Exhibit 10.1
UNITED COMMERCIAL BANK
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made effective as of April 17, 1998 by
and among United Commercial Bank (the "Bank"), a federally chartered savings
bank, with its principal administrative office at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, UCBH Holdings, a corporation organized under the
laws of the State of Delaware, the holding company for the Bank (the "Holding
Company"), and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇ ("Executive").
WHEREAS, the Bank wishes to assure itself of the services of Executive
for the period provided in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Executive is willing to serve in the employ of the Bank on a
full-time basis for said period.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained, and upon the other terms and conditions hereinafter provided, the
parties hereby agree as follows:
1. POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
During the period of his employment hereunder, Executive agrees to
serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank. Executive shall
render administrative and management services to the Bank such as are
customarily performed by persons situated in a similar executive capacity.
During said period, Executive also agrees to serve, if elected, as an officer
and director of the Holding Company or any subsidiary of the Bank.
2. TERMS AND DUTIES.
(a) The period of Executive's employment under this Agreement shall be
deemed to have commenced as of the date first above written and shall continue
for a period of thirty-six (36) full calendar months thereafter. Commencing on
the first anniversary date of this Agreement, and continuing on each anniversary
thereafter, the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Bank
("Board") may extend the Agreement an additional year such that the remaining
term of the Agreement shall be thirty-six (36) months unless the Executive
elects not to extend the term of this Agreement by giving written notice in
accordance with Section 8 of this Agreement. The Board will review the Agreement
and Executive's performance annually for purposes of determining whether to
extend the Agreement and the rationale and results thereof shall be included in
the minutes of the Board's meeting. The Board shall give notice to the Executive
as soon as possible after such review as to whether the Agreement is to be
extended.
(b) During the period of Executive's employment hereunder, except for
periods of absence occasioned by illness, reasonable vacation periods, and
reasonable leaves of absence, Executive shall devote substantially all his
business time, attention, skill, and efforts to the faithful performance of his
duties hereunder including activities and services related to the organization,
operation and management of the Bank and participation in community and civic
organizations; provided, however, that, with the approval of the Board, as
evidenced by a resolution of such Board, from time to time, Executive may serve,
or continue to serve, on the boards of directors of, and hold any other offices
or positions in, companies or organizations, which, in such Board's judgment,
will not present any conflict of interest with the Bank, or materially affect
the performance of Executive's duties pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Executive's
employment with the Bank may be terminated by the Bank or the Executive during
the term of this Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
3. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
(a) The Bank shall pay Executive as compensation a salary of $________
per year ("Base Salary"). Base Salary shall include any amounts of compensation
deferred by Executive under any qualified or unqualified plan maintained by the
Bank. Such Base Salary shall be payable bi-weekly. During the period of this
Agreement, Executive's Base Salary shall be reviewed at least annually; the
first such review will be made no later than one year from the date of this
Agreement. Such review shall be conducted by the Board or by a Committee of the
Board, delegated such responsibility by the Board. The Committee or the Board
may increase Executive's Base Salary. Any increase in Base Salary shall become
the "Base Salary" for purposes of this Agreement. In addition to the Base Salary
provided in this Section 3(a), the Bank shall also provide Executive, at no
premium cost to Executive, with all such other benefits as are provided
uniformly to permanent full-time employees of the Bank.
(b) The Executive shall be entitled to participate in any employee
benefit plans, arrangements and perquisites substantially equivalent to those in
which Executive was participating or otherwise deriving benefit from immediately
prior to the beginning of the term of this Agreement, and the Bank will not,
without Executive's prior written consent, make any changes in such plans,
arrangements or perquisites which would materially adversely affect Executive's
rights or benefits thereunder; except to the extent such changes are made
applicable to all Bank employees on a non-discriminatory basis. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Subsection (b), Executive
shall be entitled to participate in or receive benefits under any employee
benefit plans including but not limited to, retirement plans, supplemental
retirement plans, pension plans, profit-sharing plans, health-and-accident
plans, medical coverage or any other employee benefit plan or arrangement made
available by the Bank in the future to its senior executives and key management
employees, subject to and on a basis consistent with the terms, conditions and
overall administration of such plans and arrangements. Nothing paid to the
Executive under any such plan or arrangement will be deemed to be in lieu of
other compensation to which the Executive is entitled under this Agreement.
(c) In addition to the Base Salary provided for by paragraph (a) of
this Section 3 and other compensation provided for by paragraph (b) of this
Section 3, the Bank shall pay or reimburse Executive for all reasonable travel
and other reasonable expenses incurred by Executive performing his obligations
under this Agreement and may provide such additional compensation in such form
and such amounts as the Board may from time to time determine.
4. PAYMENTS TO EXECUTIVE UPON AN EVENT OF TERMINATION.
(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination (as herein defined)
during the Executive's term of employment under this Agreement, the provisions
of this Section shall apply. As used in this Agreement, an "Event of
Termination" shall mean and include any one or more of the following: (i) the
termination by the Bank or the Holding Company of Executive's full-time
employment hereunder for any reason other than a termination governed by Section
5(a) hereof, or Termination for Cause, as defined in Section 7 hereof; (ii)
Executive's resignation from the Bank's employ upon any (A) failure to elect or
reelect or to appoint or reappoint Executive as President and Chief Executive
Officer, unless consented to by the Executive, (B) a material change in
Executive's function, duties, or responsibilities, which change would cause
Executive's position to become one of lesser responsibility, importance, or
scope from the position and attributes thereof described in Section 1, above,
unless consented to by Executive, (C) a relocation of Executive's principal
place of employment by more than 25 miles from its location at the effective
date of this Agreement, unless consented to by the Executive, (D) a material
reduction in the benefits and perquisites to the Executive from those being
provided as of the effective date of this Agreement, unless consented to by the
Executive, (E) a liquidation or dissolution of the Bank or Holding Company, or
(F) breach of this Agreement by the Bank. Upon the occurrence of any event
described in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) or (F), above, Executive shall have
the right to elect to terminate his employment under this Agreement by
resignation upon not less than sixty (60) days prior written notice given within
six full months after the event giving rise to said right to elect.
(b) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination, on the Date of
Termination, as defined in Section 8, the Bank shall be obligated to pay
Executive, or, in the event of his subsequent death, his beneficiary or
beneficiaries, or his estate, as the case may be a sum equal to the sum of: (i)
the amount of the remaining payments that the Executive would have earned if he
had continued his employment with the Bank during the remaining term of this
Agreement at the Executive's Base Salary at the Date of Termination; and (ii)
the amount equal to the annual contributions that would have been made on
Executive's behalf to any employee benefit plans of the Bank or the Holding
Company during the remaining term of this Agreement based on contributions made
(on an annualized basis) at the Date of Termination; provided, however, that any
payments pursuant to this subsection and subsection 4(c) below shall not, in the
aggregate, exceed three times Executive's average annual compensation for the
last three years that Executive has been employed by the Bank or such lesser
number of years in the event that Executive shall have been employed by the Bank
for less than three years. In the event the Bank is not in compliance with its
minimum capital requirements or if such payments pursuant to this subsection (b)
would cause the Bank's capital to be reduced below its minimum regulatory
capital requirements, such payments shall be deferred until such time as the
Bank or successor thereto is in capital compliance. At the election of the
Executive, which election is to be made prior to an Event of Termination, such
payments shall be made in a lump sum as of the Executive's Date of Termination.
In the event that no election is made, payment to Executive will be made on a
monthly basis in approximately equal installments during the remaining term of
the Agreement. Such payments shall not be reduced in the event the Executive
obtains other employment following termination of employment.
(c) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination, the Bank will cause
to be continued life, medical, dental and disability coverage substantially
identical to the coverage maintained by the Bank or the Holding Company for
Executive prior to his termination at no premium cost to the Executive, except
to the extent such coverage may be changed in its application to all Bank or
Holding Company employees. Such coverage shall cease upon the expiration of the
remaining term of this Agreement.
5. CHANGE IN CONTROL.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, a "Change in Control" of the Bank
or Holding Company shall mean an event of a nature that: (i) would be required
to be reported in response to Item 1 of the current report on Form 8-K, as in
effect on the date hereof, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"); or (ii) results in a
Change in Control of the Bank or the Holding Company within the meaning of the
Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, as amended, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and
the Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Office of Thrift Supervision
("OTS") (or its predecessor agency), as in effect on the date hereof (provided,
that in applying the definition of change in control as set forth under the
rules and regulations of the OTS, the Board shall substitute its judgment for
that of the OTS); or (iii) without limitation such a Change in Control shall be
deemed to have occurred at such time as (A) any "person" (as the 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 voting securities of the Bank or the Holding Company representing
25% or more of the Bank's or the Holding Company's outstanding voting securities
or right to acquire such securities except for any voting securities of the Bank
purchased by the Holding Company and any voting securities purchased by any
employee benefit plan of the Bank or the Holding Company, or (B) individuals who
constitute the Board on the date hereof (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any
reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, provided that any person
becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election was approved by
a vote of at least three-quarters of the directors comprising the Incumbent
Board, or whose nomination for election by the Holding Company's stockholders
was approved by the same Nominating Committee serving under an Incumbent Board,
shall be, for purposes of this clause (B), considered as though he were a member
of the Incumbent Board, or (C) a plan of reorganization, merger, consolidation,
sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Bank or the Holding Company
or similar transaction occurs in which the Bank or Holding Company is not the
resulting entity; provided, however, that such an event listed above will be
deemed to have occurred or to have been effectuated upon the receipt of all
required regulatory approvals not including the lapse of any statutory waiting
periods.
(b) If a Change in Control has occurred pursuant to Section 5(a) or the
Board has determined that a Change in Control has occurred, Executive shall be
entitled to the benefits provided in paragraphs (c), and (d) of this Section 5
upon his subsequent termination of employment at any time during the term of
this Agreement due to: (1) Executive's dismissal or (2) Executive's voluntary
resignation following any demotion, loss of title, office or significant
authority or responsibility, material reduction in annual compensation or
benefits or relocation of his principal place of employment by more than 25
miles from its location, unless such termination is because of his death,
permanent disability, or Termination for Cause.
(c) Upon Executive's entitlement to benefits pursuant to Section 5(b),
the Bank shall pay Executive, or in the event of his subsequent death, his
beneficiary or beneficiaries, or his estate, as the case may be, a sum equal to
the greater of: (1) the payments due for the remaining term of the Agreement; or
(2) three (3) times Executive's highest annual compensation paid for the last
three years that the Executive has been employed by the Bank or such lesser
number of years in the event that Executive shall have been employed by the Bank
for less than three years. Such annual compensation shall exclude any bonus but
shall include Base Salary, commissions, contributions on Executive's behalf to
any pension and/or profit sharing plan, severance payments, retirement payments,
directors or committee fees and fringe benefits paid or to be paid to the
Executive in any such year and payment of any expense items without
accountability or business purpose or that do not meet the Internal Revenue
Service requirements for deductibility by the Bank. In the event the Bank is not
in compliance with its minimum capital requirements or if such payments would
cause the Bank's capital to be reduced below its minimum regulatory capital
requirements, such payments shall be deferred until such time as the Bank or
successor thereto is in capital compliance. At the election of the Executive,
which election is to be made prior to a Change in Control, such payment shall be
made in a lump sum as of the Executive's Date of Termination. In the event that
no election is made, payment to the Executive will be made in approximately
equal installments on a monthly basis over a period of thirty-six (36) months
following the Executive's termination. Such payments shall not be reduced in the
event Executive obtains other employment following termination of employment.
(d) Upon the Executive's entitlement to benefits pursuant to Section
5(b), the Bank will cause to be continued life, medical, dental and disability
coverage substantially identical to the coverage maintained by the Bank for
Executive prior to his severance at no premium cost to the Executive, except to
the extent that such coverage may be changed in its application for all Bank
employees on a non-discriminatory basis. Such coverage and payments shall cease
upon the expiration of thirty-six (36) months following the Date of Termination.
6. CHANGE OF CONTROL RELATED PROVISIONS
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5, in no event shall the
aggregate payments or benefits to be made or afforded to Executive under said
paragraphs (the "Termination Benefits") constitute an "excess parachute payment"
under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any
successor thereto, and in order to avoid such a result, Termination Benefits
will be reduced, if necessary, to an amount (the "Non-Triggering Amount"), the
value of which is one dollar ($1.00) less than an amount equal to three (3)
times Executive's "base amount", as determined in accordance with said Section
280G. The allocation of the reduction required hereby among the Termination
Benefits provided by Section 5 shall be determined by Executive.
7. TERMINATION FOR CAUSE.
The term "Termination for Cause" shall mean termination because of an
act or acts of gross misconduct, willful neglect of duties or commission of a
felony or equivalent violation of law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive
shall not be deemed to have been Terminated for Cause unless and until there
shall have been delivered to him a Notice of Termination which shall include a
copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a
majority of the members of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held
for that purpose (after reasonable notice to Executive and an opportunity for
him, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that in the
good faith opinion of the Board, Executive was guilty of conduct justifying
Termination for Cause and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
Executive shall not have the right to receive compensation or other benefits for
any period after the Date of Termination for Cause. During the period beginning
on the date of the Notice of Termination for Cause pursuant to Section 8 hereof
through the Date of Termination for Cause, stock options and related limited
rights granted to Executive under any stock option plan shall be exercisable
only as to those options which have vested as of the Date of Termination for
Cause. At the Date of Termination for Cause, any unvested stock options and
related limited rights and any unvested awards shall become null and void and
shall not be exercisable by or delivered to Executive at any time subsequent to
such Termination for Cause.
8. NOTICE.
(a) Any purported termination by the Bank or by Executive shall be
communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto. For purposes of
this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" shall mean a written notice which
shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon
and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to
provide a basis for termination of Executive's employment under the provision so
indicated.
(b) "Date of Termination" shall mean the date specified in the Notice
of Termination (which, in the case of a Termination for Cause, shall not be less
than thirty days from the date such Notice of Termination is given).
(c) If, within thirty (30) days after any Notice of Termination is
given, the party receiving such Notice of Termination notifies the other party
that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Date of Termination shall
be the date on which the dispute is finally determined, either by mutual written
agreement of the parties, by a binding arbitration award, or by a final
judgment, order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction (the time for
appeal therefrom having expired and no appeal having been perfected) and,
provided further, that the Date of Termination shall be extended by a notice of
dispute only if such notice is given in good faith and the party giving such
notice pursues the resolution of such dispute with reasonable diligence.
Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, in the event the Executive is
terminated for reasons other than Termination for Cause, the Bank will continue
to pay Executive his Base Salary in effect when the notice giving rise to the
dispute was given until the earlier of: (1) the resolution of the dispute in
accordance with this Agreement or (2) the expiration of the remaining term of
this Agreement as determined as of the Date of Termination.
9. POST-TERMINATION OBLIGATIONS.
All payments and benefits to Executive under this Agreement shall be
subject to Executive's compliance with this Section 9 for one (1) full year
after the earlier of the expiration of this Agreement or termination of
Executive's employment with the Bank. Executive shall, upon reasonable notice,
furnish such information and assistance to the Bank as may reasonably be
required by the Bank in connection with any litigation in which it or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates is, or may become, a party.
10. NON-DISCLOSURE OF BANK BUSINESS.
Executive recognizes and acknowledges that the knowledge of the
business activities and plans for business activities of the Bank and affiliates
thereof, as it may exist from time to time, is a valuable, special and unique
asset of the business of the Bank. Executive will not, during or after the term
of his employment, disclose any knowledge of the past, present, planned or
considered business activities of the Bank or affiliates thereof to any person,
firm, corporation, or other entity for any reason or purpose whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive may disclose any knowledge of banking,
financial and/or economic principles, concepts or ideas which are not solely and
exclusively derived from the business plans and activities of the Bank. Further,
Executive may disclose information regarding the business activities of the Bank
to the OTS and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") pursuant to a
formal regulatory request. In the event of a breach or threatened breach by
Executive of the provisions of this Section, the Bank will be entitled to an
injunction restraining Executive from disclosing, in whole or in part, the
knowledge of the past, present, planned or considered business activities of the
Bank or affiliates thereof, or from rendering any services to any person, firm,
corporation, other entity to whom such knowledge, in whole or in part, has been
disclosed or is threatened to be disclosed. Nothing herein will be construed as
prohibiting the Bank from pursuing any other remedies available to the Bank for
such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of damages from
Executive.
11. SOURCE OF PAYMENTS.
(a) All payments provided in this Agreement shall be timely paid in
cash or check from the general funds of the Bank. The Holding Company, however,
unconditionally guarantees payment and provision of all amounts and benefits due
hereunder to Executive and, if such amounts and benefits due from the Bank are
not timely paid or provided by the Bank, such amounts and benefits shall be paid
or provided by the Holding Company.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, to the extent
that payments and benefits, as provided by this Agreement, are paid to or
received by Executive under the Employment Agreement effective April 17, 1998,
between Executive and the Holding Company (the "Holding Company Agreement"),
such compensation payments and benefits paid by the Holding Company will be
subtracted from any amounts due simultaneously to Executive under similar
provisions of this Agreement. Payments pursuant to this Agreement and the
Holding Company Agreement shall be allocated in proportion to the services
rendered and time expended on such activities by Executive as determined by the
Holding Company and the Bank on a quarterly basis. It is the intention of the
parties that the Executive be entitled to the greater benefits and payments when
construing this Agreement and the Holding Company Agreement.
12. EFFECT ON PRIOR AGREEMENTS AND EXISTING BENEFITS PLANS.
This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties
hereto and supersedes any prior employment agreement between the Bank or any
predecessor of the Bank and Executive, except that this Agreement shall not
affect or operate to reduce any benefit or compensation inuring to Executive of
a kind elsewhere provided. No provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted
to mean that Executive is subject to receiving fewer benefits than those
available to him without reference to this Agreement.
13. NO ATTACHMENT.
(a) Except as required by law, no right to receive payments under this
Agreement shall be subject to anticipation, commutation, alienation, sale,
assignment, encumbrance, charge, pledge, or hypothecation, or to execution,
attachment, levy, or similar process or assignment by operation of law, and any
attempt, voluntary or involuntary, to affect any such action shall be null,
void, and of no effect.
(b) This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of,
Executive and the Bank and their respective successors and assigns.
14. MODIFICATION AND WAIVER.
(a) This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by an
instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto.
(b) No term or condition of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been
waived, nor shall there be any estoppel against the enforcement of any provision
of this Agreement, except by written instrument of the party charged with such
waiver or estoppel. No such written waiver shall be deemed a continuing waiver
unless specifically stated therein, and each such waiver shall operate only as
to the specific term or condition waived and shall not constitute a waiver of
such term or condition for the future as to any act other than that specifically
waived.
15. REQUIRED PROVISIONS.
(a) The Bank may terminate Executive's employment at any time, but any
termination by the Bank, other than Termination for Cause, shall not prejudice
Executive's right to compensation or other benefits under this Agreement.
Executive shall not have the right to receive compensation or other benefits for
any period after Termination for Cause as defined in Section 7 hereinabove.
(b) If Executive is suspended from office and/or temporarily prohibited
from participating in the conduct of the Bank's affairs by a notice served under
Section 8(e)(3) or 8(g)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C.
ss.1818(e)(3) or (g)(1); the Bank 's obligations under this contract 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 in its discretion: (i)
pay Executive all or part of the compensation withheld while their contract
obligations were suspended; and (ii) reinstate (in whole or in part) any of the
obligations which were suspended.
(c) If Executive is removed and/or permanently prohibited from
participating in the conduct of the Bank's affairs by an order issued under
Section 8(e)(4) or 8(g)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C.
ss.1818(e)(4) or (g)(1), all obligations of the Bank under this contract shall
terminate as of the effective date of the order, but vested rights of the
contracting parties shall not be affected.
(d) If the Bank is in default as defined in Section 3(x)(1) of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. ss.1813(x)(1), all obligations of the
Bank under this contract shall terminate as of the date of default, but this
paragraph shall not affect any vested rights of the contracting parties.
(e) All obligations of the Bank under this contract shall be
terminated, except to the extent determined that continuation of the contract is
necessary for the continued operation of the institution: (i) by the Director of
the OTS (or his designee), or the FDIC, at the time the 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 Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C.
ss.1823(c); or (ii) by the Director of the OTS (or his designee) at the time the
Director (or his designee) approves a supervisory merger to resolve problems
related to the operations of the Bank or when the Bank is determined by the
Director 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.
(f) Any payments made to Executive pursuant to this Agreement, or
otherwise, are subject to and conditioned upon compliance with 12 U.S.C. ss.
1828(k), 12 C.F.R. Part 359 and 12 C.F.R. ss. 545.121 and any rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
16. REINSTATEMENT OF BENEFITS UNDER SECTION 15(b).
In the event Executive is suspended and/or temporarily prohibited from
participating in the conduct of the Bank's affairs by a notice described in
Section 15(b) hereof (the "Notice") during the term of this Agreement and a
Change in Control, as defined herein, occurs, the Bank will assume its
obligation to pay and Executive will be entitled to receive all of the
termination benefits provided for under Section 5 of this Agreement upon the
Bank's receipt of a dismissal of charges in the Notice.
17. SEVERABILITY.
If, for any reason, any provision of this Agreement, or any part of any
provision, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other provision
of this Agreement or any part of such provision not held so invalid, and each
such other provision and part thereof shall to the full extent consistent with
law continue in full force and effect.
18. HEADINGS FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
The headings of sections and paragraphs herein are included solely for
convenience of reference and shall not control the meaning or interpretation of
any of the provisions of this Agreement.
19. GOVERNING LAW.
The validity, interpretation, performance and enforcement of this
Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, but only to
the extent not superseded by federal law.
20. ARBITRATION.
Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this
Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration, conducted before a panel
of three arbitrators sitting in a location selected by Executive within fifty
(50) miles from the location of the Bank, in accordance with the rules of the
American Arbitration Association then in effect. Judgment may be entered on the
arbitrator's award in any court having jurisdiction; provided, however, that
Executive shall be entitled to seek specific performance of his right to be paid
until the Date of Termination during the pendency of any dispute or controversy
arising under or in connection with this Agreement.
In the event any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection
with Executive's termination is resolved in favor of Executive, whether by
judgment, arbitration or settlement, Executive shall be entitled to the payment
of all back-pay, including salary and any other cash compensation, fringe
benefits and any compensation and benefits due Executive under this Agreement.
21. PAYMENT OF COSTS AND LEGAL FEES.
All reasonable costs and legal fees paid or incurred by Executive
pursuant to any dispute or question of interpretation relating to this Agreement
shall be paid or reimbursed by the Bank if Executive is successful on the merits
pursuant to a legal judgment, arbitration or settlement.
22. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) The Bank shall provide Executive (including his heirs, executors
and administrators) with coverage under a standard directors' and officers'
liability insurance policy at its expense and shall indemnify Executive (and his
heirs, executors and administrators) as permitted under federal law against all
expenses and liabilities reasonably incurred by him in connection with or
arising out of any action, suit or proceeding in which he may be involved by
reason of his having been a director or officer of the Bank (whether or not he
continues to be a director or officer at the time of incurring such expenses or
liabilities), such expenses and liabilities to include, but not be limited to,
judgments, court costs and attorneys' fees and the cost of reasonable
settlements.
(b) Any payments made to Executive pursuant to this Section are subject
to and conditioned upon compliance with 12 U.S.C. ss.1828(k), 12 C.F.R. Part 359
and 12 C.F.R. ss.545.121 and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
(c) To the extent not afforded under the terms of a directors' and
officers' liability insurance policy provided by the Holding Company or the
Bank, the Bank will advance to the Executive funds to defray the expenses,
including attorneys fees and court costs, actually and reasonably incurred by
Executive in connection with or arising out of any action, suit or proceeding in
which Executive may be involved by reason of Executive's service as a director
or officer of the Bank, subject to Executive's undertaking to repay such
advances if required in accordance with applicable state and Federal law.
(d) By accepting the benefits of this Agreement, the Executive releases
and discharges the Holding Company, the Bank, the directors, officers,
agents,employees, consultants and affiliated and controlled companies (the
"Released Parties"), from any and all claims, demands and causes of action
arising out of or related to the Executive's employment with the Bank and/or
Holding Company.
23. SUCCESSOR TO THE BANK.
The Bank shall require any successor or assignee, whether direct or
indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, to all or
substantially all the business or assets of the Bank or the Holding Company,
expressly and unconditionally to assume and agree to perform the Bank's
obligations under this Agreement, in the same manner and to the same extent that
the Bank would be required to perform if no such succession or assignment had
taken place.
SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, United Commercial Bank and UCBH Holdings, Inc. have
caused this Agreement to be executed and their seals to be affixed hereunto by
their duly authorized officers and directors, and Executive has signed this
Agreement, on the ___ day of ____________, 1998.
ATTEST: United Commercial Bank
_____________________ By:____________________
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Secretary Chairman of the Board
[SEAL]
ATTEST: UCHB Holdings, Inc.
(Guarantor)
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Secretary Chairman of the Board
[SEAL]
WITNESS:
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Executive