UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 


 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  March 28, 2012

 

ACNB Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Pennsylvania

 

0-11783

 

23-2233457

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission File
Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

16 Lincoln Square, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

 

17325

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(717) 334-3161

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o             Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o             Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K

 

ITEM 1.01

 

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On March 28, 2012, the Registrant’s wholly-owned subsidiary, ACNB Bank (the “Bank”), entered into Salary Continuation Agreements (“SERPs”) with Thomas A. Ritter, Lynda L. Glass, and David W. Cathell. Further, on the same date, the Bank entered into an Amended and Restated 2001 Salary Continuation Agreement (the “2001 SERP”) with Mr. Ritter and an Amended and Restated 1996 Salary Continuation Agreement (the “1996 SERP”) with Ms. Glass. For a brief description of the material terms and conditions of the SERPs, 2001 SERP and 1996 SERP, please refer to Item 5.02, which is incorporated herein by reference, and to the copies of the SERPs, 2001 SERP and 1996 SERP filed herewith as Exhibits 99.1 through 99.5 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 5.02

 

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;

 

 

Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

On March 28, 2012, the Registrant’s wholly-owned subsidiary, ACNB Bank (the “Bank”), entered into Salary Continuation Agreements (“SERPs”) with Thomas A. Ritter, Lynda L. Glass, and David W. Cathell. Further, on the same date, the Bank entered into an Amended and Restated 2001 Salary Continuation Agreement (the “2001 SERP”) with Mr. Ritter and an Amended and Restated 1996 Salary Continuation Agreement (the “1996 SERP”) with Ms. Glass.

 

The Material Terms of the SERPs, 2001 SERP and 1996 SERP

 

The material terms of the SERPs, 2001 SERP and 1996 SERP are summarized as follows:

 

1.                                        Normal Retirement . Upon termination of service at the normal retirement age, the executive shall receive an annual benefit amount in twelve (12) equal monthly installments for the greater of the executive’s life or 180 months. Under Mr. Ritter’s SERP agreement, the normal retirement amount he receives is reduced by the benefits he receives under the 2001 SERP, which benefits are payable for a total of 180 months. Under Ms. Glass’s SERP agreement, the normal retirement amount she receives is reduced by the benefits she receives under the 1996 SERP, which benefits are payable for a total of 180 months.

 

2.                                        Early Retirement . Given termination of service before the normal retirement age, the executive shall receive a reduced annual benefit amount at the normal retirement age according to a schedule in twelve (12) equal monthly installments for the greater of the executive’s life or

 

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180 months. Under the 2001 SERP and 1996 SERP, the early retirement benefit is payable for a total of 180 months.

 

3.                                        Change of Control . Upon termination of service following a “Change of Control”, as defined in the SERPs, 2001 SERP and 1996 SERP, the executive shall receive the benefit amount described under Normal Retirement above.

 

4.                                        Restriction on Timing of Distributions . If the executive is considered a key employee under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the executive’s benefit distributions will not be made for the first six (6) months following separation, but will be accumulated and paid in a lump sum on the first day of the seventh month following separation of service.

 

5.                                        Section 409A . The distributions are subject to any restrictions required by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

6.                                        Death . Upon death of the executive during active service with the Bank, the executive’s beneficiary shall receive the benefit described under Normal Retirement above. If the executive dies during the benefit period, the executive’s beneficiary shall receive the remaining annual benefit amount up to the maximum aggregate of 180 monthly payments. Upon the death of the executive following a “Change of Control”, as defined in the SERPs, the executive’s beneficiary shall receive the benefit described under Normal Retirement above.

 

7.                                        The SERPs, 2001 SERP and 1996 SERP are subject to certain restrictions on payment of benefits following termination of employment for commission of a felony and certain noncompetition provisions.

 

8.                                        The benefits under the SERPs, 2001 SERP and 1996 SERP are not transferable, and the executives are considered general unsecured creditors of the Bank for benefits under the SERPs, 2001 SERP and 1996 SERP.

 

Annual Benefit for Messrs. Ritter and Cathell and Ms. Glass

 

The normal retirement age for Messrs. Ritter and Cathell is 65. The normal retirement age for Ms. Glass is 62. The aggregate annual benefit amount for normal retirement for Mr. Ritter under the SERP and 2001 SERP is $158,224. The aggregate annual benefit amount for normal retirement for Ms. Glass under the SERP and 1996 SERP is $67,075. The annual benefit amount for normal retirement for Mr. Cathell is $38,569.

 

For further information, please refer to the copies of the SERPs, 2001 SERP and 1996 SERP filed herewith as Exhibits 99.1 through 99.5 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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ITEM 9.01       Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(a)           Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

None.

 

(b)          Pro Forma Financial Information

 

None.

 

(c)           Shell Company Transactions

 

None.

 

(d)          Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

99.1

 

Salary Continuation Agreement by and between ACNB Bank and Thomas A. Ritter dated as of March 28, 2012.

 

 

 

99.2

 

Salary Continuation Agreement by and between ACNB Bank and Lynda L. Glass dated as of March 28, 2012.

 

 

 

99.3

 

Salary Continuation Agreement by and between ACNB Bank and David W. Cathell dated as of March 28, 2012.

 

 

 

99.4

 

Amended and Restated 2001 Salary Continuation Agreement by and between ACNB Bank and Thomas A. Ritter dated as of March 28, 2012.

 

 

 

99.5

 

Amended and Restated 1996 Salary Continuation Agreement by and between ACNB Bank and Lynda L. Glass dated as of March 28, 2012.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

ACNB CORPORATION

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: April 3, 2012

 

/s/ Lynda L. Glass

 

 

Lynda L. Glass

 

 

Executive Vice President,
Secretary & Chief Governance Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

99.1

 

Salary Continuation Agreement by and between ACNB Bank and Thomas A. Ritter dated as of March 28, 2012.

 

 

 

99.2

 

Salary Continuation Agreement by and between ACNB Bank and Lynda L. Glass dated as of March 28, 2012.

 

 

 

99.3

 

Salary Continuation Agreement by and between ACNB Bank and David W. Cathell dated as of March 28, 2012.

 

 

 

99.4

 

Amended and Restated 2001 Salary Continuation Agreement by and between ACNB Bank and Thomas A. Ritter dated as of March 28, 2012.

 

 

 

99.5

 

Amended and Restated 1996 Salary Continuation Agreement by and between ACNB Bank and Lynda L. Glass dated as of March 28, 2012.

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

ACNB BANK

SALARY CONTINUATION AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT is made this 28th day of March, 2012, by and between ACNB Bank, located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Thomas A. Ritter (the “Executive”).

 

INTRODUCTION

 

To encourage the Executive to remain an employee of the Bank, the Bank entered into a Salary Continuation Agreement with the Executive on October 5, 2001, as amended on November 7, 2002 and November 24, 2003, and as amended and restated on December 30, 2008 and March 28, 2012.  In an effort to provide benefits in excess of the limitations imposed on qualified plans and to offset the recent reduction in the benefits provided under the Group Pension Plan for Employees of ACNB Bank, the Bank is willing to provide additional salary continuation benefits to the Executive.

 

AGREEMENT

 

The Executive and the Bank, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

 

Article 1

Definitions

 

1.1   Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings specified:

 

1.1.1  2001 SERP ” means the Salary Continuation Agreement entered into and between the Bank and the Executive on October 5, 2001, amended on November 7, 2002 and November 24, 2003, and amended and restated on December 30, 2008 and March 28, 2012, and including any subsequent amendments or restatements thereto.

 

1.1.2   “ Bank means ACNB Bank and any successor thereto.

 

1.1.3  “ Change of Control means a change in the ownership or effective control of the Corporation or Bank or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation or Bank as defined in Code Section 409A and 16 C.F.R. § 1.409A-3(i)(5).

 

1.1.4  “ Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

1.1.5  “ Competing Business ” means any person, firm, corporation, business or enterprise which is located or operates an office within fifty (50) miles of the Bank’s principal office at the time of the Executive’s Separation of Service and which is engaged in any business or activity that is or may be deemed to be competitive with any business or activity carried on by the Corporation, Bank, or their subsidiaries as of the date of the Executive’s Separation of Service.

 

1.1.6    “ Corporation means ACNB Corporation and any successor thereto.

 

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1.1.7  “Normal Retirement Date” means the Executive attaining age 65, or his actual retirement date if after age 65.

 

1.1.8  “Separation of Service” or “Separates from Service” means termination of the Executive’s employment. Whether a Separation of Service has occurred is determined based on whether the facts and circumstances indicate that the Bank and the Executive reasonably anticipated that no further services would be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide services the Executive would perform after such date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) would permanently decrease to no more than twenty percent (20%) of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) month period.

 

1.1.9  “Specified Employee” means an employee who at the time of Separation of Service is a key employee of the Corporation or Bank, if any stock of the Corporation or Bank is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement, an employee is a key employee if the employee meets the requirements of Code Section 416(i)(I)(A)(i), (ii) or (iii) (applied in accordance with the regulations thereunder and disregarding Section 416(i)(5)) at any time during the twelve (12) month period ending on December 31 (the “Identification Period”). If the employee is a key employee during an Identification Period, the employee is treated as a key employee for purposes of this Agreement during the twelve (12) month period that begins on the first day of April following the close of the Identification Period.

 

Article 2

Retirement Benefits

 

2.1   Normal Retirement Benefit. If the Executive Separates from Service on or after the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date for reasons other than death, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.1.

 

2.1.1   Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under this Section 2.1 is $158,224 minus the amount actually received under the 2001 SERP.

 

2.1.2  Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (12) equal monthly installments payable on the first day of each month commencing with the month following the Executive’s Separation of Service and continuing for the greater of the Executive’s life or an additional 179 months.

 

2.2   Early Retirement Benefit. If the Executive Separates from Service before the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date for reasons other than death and a Change of Control has not occurred, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.2.

 

2.2.1   Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under this Section 2.2 is the benefit determined under Schedule A based on the date of the Executive’s Separation of Service.

 

2.2.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (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 the greater of the Executive’s life or an additional 179 months.

 

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2.3   Change of Control Benefit. If a Change of Control has occurred and is followed by a Separation of Service, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.3 in lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement.

 

2.3.1   Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under this Section 2.3 is the Normal Retirement Benefit described in Section 2.1.1.

 

2.3.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (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 the greater of the Executive’s life or an additional 179 months.

 

2.4   Restriction on Timing of Distributions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive is considered a Specified Employee, the provisions of this Section 2.4 shall govern all distributions under this Article 2. If benefit distributions which would otherwise be made to the Executive due to a Separation of Service are limited because the Executive is a Specified Employee, then such distributions shall not be made during the first six (6) months following Separation of Service. Rather, any distribution which would otherwise be paid to the Executive during such period shall be accumulated and paid to the Executive in a lump sum on the first day of the seventh month following the Separation of Service. All subsequent distributions shall be paid in the manner specified in the appropriate subsection.

 

2.5   Distributions Upon Income Inclusion Under Section 409A of the Code. If, pursuant to Code Section 409A, the Federal Insurance Contributions Act or other state, local or foreign tax, the Executive becomes subject to tax on the amounts deferred hereunder, then the Bank may make a limited distribution to the Executive in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3.

 

2.6   Change in Form or Timing of Distributions. All changes in the form or timing of distributions hereunder must comply with the following requirements. The changes:

 

(a)   may not accelerate the time or schedule of any distribution, except as provided in Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder;

(b)   must, for benefits distributable under Sections 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3, delay the commencement of distributions for a minimum of five (5) years from the date the first distribution was originally scheduled to be made; and,

(c)   must take effect not less than twelve (12) months after the election is made.

 

Article  3

Survivor 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.

 

3.1.1   Amount of Benefit. The benefit under Section 3.1 is the benefit that would have been paid to the Executive under Section 2.1 calculated as if the date of the Executive’s death were the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date.

 

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3.1.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the benefit to the beneficiary 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 Benefit Period. If the Executive dies after benefit payments have commenced under this Agreement but before receiving 180 monthly payments, the Bank shall pay the remaining benefits (up to the 180 monthly payments) 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 Active Service Before Benefits Commence. If the Executive is entitled to benefit payments under this Agreement, but dies prior to receiving said benefit payments, the Bank shall pay the Executive’s beneficiary the benefit described in this Section 3.3.

 

3.3.1 Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under Section 3.3 is the vested benefit that would have been paid to the Executive pursuant to Schedule A.

 

3.3.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the beneficiary in twelve (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.

 

3.4   Death After Change of Control. If the Executive dies following a Change of Control, provided the Executive was in active service at the time of the Change of Control, the Bank shall pay the Executive’s beneficiary the benefit described in this Section 3.4.

 

3.4.1   Amount of Benefit. The benefit under Section 3.4 is the benefit that would have been paid to the Executive under Section 2.1 calculated as if the date of the Executive’s death were the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date.

 

3.4.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the benefit to the beneficiary on the first day of each month commencing with the month following the Executive’s death and continuing for 179 additional months.

 

Article 4

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 shall only be effective if 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 surviving spouse, if any, and, if none, to the Executive’s surviving children and the descendants of any deceased child by right of representation, and, if no children or descendants survive, to the Executive’s estate.

 

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4.2   Facility of Payment. If a benefit is payable to a minor, to a person declared 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

 

5.1  Termination of Employment for the Commission of a Felony .  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 the commission of a felony involving the Bank or Bank property.

 

5.2   Noncompetition.

 

5.2.1  If the Executive experiences a Separation of Service before the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date, and no Change of Control has occurred, then no benefits shall be payable under this Agreement, if the Executive, without the written consent of the Bank, engages, directly or indirectly, either for his own account or as agent, consultant, employee, partner, officer, director, proprietor, investor (except as an investor owning less than 5% of the stock of a publicly owned company) or otherwise in a Competing Business within five (5) years after the date of the Executive’s Separation of Service; provided, however, the restrictions of this Section 5.2.1 shall not extend longer than three (3) years after the date on which the Executive begins to receive benefits under this Agreement.

 

5.2.2   If the Executive experiences a Separation of Service on or after the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date, and no Change of Control has occurred, then no benefits shall be payable under this Agreement, if the Executive, without the written consent of the Bank, engages, directly or indirectly, either for his own account or as agent, consultant, employee, partner, officer, director, proprietor, investor (except as an investor owning less than 5% of the stock of a publicly owned company) or otherwise in a Competing Business within three (3) years after the date on which the Executive begins to receive benefits under this Agreement.

 

5.2.3   If a Change of Control occurs after the date of this Agreement, then this Section 5.2 shall not apply.

 

Article 6

Claims and Review Procedures

 

6.1   Claims Procedure. The Bank shall notify the Executive or the Executive’s beneficiary in writing, within ninety (90) days of his or her written application for benefits, of his or her eligibility or noneligibility for benefits under the Agreement. If the Bank determines that the Executive or beneficiary is not eligible for benefits or full benefits, the notice shall set forth (1) the specific reasons for such denial, (2) a specific reference to the provisions of the Agreement on which the denial is based, (3) a description of any additional information or material necessary for the claimant to perfect his or her claim and a description of why it is needed, and (4) an explanation of the

 

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Agreement’s claims review procedure and other appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the Executive or beneficiary wishes to have the claim reviewed. If the Bank determines that there are special circumstances requiring additional time to make a decision, the Bank shall notify the Executive or beneficiary of the special circumstances and the date by which a decision is expected to be made, and may extend the time for up to an additional ninety (90) day period.

 

6.2   Review Procedure. If the Executive or beneficiary is determined by the Bank not to be eligible for benefits, or if the Executive or beneficiary believes that he or she is entitled to greater or different benefits, the Executive or beneficiary shall have the opportunity to have such claim reviewed by the Bank by filing a petition for review with the Bank within sixty (60) days after receipt of the notice issued by the Bank. Said petition shall state the specific reasons which the Executive or beneficiary believes entitle him or her to benefits or to greater or different benefits. Within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Bank of the petition, the Bank shall afford the Executive or beneficiary (and counsel, if any) an opportunity to present his or her position to the Bank orally or in writing, and the Executive or beneficiary (or counsel) shall have the right to review the pertinent documents. The Bank shall notify the Executive or beneficiary of its decision in writing within the sixty (60) day period, stating specifically the basis of its decision, written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Executive or beneficiary and the specific provisions of the Agreement on which the decision is based. If, because of the need for a hearing, the sixty (60) day period is not sufficient, the decision may be deferred for up to another sixty (60) day period at the election of the Bank, but notice of this deferral shall be given to the Executive or beneficiary.

 

Article  7

Amendments and Termination

 

7.1   Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a written agreement signed by the Bank and the Executive. However, the Bank may unilaterally amend this Agreement to conform with written directives from its banking regulators or to comply with legislative changes or tax law, including without limitation Section 409A of the Code and any and all Treasury Regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

7.2   Plan Termination Generally. This Agreement may be terminated only by a written agreement signed by the Bank and the Executive. The benefit hereunder shall be the amount the Bank has accrued with respect to the obligations hereunder as of the date the Agreement is terminated. Except as provided in Section 7.3, the termination of this Agreement shall not cause a distribution of benefits under this Agreement. Rather, after such termination, benefit distributions will be made at the earliest distribution event permitted under Article 2 or Article 3.

 

7.3   Plan Terminations Under Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 7.2, if this Agreement terminates in the following circumstances:

 

(a)           Within thirty (30) days before, or twelve (12) months after a change in the ownership or effective control of the Corporation or Bank, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation or Bank as described in Section 409A(2)(A)(v) of the Code, provided that all distributions are made no later than twelve (12) months following such termination of the Agreement and further provided that all the Bank’s arrangements which are substantially similar to the Agreement are terminated so the Executive and all participants in the

 

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similar arrangements are required to receive all amounts of compensation deferred under the terminated arrangements within twelve (12) months of the termination of the arrangements; or

(b)          Upon the Bank’s termination of this and all other arrangements that would be aggregated with this Agreement pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(c) if the Executive participated in such arrangements (“Similar Arrangements”), provided that (i) the termination and liquidation does not occur proximate to a downturn in the financial health of the Bank, (ii) all termination distributions are made no earlier than twelve (12) months and no later than twenty-four (24) months following such termination, and (iii) the Bank does not adopt any new arrangement that would be a Similar Arrangement for a minimum of three (3) years following the date the Bank takes all necessary action to irrevocably terminate and liquidate the Agreement;

 

the Bank may distribute the amount accrued by the Bank with respect to the Bank’s obligations hereunder, determined as of the date of the termination of the Agreement, to the Executive in a lump sum subject to the above terms.

 

Article  8

Miscellaneous

 

8.1   Binding Effect. This Agreement shall bind the Executive and the Bank, and their beneficiaries, survivors, executors, successors, administrators and transferees.

 

8.2     No Guaranty 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 laws of Pennsylvania, except to the extent preempted by the laws of the United States of America.

 

8.6   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.

 

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8.7   Compliance with Section 409A. This Agreement shall at all times be administered and the provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and any and all regulations thereunder, including such regulations as may be promulgated after the effective date of this Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive and a duly authorized Bank officer have signed this Agreement.

 

EXECUTIVE:

 

ACNB BANK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Thomas A. Ritter

 

By:

/s/ Ronald L. Hankey

Thomas A. Ritter

 

 

Ronald L. Hankey

 

 

 

Chairman of the Board

 

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ACNB Bank

Executive Salary Continuation Plan

Dated 01/01/2012

Schedule A

Thomas A. Ritter

 

 

 

 

 

Normal

 

Early

 

Change

 

Pre-Retirement

 

 

 

 

 

Retirement

 

Retirement

 

in Control

 

Death

 

Date

 

Age

 

Benefit

 

Benefit

 

Benefit

 

Benefit

 

April 2012

 

60

 

158,224

 

57,868

 

158,224

 

158,224

 

April 2013

 

61

 

158,224

 

74,478

 

158,224

 

158,224

 

April 2014

 

62

 

158,224

 

92,897

 

158,224

 

158,224

 

April 2015

 

63

 

158,224

 

113,635

 

158,224

 

158,224

 

April 2016

 

64

 

158,224

 

136,689

 

158,224

 

158,224

 

February 2017

 

65

 

158,224

 

158,224

 

158,224

 

158,224

 

 

All payments listed on this Schedule A will be offset by payments due under the 2008 SERP.

 

IF THERE IS A CONFLICT IN ANY TERMS OR PROVISIONS BETWEEN THIS SCHEDULE A AND THE AGREEMENT, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT SHALL PREVAIL.  IF A TRIGGERING EVENT OCCURS, REFER TO THE AGREEMENT TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL BENEFIT AMOUNT BASED ON THE DATE OF THE EVENT.

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

ACNB BANK

SALARY CONTINUATION AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT is made this 28th day of March, 2012, by and between ACNB Bank, located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Lynda L. Glass (the “Executive”).

 

INTRODUCTION

 

To encourage the Executive to remain an employee of the Bank, the Bank entered into a Salary Continuation Agreement with the Executive on May 14, 1996, as amended on March 27, 1998 and November 14, 2003, and as amended and restated on December 30, 2008 and March 28, 2012.  In an effort to provide benefits in excess of the limitations imposed on qualified plans and to offset the recent reduction in the benefits provided under the Group Pension Plan for Employees of ACNB Bank, the Bank is willing to provide additional salary continuation benefits to the Executive.

 

AGREEMENT

 

The Executive and the Bank, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

 

Article 1

Definitions

 

1.1   Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings specified:

 

1.1.1  1996 SERP ” means the Salary Continuation Agreement entered into and between the Bank and the Executive on May 14, 1996, amended on March 27, 1998 and November 14, 2003, and amended and restated on December 30, 2008 and March 28, 2012, and including any subsequent amendments or restatements.

 

1.1.2   “ Bank means ACNB Bank and any successor thereto.

 

1.1.3  “ Change of Control means a change in the ownership or effective control of the Corporation or Bank or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation or Bank as defined in Code Section 409A and 16 C.F.R. § 1.409A-3(i)(5).

 

1.1.4  “ Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

1.1.5  “ Competing Business ” means any person, firm, corporation, business or enterprise which is located or operates an office within fifty (50) miles of the Bank’s principal office at the time of the Executive’s Separation of Service and which is engaged in any business or activity that is or may be deemed to be competitive with any business or activity carried on by the Corporation, Bank, or their subsidiaries as of the date of the Executive’s Separation of Service.

 

1.1.6    “ Corporation means ACNB Corporation and any successor thereto.

 

1.1.7  “Normal Retirement Date” means the Executive attaining age 62, or her

 

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actual retirement date if after age 62.

 

1.1.8  “Separation of Service” or “Separates from Service” means termination of the Executive’s employment. Whether a Separation of Service has occurred is determined based on whether the facts and circumstances indicate that the Bank and the Executive reasonably anticipated that no further services would be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide services the Executive would perform after such date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) would permanently decrease to no more than twenty percent (20%) of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) month period.

 

1.1.9  “Specified Employee” means an employee who at the time of Separation of Service is a key employee of the Corporation or Bank, if any stock of the Corporation or Bank is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement, an employee is a key employee if the employee meets the requirements of Code Section 416(i)(I)(A)(i), (ii) or (iii) (applied in accordance with the regulations thereunder and disregarding Section 416(i)(5)) at any time during the twelve (12) month period ending on December 31 (the “Identification Period”). If the employee is a key employee during an Identification Period, the employee is treated as a key employee for purposes of this Agreement during the twelve (12) month period that begins on the first day of April following the close of the Identification Period.

 

Article 2

Retirement Benefits

 

2.1   Normal Retirement Benefit. If the Executive Separates from Service on or after the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date for reasons other than death, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.1.

 

2.1.1   Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under this Section 2.1 is $67,075 minus the amount actually received under the 1996 SERP.

 

2.1.2  Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (12) equal monthly installments payable on the first day of each month commencing with the month following the Executive’s Separation of Service and continuing for the greater of the Executive’s life or an additional 179 months.

 

2.2   Early Retirement Benefit. If the Executive Separates from Service before the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date for reasons other than death and a Change of Control has not occurred, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.2.

 

2.2.1   Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under this Section 2.2 is the benefit determined under Schedule A based on the date of the Executive’s Separation of Service.

 

2.2.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (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 the greater of the Executive’s life or an additional 179 months.

 

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2.3   Change of Control Benefit. If a Change of Control has occurred and is followed by a Separation of Service, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.3 in lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement.

 

2.3.1   Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under this Section 2.3 is the Normal Retirement Benefit described in Section 2.1.1.

 

2.3.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (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 the greater of the Executive’s life or an additional 179 months.

 

2.4   Restriction on Timing of Distributions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive is considered a Specified Employee, the provisions of this Section 2.4 shall govern all distributions under this Article 2. If benefit distributions which would otherwise be made to the Executive due to a Separation of Service are limited because the Executive is a Specified Employee, then such distributions shall not be made during the first six (6) months following Separation of Service. Rather, any distribution which would otherwise be paid to the Executive during such period shall be accumulated and paid to the Executive in a lump sum on the first day of the seventh month following the Separation of Service. All subsequent distributions shall be paid in the manner specified in the appropriate subsection.

 

2.5   Distributions Upon Income Inclusion Under Section 409A of the Code. If, pursuant to Code Section 409A, the Federal Insurance Contributions Act or other state, local or foreign tax, the Executive becomes subject to tax on the amounts deferred hereunder, then the Bank may make a limited distribution to the Executive in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3.

 

2.6   Change in Form or Timing of Distributions. All changes in the form or timing of distributions hereunder must comply with the following requirements. The changes:

 

(a)           may not accelerate the time or schedule of any distribution, except as provided in Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder;

(b)          must, for benefits distributable under Sections 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3, delay the commencement of distributions for a minimum of five (5) years from the date the first distribution was originally scheduled to be made; and,

(c)           must take effect not less than twelve (12) months after the election is made.

 

Article  3

Survivor 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.

 

3.1.1   Amount of Benefit. The benefit under Section 3.1 is the benefit that would have been paid to the Executive under Section 2.1 calculated as if the date of the Executive’s death were the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date.

 

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3.1.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the benefit to the beneficiary 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 Benefit Period. If the Executive dies after benefit payments have commenced under this Agreement but before receiving 180 monthly payments, the Bank shall pay the remaining benefits (up to the 180 monthly payments) 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 Active Service Before Benefits Commence. If the Executive is entitled to benefit payments under this Agreement, but dies prior to receiving said benefit payments, the Bank shall pay the Executive’s beneficiary the benefit described in this Section 3.3.

 

3.3.1 Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under Section 3.3 is the vested benefit that would have been paid to the Executive pursuant to Schedule A.

 

3.3.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the beneficiary in twelve (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.

 

3.4   Death After Change of Control. If the Executive dies following a Change of Control, provided the Executive was in active service at the time of the Change of Control, the Bank shall pay the Executive’s beneficiary the benefit described in this Section 3.4.

 

3.4.1   Amount of Benefit. The benefit under Section 3.4 is the benefit that would have been paid to the Executive under Section 2.1 calculated as if the date of the Executive’s death were the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date.

 

3.4.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the benefit to the beneficiary on the first day of each month commencing with the month following the Executive’s death and continuing for 179 additional months.

 

Article 4

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 shall only be effective if 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 surviving spouse, if any, and, if none, to the Executive’s surviving children and the descendants of any deceased child by right of representation, and, if no children or descendants survive, to the Executive’s estate.

 

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4.2   Facility of Payment. If a benefit is payable to a minor, to a person declared 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

 

5.1  Termination of Employment for the Commission of a Felony .  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 the commission of a felony involving the Bank or Bank property.

 

5.2   Noncompetition.

 

5.2.1  If the Executive experiences a Separation of Service before the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date, and no Change of Control has occurred, then no benefits shall be payable under this Agreement, if the Executive, without the written consent of the Bank, engages, directly or indirectly, either for her own account or as agent, consultant, employee, partner, officer, director, proprietor, investor (except as an investor owning less than 5% of the stock of a publicly owned company) or otherwise in a Competing Business within five (5) years after the date of the Executive’s Separation of Service; provided, however, the restrictions of this Section 5.2.1 shall not extend longer than three (3) years after the date on which the Executive begins to receive benefits under this Agreement.

 

5.2.2   If the Executive experiences a Separation of Service on or after the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date, and no Change of Control has occurred, then no benefits shall be payable under this Agreement, if the Executive, without the written consent of the Bank, engages, directly or indirectly, either for her own account or as agent, consultant, employee, partner, officer, director, proprietor, investor (except as an investor owning less than 5% of the stock of a publicly owned company) or otherwise in a Competing Business within three (3) years after the date on which the Executive begins to receive benefits under this Agreement.

 

5.2.3   If a Change of Control occurs after the date of this Agreement, then this Section 5.2 shall not apply.

 

Article 6

Claims and Review Procedures

 

6.1   Claims Procedure. The Bank shall notify the Executive or the Executive’s beneficiary in writing, within ninety (90) days of his or her written application for benefits, of his or her eligibility or noneligibility for benefits under the Agreement. If the Bank determines that the Executive or beneficiary is not eligible for benefits or full benefits, the notice shall set forth (1) the specific reasons for such denial, (2) a specific reference to the provisions of the Agreement on which the denial is based, (3) a description of any additional information or material necessary for the claimant

 

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to perfect his or her claim and a description of why it is needed, and (4) an explanation of the Agreement’s claims review procedure and other appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the Executive or beneficiary wishes to have the claim reviewed. If the Bank determines that there are special circumstances requiring additional time to make a decision, the Bank shall notify the Executive or beneficiary of the special circumstances and the date by which a decision is expected to be made, and may extend the time for up to an additional ninety (90) day period.

 

6.2  Review Procedure. If the Executive or beneficiary is determined by the Bank not to be eligible for benefits, or if the Executive or beneficiary believes that he or she is entitled to greater or different benefits, the Executive or beneficiary shall have the opportunity to have such claim reviewed by the Bank by filing a petition for review with the Bank within sixty (60) days after receipt of the notice issued by the Bank. Said petition shall state the specific reasons which the Executive or beneficiary believes entitle him or her to benefits or to greater or different benefits. Within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Bank of the petition, the Bank shall afford the Executive or beneficiary (and counsel, if any) an opportunity to present his or her position to the Bank orally or in writing, and the Executive or beneficiary (or counsel) shall have the right to review the pertinent documents. The Bank shall notify the Executive or beneficiary of its decision in writing within the sixty (60) day period, stating specifically the basis of its decision, written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Executive or beneficiary and the specific provisions of the Agreement on which the decision is based. If, because of the need for a hearing, the sixty (60) day period is not sufficient, the decision may be deferred for up to another sixty (60) day period at the election of the Bank, but notice of this deferral shall be given to the Executive or beneficiary.

 

Article  7

Amendments and Termination

 

7.1   Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a written agreement signed by the Bank and the Executive. However, the Bank may unilaterally amend this Agreement to conform with written directives from its banking regulators or to comply with legislative changes or tax law, including without limitation Section 409A of the Code and any and all Treasury Regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

7.2   Plan Termination Generally. This Agreement may be terminated only by a written agreement signed by the Bank and the Executive. The benefit hereunder shall be the amount the Bank has accrued with respect to the obligations hereunder as of the date the Agreement is terminated. Except as provided in Section 7.3, the termination of this Agreement shall not cause a distribution of benefits under this Agreement. Rather, after such termination, benefit distributions will be made at the earliest distribution event permitted under Article 2 or Article 3.

 

7.3   Plan Terminations Under Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 7.2, if this Agreement terminates in the following circumstances:

 

(a)   Within thirty (30) days before, or twelve (12) months after a change in the ownership or effective control of the Corporation or Bank, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation or Bank as described in Section 409A(2)(A)(v) of the Code, provided that all distributions are made no later than twelve (12) months following such termination of the Agreement and further provided that all the Bank’s arrangements which are substantially similar

 

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to the Agreement are terminated so the Executive and all participants in the similar arrangements are required to receive all amounts of compensation deferred under the terminated arrangements within twelve (12) months of the termination of the arrangements; or

(b)   Upon the Bank’s termination of this and all other arrangements that would be aggregated with this Agreement pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(c) if the Executive participated in such arrangements (“Similar Arrangements”), provided that (i) the termination and liquidation does not occur proximate to a downturn in the financial health of the Bank, (ii) all termination distributions are made no earlier than twelve (12) months and no later than twenty-four (24) months following such termination, and (iii) the Bank does not adopt any new arrangement that would be a Similar Arrangement for a minimum of three (3) years following the date the Bank takes all necessary action to irrevocably terminate and liquidate the Agreement;

 

the Bank may distribute the amount accrued by the Bank with respect to the Bank’s obligations hereunder, determined as of the date of the termination of the Agreement, to the Executive in a lump sum subject to the above terms.

 

Article  8

Miscellaneous

 

8.1   Binding Effect. This Agreement shall bind the Executive and the Bank, and their beneficiaries, survivors, executors, successors, administrators and transferees.

 

8.2     No Guaranty 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 laws of Pennsylvania, except to the extent preempted by the laws of the United States of America.

 

8.6   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.

 

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8.7   Compliance with Section 409A. This Agreement shall at all times be administered and the provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and any and all regulations thereunder, including such regulations as may be promulgated after the effective date of this Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive and a duly authorized Bank officer have signed this Agreement.

 

EXECUTIVE:

ACNB BANK

 

 

 

 

 /s/ Lynda L. Glass

 

By:

 /s/ Thomas A. Ritter

Lynda L. Glass

 

Thomas A. Ritter

 

 

President & Chief Executive Officer

 

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ACNB Bank

Executive Salary Continuation Plan

Dated 01/01/2012

Schedule A

Lynda L. Glass

 

 

 

 

 

Normal

 

Early

 

Change

 

Pre-Retirement

 

 

 

 

 

Retirement

 

Retirement

 

in Control

 

Death

 

Date

 

Age

 

Benefit

 

Benefit

 

Benefit

 

Benefit

 

May 2012

 

51

 

67,075

 

6,820

 

67,075

 

67,075

 

May 2013

 

52

 

67,075

 

10,373

 

67,075

 

67,075

 

May 2014

 

53

 

67,075

 

14,269

 

67,075

 

67,075

 

May 2015

 

54

 

67,075

 

18,560

 

67,075

 

67,075

 

May 2016

 

55

 

67,075

 

23,269

 

67,075

 

67,075

 

May 2017

 

56

 

67,075

 

28,454

 

67,075

 

67,075

 

May 2018

 

57

 

67,075

 

34,167

 

67,075

 

67,075

 

May 2019

 

58

 

67,075

 

40,473

 

67,075

 

67,075

 

May 2020

 

59

 

67,075

 

47,443

 

67,075

 

67,075

 

May 2021

 

60

 

67,075

 

55,159

 

67,075

 

67,075

 

May 2022

 

61

 

67,075

 

63,645

 

67,075

 

67,075

 

September 2022

 

62

 

67,075

 

67,075

 

67,075

 

67,075

 

 

All payments listed on this Schedule A will be offset by payments due under the 2008 SERP.

 

IF THERE IS A CONFLICT IN ANY TERMS OR PROVISIONS BETWEEN THIS SCHEDULE A AND THE AGREEMENT, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT SHALL PREVAIL.  IF A TRIGGERING EVENT OCCURS, REFER TO THE AGREEMENT TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL BENEFIT AMOUNT BASED ON THE DATE OF THE EVENT.

 

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Exhibit 99.3

 

ACNB BANK

SALARY CONTINUATION AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT is made this 28th day of March, 2012, by and between ACNB Bank, located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and David W. Cathell (the “Executive”).

 

INTRODUCTION

 

To encourage the Executive to remain an employee of the Bank, to provide benefits in excess of the limitations imposed on qualified plans, and to offset the recent reduction in the benefits provided under the Group Pension Plan for Employees of ACNB Bank, the Bank is willing to provide salary continuation benefits to the Executive.

 

AGREEMENT

 

The Executive and the Bank, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

 

Article 1

Definitions

 

1.1   Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings specified:

 

1.1.1                         Bank means ACNB Bank and any successor thereto.

 

1.1.2                         Change of Control means a change in the ownership or effective control of the Corporation or Bank or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation or Bank as defined in Code Section 409A and 16 C.F.R. § 1.409A-3(i)(5).

 

1.1.3                         Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

1.1.4                         Competing Business ” means any person, firm, corporation, business or enterprise which is located or operates an office within fifty (50) miles of the Bank’s principal office at the time of the Executive’s Separation of Service and which is engaged in any business or activity that is or may be deemed to be competitive with any business or activity carried on by the Corporation, Bank, or their subsidiaries as of the date of the Executive’s Separation of Service.

 

1.1.5                         Corporation means ACNB Corporation and any successor thereto.

 

1.1.6                         “Normal Retirement Date” means the Executive attaining age 65, or his actual retirement date if after age 65.

 

1.1.7                         “Separation of Service” or “Separates from Service” means termination of the Executive’s employment. Whether a Separation of Service has occurred is determined based on whether the facts and circumstances indicate that the Bank and the Executive reasonably anticipated that no further services would be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide services the Executive would perform after such date (whether as an employee or as an independent

 

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contractor) would permanently decrease to no more than twenty percent (20%) of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) month period.

 

1.1.8                         “Specified Employee” means an employee who at the time of Separation of Service is a key employee of the Corporation or Bank, if any stock of the Corporation or Bank is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement, an employee is a key employee if the employee meets the requirements of Code Section 416(i)(I)(A)(i), (ii) or (iii) (applied in accordance with the regulations thereunder and disregarding Section 416(i)(5)) at any time during the twelve (12) month period ending on December 31 (the “Identification Period”). If the employee is a key employee during an Identification Period, the employee is treated as a key employee for purposes of this Agreement during the twelve (12) month period that begins on the first day of April following the close of the Identification Period.

 

Article 2

Retirement Benefits

 

2.1   Normal Retirement Benefit. If the Executive Separates from Service on or after the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date for reasons other than death, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.1.

 

2.1.1                         Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under this Section 2.1 is $38,569.

 

2.1.2                         Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (12) equal monthly installments payable on the first day of each month commencing with the month following the Executive’s Separation of Service and continuing for the greater of the Executive’s life or an additional 179 months.

 

2.2   Early Retirement Benefit. If the Executive Separates from Service before the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date for reasons other than death and a Change of Control has not occurred, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.2.

 

2.2.1                         Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under this Section 2.2 is the benefit determined under Schedule A based on the date of the Executive’s Separation of Service.

 

2.2.2                         Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (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 the greater of the Executive’s life or an additional 179 months.

 

2.3   Change of Control Benefit. If a Change of Control has occurred and is followed by a Separation of Service, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.3 in lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement.

 

2.3.1                         Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under this Section 2.3 is the Normal Retirement Benefit described in Section 2.1.1.

 

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2.3.2                         Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (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 the greater of the Executive’s life or an additional 179 months.

 

2.4   Restriction on Timing of Distributions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive is considered a Specified Employee, the provisions of this Section 2.4 shall govern all distributions under this Article 2. If benefit distributions which would otherwise be made to the Executive due to a Separation of Service are limited because the Executive is a Specified Employee, then such distributions shall not be made during the first six (6) months following Separation of Service. Rather, any distribution which would otherwise be paid to the Executive during such period shall be accumulated and paid to the Executive in a lump sum on the first day of the seventh month following the Separation of Service. All subsequent distributions shall be paid in the manner specified in the appropriate subsection.

 

2.5   Distributions Upon Income Inclusion Under Section 409A of the Code. If, pursuant to Code Section 409A, the Federal Insurance Contributions Act or other state, local or foreign tax, the Executive becomes subject to tax on the amounts deferred hereunder, then the Bank may make a limited distribution to the Executive in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3.

 

2.6   Change in Form or Timing of Distributions. All changes in the form or timing of distributions hereunder must comply with the following requirements. The changes:

 

(a)           may not accelerate the time or schedule of any distribution, except as provided in Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder;

(b)          must, for benefits distributable under Sections 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3, delay the commencement of distributions for a minimum of five (5) years from the date the first distribution was originally scheduled to be made; and,

(c)           must take effect not less than twelve (12) months after the election is made.

 

Article  3

Survivor 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.

 

3.1.1                         Amount of Benefit. The benefit under Section 3.1 is the benefit that would have been paid to the Executive under Section 2.1 calculated as if the date of the Executive’s death were the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date.

 

3.1.2                         Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the benefit to the beneficiary 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 Benefit Period. If the Executive dies after benefit payments have commenced under this Agreement but before receiving 180 monthly payments, the Bank shall pay the remaining benefits (up to the 180 monthly payments) to the Executive’s beneficiary at the same

 

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time and in the same amounts they would have been paid to the Executive had the Executive survived.

 

3.3   Death Following Active Service Before Benefits Commence. If the Executive is entitled to benefit payments under this Agreement, but dies prior to receiving said benefit payments, the Bank shall pay the Executive’s beneficiary the benefit described in this Section 3.3.

 

3.3.1                         Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under Section 3.3 is the vested benefit that would have been paid to the Executive pursuant to Schedule A.

 

3.3.2                         Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the beneficiary in twelve (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.

 

3.4   Death After Change of Control. If the Executive dies following a Change of Control, provided the Executive was in active service at the time of the Change of Control, the Bank shall pay the Executive’s beneficiary the benefit described in this Section 3.4.

 

3.4.1                         Amount of Benefit. The benefit under Section 3.4 is the benefit that would have been paid to the Executive under Section 2.1 calculated as if the date of the Executive’s death were the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date.

 

3.4.2                         Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the benefit to the beneficiary on the first day of each month commencing with the month following the Executive’s death and continuing for 179 additional months.

 

Article 4

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 shall only be effective if 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 surviving spouse, if any, and, if none, to the Executive’s surviving children and the descendants of any deceased child by right of representation, and, if no children or descendants survive, to the Executive’s estate.

 

4.2   Facility of Payment. If a benefit is payable to a minor, to a person declared 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.

 

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Article 5

General Limitations

 

5.1  Termination of Employment for the Commission of a Felony .  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 the commission of a felony involving the Bank or Bank property.

 

5.2   Noncompetition.

 

5.2.1                         If the Executive experiences a Separation of Service before the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date, and no Change of Control has occurred, then no benefits shall be payable under this Agreement, if the Executive, without the written consent of the Bank, engages, directly or indirectly, either for his own account or as agent, consultant, employee, partner, officer, director, proprietor, investor (except as an investor owning less than 5% of the stock of a publicly owned company) or otherwise in a Competing Business within five (5) years after the date of the Executive’s Separation of Service; provided, however, the restrictions of this Section 5.2.1 shall not extend longer than three (3) years after the date on which the Executive begins to receive benefits under this Agreement.

 

5.2.2                         If the Executive experiences a Separation of Service on or after the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date, and no Change of Control has occurred, then no benefits shall be payable under this Agreement, if the Executive, without the written consent of the Bank, engages, directly or indirectly, either for his own account or as agent, consultant, employee, partner, officer, director, proprietor, investor (except as an investor owning less than 5% of the stock of a publicly owned company) or otherwise in a Competing Business within three (3) years after the date on which the Executive begins to receive benefits under this Agreement.

 

5.2.3                         If a Change of Control occurs after the date of this Agreement, then this Section 5.2 shall not apply.

 

Article 6

Claims and Review Procedures

 

6.1   Claims Procedure. The Bank shall notify the Executive or the Executive’s beneficiary in writing, within ninety (90) days of his or her written application for benefits, of his or her eligibility or noneligibility for benefits under the Agreement. If the Bank determines that the Executive or beneficiary is not eligible for benefits or full benefits, the notice shall set forth (1) the specific reasons for such denial, (2) a specific reference to the provisions of the Agreement on which the denial is based, (3) a description of any additional information or material necessary for the claimant to perfect his or her claim and a description of why it is needed, and (4) an explanation of the Agreement’s claims review procedure and other appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the Executive or beneficiary wishes to have the claim reviewed. If the Bank determines that there are special circumstances requiring additional time to make a decision, the Bank shall notify the Executive or beneficiary of the special circumstances and the date by which a decision is expected to be made, and may extend the time for up to an additional ninety (90) day period.

 

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6.2   Review Procedure. If the Executive or beneficiary is determined by the Bank not to be eligible for benefits, or if the Executive or beneficiary believes that he or she is entitled to greater or different benefits, the Executive or beneficiary shall have the opportunity to have such claim reviewed by the Bank by filing a petition for review with the Bank within sixty (60) days after receipt of the notice issued by the Bank. Said petition shall state the specific reasons which the Executive or beneficiary believes entitle him or her to benefits or to greater or different benefits. Within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Bank of the petition, the Bank shall afford the Executive or beneficiary (and counsel, if any) an opportunity to present his or her position to the Bank orally or in writing, and the Executive or beneficiary (or counsel) shall have the right to review the pertinent documents. The Bank shall notify the Executive or beneficiary of its decision in writing within the sixty (60) day period, stating specifically the basis of its decision, written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Executive or beneficiary and the specific provisions of the Agreement on which the decision is based. If, because of the need for a hearing, the sixty (60) day period is not sufficient, the decision may be deferred for up to another sixty (60) day period at the election of the Bank, but notice of this deferral shall be given to the Executive or beneficiary.

 

Article  7

Amendments and Termination

 

7.1   Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a written agreement signed by the Bank and the Executive. However, the Bank may unilaterally amend this Agreement to conform with written directives from its banking regulators or to comply with legislative changes or tax law, including without limitation Section 409A of the Code and any and all Treasury Regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

7.2   Plan Termination Generally. This Agreement may be terminated only by a written agreement signed by the Bank and the Executive. The benefit hereunder shall be the amount the Bank has accrued with respect to the obligations hereunder as of the date the Agreement is terminated. Except as provided in Section 7.3, the termination of this Agreement shall not cause a distribution of benefits under this Agreement. Rather, after such termination, benefit distributions will be made at the earliest distribution event permitted under Article 2 or Article 3.

 

7.3   Plan Terminations Under Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 7.2, if this Agreement terminates in the following circumstances:

 

(a)           Within thirty (30) days before, or twelve (12) months after a change in the ownership or effective control of the Corporation or Bank, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation or Bank as described in Section 409A(2)(A)(v) of the Code, provided that all distributions are made no later than twelve (12) months following such termination of the Agreement and further provided that all the Bank’s arrangements which are substantially similar to the Agreement are terminated so the Executive and all participants in the similar arrangements are required to receive all amounts of compensation deferred under the terminated arrangements within twelve (12) months of the termination of the arrangements; or

(b)          Upon the Bank’s termination of this and all other arrangements that would be aggregated with this Agreement pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(c) if the Executive participated in such arrangements (“Similar

 

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Arrangements”), provided that (i) the termination and liquidation does not occur proximate to a downturn in the financial health of the Bank, (ii) all termination distributions are made no earlier than twelve (12) months and no later than twenty-four (24) months following such termination, and (iii) the Bank does not adopt any new arrangement that would be a Similar Arrangement for a minimum of three (3) years following the date the Bank takes all necessary action to irrevocably terminate and liquidate the Agreement;

 

the Bank may distribute the amount accrued by the Bank with respect to the Bank’s obligations hereunder, determined as of the date of the termination of the Agreement, to the Executive in a lump sum subject to the above terms.

 

Article  8

Miscellaneous

 

8.1   Binding Effect. This Agreement shall bind the Executive and the Bank, and their beneficiaries, survivors, executors, successors, administrators and transferees.

 

8.2    No Guaranty 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 laws of Pennsylvania, except to the extent preempted by the laws of the United States of America.

 

8.6   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.

 

8.7   Compliance with Section 409A. This Agreement shall at all times be administered and the provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and any and all regulations thereunder, including such regulations as may be promulgated after the effective date of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive and a duly authorized Bank officer have signed this Agreement.

 

EXECUTIVE:

 

ACNB BANK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ David W. Cathell

 

By:

/s/ Thomas A. Ritter

David W. Cathell

 

 

Thomas A. Ritter

 

 

 

President & Chief Executive Officer

 

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ACNB Bank

Executive Salary Continuation Plan

Dated 01/01/2012

Schedule A

David W. Cathell

 

 

 

 

 

Normal

 

Early

 

Change

 

Pre-Retirement

 

 

 

 

 

Retirement

 

Retirement

 

in Control

 

Death

 

Date

 

Age

 

Benefit

 

Benefit

 

Benefit

 

Benefit

 

December 2012

 

58

 

38,569

 

13,875

 

38,569

 

38,569

 

December 2013

 

59

 

38,569

 

16,716

 

38,569

 

38,569

 

December 2014

 

60

 

38,569

 

19,850

 

38,569

 

38,569

 

December 2015

 

61

 

38,569

 

23,364

 

38,569

 

38,569

 

December 2016

 

62

 

38,569

 

27,248

 

38,569

 

38,569

 

December 2017

 

63

 

38,569

 

31,632

 

38,569

 

38,569

 

December 2018

 

64

 

38,569

 

36,492

 

38,569

 

38,569

 

April 2019

 

65

 

38,569

 

38,569

 

38,569

 

38,569

 

 

IF THERE IS A CONFLICT IN ANY TERMS OR PROVISIONS BETWEEN THIS SCHEDULE A AND THE AGREEMENT, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT SHALL PREVAIL.  IF A TRIGGERING EVENT OCCURS, REFER TO THE AGREEMENT TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL BENEFIT AMOUNT BASED ON THE DATE OF THE EVENT.

 

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Exhibit 99.4

 

ACNB BANK

AMENDED AND RESTATED

2001 SALARY CONTINUATION AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT is made this 28th day of March, 2012, by and between ACNB Bank, located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Thomas A. Ritter (the “Executive”).

 

INTRODUCTION

 

To encourage the Executive to remain an employee of the Bank, the Bank entered into a Salary Continuation Agreement with the Executive on October 5, 2001, as amended on November 7, 2002 and November 24, 2003, and as amended and restated on December 30, 2008.  The Executive and Bank now wish to amend and restate this Agreement to provide consistency among this Agreement and other Bank agreements and to correct a previous erroneous amendment.

 

AGREEMENT

 

The Executive and the Bank, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

 

Article 1

Definitions

 

1.1   Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings specified:

 

1.1.1  “ Bank means ACNB Bank and any successor thereto.

 

1.1.2  “ Change of Control means a change in the ownership or effective control of the Corporation or Bank or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation or Bank as defined in Code Section 409A and 16 C.F.R. § 1.409A-3(i)(5).

 

1.1.3  “ Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

1.1.4  “ Competing Business ” means any person, firm, corporation, business or enterprise which is located or operates an office within fifty (50) miles of the Bank’s principal office at the time of the Executive’s Separation of Service and which is engaged in any business or activity that is or may be deemed to be competitive with any business or activity carried on by the Corporation, Bank, or their subsidiaries as of the date of the Executive’s Separation of Service.

 

1.1.5   “ Corporation means ACNB Corporation and any successor thereto.

 

1.1.6  “Normal Retirement Date” means the Executive attaining age 65, or his actual retirement date if after age 65.

 

1.1.7  “Plan Year” means each twelve (12) month period commencing with May 1 and ending on April 30.

 



 

1.1.8  “Separation of Service” or “Separates from Service” means termination of the Executive’s employment. Whether a Separation of Service has occurred is determined based on whether the facts and circumstances indicate that the Bank and the Executive reasonably anticipated that no further services would be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide services the Executive would perform after such date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) would permanently decrease to no more than twenty percent (20%) of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) month period.

 

1.1.9  “Specified Employee” means an employee who at the time of Separation of Service is a key employee of the Corporation or Bank, if any stock of the Corporation or Bank is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement, an employee is a key employee if the employee meets the requirements of Code Section 416(i)(I)(A)(i), (ii) or (iii) (applied in accordance with the regulations thereunder and disregarding Section 416(i)(5)) at any time during the twelve (12) month period ending on December 31 (the “Identification Period”). If the employee is a key employee during an Identification Period, the employee is treated as a key employee for purposes of this Agreement during the twelve (12) month period that begins on the first day of April following the close of the Identification Period.

 

Article 2

Retirement Benefits

 

2.1   Normal Retirement Benefit. If the Executive Separates from Service on or after the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date for reasons other than death, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.1.

 

2.1.1   Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under this Section 2.1 is $121,000.

 

2.1.2  Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (12) equal monthly installments payable on the first day of each month commencing with the month following the Executive’s Separation of Service and continuing for an additional 179 months.

 

2.2   Early Retirement Benefit. If the Executive Separates from Service before the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date for reasons other than death and a Change of Control has not occurred, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.2.

 

2.2.1   Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under this Section 2.2 is the benefit determined under Schedule A based on the date of the Executive’s Separation of Service.

 

2.2.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (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 an additional 179 months.

 

2.3   Change of Control Benefit. If a Change of Control has occurred and is followed by a Separation of Service, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.3 in lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement.

 

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2.3.1   Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under this Section 2.3 is the Normal Retirement Benefit described in Section 2.1.1.

 

2.3.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (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 an additional 179 months.

 

2.4   Restriction on Timing of Distributions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive is considered a Specified Employee, the provisions of this Section 2.4 shall govern all distributions under this Article 2. If benefit distributions which would otherwise be made to the Executive due to a Separation of Service are limited because the Executive is a Specified Employee, then such distributions shall not be made during the first six (6) months following Separation of Service. Rather, any distribution which would otherwise be paid to the Executive during such period shall be accumulated and paid to the Executive in a lump sum on the first day of the seventh month following the Separation of Service. All subsequent distributions shall be paid in the manner specified in the appropriate subsection.

 

2.5   Distributions Upon Income Inclusion Under Section 409A of the Code. If, pursuant to Code Section 409A, the Federal Insurance Contributions Act or other state, local or foreign tax, the Executive becomes subject to tax on the amounts deferred hereunder, then the Bank may make a limited distribution to the Executive in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3.

 

2.6   Change in Form or Timing of Distributions. All changes in the form or timing of distributions hereunder must comply with the following requirements. The changes:

 

(a)           may not accelerate the time or schedule of any distribution, except as provided in Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder;

(b)          must, for benefits distributable under Sections 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3, delay the commencement of distributions for a minimum of five (5) years from the date the first distribution was originally scheduled to be made; and,

(c)           must take effect not less than twelve (12) months after the election is made.

 

Article 3

Survivor 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.

 

3.1.1   Amount of Benefit. The benefit under Section 3.1 is the benefit that would have been paid to the Executive under Section 2.1 calculated as if the date of the Executive’s death were the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date.

 

3.1.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the benefit to the beneficiary on the first day of each month commencing with the month following the Executive’s death and continuing for 179 additional months.

 

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3.2   Death During Benefit Period. If the Executive dies after benefit payments have commenced under this Agreement but before receiving 180 monthly payments, the Bank shall pay the remaining benefits (up to the 180 monthly payments) 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 Active Service Before Benefits Commence. If the Executive is entitled to benefit payments under this Agreement, but dies prior to receiving said benefit payments, the Bank shall pay the Executive’s beneficiary the benefit described in this Section 3.3.

 

3.3.1 Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under Section 3.3 is the vested benefit that would have been paid to the Executive pursuant to Schedule A.

 

3.3.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the beneficiary in twelve (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.

 

3.4   Death After Change of Control. If the Executive dies following a Change of Control, provided the Executive was in active service at the time of the Change of Control, the Bank shall pay the Executive’s beneficiary the benefit described in this Section 3.4.

 

3.4.1   Amount of Benefit. The benefit under Section 3.4 is the benefit that would have been paid to the Executive under Section 2.1 calculated as if the date of the Executive’s death were the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date.

 

3.4.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the benefit to the beneficiary on the first day of each month commencing with the month following the Executive’s death and continuing for 179 additional months.

 

Article 4

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 shall only be effective if 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 surviving spouse, if any, and, if none, to the Executive’s surviving children and the descendants of any deceased child by right of representation, and, if no children or descendants survive, to the Executive’s estate.

 

4.2   Facility of Payment. If a benefit is payable to a minor, to a person declared 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

 

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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

 

5.1  Termination of Employment for the Commission of a Felony .  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 the commission of a felony involving the Bank or Bank property.

 

5.2  Noncompetition.

 

5.2.1  If the Executive experiences a Separation of Service before the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date, and no Change of Control has occurred, then no benefits shall be payable under this Agreement, if the Executive, without the written consent of the Bank, engages, directly or indirectly, either for his own account or as agent, consultant, employee, partner, officer, director, proprietor, investor (except as an investor owning less than 5% of the stock of a publicly owned company) or otherwise in a Competing Business within five (5) years after the date of the Executive’s Separation of Service;  provided, however, the restrictions of this Section 5.2.1 shall not extend longer than three (3) years after the date on which the Executive begins to receive benefits under this Agreement.

 

5.2.2   If the Executive experiences a Separation of Service on or after the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date, and no Change of Control has occurred, then no benefits shall be payable under this Agreement, if the Executive, without the written consent of the Bank, engages, directly or indirectly, either for his own account or as agent, consultant, employee, partner, officer, director, proprietor, investor (except as an investor owning less than 5% of the stock of a publicly owned company) or otherwise in a Competing Business within three (3) years after the date on which the Executive begins to receive benefits under this Agreement.

 

5.2.3   If a Change of Control occurs after the date of this Agreement, then this Section 5.2 shall not apply.

 

Article 6

Claims and Review Procedures

 

6.1   Claims Procedure. The Bank shall notify the Executive or the Executive’s beneficiary in writing, within ninety (90) days of his or her written application for benefits, of his or her eligibility or noneligibility for benefits under the Agreement. If the Bank determines that the Executive or beneficiary is not eligible for benefits or full benefits, the notice shall set forth (1) the specific reasons for such denial, (2) a specific reference to the provisions of the Agreement on which the denial is based, (3) a description of any additional information or material necessary for the claimant to perfect his or her claim and a description of why it is needed, and (4) an explanation of the Agreement’s claims review procedure and other appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the Executive or beneficiary wishes to have the claim reviewed. If the Bank determines that there are special circumstances requiring additional time to make a decision, the Bank shall notify the

 

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Executive or beneficiary of the special circumstances and the date by which a decision is expected to be made, and may extend the time for up to an additional ninety (90) day period.

 

6.2   Review Procedure. If the Executive or beneficiary is determined by the Bank not to be eligible for benefits, or if the Executive or beneficiary believes that he or she is entitled to greater or different benefits, the Executive or beneficiary shall have the opportunity to have such claim reviewed by the Bank by filing a petition for review with the Bank within sixty (60) days after receipt of the notice issued by the Bank. Said petition shall state the specific reasons which the Executive or beneficiary believes entitle him or her to benefits or to greater or different benefits. Within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Bank of the petition, the Bank shall afford the Executive or beneficiary (and counsel, if any) an opportunity to present his or her position to the Bank orally or in writing, and the Executive or beneficiary (or counsel) shall have the right to review the pertinent documents. The Bank shall notify the Executive or beneficiary of its decision in writing within the sixty (60) day period, stating specifically the basis of its decision, written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Executive or beneficiary and the specific provisions of the Agreement on which the decision is based. If, because of the need for a hearing, the sixty (60) day period is not sufficient, the decision may be deferred for up to another sixty (60) day period at the election of the Bank, but notice of this deferral shall be given to the Executive or beneficiary.

 

Article 7

Amendments and Termination

 

7.1   Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a written agreement signed by the Bank and the Executive. However, the Bank may unilaterally amend this Agreement to conform with written directives from its banking regulators or to comply with legislative changes or tax law, including without limitation Section 409A of the Code and any and all Treasury Regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

7.2   Plan Termination Generally. This Agreement may be terminated only by a written agreement signed by the Bank and the Executive. The benefit hereunder shall be the amount the Bank has accrued with respect to the obligations hereunder as of the date the Agreement is terminated. Except as provided in Section 7.3, the termination of this Agreement shall not cause a distribution of benefits under this Agreement. Rather, after such termination, benefit distributions will be made at the earliest distribution event permitted under Article 2 or Article 3.

 

7.3   Plan Terminations Under Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 7.2, if this Agreement terminates in the following circumstances:

 

(a)           Within thirty (30) days before, or twelve (12) months after a change in the ownership or effective control of the Corporation or Bank, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation or Bank as described in Section 409A(2)(A)(v) of the Code, provided that all distributions are made no later than twelve (12) months following such termination of the Agreement and further provided that all the Bank’s arrangements which are substantially similar to the Agreement are terminated so the Executive and all participants in the similar arrangements are required to receive all amounts of compensation deferred under the terminated arrangements within twelve (12) months of the termination of the arrangements; or

 

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(b)          Upon the Bank’s termination of this and all other arrangements that would be aggregated with this Agreement pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(c) if the Executive participated in such arrangements (“Similar Arrangements”), provided that (i) the termination and liquidation does not occur proximate to a downturn in the financial health of the Bank, (ii) all termination distributions are made no earlier than twelve (12) months and no later than twenty-four (24) months following such termination, and (iii) the Bank does not adopt any new arrangement that would be a Similar Arrangement for a minimum of three (3) years following the date the Bank takes all necessary action to irrevocably terminate and liquidate the Agreement;

 

the Bank may distribute the amount accrued by the Bank with respect to the Bank’s obligations hereunder, determined as of the date of the termination of the Agreement, to the Executive in a lump sum subject to the above terms.

 

Article 8

Miscellaneous

 

8.1   Binding Effect. This Agreement shall bind the Executive and the Bank, and their beneficiaries, survivors, executors, successors, administrators and transferees.

 

8.2     No Guaranty 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 laws of Pennsylvania, except to the extent preempted by the laws of the United States of America.

 

8.6   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.

 

8.7   Compliance with Section 409A. This Agreement shall at all times be administered and the provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and any and all regulations thereunder, including such regulations as may be promulgated after the effective date of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive and a duly authorized Bank officer have signed this Agreement.

 

EXECUTIVE:

 

ACNB BANK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Thomas A. Ritter

 

By:

/s/ Ronald L. Hankey

Thomas A. Ritter

 

 

Ronald L. Hankey

 

 

 

Chairman of the Board

 

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Exhibit 99.5

 

ACNB BANK

AMENDED AND RESTATED

1996 SALARY CONTINUATION AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT is made this 28th day of March, 2012, by and between ACNB Bank, located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Lynda L. Glass (the “Executive”).

 

INTRODUCTION

 

To encourage the Executive to remain an employee of the Bank, the Bank entered into a Salary Continuation Agreement with the Executive on May 14, 1996, as amended on March 27, 1998 and November 14, 2003, and as amended and restated on December 30, 2008.  The Executive and Bank now wish to amend and restate this Agreement to provide consistency among this Agreement and other Bank agreements and to correct a previous erroneous amendment.

 

AGREEMENT

 

The Executive and the Bank, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

 

Article 1

Definitions

 

1.1   Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings specified:

 

1.1.1  “ Bank means ACNB Bank and any successor thereto.

 

1.1.2  “ Change of Control means a change in the ownership or effective control of the Corporation or Bank or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation or Bank as defined in Code Section 409A and 16 C.F.R. § 1.409A-3(i)(5).

 

1.1.3  “ Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

1.1.4  “ Competing Business ” means any person, firm, corporation, business or enterprise which is located or operates an office within fifty (50) miles of the Bank’s principal office at the time of the Executive’s Separation of Service and which is engaged in any business or activity that is or may be deemed to be competitive with any business or activity carried on by the Corporation, Bank, or their subsidiaries as of the date of the Executive’s Separation of Service.

 

1.1.5   “ Corporation means ACNB Corporation and any successor thereto.

 

1.1.6  “Normal Retirement Date” means the Executive attaining age 62, or her actual retirement date if after age 62.

 

1.1.7  “Plan Year” means each twelve (12) month period from the effective date of this Agreement.

 



 

1.1.8  “Separation of Service” or “Separates from Service” means termination of the Executive’s employment. Whether a Separation of Service has occurred is determined based on whether the facts and circumstances indicate that the Bank and the Executive reasonably anticipated that no further services would be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide services the Executive would perform after such date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) would permanently decrease to no more than twenty percent (20%) of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) month period.

 

1.1.9  “Specified Employee” means an employee who at the time of Separation of Service is a key employee of the Corporation or Bank, if any stock of the Corporation or Bank is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement, an employee is a key employee if the employee meets the requirements of Code Section 416(i)(I)(A)(i), (ii) or (iii) (applied in accordance with the regulations thereunder and disregarding Section 416(i)(5)) at any time during the twelve (12) month period ending on December 31 (the “Identification Period”). If the employee is a key employee during an Identification Period, the employee is treated as a key employee for purposes of this Agreement during the twelve (12) month period that begins on the first day of April following the close of the Identification Period.

 

Article 2

Retirement Benefits

 

2.1   Normal Retirement Benefit. If the Executive Separates from Service on or after the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date, for reasons other than death, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.1.

 

2.1.1   Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under this Section 2.1 is $24,000.

 

2.1.2  Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (12) equal monthly installments payable on the first day of each month commencing with the month following the Executive’s Separation of Service and continuing for an additional 179 months.

 

2.2   Early Retirement Benefit. If the Executive Separates from Service before the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date for reasons other than death and a Change of Control has not occurred, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.2.

 

2.2.1   Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under this Section 2.2 is the benefit determined under Schedule A based on the date of the Executive’s Separation of Service.

 

2.2.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (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 an additional 179 months.

 

2.3   Change of Control Benefit. If a Change of Control has occurred and is followed by a Separation of Service, the Bank shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.3 in lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement.

 

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2.3.1   Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under this Section 2.3 is the Normal Retirement Benefit described in Section 2.1.1.

 

2.3.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the Executive in twelve (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 an additional 179 months.

 

2.4   Restriction on Timing of Distributions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive is considered a Specified Employee, the provisions of this Section 2.4 shall govern all distributions under this Article 2. If benefit distributions which would otherwise be made to the Executive due to a Separation of Service are limited because the Executive is a Specified Employee, then such distributions shall not be made during the first six (6) months following Separation of Service. Rather, any distribution which would otherwise be paid to the Executive during such period shall be accumulated and paid to the Executive in a lump sum on the first day of the seventh month following the Separation of Service. All subsequent distributions shall be paid in the manner specified in the appropriate subsection.

 

2.5   Distributions Upon Income Inclusion Under Section 409A of the Code. If, pursuant to Code Section 409A, the Federal Insurance Contributions Act or other state, local or foreign tax, the Executive becomes subject to tax on the amounts deferred hereunder, then the Bank may make a limited distribution to the Executive in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3.

 

2.6   Change in Form or Timing of Distributions. All changes in the form or timing of distributions hereunder must comply with the following requirements. The changes:

 

(a)           may not accelerate the time or schedule of any distribution, except as provided in Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder;

(b)          must, for benefits distributable under Sections 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3, delay the commencement of distributions for a minimum of five (5) years from the date the first distribution was originally scheduled to be made; and,

(c)           must take effect not less than twelve (12) months after the election is made.

 

Article 3

Survivor 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.

 

3.1.1   Amount of Benefit. The benefit under Section 3.1 is the benefit that would have been paid to the Executive under Section 2.1 calculated as if the date of the Executive’s death were the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date.

 

3.1.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the benefit to the beneficiary on the first day of each month commencing with the month following the Executive’s death and continuing for 179 additional months.

 

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3.2   Death During Benefit Period. If the Executive dies after benefit payments have commenced under this Agreement but before receiving 180 monthly payments, the Bank shall pay the remaining benefits (up to the 180 monthly payments) 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 Active Service Before Benefits Commence. If the Executive is entitled to benefit payments under this Agreement, but dies prior to receiving said benefit payments, the Bank shall pay the Executive’s beneficiary the benefit described in this Section 3.3.

 

3.3.1 Amount of Benefit. The annual benefit under Section 3.3 is the vested benefit that would have been paid to the Executive pursuant to Schedule A.

 

3.3.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the annual benefit to the beneficiary in twelve (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.

 

3.4   Death After Change of Control. If the Executive dies following a Change of Control, provided the Executive was in active service at the time of the Change of Control, the Bank shall pay the Executive’s beneficiary the benefit described in this Section 3.4.

 

3.4.1   Amount of Benefit. The benefit under Section 3.4 is the benefit that would have been paid to the Executive under Section 2.1 calculated as if the date of the Executive’s death were the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date.

 

3.4.2   Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the benefit to the beneficiary on the first day of each month commencing with the month following the Executive’s death and continuing for 179 additional months.

 

Article 4

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 shall only be effective if 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 surviving spouse, if any, and, if none, to the Executive’s surviving children and the descendants of any deceased child by right of representation, and, if no children or descendants survive, to the Executive’s estate.

 

4.2   Facility of Payment. If a benefit is payable to a minor, to a person declared 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

 

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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

 

5.1  Termination of Employment for the Commission of a Felony .  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 the commission of a felony involving the Bank or Bank property.

 

5.2   Noncompetition.

 

5.2.1  If the Executive experiences a Separation of Service before the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date, and no Change of Control has occurred, then no benefits shall be payable under this Agreement, if the Executive, without the written consent of the Bank, engages, directly or indirectly, either for her own account or as agent, consultant, employee, partner, officer, director, proprietor, investor (except as an investor owning less than 5% of the stock of a publicly owned company) or otherwise in a Competing Business within five (5) years after the date of the Executive’s Separation of Service; provided, however, the restrictions of this Section 5.2.1 shall not extend longer than three (3) years after the date on which the Executive begins to receive benefits under this Agreement.

 

5.2.2   If the Executive experiences a Separation of Service on or after the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date, and no Change of Control has occurred, then no benefits shall be payable under this Agreement, if the Executive, without the written consent of the Bank, engages, directly or indirectly, either for her own account or as agent, consultant, employee, partner, officer, director, proprietor, investor (except as an investor owning less than 5% of the stock of a publicly owned company) or otherwise in a Competing Business within three (3) years after the date on which the Executive begins to receive benefits under this Agreement.

 

5.2.3   If a Change of Control occurs after the date of this Agreement, then this Section 5.2 shall not apply.

 

Article 6

Claims and Review Procedures

 

6.1   Claims Procedure. The Bank shall notify the Executive or the Executive’s beneficiary in writing, within ninety (90) days of his or her written application for benefits, of his or her eligibility or noneligibility for benefits under the Agreement. If the Bank determines that the Executive or beneficiary is not eligible for benefits or full benefits, the notice shall set forth (1) the specific reasons for such denial, (2) a specific reference to the provisions of the Agreement on which the denial is based, (3) a description of any additional information or material necessary for the claimant to perfect his or her claim and a description of why it is needed, and (4) an explanation of the Agreement’s claims review procedure and other appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the Executive or beneficiary wishes to have the claim reviewed. If the Bank determines that there are special circumstances requiring additional time to make a decision, the Bank shall notify the

 

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Executive or beneficiary of the special circumstances and the date by which a decision is expected to be made, and may extend the time for up to an additional ninety (90) day period.

 

6.2   Review Procedure. If the Executive or beneficiary is determined by the Bank not to be eligible for benefits, or if the Executive or beneficiary believes that he or she is entitled to greater or different benefits, the Executive or beneficiary shall have the opportunity to have such claim reviewed by the Bank by filing a petition for review with the Bank within sixty (60) days after receipt of the notice issued by the Bank. Said petition shall state the specific reasons which the Executive or beneficiary believes entitle him or her to benefits or to greater or different benefits. Within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Bank of the petition, the Bank shall afford the Executive or beneficiary (and counsel, if any) an opportunity to present his or her position to the Bank orally or in writing, and the Executive or beneficiary (or counsel) shall have the right to review the pertinent documents. The Bank shall notify the Executive or beneficiary of its decision in writing within the sixty (60) day period, stating specifically the basis of its decision, written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Executive or beneficiary and the specific provisions of the Agreement on which the decision is based. If, because of the need for a hearing, the sixty (60) day period is not sufficient, the decision may be deferred for up to another sixty (60) day period at the election of the Bank, but notice of this deferral shall be given to the Executive or beneficiary.

 

Article 7

Amendments and Termination

 

7.1   Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a written agreement signed by the Bank and the Executive. However, the Bank may unilaterally amend this Agreement to conform with written directives from its banking regulators or to comply with legislative changes or tax law, including without limitation Section 409A of the Code and any and all Treasury Regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

7.2   Plan Termination Generally. This Agreement may be terminated only by a written agreement signed by the Bank and the Executive. The benefit hereunder shall be the amount the Bank has accrued with respect to the obligations hereunder as of the date the Agreement is terminated. Except as provided in Section 7.3, the termination of this Agreement shall not cause a distribution of benefits under this Agreement. Rather, after such termination, benefit distributions will be made at the earliest distribution event permitted under Article 2 or Article 3.

 

7.3   Plan Terminations Under Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 7.2, if this Agreement terminates in the following circumstances:

 

(a)           Within thirty (30) days before, or twelve (12) months after a change in the ownership or effective control of the Corporation or Bank, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation or Bank as described in Section 409A(2)(A)(v) of the Code, provided that all distributions are made no later than twelve (12) months following such termination of the Agreement and further provided that all the Bank’s arrangements which are substantially similar to the Agreement are terminated so the Executive and all participants in the similar arrangements are required to receive all amounts of compensation deferred under the terminated arrangements within twelve (12) months of the termination of the arrangements; or

 

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(b)          Upon the Bank’s termination of this and all other arrangements that would be aggregated with this Agreement pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(c) if the Executive participated in such arrangements (“Similar Arrangements”), provided that (i) the termination and liquidation does not occur proximate to a downturn in the financial health of the Bank, (ii) all termination distributions are made no earlier than twelve (12) months and no later than twenty-four (24) months following such termination, and (iii) the Bank does not adopt any new arrangement that would be a Similar Arrangement for a minimum of three (3) years following the date the Bank takes all necessary action to irrevocably terminate and liquidate the Agreement;

 

the Bank may distribute the amount accrued by the Bank with respect to the Bank’s obligations hereunder, determined as of the date of the termination of the Agreement, to the Executive in a lump sum subject to the above terms.

 

Article 8

Miscellaneous

 

8.1   Binding Effect. This Agreement shall bind the Executive and the Bank, and their beneficiaries, survivors, executors, successors, administrators and transferees.

 

8.2     No Guaranty 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 laws of Pennsylvania, except to the extent preempted by the laws of the United States of America.

 

8.6   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.

 

8.7   Compliance with Section 409A. This Agreement shall at all times be administered and the provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and any and all regulations thereunder, including such regulations as may be promulgated after the effective date of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive and a duly authorized Bank officer have signed this Agreement.

 

EXECUTIVE:

 

ACNB BANK

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Lynda L. Glass

 

By:

/s/ Thomas A. Ritter

Lynda L. Glass

 

 

Thomas A. Ritter

 

 

 

President & Chief Executive Officer

 

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