same line of business. The Employee is presumed to have separated from service where the level of bona fide services performed decreases to a level equal to 20 percent or less of the average level of services performed by the Employee during the immediately preceding 36-month period. The Employee will be presumed not to have separated from service where the level of bona fide services performed continues at a level that is a 50 percent or more of the average level of service performed by the Employee during the immediately preceding 36-month period. No presumption applies to a decrease in the level of bona fide services performed to a level that is more than 20 percent and less than 50 percent of the average level of bona fide services performed during the immediately preceding 36-month period. The presumption is rebuttable by

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demonstrating that the Bank and the Employee reasonably anticipated that as of a certain date the level of bona fide services would be reduced permanently to a level less than or equal to 20 percent of the average level of bona fide services provided during the immediately preceding 36-month period or full period of services provided to the Bank if the Employee has been providing services to the Bank for a period of less than 36 months (or that the level of bona fide services would not be so reduced).

 

For periods during which the Employee is on a paid bona fide leave of absence and has not otherwise terminated employment, the Employee is treated as providing bona fide services at a level equal to the level of services that the Employee would have been required to perform to receive the compensation paid with respect to such leave of absence. Periods during which the Employee is on an unpaid bona fide leave of absence and has not otherwise terminated employment are disregarded for purposes of determining the applicable 36-month (or shorter) period).

 

 

(i)      To the maximum extent permitted under Code Section 409A and Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) (or any similar or successor provisions), the Bank will pay the Employee an amount equal to the lesser of two times (1) the maximum amount that may be taken into account under a qualified plan pursuant to Code Section 401(a)(17) for the year in which the Employee’s Termination of Employment occurs, and (2) the sum of the Employee’s annualized compensation based upon the annual rate of pay for services provided to the Bank for the taxable year of the Employee preceding the taxable year of the Employee in which his Termination of Employment occurs (adjusted for any increase during that year that was expected to continue indefinitely if the Employee had not had a Termination of Employment); provided that amounts paid under this Section 19(c) must be paid no later than the last day of the second taxable year of the Employee following the taxable year of the Employee in which occurs the Termination of Employment and such amounts paid will count toward, and will not be in addition to, the total payment amount required to be made to the Employee by the Bank under Sections 9(c) or 12; and

 

(ii)     To the maximum extent permitted under Code Section 409A and Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(9)(v)(D) (or any similar or successor provisions), within ten (10) days of the Termination of Employment, the Bank will pay the Employee an amount equal to the applicable dollar amount under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B) for the year of the Employee’s Termination of Employment; provided that the amount paid under this Section 19(c) will count toward, and will not be in addition to, the total payment amount required to be made to the Employee by the Bank under Sections 9(c) or 12.

 

(d)   To the extent that any reimbursements or in-kind payments are subject to Code Section 409A, then such expenses (other than medical expenses) must be incurred before the last day of the second taxable year following the taxable year in which the termination occurred, provided that any reimbursement for such expenses be paid before the Employee’s third taxable year following the taxable year in which the termination occurred. For medical expenses, to the extent the Agreement entitles the Employee to reimbursement by the Bank of payments of medical expenses incurred and paid by the Employee but not reimbursed by a person other than the Bank and allowable as a deduction under Code Section 213 (disregarding the requirement of

 

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Code Section 213(a) that the deduction is available only to the extent that such expenses exceed 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income), then the reimbursement applies during the period of time during which the Employee would be entitled (or would, but for the Agreement, be entitled) to continuation coverage under a group health plan of the Bank under Code Section 4980B (COBRA) if the Employee elected such coverage and paid the applicable premiums.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the date first hereinabove written.