THE JUNIATA VALLEY BANK SALARY CONTINUATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.18 Salary Continuation Agreement with ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, as amended
THE JUNIATA VALLEY BANK
SALARY CONTINUATION AGREEMENT
SALARY CONTINUATION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made this 27th day of August, 2001, by and between THE JUNIATA VALLEY
BANK, a state-chartered bank located in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania (the “Bank”)
and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (the “Executive”), intending to be legally bound hereby.
INTRODUCTION
To encourage the Executive to remain an employee of the Bank, the Bank is willing to provide
salary continuation benefits to the Executive. The Bank will pay the benefits from its general
assets.
AGREEMENT
The Executive and the Bank agree as follows:
Article 1
Definitions
Definitions
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings
specified:
1.1 “Change in Control” means any of the following:
(A) any person (as such term is used in Sections 13d and 14d-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), other than the Corporation, a
subsidiary of the Corporation, an employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Corporation
or a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Corporation, or Affiliates of the Corporation (as
defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act), becomes the beneficial owner (as determined
pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the
Corporation representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then
outstanding securities (other than a person owning 10% or more of the voting power of stock on
the date hereof); or
(B) the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or the occurrence of, or execution
of an agreement providing for a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Corporation to an entity which is not a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Corporation; or
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(C) the occurrence of, or execution of an agreement providing for a reorganization,
merger, consolidation or other similar transaction or connected series of transactions of the
Corporation as a result of which either (a) the Corporation does not survive or (b) pursuant
to which shares of the Corporation common stock (“Common Stock”) would be converted into cash,
securities or other property, unless, in case of either (a) or (b), the holders of the
Corporation Common Stock immediately prior to such transaction will, following the
consummation of the transaction, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of
the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally
in the election of directors of the corporation surviving, continuing or resulting from such
transaction; or
(D) the occurrence of, or execution of an agreement providing for a reorganization,
merger, consolidation or similar transaction of the Corporation, or before any connected
series of such transactions, if upon consummation of such transaction or transactions, the
persons who are members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation immediately before such
transaction or transactions cease or, in the case of the execution of an agreement for such
transaction or transactions, it is contemplated in such agreement that upon consummation such
persons would cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or,
in the case where the Corporation does not survive in such transaction, of the corporation
surviving, continuing or resulting from such transaction or transactions; or
(E) any other event which is at any time designated as a “Change in Control” for purposes
of this Agreement by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation with
the affirmative vote of a majority of the non-employee directors in office at the time the
resolution is adopted; in the event any such resolution is adopted, the Change in Control
event specified thereby shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference and thereafter may
not be amended, modified or revoked without the written agreement of the Executive; or
(F) during any period of two consecutive years during the term of this Agreement,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Bank
or Corporation cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the
election of each director who was not a director at the beginning of such period has been
approved in advance by directors representing at least two-thirds of the directors then in
office who were directors at the beginning of the period, provided however this provision
shall not apply in the event two-thirds of the Board of Directors at the beginning of a period
no longer are directors due to death, normal retirement, or other circumstances not related to
a Change in Control.
Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, if (i) an agreement
is executed by the Corporation providing for any of the transactions or events constituting a
Change in Control as defined herein, and the agreement subsequently expires or is terminated
without the transaction or event being consummated, and (ii) Executive’s
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employment did not
terminate during the period after the agreement and prior to such expiration or termination, for
purposes of this Agreement it shall be as though such agreement was never executed and no Change in
Control event shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of the execution of such agreement.
1.2 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.3 “Corporation” means The Juniata Valley Financial Corp.
1.4 “Disability” means the Executive suffering a sickness, accident or injury which, in the
judgment of a physician satisfactory to the Bank, permanently prevents the Executive from
performing substantially all of the Executive’s normal duties for the Bank. As a condition to any
benefits, the Bank may require the Executive to submit to such physical or mental evaluations and
tests as the Bank’s Board of Directors deems appropriate.
1.5 “Early Retirement Age” means the earlier of : (1) the date the Executive reaches age 55 or
older with 20 or more Years of Service, or (2) age 62.
1.6 “Early Retirement Date” means the month, day and year in which Early Retirement occurs.
1.7 “Early Termination” means the Termination of Employment before Normal Retirement Age for
reasons other than death, Disability, Termination for Cause or following a Change in Control.
1.8 “Early Termination Date” means the month, day and year in which Early Termination occurs.
1.9 “Effective Date” means February 1, 2001.
1.10 “Normal Retirement Age” means the Executive’s 65th birthday.
1.11 “Normal Retirement Date” means the later of the Normal Retirement Age or Termination of
Employment.
1.12 “Plan Year” means each twelve-month period commencing with the Effective Date of this
Agreement.
1.13 “Termination for Cause” See Section 5.2.
1.14 “Termination of Employment” means that the Executive ceases to be employed by the
Corporation or any of its subsidiaries for any reason whatsoever other than by reason of a
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leave of
absence which is approved by the Bank. For purposes of this Agreement, if there is a dispute over
the employment status of the Executive or the date of the Executive’s Termination of Employment,
the Bank shall have the sole and absolute right to decide the dispute.
1.15 “Years of Service” means the total number of continuous years of employment with the
Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, inclusive of any years of employment with Lewistown Trust
Company and inclusive of any approved leaves of absences.
Article 2
Lifetime Benefits
Lifetime Benefits
2.1 Annual Normal Retirement Benefit. Upon Termination of Employment on or after the Normal
Retirement Age for reasons other than death, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit
described in this Section 2.1 in lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement.
2.1.1 Amount of Benefit. The Annual Normal Retirement Benefit under this Section 2.1 is
$30,000 (thirty thousand dollars). The Bank may increase the annual benefit under this
Section 2.1 at the sole and absolute discretion of the Bank’s Board of Directors. Any
increase in the annual benefit shall require the recalculation of all the amounts on Schedule
A attached hereto. The annual benefit amounts on Schedule A are calculated by amortizing the
annual normal retirement benefit using the interest method of accounting, an 8.00% discount
rate, monthly compounding and monthly payments.
2.1.2 Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the Executive in 12
equal monthly installments payable on the first day of each month commencing with the month
following the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date and continuing for 179 additional months.
2.1.3 Benefit Increases. Commencing on the first anniversary of the first benefit
payment, and continuing on each subsequent anniversary, the Bank’s Board of Directors, in its
sole discretion, may increase the benefit.
2.2 Early Retirement Annual Benefit. Upon Termination of Employment on or after Early
Retirement Age, but before Normal Retirement Age, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit
described in this Section 2.2 in lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement.
2.2.1 Amount of Benefit. The benefit under this Section 2.2 is the Early Retirement
Annual Benefit amount set forth in Schedule A for the Plan Year ended immediately prior to the
Early Retirement Date.
2.2.2 Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the Executive in 12
equal monthly installments payable on the first day of each month commencing with
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the month
following the Early Retirement Date and continuing for 179 additional months.
2.2.3 Benefit Increases. Benefit payments may be increased as provided in Section 2.1.3.
2.3 Early Termination Benefit. If the Executive terminates employment prior to Early
Retirement Age, the Executive will not be entitled to a benefit under this Agreement. However, the
Bank’s Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may provide a benefit to the Executive upon
Early Termination.
2.4 Disability Annual Benefit. If the Executive terminates employment due to Disability prior
to Normal Retirement Age, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section
2.4 in lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement.
2.4.1 Amount of Benefit. The benefit under this Section 2.4 is the Disability Annual
Benefit amount set forth in Schedule A for the Plan Year ended immediately prior to the date
in which Termination of Employment occurs.
2.4.2 Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit amount to the Executive
in 12 equal monthly installments payable on the first day of each month commencing with the
month following Normal Retirement Age and continuing for 179 additional months.
2.4.3 Benefit Increases. Benefit payments may be increased as provided in Section 2.1.3.
2.5 Change in Control Annual Benefit. If the Executive is in the active service of the Bank
at the time of a Change in Control, and does not resign his employment with the Bank prior to the
consummation of the transaction which constitutes the Change in Control, the Bank shall pay to the
Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.5 in lieu of any other benefit under this
Agreement.
2.5.1 Amount of Benefit. The benefit is the Change in Control Annual Benefit amount set
forth in Schedule A for the Plan Year ended immediately prior to the Plan Year in which the
Termination of Employment occurs.
2.5.2 Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit amount to the Executive
in 12 equal monthly installments payable on the first day of each month commencing with the
month following the Termination of Employment and continuing for 179 additional months.
2.5.3 Benefit Increases. Benefit payments may be increased as provided in Section 2.1.3.
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Article 3
Death Benefits
Death Benefits
3.1 Death During Active Service. If the Executive dies while in the active service of the
Bank, the Bank shall pay to the Executive’s beneficiary the benefit described in this Section 3.1.
This benefit shall be paid in lieu of the Lifetime Benefits of Article 2.
3.1.1 Amount of Benefit. The amount of Annual Death Benefit under this Section 3.1 is
set forth on Schedule A.
3.1.2 Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the beneficiary in 12
equal monthly installments payable on the first day of each month commencing with the month
following the Executive’s death and continuing for 179 additional months.
3.2 Death During Lifetime Benefit Period. If the Executive dies after the Bank has commenced
paying any of the Lifetime Benefits described in Article 2 of this Agreement but before all such
payments have been made, the Bank shall pay the remaining benefits to the Executive’s beneficiary
at the same time and in the same amounts they would have been paid to the Executive had the
Executive survived.
3.3 Death Following Termination of Employment But Before Benefits Commence. If the Executive
is entitled to Lifetime Benefits under this Agreement, but dies before the Bank has commenced
paying any of the Lifetime Benefits described in Article 2 of this Agreement, the Bank shall pay to
the Executive’s beneficiary the same benefits, in the same manner, they would have been paid to the
Executive had the Executive survived; however, said benefit payments will commence upon the
Executive’s death.
Article 4
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
4.1 Beneficiary Designations. The Executive shall designate a beneficiary by filing a written
designation with the Bank. The Executive may revoke or modify the designation at any time by
filing a new designation. However, designations and revocation or modifications of designations
shall only be effective if they are filed with the Bank as a written document, signed by the
Executive and accepted by the Bank during the Executive’s lifetime. The Executive’s beneficiary
designation shall be deemed automatically revoked if the beneficiary predeceases the Executive, or
if the Executive names a spouse as beneficiary and the marriage is subsequently dissolved. If the
Executive dies without a valid beneficiary designation, all payments shall be made to the
Executive’s estate.
4.2 Facility of Payment. If a benefit is payable to a minor, to a person declared
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incapacitated, or to a person incapable of handling the disposition of his or her property, the
Bank may pay such benefit to the guardian, legal representative or person having the care or
custody of such minor, incapacitated person or incapable person. The Bank may require proof of
incapacity, minority or guardianship as it may deem appropriate prior to distribution of the
benefit. Such distribution shall completely discharge the Bank from all liability with respect to
such benefit.
Article 5
General Limitations
General Limitations
5.1 Excess Parachute or Golden Parachute Payment. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, the Bank shall not pay any benefit under this Agreement to the extent
the benefit would be an excess parachute payment under Section 280G of the Code or would be a
prohibited golden parachute payment pursuant to 12 C.F.R. §359.2 and for which the appropriate
federal banking agency has not given written consent to pay pursuant to 12 C.F.R. §359.4.
5.2 Termination for Cause. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary,
the Bank shall not pay any benefit under this Agreement, if the Bank terminates the Executive’s
employment for:
5.2.1 Gross negligence or gross neglect of duties;
5.2.2 Commission of a felony or of a gross misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; or
5.2.3 Fraud, disloyalty, dishonesty or willful violation of any law or significant Bank
policy committed in connection with the Executive’s employment and resulting in an adverse
effect on the Bank.
5.3 Removal. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Bank shall
not pay any benefit under this Agreement if the Executive is subject to a final removal or
prohibition order issued by an appropriate federal banking agency pursuant to Section 8(e) of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
5.4 Competition. No benefits shall be payable if the Executive, without the prior written
consent of the Bank, violates the following described restrictive covenants.
5.4.1 Non-compete Provision. The Executive shall not, for the term of this Agreement
and until all benefits have been distributed, directly or indirectly, either as an individual
or as a proprietor, stockholder, partner, officer, director, employee, agent, consultant or
independent contractor of any individual, partnership, corporation or other entity (excluding
an ownership interest of one percent (1%) or less in the stock of a publicly traded company):
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| (i) | become employed by, participate in, or be connected in any manner with the ownership, management, operation or control of any bank, savings and loan or any financial institution, as that term is defined in the ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 1999, Pub. L. 106-102, that has its main office, a branch office, or conducts any business within a forty (40) mile radius of Mifflintown, Pennsylvania; or | ||
| (ii) | participate in any way in hiring or otherwise engaging, or assisting any other person or entity in hiring or otherwise engaging, on a temporary, part-time or permanent basis, any individual who was employed by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries during the three (3) year period immediately prior to the termination of the Executive’s employment; or | ||
| (iii) | assist, advise, or serve in any capacity, representative or otherwise, any third party in any action against the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or transaction involving the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries; or | ||
| (iv) | sell, offer to sell, provide banking or other financial services, assist any other person in selling or providing banking or other financial services, or solicit or otherwise compete for, either directly or indirectly, any orders, contract, or accounts for services of a kind or nature like or substantially similar to the services performed or products sold by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries (the preceding hereinafter referred to as “Services”), to or from any person or entity from whom the Executive or the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries provided banking or other financial services, sold, offered to sell or solicited orders, contracts or accounts for Services during the three (3) year period immediately prior to the termination of the Executive’s employment; or | ||
| (v) | divulge, disclose, or communicate to others in any manner whatsoever, any confidential information of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, the names and addresses of customers of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, as they may have existed from time to time or of any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ prospective customers, work performed or services rendered for any customer, any method and/or procedures relating to projects or other work developed for the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, earnings or other information concerning the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries. The restrictions contained in this subparagraph (v) apply to all information regarding the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless and until it becomes known to the general public from sources other than the Executive. |
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5.4.2 Judicial Remedies. In the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Executive
of any provision of these restrictions, the Executive recognizes the substantial and immediate
harm that a breach or threatened breach will impose upon the Corporation or any of its
subsidiaries, and further recognizes that in such event monetary damages may be inadequate to
fully protect the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries. Accordingly, in the event of a
breach or threatened breach of this Agreement, the Executive consents to the Corporation’s or
any of its subsidiaries’ entitlement to such ex parte, preliminary,
interlocutory, temporary or permanent injunctive, or any other equitable relief, protecting
and fully enforcing the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ rights hereunder and
preventing the Executive from further breaching any of his or her obligations set forth
herein. The Executive expressly waives any requirement, based on any statute, rule of
procedure, or other source, that the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries post a bond as a
condition of obtaining any of the above-described remedies. Nothing herein shall be construed
as prohibiting the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries from pursuing any other remedies
available to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries at law or in equity for such breach or
threatened breach, including the recovery of damages from the Executive. The Executive
expressly acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the restrictions set forth in Section 5.4.1 are
reasonable, in terms of scope, duration, geographic area, and otherwise, (ii) the protections
afforded the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries in Section 5.4.1 are necessary to protect
its legitimate business interest, (iii) the restrictions set forth in Section 5.4.1 will not
be materially adverse to the Executive’s employment with the Bank, and (iv) his or her
agreement to observe such restrictions forms a material part of the consideration for this
Agreement.
5.4.3 Overbreadth of Restrictive Covenant. It is the intention of the parties that if
any restrictive covenant in this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be overly broad, then the court should enforce such restrictive covenant to the maximum
extent permitted under the law as to area, breadth and duration.
5.4.4 The non-compete provision detailed in Section 5.4.1 shall not be enforceable
following a Change in Control.
5.5 Suicide or Misstatement. No benefits shall be payable if the Executive commits suicide
within two years after the date of this Agreement, or if the insurance company denies coverage for
material misstatements of fact made by the Executive on any application for life insurance
purchased by the Bank, or any other reason; provided, however that the Bank shall evaluate the
reason for the denial, and upon advice of legal counsel and in its sole discretion, consider
judicially challenging any denial. The Bank shall have no liability to the Executive for any
denial of coverage by the insurance company.
Article 6
Claims Procedure
Claims Procedure
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Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or under this agreement or its performance
shall first be negotiated by the parties, and if an acceptable resolution does not result, shall be
submitted to arbitration which shall be exclusive, final, binding and conducted in accordance with
the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (''AAA’’). Each party
shall bear the fees and expenses of its counsel and witnesses, and the cost of the arbitration
shall be borne as set forth in the award, or in the absence of an award or a specific determination
by the arbitrator or agreement of the parties, shall be borne equally by the parties. At any time
before the arbitrator has served upon the parties a written award, the parties may resolve the
dispute by settlement, whereupon they shall direct the arbitrator to cease his or her deliberations
and render a final accounting of fees and expenses to be paid by the parties in accordance with the
foregoing. Any decision of the arbitrator may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent
jurisdiction and may be enforced as such in accordance with the provisions of the award. This
agreement to arbitrate shall be specifically enforceable by the parties, and they confirm that they
intend that all disputes, controversies or claims of any kind shall be arbitrated. Arbitration
proceedings shall be held in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, or in such other locale on which the
parties may mutually agree.
Article 7
Amendments and Termination
Amendments and Termination
This Agreement may be amended or terminated only by a written agreement signed by the Bank and
the Executive, except as provided in Article 5.
Article 8
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
8.1 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall bind the Executive and the Bank, and their
successors, beneficiaries, survivors, executors, successors, administrators and transferees.
8.2 No Guarantee of Employment. This Agreement is not an employment policy or contract. It
does not give the Executive the right to remain an employee of the Bank, nor does it interfere with
the Bank’s right to discharge the Executive. It also does not require the Executive to remain an
employee nor interfere with the Executive’s right to terminate employment at any time.
8.3 Non-Transferability. Benefits under this Agreement cannot be sold, transferred, assigned,
pledged, attached or encumbered in any manner.
8.4 Tax Withholding. The Bank shall withhold any taxes that are required to be withheld from
the benefits provided under this Agreement.
8.5 Applicable Law. The Agreement and all rights hereunder shall be governed by the
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laws of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, except to the extent preempted by the laws of the United States
of America.
8.6 Reorganization. The Bank shall not merge or consolidate into or with another company, or
reorganize, or sell substantially all of its assets to another company, firm or person unless such
succeeding or continuing company, firm or person agrees to assume and discharge the obligations of
the Bank.
8.7 Unfunded Arrangement. The Executive and beneficiary are general unsecured creditors of
the Bank for the payment of benefits under this Agreement. The benefits represent the mere promise
by the Bank to pay such benefits. The rights to benefits are not subject in any manner to
anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment, or
garnishment by creditors. Any insurance on the Executive’s life is a general asset of the Bank to
which the Executive and beneficiary have no preferred or secured claim.
8.8 Recovery of Estate Taxes. If the Executive’s gross estate for federal estate tax purposes
includes any amount determined by reference to and on account of this Agreement, and if the
beneficiary is other than the Executive’s estate, then the Executive’s estate shall be entitled to
recover from the beneficiary receiving such benefit under the terms of the Agreement, an amount by
which the total estate tax due by the Executive’s estate, exceeds the total estate tax which would
have been payable if the value of such benefit had not been included in the Executive’s gross
estate. If there is more than one person receiving such benefit, the right of recovery shall be
against each such person. In the event the beneficiary has a liability hereunder, the beneficiary
may petition the Bank for a lump sum payment in an amount not to exceed the beneficiary’s liability
hereunder.
8.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Bank and
the Executive as to the subject matter hereof. No rights are granted to the Executive by virtue of
this Agreement other than those specifically set forth herein. This Agreement does not supersede
the Employment Agreement between the Executive and the Bank dated .
8.10 Administration. The Bank shall have powers which are necessary to administer this
Agreement, including but not limited to:
8.10.1 Interpreting the provisions of the Agreement;
8.10.2 Establishing and revising the method of accounting for the Agreement;
8.10.3 Maintaining a record of benefit payments; and
8.10.4 Establishing rules and prescribing any forms necessary or desirable to administer
the Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive and a duly authorized Bank officer have signed this
Agreement.
EXECUTIVE:
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| Title | Chairman |
By execution hereof, The Juniata Valley Financial Corp. consents to and agrees to be bound by
the terms and condition of this Agreement.
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| THE JUNIATA VALLEY FINANCIAL CORP. | ||||||||
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BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION
THE JUNIATA VALLEY BANK
SALARY CONTINUATION AGREEMENT
SALARY CONTINUATION AGREEMENT
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I designate the following as beneficiary of any death benefits under the Salary Continuation
Agreement:
Primary: |
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Contingent: |
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| Note: | To name a trust as beneficiary, please provide the name of the trustee(s) and the exact name and date of the trust agreement. |
I understand that I may change these beneficiary designations by filing a new written designation
with the Bank. I further understand that the designations will be automatically revoked if the
beneficiary predeceases me, or, if I have named my spouse as beneficiary, in the event of the
dissolution of our marriage.
Signature ______________________________
Date __________________________________
Accepted by the Bank this ___day of , 2001.
By ____________________________________
Title __________________________________
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THIS AMENDMENT is adopted this 15th day of October 2002, by and between THE JUNIATA
VALLEY BANK, a state-chartered commercial bank located in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania (the ”Company”)
and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (the “Executive”), amending THE JUNIATA VALLEY BANK SALARY CONTINUATION
AGREEMENT dated August 27, 2001, between the Company and the Executive (the “Agreement”).
The undersigned hereby amend, in part, said Agreement to update the Disability definition and
Claims and Review provisions pursuant to ERISA regulatory changes. Therefore, the following
sections shall be amended:
Section 1.4 of the Agreement shall be replaced by Section 1.4 below.
| 1.4 | “Disability” means the Executive suffering a sickness, accident or injury which has been determined by the carrier of any individual or group disability insurance policy covering the Executive, or by the Social Security Administration, to be a disability rendering the Executive totally and permanently disabled. The Executive must submit proof to the company of the carrier’s or Social Security Administration’s determination upon the request of the Company. |
Article 6 of the Agreement shall be replaced by Article 6 below.
| 6.1 | Claims Procedure. Any person or entity who has not received benefits under this Agreement that he or she believes should be paid (“claimant”) shall make a claim for such benefits as follows: |
| 6.1.1 | Initiation – Written Claim. The claimant initiates a claim by submitting to the Company a written claim for the benefits. | ||
| 6.1.2 | Timing of Company Response. The Company shall respond to such claimant within 90 days after receiving the claim. If the Company determines that special circumstances require additional time for processing the claim, the Company can extend the response period by an additional 90 days by notifying the claimant in writing, prior to the end of the initial 90-day period, that an additional period is required. The notice of extension must set forth the special circumstances and the date by which the Company expects to render its decision. | ||
| 6.1.3 | Notice of Decision. If the Company denies part or all of the claim, the Company shall notify the claimant in writing of such denial. The Company |
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| shall write the notification in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant. The notification shall set forth: |
| (a) | The specific reasons for the denial, | ||
| (b) | A reference to the specific provisions of the Agreement on which the denial is based, | ||
| (c) | A description of any additional information or material necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why it is needed, | ||
| (d) | An explanation of the Agreement’s review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures, and | ||
| (e) | A statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action under ERISA Section 502(a) following an adverse benefit determination on review. |
| 6.2 | Review Procedure. If the Company denies part or all of the claim, the claimant shall the opportunity for a full and fair review by the Company of the denial, as follows: |
| 6.2.1 | Initiation – Written Request. To initiate the review, the claimant, within 60 days after receiving the Company’s notice of denial, must file with the Company, a written request for review. | ||
| 6.2.2 | Additional Submissions – Information Access. The claimant shall then have the opportunity to submit written comments, documents, records and other information relating to the claim. The Company shall also provide the claimant, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant (as defined in applicable ERISA regulations) to the claimant’s claim for benefits. | ||
| 6.2.3 | Considerations on Review. In considering the review, the Company shall take into account all materials and information the claimant submits relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination. | ||
| 6.2.4 | Timing of Company Response. The Company shall respond in writing to such claimant within 60 days after receiving the request for review. If the Company determines that special circumstances require additional time for processing the claim, the Company can extend the response period by an additional 60 days by notifying the claimant in writing, prior to the end of the initial 60-day period, that an additional period is requir4ed. The notice of extension must set forth the special circumstances and the date by which the Company expects to render its decision. | ||
| 6.2.5 | Notice of Decision. The Company shall notify the claimant in writing of its decision on review. The Company shall write the notification in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant. The notification shall set forth: |
| (a) | The specific reasons for the denial, |
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| (b) | A reference to the specific provisions of the Agreement on which the denial is based, | ||
| (c) | A statement that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant (as defined in applicable ERISA regulations) to the claimant’s claim for benefits, and | ||
| (d) | A statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action under ERISA Section 502(a). |
IN WITNESS OF THE ABOVE, the Executive and the Company hereby consent to this First
Amendment.
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