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): November 14, 2007

 


LAKE SHORE BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

United States   000-51821   20-4729288

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

125 East Fourth Street, Dunkirk, NY 14048

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (716) 366-4070

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 


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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 



Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On November 14, 2007, Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) and Lake Shore Savings Bank (the “Bank”), the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into separate parallel Amended and Restated Employment Agreements with David C. Mancuso, President and Chief Executive Officer. The employment agreements were amended and restated for the sole purpose of bringing them into compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and regulations or other guidance of the Internal Revenue Code (collectively “Section 409A”).

The Amended and Restated Employment Agreements with Mr. Mancuso are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2.

On November 14, 2007, the Bank entered into Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreements with Rachel A. Foley, Chief Financial Officer, and Reginald S. Corsi, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, with such agreements guaranteed by the Company. The change of control agreements were amended and restated for the sole purpose of bringing them into compliance with Section 409A.

The form of Change of Control Agreement (as amended for Section 409A compliance) between the Bank and certain officers is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.3.

On November 14, 2007, the Company and the Bank amended and restated the Severance Pay Plan maintained by the Bank for the sole purpose of bringing it into compliance with Section 409A.

The Amended and Restated Severance Pay Plan of Lake Shore Savings Bank is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.4.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On November 14, 2007, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted a stock repurchase program. The stock repurchase program authorizes the Company to repurchase up to an aggregate of 141,342 shares of its outstanding common stock in either open market or private transactions. The amount of common stock subject to the repurchase program represents 5% of the Company’s outstanding common stock that is not owned by Lake Shore, MHC. The size and timing of any purchases will depend on price, market and business conditions and other factors.

A copy of the press release announcing the adoption of the stock repurchase program is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

10.1

  Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between David C. Mancuso and Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc.

10.2

  Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between David C. Mancuso and Lake Shore Savings Bank


10.3

  Form of Change of Control Agreement (as amended for Section 409A compliance)

10.4

  Amended and Restated Severance Pay Plan of Lake Shore Savings Bank

99.1

  Press Release of Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc. dated November 15, 2007


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

LAKE SHORE BANCORP, INC.
By:  

/s/ Rachel A. Foley

Name:   Rachel A. Foley
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Date: November 16, 2007

Exhibit 10.1

A MENDED AND R ESTATED E MPLOYMENT A GREEMENT

This A MENDED AND R ESTATED E MPLOYMENT A GREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of November 14, 2007 (the “Effective Date”) by and between L AKE S HORE B ANCORP , I NC . , a federally-chartered corporation having an office at 128 East 4th Street, Dunkirk, New York 14048 (the “Company”) and D AVID C. M ANCUSO , an individual residing at                                          (the “Executive”).

I NTRODUCTORY S TATEMENT

L AKE S HORE S AVINGS B ANK , a federally-chartered savings bank having an office at 128 East 4th Street, Dunkirk, New York 14048 (the “Bank”) has reorganized from a New York-chartered mutual savings and loan association to a federally-chartered stock savings bank and has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, a mid-tier stock holding company, which is majority owned by L AKE S HORE , MHC , a mutual holding company (the “Reorganization”). In connection with the Reorganization, certain shares of the Company’s common stock were sold in an initial public stock offering. The Executive has served the Bank in an executive capacity for many years and is familiar with the Bank’s operations.

The Board of Directors of the Company has concluded that it is in the best interests of the Company and their prospective shareholders to secure a continuity in management following the Reorganization. They also consider it desirable to establish a working environment for the Executive which minimizes the personal distractions that might result from possible business combinations in which the Company might be involved. For these reasons, the Board of Directors of the Company has decided to offer to enter into a contract with the Executive for his future services. The Executive has accepted this offer.

The terms and conditions which the Company and the Executive have agreed to are as follows.

A GREEMENT

Section 1. Employment .

The Company hereby continues to employ the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts such continued employment, during the period and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

Section 2. Employment Period; Remaining Unexpired Employment Period .

(a) The Company shall employ the Executive during an initial period of three (3) years beginning on the effective date of the Reorganization (the “Employment Commencement Date”) and ending on the day before the third (3rd) anniversary of the Employment Commencement Date, and during the period of any additional extensions described in section 2(b) (the “Employment Period”).

(b) The Board of Directors of the Company shall conduct an annual review of the Executive’s performance on or about each anniversary of the Employment Commencement Date (each, an “Anniversary Date”) and may, on the basis of such review and


by written notice to the Executive, offer to extend the Employment Period through the day before the third (3rd) anniversary of the relevant Anniversary Date. In such event, the Employment Period shall be deemed extended in the absence of objection from the Executive by written notice to the Company given within ten (10) business days after his receipt of the Company’s offer of extension.

(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any reference in this Agreement to the term “Remaining Unexpired Employment Period” as of any date shall mean the period beginning on such date and ending on the day before the third (3rd) anniversary of the Employment Commencement Date or, if later, on the day before the third (3rd) anniversary of the last Anniversary Date as of which the Employment Period was extended pursuant to section 2(b).

(d) Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit the Company from terminating the Executive’s employment before the end of the Employment Period with or without notice for any reason. This Agreement shall determine the relative rights and obligations of the Company and the Executive in the event of any such termination. In addition, nothing in this Agreement shall require the termination of the Executive’s employment at the expiration of the Employment Period. Any continuation of the Executive’s employment beyond the expiration of the Employment Period shall be on an “at-will” basis unless the Company and the Executive agree otherwise.

Section 3. Duties .

The Executive shall serve as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company, having such power, authority and responsibility and performing such duties as are prescribed by or under the Company’s By-Laws and as are customarily associated with such positions. The Executive shall devote his full business time and attention (other than during weekends, holidays, approved vacation periods, and periods of illness or approved leaves of absence) to the business and affairs of the Company and shall use his best efforts to advance their respective best interests.

Section 4. Cash Compensation .

In consideration for the services to be rendered by the Executive hereunder, the Company shall pay to him a salary at an initial annual rate of TWO HUNDRED THIRTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($213,550), payable in approximately equal installments in accordance with their respective customary payroll practices for senior officers. The Company’s Board of Directors shall review the Executive’s annual rate of salary at such times during the Employment Period as it deems appropriate, but not less frequently than once every twelve (12) months, and may, at its discretion, approve a salary increase. In addition to salary, the Executive may receive other cash compensation from the Company for services hereunder at such times, in such amounts and on such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors of the Company may determine.

 

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Section 5. Employee Benefit Plans and Programs .

During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be treated as an employee of the Company and shall be entitled to participate in and receive benefits under any and all qualified or non-qualified retirement, pension, savings, profit-sharing or stock bonus plans, any and all group life, health (including hospitalization, medical and major medical), dental, accident and long-term disability insurance plans, and any other employee benefit and compensation plans (including, but not limited to, any incentive compensation plans or programs, stock option and appreciation rights plans and restricted stock plans) as may from time to time be maintained by, or cover employees of, the Company, in accordance with the terms and conditions of such employee benefit plans and programs and compensation plans and programs and consistent with the Company’s customary practices.

Section 6. Indemnification and Insurance .

(a) To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, during the Employment Period and for a period of six (6) years thereafter, the Company shall cause the Executive to be covered by and named as an insured under any policy or contract of insurance obtained by them to insure their directors and officers against personal liability for acts or omissions in connection with service as an officer or director of the Company or the Bank or service in other capacities at their request. The coverage provided to the Executive pursuant to this section 6 shall be of the same scope and on the same terms and conditions as the coverage (if any) provided to other officers or directors of the Company.

(b) To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, during the Employment Period and for a period of six (6) years thereafter, the Company shall indemnify the Executive against and hold him harmless from any costs, damages, losses and exposures arising out of a bona fide action, suit or proceeding in which he may be involved by reason of his having been a director or officer of the Company to the fullest extent and on the most favorable terms and conditions that similar indemnification is offered to any director or officer of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof.

(c) The Executive, the Company and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this Section 6 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A (“Section 409A”) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(10) as certain indemnification and liability insurance plans.

Section 7. Outside Activities .

The Executive may serve as a member of the boards of directors of such business, community and charitable organizations as he may disclose to and as may be approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld); provided, however, that such service shall not materially interfere with the performance of his duties under this Agreement nor shall it violate any applicable laws or regulations. The Executive may also engage in personal business and investment activities which do not materially interfere with the performance of his duties hereunder; provided, however, that such activities are not prohibited under any code of conduct or investment or securities trading policy established by the Company and generally applicable to all similarly situated executives and that such activities are not prohibited by any applicable laws or regulations.

 

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Section 8. Working Facilities and Expenses .

The Executive’s principal place of employment shall be at the Company’s executive offices at the address first above written, or at such other location as the Company and the Executive may mutually agree upon. The Company shall provide the Executive at his principal place of employment with a private office, secretarial services and other support services and facilities suitable to his positions with the Company and necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of his assigned duties under this Agreement. The Company shall reimburse the Executive for his ordinary and necessary business expenses, including, without limitation, fees for memberships in such clubs and organizations that are necessary and appropriate for business purposes as mutually agreed by the Company and the Executive, and his travel and entertainment expenses incurred in connection with the performance of his duties under this Agreement, in each case only if such expenses are presented and approved in accordance with the Company’s business reimbursement policy then in effect.

Section 9. Termination Due to Death .

The Executive’s employment with the Company shall terminate, automatically and without any further action on the part of any party to this Agreement, on the date of the Executive’s death. In such event:

(a) The Company shall pay to the Executive’s estate his earned but unpaid compensation (including, without limitation, salary and all other items which constitute wages under applicable law) as of the date of his termination of employment as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(1)(ii). This payment shall be made at the time and in the manner prescribed by law applicable to the payment of wages but in no event later than thirty (30) days after the date of the Executive’s termination of employment.

(b) The Company shall provide the benefits, if any, due to the Executive’s estate, surviving dependents or his designated beneficiaries under the employee benefit plans and programs and compensation plans and programs maintained for the benefit of the officers and employees of the Company. The time and manner of payment or other delivery of these benefits and the recipients of such benefits shall be determined according to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and programs.

The payments and benefits described in sections 9(a) and (b) shall be referred to in this Agreement as the “Standard Termination Entitlements.”

The Executive, the Company and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this section 9 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) as short-term deferrals or pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(1) as non-taxable benefits.

Section 10. Termination Due to Disability .

The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment upon a determination, by vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company, acting in reliance on the written advice of a medical professional acceptable to them, that the Executive is suffering from a physical or mental impairment which, at the date of the determination, has prevented the Executive

 

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from performing his assigned duties on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one hundred and eighty (180) days during the period of one (1) year ending with the date of the determination or is likely to result in death or prevent the Executive from performing his assigned duties on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one hundred and eighty (180) days during the period of one (1) year beginning with the date of the determination. In such event:

(a) The Company shall pay and deliver to the Executive (or in the event of his death before payment, to his estate and surviving dependents and beneficiaries, as applicable) the Standard Termination Entitlements within the timeframes contained in section 9.

(b) In addition to the Standard Termination Entitlements, the Company shall continue to pay the Executive his base salary, at the annual rate in effect for him immediately prior to the termination of his employment, during a period ending on the earliest of: (i) the expiration of one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date of termination of his employment; (ii) the date on which long-term disability insurance benefits are first payable to him under any long-term disability insurance plan covering employees of the Company (the “LTD Eligibility Date”); (iii) the date of his death; and (iv) the expiration of the Remaining Unexpired Employment Period (the “Initial Continuation Period”). If the end of the Initial Continuation Period is neither the LTD Eligibility Date nor the date of his death, the Company shall continue to pay the Executive his base salary, at an annual rate equal to sixty percent (60%) of the annual rate in effect for him immediately prior to the termination of his employment, during an additional period ending on the earliest of the LTD Eligibility Date, the date of his death and the expiration of the Remaining Unexpired Employment Period.

A termination of employment due to disability under this section 10 shall be effected by joint notice of termination given to the Executive by the Company and shall take effect on the later of the effective date of termination specified in such notice or the date on which the notice of termination is deemed given to the Executive.

The Executive, the Company and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this section 10 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) as short-term deferrals or pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(1) as non-taxable benefits.

Section 11. Discharge with Cause .

(a) The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period, and such termination shall be deemed to have occurred with “Cause”, only if:

(i) The Board of Directors of the Company, by majority vote of their entire membership, determine that the Executive should be discharged because of personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful violation of any law, rule or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses) or final cease and desist order, or any material breach of this Agreement; and

 

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(ii) at least forty-five (45) days prior to the votes contemplated by section 11(a)(i), the Company has provided the Executive with notice of its intent to discharge the Executive for Cause, detailing with particularity the facts and circumstances which are alleged to constitute Cause (the “Notice of Intent to Discharge”); and

(iii) after the giving of the Notice of Intent to Discharge and before the taking of the votes contemplated by section 11(a)(i), the Executive (together with his legal counsel, if he so desires) is afforded a reasonable opportunity to make both written and oral presentations before the Board of Directors of the Company for the purpose of refuting the alleged grounds for Cause for his discharge; and

(iv) after the votes contemplated by section 11(a)(i), the Company have furnished to the Executive a notice of termination which shall specify the effective date of his termination of employment (which shall in no event be earlier than the date on which such notice is deemed given) and include a copy of a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, certified by its corporate secretary and signed by each member of the Board of Directors voting in favor of adoption of the resolution(s), authorizing the termination of the Executive’s employment with Cause and stating with particularity the facts and circumstances found to constitute Cause for his discharge (the “Final Discharge Notice”).

(b) If the Executive is discharged during the Employment Period with Cause, the Company shall pay and provide to him (or, in the event of his death, to his estate, his surviving beneficiaries and his dependents) the Standard Termination Entitlements only, within the timeframes contained in section 9. Following the giving of a Notice of Intent to Discharge, the Company shall temporarily suspend the Executive’s duties and authority and, in such event, shall also suspend the payment of salary and other cash compensation, but not the Executive’s participation in retirement, insurance and other employee benefit plans. If the Executive is not discharged, or is discharged without Cause, within forty-five (45) days after the giving of a Notice of Intent to Discharge, payments of salary and cash compensation shall resume, and all payments withheld during the period of suspension shall be promptly restored. If the Executive is discharged with Cause not later than forty-five (45) days after the giving of the Notice of Intent to Discharge, all payments withheld during the period of suspension shall be deemed forfeited and shall not be included in the Standard Termination Entitlements. If the Company does not give a Final Discharge Notice to the Executive within ninety (90) days after giving a Notice of Intent to Discharge, the Notice of Intent to Discharge shall be deemed withdrawn and any future action to discharge the Executive with Cause shall require the giving of a new Notice of Intent to Discharge.

Section 12. Discharge without Cause .

The Company may discharge the Executive at any time during the Employment Period and, unless such discharge constitutes a discharge with Cause:

(a) The Company shall pay and deliver to the Executive (or in the event of his death before payment, to his estate and surviving dependents and beneficiaries, as applicable) the Standard Termination Entitlements within the timeframes contained in section 9.

 

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(b) During the Remaining Unexpired Employment Period, the Company shall provide for the Executive and his dependents continued group life, health (including hospitalization, medical and major medical), dental, accident and long-term disability insurance benefits on substantially the same terms and conditions (including any required premium-sharing arrangements, co-payments and deductibles) in effect for similarly situated employees of the Company. The coverage provided under this section 12(b) may, at the election of the Company, be secondary to the coverage provided as part of the Standard Termination Entitlements and to any employer-paid coverage provided by a subsequent employer or through Medicare, with the result that benefits under the other coverages will offset the coverage required by this section 12(b).

(c) The Company shall make a lump sum payment to the Executive (or, in the event of his death before payment, to his estate), in an amount equal to the value of the salary, bonus, short-term and long-term cash compensation that the Executive received in the calendar year preceding that in which the termination of employment with the Company occurs divided by twelve (12) and then multiplied by the number of months remaining in the Remaining Unexpired Employment Period to compensate the Executive for the payments the Executive would have received during the Remaining Unexpired Employment Period. Such lump sum shall be paid in lieu of all other payments of salary, bonus, short-term and long-term cash compensation provided for under this Agreement in respect of the period following any such termination. Such payment shall be made (without discounting for early payment) within thirty (30) days following the Executive’s termination of employment.

The payments and benefits described in sections 12(b) and 12(c) are referred to in this Agreement as the “Additional Termination Entitlements”.

The Executive, the Company and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this section 12 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) as short-term deferrals or pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(1) as non-taxable benefits.

Section 13. Resignation .

(a) The Executive may resign from his employment with the Company at any time. A resignation under this section 13 shall be effected by notice of resignation given by the Executive to the Company and shall take effect on the later of the effective date of termination specified in such notice or the date on which the notice of termination is deemed given by the Executive. The Executive’s resignation of any of the positions within the Bank or the Company to which he has been assigned shall be deemed a resignation from all such positions.

(b) The Executive’s resignation shall be deemed to be for “Good Reason” if the effective date of resignation occurs within ninety (90) days after any of the following:

(i) the failure of the Company (whether by act or omission of its Board of Directors, or otherwise) to appoint or re-appoint or elect or re-elect the Executive to the position(s) with the Company, specified in section 3 of this Agreement or to a more senior office;

 

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(ii) if the Executive is or becomes a member of the Board of Directors of the Company or the Bank, the failure of their respective shareholders (whether in an election in which the Executive stands as a nominee or in an election where the Executive is not a nominee) to elect or re-elect the Executive to membership at the expiration of his term of membership, unless such failure is a result of the Executive’s refusal to stand for election;

(iii) a material failure by the Company, whether by amendment of its certificate of incorporation or organization, by-laws, action of its Board of Directors or otherwise, to vest in the Executive the functions, duties, or responsibilities prescribed in section 3 of this Agreement; provided that the Executive shall have given notice of such failure to the Company, and the Company has not fully cured such failure within thirty (30) days after such notice is deemed given;

(iv) any reduction of the Executive’s rate of base salary in effect from time to time, whether or not material, or any failure (other than due to reasonable administrative error that is cured promptly upon notice) to pay any portion of the Executive’s compensation as and when due;

(v) any change in the terms and conditions of any compensation or benefit program in which the Executive participates which, either individually or together with other changes, has a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of his total compensation package; provided that the Executive shall have given notice of such material adverse effect to the Company, and the Company has not fully cured such failure within thirty (30) days after such notice is deemed given; provided; however, that this section 13(b)(v) shall not apply if the change in the terms and conditions of the compensation or benefit program affects all participants in such program equally;

(vi) any material breach by the Company of any material term, condition or covenant contained in this Agreement; provided that the Executive shall have given notice of such material adverse effect to the Company, and the Company has not fully cured such failure within thirty (30) days after such notice is deemed given; or

(vii) a change in the Executive’s principal place of employment to a place that is not the principal executive office of the Company, or a relocation of the Company’s principal executive office to a location that is both more than thirty-five (35) miles away from the Executive’s principal residence and more than thirty-five (35) miles away from the location of the Company’s principal executive office on the date of this Agreement.

In all other cases, a resignation by the Executive shall be deemed to be without Good Reason.

(c) In the event of the Executive’s resignation before the expiration of the Employment Period, the Company shall pay and deliver the Standard Termination Entitlements within the timeframes contained in section 9. In addition, if the Executive’s resignation is deemed to be a resignation with Good Reason, the Company shall also pay and deliver the Additional Termination Entitlements within the timeframes contained in section 12.

 

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(d) The Executive, the Company and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this section 13 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) as short-term deferrals or pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(1) as non-taxable benefits.

Section 14. Terms and Conditions of the Additional Termination Entitlements .

The Company and the Executive hereby stipulate that the damages which may be incurred by the Executive following any termination of employment are not capable of accurate measurement as of the date first above written and that the Additional Termination Entitlements constitute reasonable damages under the circumstances and shall be payable without any requirement of proof of actual damage and without regard to the Executive’s efforts, if any, to mitigate damages. The Company and the Executive further agree that the Company may condition the payment and delivery of the Additional Termination Entitlements on (i) the receipt of the Executive’s resignation from any and all positions which he holds as an officer, director or committee member with respect to the Company, the Bank or any subsidiary or affiliate of either of them and (ii) a release of the Company and its officers, directors, shareholders, subsidiaries and affiliates, in form and substance satisfactory to the Company, of any liability to the Executive, whether for compensation or damages, in connection with his employment with the Company and the termination of such employment except for the Standard Termination Entitlements and the Additional Termination Entitlements.

Section 15. Termination Upon or Following a Change of Control .

(a) A “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred upon the happening of any of the following events:

(i) the consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company with one (1) or more other persons, other than a transaction following which:

(A) at least 51% of the equity ownership interests of the entity resulting from such transaction are beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”)) in substantially the same relative proportions by persons who, immediately prior to such transaction, beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) at least 51% of the outstanding equity ownership interests in the Company; and

(B) at least 51% of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the entity resulting from such transaction are beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) in substantially the same relative proportions by persons who, immediately prior to such transaction, beneficially owned

 

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(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) at least 51% of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company;

(ii) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 25% or more of the outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors by any person or by any persons acting in concert;

(iii) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

(iv) the occurrence of any event if, immediately following such event, at least 50% of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company do not belong to any of the following groups:

(A) individuals who were members of the Board of Directors of the Company on the date of this Agreement; or

(B) individuals who first became members of the Board of Directors of the Company after the date of this Agreement either:

(1) upon election to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company by affirmative vote of three-quarters of the members of such board, or of a nominating committee thereof, in office at the time of such first election; or

(2) upon election by the shareholders of the Board of Directors of the Company to serve as a member of such board, but only if nominated for election by affirmative vote of three-quarters of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company, or of a nominating committee thereof, in office at the time of such first nomination;

provided, however , that such individual’s election or nomination did not result from an actual or threatened election contest or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents other than by or on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that this section 15(a)(iv) shall only apply if the Company is not majority owned by Lake Shore, MHC; or

(v) any event which would be described in section 15(a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) if the term “Bank” were substituted for the term “Company” therein.

In no event, however, shall a Change of Control be deemed to have occurred as a result of (i) any acquisition of securities or assets of the Company, the Bank, or a subsidiary of either of them, by the Company, the Bank, or any subsidiary of either of them, or by any employee benefit plan maintained by any of them or (ii) the conversion of Lake Shore, MHC to a stock form company and the issuance of additional shares of the Company in connection therewith. For purposes of this section 15(a), the term “person” shall have the meaning assigned to it under Sections 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.

 

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(b) For purposes of this Agreement, a “Pending Change of Control” shall mean: (i) the signing of a definitive agreement for a transaction which, if consummated, would result in a Change of Control; (ii) the commencement of a tender offer which, if successful, would result in a Change of Control; or (iii) the circulation of a proxy statement seeking proxies in opposition to management in an election contest which, if successful, would result in a Change of Control.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, for purposes of computing the Additional Termination Entitlements due upon a termination of employment that occurs, or is deemed to have occurred, after a Change of Control, the Remaining Unexpired Employment Period shall be deemed to be three (3) full years.

Section 16. Covenant Not To Compete .

The Executive hereby covenants and agrees that, in the event of his termination of employment with the Company prior to the expiration of the Employment Period, for a period of one (1) year following the date of his termination of employment with the Company, he shall not, without the written consent of the Company, become an officer, employee, consultant, director or trustee of any savings bank, savings and loan association, savings and loan holding company, bank or bank holding company, any other entity engaged in the business of accepting deposits or making loans or any direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of any such entity, that entails working within the State of New York or any city or county in any other state in which the Company or the Bank maintains an office; provided, however, that this section 16 shall not apply if the Executive is entitled to the Additional Termination Entitlements due to a Change of Control or after a Pending Change of Control.

Section 17. Confidentiality .

Unless he obtains the prior written consent of the Company, the Executive shall keep confidential and shall refrain from using for the benefit of himself, or any person or entity other than the Company or any entity which is a subsidiary of the Company or of which the Company is a subsidiary, any material document or information obtained from the Company, or from its parent or subsidiaries, in the course of his employment with any of them concerning their properties, operations or business (unless such document or information is readily ascertainable from public or published information or trade sources or has otherwise been made available to the public through no fault of his own) until the same ceases to be material (or becomes so ascertainable or available); provided, however, that nothing in this section 17 shall prevent the Executive, with or without the Company’s consent, from participating in or disclosing documents or information in connection with any judicial or administrative investigation, inquiry or proceeding to the extent that such participation or disclosure is required under applicable law.

Section 18. Solicitation .

The Executive hereby covenants and agrees that, for a period of one (1) year following his termination of employment with the Company or the Bank, he shall not, without the written consent of the Company, either directly or indirectly:

(a) solicit, offer employment to, or take any other action intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any officer or employee of the Company, the Bank or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates to terminate his or her employment and accept employment or become affiliated with, or provide services for compensation in any capacity whatsoever to, any savings bank, savings and loan association, bank, bank holding company, savings and loan holding company, or other institution engaged in the business of accepting deposits, making loans or doing business within the counties specified in section 16;

 

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(b) provide any information, advice or recommendation with respect to any such officer or employee of any savings bank, savings and loan association, bank, bank holding company, savings and loan holding company, or other institution engaged in the business of accepting deposits, making loans or doing business within the counties specified in section 16; that is intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any officer or employee of the Company, the Bank, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates to terminate his employment and accept employment or become affiliated with, or provide services for compensation in any capacity whatsoever to, any savings bank, savings and loan association, bank, bank holding company, savings and loan holding company, or other institution engaged in the business of accepting deposits, making loans or doing business within the counties specified in section 16;

(c) solicit, provide any information, advice or recommendation or take any other action intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any customer of the Company or the Bank to terminate an existing business or commercial relationship with the Company or the Bank;

provided however , that this section 18 shall not apply if the Executive is entitled to the Additional Termination Entitlements due to a Change of Control or after a Pending Change of Control.

Section 19. No Effect on Employee Benefit Plans or Programs .

The termination of the Executive’s employment during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, whether by the Company or by the Executive, shall have no effect on the rights and obligations of the parties hereto under the Company’s or the Bank’s qualified or non-qualified retirement, pension, savings, thrift, profit-sharing or stock bonus plans, group life, health (including hospitalization, medical and major medical), dental, accident and long term disability insurance plans or such other employee benefit plans or programs, or compensation plans or programs, as may be maintained by, or cover employees of, the Company or the Bank from time to time; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to duplicate any compensation or benefits provided under any agreement, plan or program covering the Executive to which the Company is a party and any duplicative amount payable under any such agreement, plan or program shall be applied as an offset to reduce the amounts otherwise payable hereunder.

Section 20. Successors and Assigns .

This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Executive, his legal representatives and testate or intestate distributees, and the Company and their respective successors and assigns, including any successor by merger or

 

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consolidation or a statutory receiver or any other person or firm or corporation to which all or substantially all of the assets and business of the Company may be sold or otherwise transferred. Failure of the Company to obtain from any successor its express written assumption of the Company’s obligations hereunder at least sixty (60) days in advance of the scheduled effective date of any such succession shall be deemed a material breach of this Agreement.

Section 21. Notices .

Any communication required or permitted to be given under this Agreement, including any notice, direction, designation, consent, instruction, objection or waiver, shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given at such time as it is delivered personally, or five (5) days after mailing if mailed, postage prepaid, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to such party at the address listed below or at such other address as one (1) such party may by written notice specify to the other party:

 

If to the Executive:
  David C. Mancuso  
 

 

 
 

 

 
If to the Company:
  Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc.
  128 East 4th Street
  Dunkirk, New York 14048
  Attention:        Chairman, Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors

Section 22. Waiver .

Failure to insist upon strict compliance with any of the terms, covenants or conditions hereof shall not be deemed a waiver of such term, covenant, or condition. A waiver of any provision of this Agreement must be made in writing, designated as a waiver, and signed by the party against whom its enforcement is sought. Any waiver or relinquishment of any right or power hereunder at any one (1) or more times shall not be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of such right or power at any other time or times.

Section 23. Counterparts .

This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

Section 24. Governing Law .

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the federal laws of the United States and, to the extent that federal law is inapplicable, in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts entered into and to be performed entirely within the State of New York.

 

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Section 25. Headings and Construction .

The headings of sections in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not intended to qualify the meaning of any section. Any reference to a section number shall refer to a section of this Agreement, unless otherwise stated.

Section 26. Entire Agreement; Modifications .

This instrument contains the entire agreement of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes in its entirety any and all prior agreements, understandings or representations relating to the subject matter hereof. No modifications of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by the parties hereto. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be construed and administered in such manner as shall be necessary to effect compliance with Section 409A and shall be subject to amendment in the future, in such manner as the Company and the Bank may deem necessary or appropriate to effect such compliance; provided that any such amendment shall preserve for the Executive the benefit originally afforded pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 27. Non-duplication .

In the event that the Executive shall perform services for the Bank or any other direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of the Company or the Bank, any compensation or benefits provided to the Executive by such other employer shall be applied to offset the obligations of the Company hereunder, it being intended that this Agreement set forth the aggregate compensation and benefits payable to the Executive for all services to the Company and all of its respective direct or indirect subsidiaries and affiliates.

Section 28. Survival .

The provisions of sections 6, 16, 17, 18 and 19 shall survive the expiration of the Employment Period or termination of the Agreement.

Section 29. Indemnification for Attorneys’ Fees .

The Company shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend Executive against reasonable costs, including legal fees, incurred by him in connection with or arising out of any action, suit or proceeding in which he may be involved, as a result of his efforts, in good faith, to defend or enforce the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that Executive shall have substantially prevailed on the merits pursuant to a judgment, decree or order of a court of competent jurisdiction or of an arbitrator in an arbitration proceeding. The determination whether the Executive shall have substantially prevailed on the merits and is therefore entitled to such indemnification, shall be made by the court or arbitrator, as applicable. In the event of a settlement pursuant to a settlement agreement, any indemnification payment under this section 29 shall be made only after a determination by the members of the Board (other than the Executive and any other member of the Board to which the Executive is related by blood or marriage) that the Executive has acted in good faith and that such indemnification payment is in the best interests of the Company.

 

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Section 30. Required Regulatory Provisions .

The following provisions are included for the purposes of complying with various laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Company:

(a) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, in no event shall the aggregate amount of compensation payable to the Executive under section 12(b) hereof exceed the three (3) times the Executive’s average annual compensation (within the meaning of OTS Regulatory Bulletin 27a or any successor thereto) for the last five (5) consecutive calendar years to end prior to his termination of employment with the Company (or for his entire period of employment with the Company if less than five (5) calendar years). The compensation payable to the Executive hereunder shall be further reduced (but not below zero) if such reduction would avoid the assessment of excise taxes on excess parachute payments (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code).

(b) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, any payments to the Executive by the Company, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, are subject to and conditioned upon their compliance with Section 18(k) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDI Act”), 12 U.S.C. §1828(k), and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if the Executive is suspended from office and/or temporarily prohibited from participating in the conduct of the affairs of the Company pursuant to a notice served under Section 8(e)(3) or 8(g)(1) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. §1818(e)(3) or 1818(g)(1), the Company’s obligations under this Agreement shall be suspended as of the date of service of such notice, unless stayed by appropriate proceedings. If the charges in such notice are dismissed, the Company, in its discretion, may (i) pay to the Executive all or part of the compensation withheld while the Company’s obligations hereunder were suspended and (ii) reinstate, in whole or in part, any of the obligations which were suspended.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if the Executive is removed and/or permanently prohibited from participating in the conduct of the Company’s affairs by an order issued under Section 8(e)(4) or 8(g)(1) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. §1818(e)(4) or (g)(1), all prospective obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall terminate as of the effective date of the order, but vested rights and obligations of the Company and the Executive shall not be affected.

(e) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if the Company is in default (within the meaning of Section 3(x)(1) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. §1813(x)(1), all prospective obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall terminate as of the date of default, but vested rights and obligations of the Company and the Executive shall not be affected.

(f) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, all prospective obligations of the Company hereunder shall be terminated, except to the extent that a continuation of this Agreement is necessary for the continued operation of the Company: (i) by the Director of the OTS or his designee or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), at the time the FDIC enters

 

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into an agreement to provide assistance to or on behalf of the Company under the authority contained in Section 13(c) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. §1823(c); (ii) by the Director of the OTS or his designee at the time such Director or designee approves a supervisory merger to resolve problems related to the operation of the Company or when the Company is determined by such Director to be in an unsafe or unsound condition. The vested rights and obligations of the parties shall not be affected.

If and to the extent that any of the foregoing provisions shall cease to be required or by applicable law, rule or regulation, the same shall become inoperative as though eliminated by formal amendment of this Agreement.

Section 31. Guarantee; Non-Duplication .

The Company hereby agrees to guarantee the payment by the Bank of any benefits and compensation to which the Executive is or may be entitled to under the terms and conditions of the employment agreement of even date herewith between the Bank and the Executive. In the event that the Executive shall perform services for the Bank or any other direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company, any compensation or benefits provided to the Executive by such other employer shall be applied to offset the obligations of the Company hereunder, it being intended that this Agreement set forth the aggregate compensation and benefits payable to the Executive for all services to the Company and all of its direct or indirect subsidiaries.

Section 32. Payments to Key Employees .

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent required under Section 409A, no payment to be made to a key employee (within the meaning of Section 409A) shall be made sooner than six (6) months after such termination of employment; provided, however, that to the extent such six (6)-month delay is imposed by Section 409A as a result of a Change of Control as defined in section 15(a), the payment shall be paid into a rabbi trust for the benefit of the Executive as if the six (6)-month delay was not imposed with such amounts then being distributed to the Executive as soon as permissible under Section 409A.

Section 33. Involuntary Termination Payments to Employees (Safe Harbor) .

In the event a payment is made to an employee upon an involuntary termination of employment, as deemed pursuant to this Agreement, such payment will not be subject to Section 409A provided that such payment does not exceed two (2) times the lesser of (i) the sum of the Executive’s annualized compensation based on the taxable year immediately preceding the year in which termination of employment occurs or (ii) the maximum amount that may be taken into account under a qualified plan pursuant to Section 401(a)(17) of the Code for the year in which the Executive terminates service (the “Safe Harbor Amount”). However, if such payment exceeds the Safe Harbor Amount, only the amount in excess of the Safe Harbor Amount will be subject to Section 409A. In addition, if such Executive is considered a key employee, such payment in excess of the Safe Harbor Amount will have its timing delayed and will be subject to the six (6)-month wait-period imposed by Section 409A as provided in section 32 of this Agreement. The Executive and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this section 33 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) as the safe harbor for separation pay due to involuntary separation from service.

 

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I N W ITNESS W HEREOF , the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed and the Executive has hereunto set his hand, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

               

/s/ David C. Mancuso

                D AVID C. M ANCUSO
      L AKE S HORE B ANCORP , I NC .
Attest:      
By:  

/s/ Lori Danforth

    By:  

/s/ Rachel A. Foley

Name:   Lori Danforth     Name:   Rachel A. Foley
Title:   Assistant Corporate Secretary     Title:   Chief Financial Officer
[Seal]      

Exhibit 10.2

A MENDED AND R ESTATED E MPLOYMENT A GREEMENT

This A MENDED AND R ESTATED E MPLOYMENT A GREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of November 14, 2007 (the “Effective Date”) by and between L AKE S HORE S AVINGS B ANK , a federally-chartered savings bank having an office at 128 East 4 th Street, Dunkirk, New York 14048 (the “Bank”) and D AVID C. M ANCUSO , an individual residing at                                          (the “Executive”).

I NTRODUCTORY S TATEMENT

The Bank has reorganized from a New York-chartered mutual savings and loan association to a federally-chartered stock savings bank and has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of L AKE S HORE B ANCORP , I NC ., a federally-chartered corporation and a mid-tier stock holding company having an office at 128 East 4 th Street, Dunkirk, New York 14048 (the “Company”), which is majority owned by L AKE S HORE , MHC , a mutual holding company (the “Reorganization”). In connection with the Reorganization, certain shares of the Company’s common stock were sold in an initial public stock offering. The Executive has served the Bank in an executive capacity for many years and is familiar with the Bank’s operations.

The Board of Directors of the Bank has concluded that it is in the best interests of the Bank and their prospective shareholders to secure a continuity in management following the Reorganization. They also consider it desirable to establish a working environment for the Executive which minimizes the personal distractions that might result from possible business combinations in which the Bank might be involved. For these reasons, the Board of Directors of the Bank has decided to offer to enter into a contract with the Executive for his future services. The Executive has accepted this offer.

The terms and conditions which the Bank and the Executive have agreed to are as follows.

A GREEMENT

Section 1. Employment .

The Bank hereby continues to employ the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts such continued employment, during the period and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

Section 2. Employment Period; Remaining Unexpired Employment Period .

(a) The Bank shall employ the Executive during an initial period of three (3) years beginning on the effective date of the Reorganization (the “Employment Commencement Date”) and ending on the day before the third (3 rd ) anniversary of the Employment Commencement Date, and during the period of any additional extensions described in section 2(b) (the “Employment Period”).


(b) The Board of Directors of the Bank shall conduct an annual review of the Executive’s performance on or about each anniversary of the Employment Commencement Date (each, an “Anniversary Date”) and may, on the basis of such review and by written notice to the Executive, offer to extend the Employment Period through the day before the third (3 rd ) anniversary of the relevant Anniversary Date. In such event, the Employment Period shall be deemed extended in the absence of objection from the Executive by written notice to the Bank given within ten (10) business days after his receipt of the Bank’s offer of extension.

(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any reference in this Agreement to the term “Remaining Unexpired Employment Period” as of any date shall mean the period beginning on such date and ending on the day before the third (3 rd ) anniversary of the Employment Commencement Date or, if later, on the day before the third (3 rd ) anniversary of the last Anniversary Date as of which the Employment Period was extended pursuant to section 2(b).

(d) Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit the Bank from terminating the Executive’s employment before the end of the Employment Period with or without notice for any reason. This Agreement shall determine the relative rights and obligations of the Bank and the Executive in the event of any such termination. In addition, nothing in this Agreement shall require the termination of the Executive’s employment at the expiration of the Employment Period. Any continuation of the Executive’s employment beyond the expiration of the Employment Period shall be on an “at-will” basis unless the Bank and the Executive agree otherwise.

Section 3. Duties .

The Executive shall serve as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Bank, having such power, authority and responsibility and performing such duties as are prescribed by or under the Bank’s By-Laws and as are customarily associated with such positions. The Executive shall devote his full business time and attention (other than during weekends, holidays, approved vacation periods, and periods of illness or approved leaves of absence) to the business and affairs of the Bank and shall use his best efforts to advance their respective best interests.

Section 4. Cash Compensation .

In consideration for the services to be rendered by the Executive hereunder, the Bank shall pay to him a salary at an initial annual rate of TWO HUNDRED THIRTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($213,550), payable in approximately equal installments in accordance with their respective customary payroll practices for senior officers. The Bank’s Board of Directors shall review the Executive’s annual rate of salary at such times during the Employment Period as it deems appropriate, but not less frequently than once every twelve (12) months, and may, in its discretion, approve a salary increase. In addition to salary, the Executive may receive other cash compensation from the Bank for services hereunder at such times, in such amounts and on such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors of the Bank may determine.

 

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Section 5. Employee Benefit Plans and Programs .

During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be treated as an employee of the Bank and shall be entitled to participate in and receive benefits under any and all qualified or non-qualified retirement, pension, savings, profit-sharing or stock bonus plans, any and all group life, health (including hospitalization, medical and major medical), dental, accident and long-term disability insurance plans, and any other employee benefit and compensation plans (including, but not limited to, any incentive compensation plans or programs, stock option and appreciation rights plans and restricted stock plans) as may from time to time be maintained by, or cover employees of, the Bank, in accordance with the terms and conditions of such employee benefit plans and programs and compensation plans and programs and consistent with the Bank’s customary practices.

Section 6. Indemnification and Insurance .

(a) To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, during the Employment Period and for a period of six (6) years thereafter, the Bank shall cause the Executive to be covered by and named as an insured under any policy or contract of insurance obtained by them to insure their directors and officers against personal liability for acts or omissions in connection with service as an officer or director of the Company or the Bank or service in other capacities at their request. The coverage provided to the Executive pursuant to this section 6 shall be of the same scope and on the same terms and conditions as the coverage (if any) provided to other officers or directors of the Bank.

(b) To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, during the Employment Period and for a period of six (6) years thereafter, the Bank shall indemnify the Executive against and hold him harmless from any costs, damages, losses and exposures arising out of a bona fide action, suit or proceeding in which he may be involved by reason of his having been a director or officer of the Bank to the fullest extent and on the most favorable terms and conditions that similar indemnification is offered to any director or officer of the Bank or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof.

(c) The Executive, the Company and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this Section 6 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A (“Section 409A”) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(10) as certain indemnification and liability insurance plans.

Section 7. Outside Activities .

The Executive may serve as a member of the boards of directors of such business, community and charitable organizations as he may disclose to and as may be approved by the Board of Directors of the Bank (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld); provided, however, that such service shall not materially interfere with the performance of his duties under this Agreement nor shall it violate any applicable laws or regulations. The Executive may also engage in personal business and investment activities which do not materially interfere with the performance of his duties hereunder; provided, however , that such activities are not prohibited under any code of conduct or investment or securities trading policy established by the Bank and generally applicable to all similarly situated executives and that such activities are not prohibited by any applicable laws or regulations.

 

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Section 8. Working Facilities and Expenses .

The Executive’s principal place of employment shall be at the Bank’s executive offices at the address first above written, or at such other location as the Bank and the Executive may mutually agree upon. The Bank shall provide the Executive at his principal place of employment with a private office, secretarial services and other support services and facilities suitable to his positions with the Bank and necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of his assigned duties under this Agreement. The Bank shall reimburse the Executive for his ordinary and necessary business expenses, including, without limitation, fees for memberships in such clubs and organizations that are necessary and appropriate for business purposes as mutually agreed by the Company and the Executive, and his travel and entertainment expenses incurred in connection with the performance of his duties under this Agreement, in each case only if such expenses are presented and approved in accordance with the Bank’s business reimbursement policy then in effect.

Section 9. Termination Due to Death .

The Executive’s employment with the Bank shall terminate, automatically and without any further action on the part of any party to this Agreement, on the date of the Executive’s death. In such event:

(a) The Bank shall pay to the Executive’s estate his earned but unpaid compensation (including, without limitation, salary and all other items which constitute wages under applicable law) as of the date of his termination of employment as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(1)(ii). This payment shall be made at the time and in the manner prescribed by law applicable to the payment of wages but in no event later than thirty (30) days after the date of the Executive’s termination of employment.

(b) The Bank shall provide the benefits, if any, due to the Executive’s estate, surviving dependents or his designated beneficiaries under the employee benefit plans and programs and compensation plans and programs maintained for the benefit of the officers and employees of the Bank. The time and manner of payment or other delivery of these benefits and the recipients of such benefits shall be determined according to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and programs.

The payments and benefits described in sections 9(a) and (b) shall be referred to in this Agreement as the “Standard Termination Entitlements.”

The Executive, the Company and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this section 9 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) as short-term deferrals or pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(1) as non-taxable benefits.

 

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Section 10. Termination Due to Disability .

The Bank may terminate the Executive’s employment upon a determination, by vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, acting in reliance on the written advice of a medical professional acceptable to them, that the Executive is suffering from a physical or mental impairment which, at the date of the determination, has prevented the Executive from performing his assigned duties on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one hundred and eighty (180) days during the period of one (1) year ending with the date of the determination or is likely to result in death or prevent the Executive from performing his assigned duties on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one hundred and eighty (180) days during the period of one (1) year beginning with the date of the determination. In such event:

(a) The Bank shall pay and deliver to the Executive (or in the event of his death before payment, to his estate and surviving dependents and beneficiaries, as applicable) the Standard Termination Entitlements within the timeframes contained in section 9.

(b) In addition to the Standard Termination Entitlements, the Bank shall continue to pay the Executive his base salary, at the annual rate in effect for him immediately prior to the termination of his employment, during a period ending on the earliest of: (i) the expiration of one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date of termination of his employment; (ii) the date on which long-term disability insurance benefits are first payable to him under any long-term disability insurance plan covering employees of the Bank (the “LTD Eligibility Date”); (iii) the date of his death; and (iv) the expiration of the Remaining Unexpired Employment Period (the “Initial Continuation Period”). If the end of the Initial Continuation Period is neither the LTD Eligibility Date nor the date of his death, the Bank shall continue to pay the Executive his base salary, at an annual rate equal to sixty percent (60%) of the annual rate in effect for him immediately prior to the termination of his employment, during an additional period ending on the earliest of the LTD Eligibility Date, the date of his death and the expiration of the Remaining Unexpired Employment Period.

A termination of employment due to disability under this section 10 shall be effected by joint notice of termination given to the Executive by the Bank and shall take effect on the later of the effective date of termination specified in such notice or the date on which the notice of termination is deemed given to the Executive.

The Executive, the Company and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this section 10 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) as short-term deferrals or pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(1) as non-taxable benefits.

Section 11. Discharge with Cause .

(a) The Bank may terminate the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period, and such termination shall be deemed to have occurred with “Cause”, only if:

(i) the Board of Directors of the Bank, by majority vote of their entire membership, determine that the Executive should be discharged because of personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful violation of any law, rule or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses) or final cease and desist order, or any material breach of this Agreement; and

 

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(ii) at least forty-five (45) days prior to the votes contemplated by section 11(a)(i), the Bank has provided the Executive with notice of its intent to discharge the Executive for Cause, detailing with particularity the facts and circumstances which are alleged to constitute Cause (the “Notice of Intent to Discharge”); and

(iii) after the giving of the Notice of Intent to Discharge and before the taking of the votes contemplated by section 11(a)(i), the Executive (together with his legal counsel, if he so desires) is afforded a reasonable opportunity to make both written and oral presentations before the Board of Directors of the Bank for the purpose of refuting the alleged grounds for Cause for his discharge; and

(iv) after the votes contemplated by section 11(a)(i), the Bank has furnished to the Executive a notice of termination which shall specify the effective date of his termination of employment (which shall in no event be earlier than the date on which such notice is deemed given) and include a copy of a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Bank certified by its corporate secretary and signed by each member of the Board of Directors voting in favor of adoption of the resolution(s), authorizing the termination of the Executive’s employment with Cause and stating with particularity the facts and circumstances found to constitute Cause for his discharge (the “Final Discharge Notice”).

(b) If the Executive is discharged during the Employment Period with Cause, the Bank shall pay and provide to him (or, in the event of his death, to his estate, his surviving beneficiaries and his dependents) the Standard Termination Entitlements only, within the timeframes contained in section 9. Following the giving of a Notice of Intent to Discharge, the Bank shall temporarily suspend the Executive’s duties and authority and, in such event, shall also suspend the payment of salary and other cash compensation, but not the Executive’s participation in retirement, insurance and other employee benefit plans. If the Executive is not discharged, or is discharged without Cause, within forty-five (45) days after the giving of a Notice of Intent to Discharge, payments of salary and cash compensation shall resume, and all payments withheld during the period of suspension shall be promptly restored. If the Executive is discharged with Cause not later than forty-five (45) days after the giving of the Notice of Intent to Discharge, all payments withheld during the period of suspension shall be deemed forfeited and shall not be included in the Standard Termination Entitlements. If the Bank does not give a Final Discharge Notice to the Executive within ninety (90) days after giving a Notice of Intent to Discharge, the Notice of Intent to Discharge shall be deemed withdrawn and any future action to discharge the Executive with Cause shall require the giving of a new Notice of Intent to Discharge.

 

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Section 12. Discharge without Cause .

The Bank may discharge the Executive at any time during the Employment Period and, unless such discharge constitutes a discharge with Cause:

(a) The Bank shall pay and deliver to the Executive (or in the event of his death before payment, to his estate and surviving dependents and beneficiaries, as applicable) the Standard Termination Entitlements within the timeframes contained in section 9.

(b) During the Remaining Unexpired Employment Period, the Bank shall provide for the Executive and his dependents continued group life, health (including hospitalization, medical and major medical), dental, accident and long-term disability insurance benefits on substantially the same terms and conditions (including any required premium-sharing arrangements, co-payments and deductibles) in effect for similarly situated employees of the Bank. The coverage provided under this section 12(b) may, at the election of the Bank, be secondary to the coverage provided as part of the Standard Termination Entitlements and to any employer-paid coverage provided by a subsequent employer or through Medicare, with the result that benefits under the other coverages will offset the coverage required by this section 12(b).

(c) The Bank shall make a lump sum payment to the Executive (or, in the event of his death before payment, to his estate), in an amount equal to the value of the salary, bonus, short-term and long-term cash compensation that the Executive received in the calendar year preceding that in which the termination of employment with the Bank occurs divided by twelve (12) and then multiplied by the number of months remaining in the Remaining Unexpired Employment Period to compensate the Executive for the payments the Executive would have received during the Remaining Unexpired Employment Period. Such lump sum shall be paid in lieu of all other payments of salary, bonus, short-term and long-term cash compensation provided for under this Agreement in respect of the period following any such termination. Such payment shall be made (without discounting for early payment) within thirty (30) days following the Executive’s termination of employment.

The payments and benefits described in sections 12(b) and 12(c) are referred to in this Agreement as the “Additional Termination Entitlements”.

The Executive, the Company and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this section 12 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) as short-term deferrals or pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(1) as non-taxable benefits.

 

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Section 13. Resignation .

(a) The Executive may resign from his employment with the Bank at any time. A resignation under this section 13 shall be effected by notice of resignation given by the Executive to the Bank and shall take effect on the later of the effective date of termination specified in such notice or the date on which the notice of termination is deemed given by the Executive. The Executive’s resignation of any of the positions within the Bank or the Company to which he has been assigned shall be deemed a resignation from all such positions.

(b) The Executive’s resignation shall be deemed to be for “Good Reason” if the effective date of resignation occurs within ninety (90) days after any of the following:

(i) the failure of the Bank (whether by act or omission of its Board of Directors, or otherwise) to appoint or re-appoint or elect or re-elect the Executive to the position(s) with the Bank, specified in section 3 of this Agreement or to a more senior office;

(ii) if the Executive is or becomes a member of the Board of Directors of the Company or the Bank, the failure of their respective shareholders (whether in an election in which the Executive stands as a nominee or in an election where the Executive is not a nominee) to elect or re-elect the Executive to membership at the expiration of his term of membership, unless such failure is a result of the Executive’s refusal to stand for election;

(iii) a material failure by the Bank, whether by amendment of its certificate of incorporation or organization, by-laws, action of its Board of Directors or otherwise, to vest in the Executive the functions, duties, or responsibilities prescribed in section 3 of this Agreement; provided that the Executive shall have given notice of such failure to the Bank, and the Bank has not fully cured such failure within thirty (30) days after such notice is deemed given;

(iv) any reduction of the Executive’s rate of base salary in effect from time to time, whether or not material, or any failure (other than due to reasonable administrative error that is cured promptly upon notice) to pay any portion of the Executive’s compensation as and when due;

(v) any change in the terms and conditions of any compensation or benefit program in which the Executive participates which, either individually or together with other changes, has a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of his total compensation package; provided that the Executive shall have given notice of such material adverse effect to the Bank, and the Bank has not fully cured such failure within thirty (30) days after such notice is deemed given; provided, however , that this section 13(b)(v) shall not apply if the change in the terms and conditions of the compensation or benefit program affects all participants in such program equally;

(vi) any material breach by the Bank of any material term, condition or covenant contained in this Agreement; provided that the Executive shall have given notice of such material adverse effect to the Bank, and the Bank has not fully cured such failure within thirty (30) days after such notice is deemed given; or

 

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(vii) a change in the Executive’s principal place of employment to a place that is not the principal executive office of the Bank, or a relocation of the Bank’s principal executive office to a location that is both more than thirty-five (35) miles away from the Executive’s principal residence and more than thirty-five (35) miles away from the location of the Bank’s principal executive office on the date of this Agreement.

In all other cases, a resignation by the Executive shall be deemed to be without Good Reason.

(c) In the event of the Executive’s resignation before the expiration of the Employment Period, the Bank shall pay and deliver the Standard Termination Entitlements within the timeframes contained in section 9. In addition, if the Executive’s resignation is deemed to be a resignation with Good Reason, the Bank shall also pay and deliver the Additional Termination Entitlements within the timeframes contained in section 12.

(d) The Executive, the Company and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this section 13 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) as short-term deferrals or pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(1) as non-taxable benefits.

Section 14. Terms and Conditions of the Additional Termination Entitlements .

The Bank and the Executive hereby stipulate that the damages which may be incurred by the Executive following any termination of employment are not capable of accurate measurement as of the date first above written and that the Additional Termination Entitlements constitute reasonable damages under the circumstances and shall be payable without any requirement of proof of actual damage and without regard to the Executive’s efforts, if any, to mitigate damages. The Bank and the Executive further agree that the Bank may condition the payment and delivery of the Additional Termination Entitlements on (i) the receipt of the Executive’s resignation from any and all positions which he holds as an officer, director or committee member with respect to the Company, the Bank or any subsidiary or affiliate of either of them and (ii) a release of the Bank and its officers, directors, shareholders, subsidiaries and affiliates including the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the Bank, of any liability to the Executive, whether for compensation or damages, in connection with his employment with the Bank and the termination of such employment except for the Standard Termination Entitlements and the Additional Termination Entitlements.

Section 15. Termination Upon or Following a Change of Control .

(a) A “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred upon the happening of any of the following events:

(i) the consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company with one (1) or more other persons, other than a transaction following which:

(A) at least 51% of the equity ownership interests of the entity resulting from such transaction are beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”)) in substantially the same relative proportions by persons who, immediately prior to such transaction, beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) at least 51% of the outstanding equity ownership interests in the Company; and

 

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(B) at least 51% of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the entity resulting from such transaction are beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) in substantially the same relative proportions by persons who, immediately prior to such transaction, beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) at least 51% of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company;

(ii) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 25% or more of the outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors by any person or by any persons acting in concert;

(iii) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

(iv) the occurrence of any event if, immediately following such event, at least 50% of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company do not belong to any of the following groups:

(A) individuals who were members of the Board of Directors of the Company on the date of this Agreement; or

(B) individuals who first became members of the Board of Directors of the Company after the date of this Agreement either:

(1) upon election to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company by affirmative vote of three-quarters of the members of such board, or of a nominating committee thereof, in office at the time of such first election; or

(2) upon election by the shareholders of the Board of Directors of the Company to serve as a member of such board, but only if nominated for election by affirmative vote of three-quarters of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company, or of a nominating committee thereof, in office at the time of such first nomination;

provided, however , that such individual’s election or nomination did not result from an actual or threatened election contest or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents other than by or on behalf of the Board of Directors of the

 

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Company; provided, however , that this section 15(a)(iv) shall only apply if the Company is not majority owned by Lake Shore, MHC; or

(v) any event which would be described in section 15(a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) if the term “Bank” were substituted for the term “Company” therein.

In no event, however, shall a Change of Control be deemed to have occurred as a result of (i) any acquisition of securities or assets of the Company, the Bank, or a subsidiary of either of them, by the Company, the Bank, or any subsidiary of either of them, or by any employee benefit plan maintained by any of them or (ii) the conversion of Lake Shore, MHC to a stock form company and the issuance of additional shares of the Company in connection therewith. For purposes of this section 15(a), the term “person” shall have the meaning assigned to it under Sections 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.

(b) For purposes of this Agreement, a “Pending Change of Control” shall mean: (i) the signing of a definitive agreement for a transaction which, if consummated, would result in a Change of Control; (ii) the commencement of a tender offer which, if successful, would result in a Change of Control; or (iii) the circulation of a proxy statement seeking proxies in opposition to management in an election contest which, if successful, would result in a Change of Control.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, for purposes of computing the Additional Termination Entitlements due upon a termination of employment that occurs, or is deemed to have occurred, after a Change of Control, the Remaining Unexpired Employment Period shall be deemed to be three (3) full years.

Section 16. Covenant Not To Compete .

The Executive hereby covenants and agrees that, in the event of his termination of employment with the Bank prior to the expiration of the Employment Period, for a period of one (1) year following the date of his termination of employment with the Bank, he shall not, without the written consent of the Bank, become an officer, employee, consultant, director or trustee of any savings bank, savings and loan association, savings and loan holding company, bank or bank holding company, any other entity engaged in the business of accepting deposits or making loans or any direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of any such entity, that entails working within the State of New York or any city or county in any other state in which the Company or the Bank maintains an office; provided, however , that this section 16 shall not apply if the Executive is entitled to the Additional Termination Entitlements due to a Change of Control or after a Pending Change of Control or after a Pending Change of Control.

Section 17. Confidentiality .

Unless he obtains the prior written consent of the Bank, the Executive shall keep confidential and shall refrain from using for the benefit of himself, or any person or entity other than the Bank or the Company or any entity which is a subsidiary of the Company or of which the Company is a subsidiary, any material document or information obtained from the Company, or from

 

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its parent or subsidiaries, in the course of his employment with any of them concerning their properties, operations or business (unless such document or information is readily ascertainable from public or published information or trade sources or has otherwise been made available to the public through no fault of his own) until the same ceases to be material (or becomes so ascertainable or available); provided, however , that nothing in this section 17 shall prevent the Executive, with or without the Bank’s consent, from participating in or disclosing documents or information in connection with any judicial or administrative investigation, inquiry or proceeding to the extent that such participation or disclosure is required under applicable law.

Section 18. Solicitation .

The Executive hereby covenants and agrees that, for a period of one (1) year following his termination of employment with the Company or the Bank, he shall not, without the written consent of the Bank, either directly or indirectly:

(a) solicit, offer employment to, or take any other action intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any officer or employee of the Company, the Bank or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates to terminate his or her employment and accept employment or become affiliated with, or provide services for compensation in any capacity whatsoever to, any savings bank, savings and loan association, bank, bank holding company, savings and loan holding company, or other institution engaged in the business of accepting deposits, making loans or doing business within the counties specified in section 16;

(b) provide any information, advice or recommendation with respect to any such officer or employee of any savings bank, savings and loan association, bank, bank holding company, savings and loan holding company, or other institution engaged in the business of accepting deposits, making loans or doing business within the counties specified in section 16; that is intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any officer or employee of the Company, the Bank, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates to terminate his employment and accept employment or become affiliated with, or provide services for compensation in any capacity whatsoever to, any savings bank, savings and loan association, bank, bank holding company, savings and loan holding company, or other institution engaged in the business of accepting deposits, making loans or doing business within the counties specified in section 16;

(c) solicit, provide any information, advice or recommendation or take any other action intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any customer of the Company or the Bank to terminate an existing business or commercial relationship with the Company or the Bank;

provided however, that this section 18 shall not apply if the Executive is entitled to the Additional Termination Entitlements due to a Change of Control or after a Pending Change of Control.

 

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Section 19. No Effect on Employee Benefit Plans or Programs .

The termination of the Executive’s employment during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, whether by the Bank or by the Executive, shall have no effect on the rights and obligations of the parties hereto under the Company’s or the Bank’s qualified or non-qualified retirement, pension, savings, thrift, profit-sharing or stock bonus plans, group life, health (including hospitalization, medical and major medical), dental, accident and long term disability insurance plans or such other employee benefit plans or programs, or compensation plans or programs, as may be maintained by, or cover employees of, the Company or the Bank from time to time; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to duplicate any compensation or benefits provided under any agreement, plan or program covering the Executive to which the Bank is a party and any duplicative amount payable under any such agreement, plan or program shall be applied as an offset to reduce the amounts otherwise payable hereunder.

Section 20. Successors and Assigns .

This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Executive, his legal representatives and testate or intestate distributees, and the Bank and their respective successors and assigns, including any successor by merger or consolidation or a statutory receiver or any other person or firm or corporation to which all or substantially all of the assets and business of the Bank may be sold or otherwise transferred. Failure of the Bank to obtain from any successor its express written assumption of the Bank’s obligations hereunder at least sixty (60) days in advance of the scheduled effective date of any such succession shall be deemed a material breach of this Agreement.

Section 21. Notices .

Any communication required or permitted to be given under this Agreement, including any notice, direction, designation, consent, instruction, objection or waiver, shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given at such time as it is delivered personally, or five (5) days after mailing if mailed, postage prepaid, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to such party at the address listed below or at such other address as one (1) such party may by written notice specify to the other party:

 

If to the Executive:
  David C. Mancuso  
 

 

 
 

 

 

 

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If to the Bank:
  Lake Shore Savings Bank
  128 East 4 th Street
  Dunkirk, New York 14048
  Attention:        Chairman, Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors

Section 22. Waiver .

Failure to insist upon strict compliance with any of the terms, covenants or conditions hereof shall not be deemed a waiver of such term, covenant, or condition. A waiver of any provision of this Agreement must be made in writing, designated as a waiver, and signed by the party against whom its enforcement is sought. Any waiver or relinquishment of any right or power hereunder at any one (1) or more times shall not be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of such right or power at any other time or times.

Section 23. Counterparts .

This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

Section 24. Governing Law .

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the federal laws of the United States and, to the extent that federal law is inapplicable, in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts entered into and to be performed entirely within the State of New York.

Section 25. Headings and Construction .

The headings of sections in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not intended to qualify the meaning of any section. Any reference to a section number shall refer to a section of this Agreement, unless otherwise stated.

Section 26. Entire Agreement; Modifications .

This instrument contains the entire agreement of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes in its entirety any and all prior agreements, understandings or representations relating to the subject matter hereof. No modifications of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by the parties hereto. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be construed and administered in such manner as shall be necessary to effect compliance with Section 409A and shall be subject to amendment in the future, in such manner as the Company and the Bank may deem necessary or appropriate to effect such compliance; provided that any such amendment shall preserve for the Executive the benefit originally afforded pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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Section 27. Non-duplication .

In the event that the Executive shall perform services for the Bank or any other direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of the Company or the Bank, any compensation or benefits provided to the Executive by such other employer shall be applied to offset the obligations of the Bank hereunder, it being intended that this Agreement set forth the aggregate compensation and benefits payable to the Executive for all services to the Bank and all of its respective direct or indirect subsidiaries and affiliates.

Section 28. Survival .

The provisions of sections 6, 16, 17, 18 and 19 shall survive the expiration of the Employment Period or termination of the Agreement.

Section 29. Indemnification for Attorneys’ Fees .

The Bank shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend Executive against reasonable costs, including legal fees, incurred by him in connection with or arising out of any action, suit or proceeding in which he may be involved, as a result of his efforts, in good faith, to defend or enforce the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that Executive shall have substantially prevailed on the merits pursuant to a judgment, decree or order of a court of competent jurisdiction or of an arbitrator in an arbitration proceeding. The determination whether the Executive shall have substantially prevailed on the merits and is therefore entitled to such indemnification, shall be made by the court or arbitrator, as applicable. In the event of a settlement pursuant to a settlement agreement, any indemnification payment under this section 29 shall be made only after a determination by the members of the Board (other than the Executive and any other member of the Board to which the Executive is related by blood or marriage) that the Executive has acted in good faith and that such indemnification payment is in the best interests of the Bank.

Section 30. Required Regulatory Provisions .

The following provisions are included for the purposes of complying with various laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Bank:

(a) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, in no event shall the aggregate amount of compensation payable to the Executive under section 12(b) hereof exceed the three (3) times the Executive’s average annual compensation (within the meaning of OTS Regulatory Bulletin 27a or any successor thereto) for the last five (5) consecutive calendar years to end prior to his termination of employment with the Bank (or for his entire period of employment with the Bank if less than five (5) calendar years). The compensation payable to the Executive hereunder shall be further reduced (but not below zero) if such reduction would avoid the assessment of excise taxes on excess parachute payments (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code).

(b) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, any payments to the Executive by the Bank, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, are subject to and conditioned upon their compliance with Section 18(k) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDI Act”), 12 U.S.C. §1828(k), and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if the Executive is suspended from office and/or temporarily prohibited from participating in the conduct of the affairs of the Bank pursuant to a notice served under Section 8(e)(3) or 8(g)(1) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. §1818(e)(3) or 1818(g)(1), the Bank’s obligations under this Agreement shall be suspended as of the date of service of such notice, unless stayed by appropriate proceedings. If the charges in such notice are dismissed, the Bank, in its discretion, may (i) pay to the Executive all or part of the compensation withheld while the Bank’s obligations hereunder were suspended and (ii) reinstate, in whole or in part, any of the obligations which were suspended.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if the Executive is removed and/or permanently prohibited from participating in the conduct of the Bank’s affairs by an order issued under Section 8(e)(4) or 8(g)(1) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. §1818(e)(4) or (g)(1), all prospective obligations of the Bank under this Agreement shall terminate as of the effective date of the order, but vested rights and obligations of the Bank and the Executive shall not be affected.

(e) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if the Bank is in default (within the meaning of Section 3(x)(1) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. §1813(x)(1), all prospective obligations of the Bank under this Agreement shall terminate as of the date of default, but vested rights and obligations of the Bank and the Executive shall not be affected.

(f) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, all prospective obligations of the Bank hereunder shall be terminated, except to the extent that a continuation of this Agreement is necessary for the continued operation of the Bank: (i) by the Director of the OTS or his designee or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), at the time the FDIC enters into an agreement to provide assistance to or on behalf of the Bank under the authority contained in Section 13(c) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. §1823(c); (ii) by the Director of the OTS or his designee at the time such Director or designee approves a supervisory merger to resolve problems related to the operation of the Bank or when the Bank is determined by such Director to be in an unsafe or unsound condition. The vested rights and obligations of the parties shall not be affected.

If and to the extent that any of the foregoing provisions shall cease to be required or by applicable law, rule or regulation, the same shall become inoperative as though eliminated by formal amendment of this Agreement.

Section 31. Payments to Key Employees .

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent required under Section 409A, no payment to be made to a key employee (within the meaning of Section 409A) shall be made sooner than six (6) months after such termination of employment; provided, however, that to the extent such six (6)-month delay is imposed by Section 409A as a result of a Change of Control as defined in section 15(a), the payment shall be paid into a rabbi trust for the benefit of the Executive as if the six (6)-month delay was not imposed with such amounts then being distributed to the Executive as soon as permissible under Section 409A.

 

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Section 32. Involuntary Termination Payments to Employees (Safe Harbor) .

In the event a payment is made to an employee upon an involuntary termination of employment, as deemed pursuant to this Agreement, such payment will not be subject to Section 409A provided that such payment does not exceed two (2) times the lesser of (i) the sum of the Executive’s annualized compensation based on the taxable year immediately preceding the year in which termination of employment occurs or (ii) the maximum amount that may be taken into account under a qualified plan pursuant to Section 401(a)(17) of the Code for the year in which the Executive terminates service (the “Safe Harbor Amount”). However, if such payment exceeds the Safe Harbor Amount, only the amount in excess of the Safe Harbor Amount will be subject to Section 409A. In addition, if such Executive is considered a key employee, such payment in excess of the Safe Harbor Amount will have its timing delayed and will be subject to the six (6)-month wait-period imposed by Section 409A as provided in section 31 of this Agreement. The Executive and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this section 32 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) as the safe harbor for separation pay due to involuntary separation from service.

 

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I N W ITNESS W HEREOF , the Bank has caused this Agreement to be executed and the Executive has hereunto set his hand, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

               

/s/ David C. Mancuso

                D AVID C. M ANCUSO
      L AKE S HORE S AVINGS B ANK
Attest:      
By:  

/s/ Lori Danforth

    By:  

/s/ Rachel A. Foley

Name:   Lori Danforth     Name:   Rachel A. Foley
Title:   Assistant Corporate Secretary     Title:   Chief Financial Officer
[Seal]      

Exhibit 10.3

F ORM O F O NE -Y EAR C HANGE OF C ONTROL A GREEMENT

This C HANGE OF C ONTROL A GREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of November 14, 2007 (the “Effective Date”) by and among L AKE S HORE S AVINGS B ANK , a federally-chartered savings bank having an office at 128 East 4 th Street, Dunkirk, New York 14048 (the “Bank”), L AKE S HORE B ANCORP , I NC . , a federally-chartered corporation having an office at 128 East 4 th Street, Dunkirk, New York 14048 (the “Company”) and                                           (the “Officer”).

I NTRODUCTORY S TATEMENT

The Bank has reorganized from a New York-chartered mutual savings and loan association to a federally-chartered stock savings bank and has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, a mid-tier stock holding company, which is majority owned by Lake Shore, MHC, a mutual holding company (the “Reorganization”). In connection with the Reorganization, certain shares of the Company’s common stock were sold in an initial public stock offering. The Officer has served the Bank in an executive capacity prior to the Reorganization and is familiar with the Bank’s operations.

The Board of Directors of the Bank has concluded that it is in the best interests of the Bank, the Company and their prospective shareholders to establish a working environment for the Officer which minimizes the personal distractions that might result from possible business combinations in which the Company or the Bank might be involved following the Reorganization. To this end, the Bank has decided to provide the Officer with assurance that his compensation will be continued for a minimum period of one (1) year following termination of employment, as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(ii) (the “Assurance Period”) if his employment terminates under specified circumstances related to a business combination. The Board of Directors of the Bank has decided to formalize this assurance by entering into this Change of Control Agreement with the Officer. The Board of Directors of the Company has authorized the Company to guarantee the Bank’s obligations under this Agreement.

The terms and conditions which the Bank, the Company and the Officer have agreed to are as follows.

A GREEMENT

Section 1. Effective Date; Term; Change of Control and Pending Change of Control Defined .

(a) This Agreement shall take effect on the effective date of the Reorganization (the “Effective Date”) and shall be in effect during the period (the “Term”) beginning on the Effective Date of the Reorganization and ending on the first anniversary of the date on which the Bank notifies the Officer of its intent to discontinue the Agreement (the “Initial Expiration Date”) or, if later, the first anniversary of the latest Change of Control or Pending Change of Control, as defined below, that occurs after the Effective Date and before the Initial Expiration Date.


(b) For all purposes of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred upon the happening of any of the following events:

(i) the consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company with one (1) or more other persons, other than a transaction following which:

(A) at least 51% of the equity ownership interests of the entity resulting from such transaction are beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”)) in substantially the same relative proportions by persons who, immediately prior to such transaction, beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) at least 51% of the outstanding equity ownership interests in the Company; and

(B) at least 51% of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the entity resulting from such transaction are beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) in substantially the same relative proportions by persons who, immediately prior to such transaction, beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) at least 51% of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company;

(ii) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 25% or more of the outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors by any person or by any persons acting in concert;

(iii) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

(iv) the occurrence of any event if, immediately following such event, at least 50% of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company do not belong to any of the following groups:

(A) individuals who were members of the Board of Directors of the Company on the date of this Agreement; or

(B) individuals who first became members of the Board of Directors of the Company after the date of this Agreement either:

(1) upon election to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company by affirmative vote of three-quarters of the members of such board, or of a nominating committee thereof, in office at the time of such first election; or

 

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(2) upon election by the shareholders of the Board of Directors of the Company to serve as a member of such board, but only if nominated for election by affirmative vote of three-quarters of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company, or of a nominating committee thereof, in office at the time of such first nomination;

provided, however , that such individual’s election or nomination did not result from an actual or threatened election contest or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents other than by or on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that this section 1(b)(iv) shall only apply if the Company is not majority owned by Lake Shore, MHC; or

(v) any event which would be described in section 1(b)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) if the term “Bank” were substituted for the term “Company” therein.

In no event, however, shall a Change of Control be deemed to have occurred as a result of (i) any acquisition of securities or assets of the Company, the Bank, or a subsidiary of either of them, by the Company, the Bank, or any subsidiary of either of them, or by any employee benefit plan maintained by any of them or (ii) the conversion of Lake Shore, MHC to a stock form company and the issuance of additional shares of the Company in connection therewith. For purposes of this section 1(b), the term “person” shall have the meaning assigned to it under Sections 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.

(c) For purposes of this Agreement, a “Pending Change of Control” shall mean: (i) the signing of a definitive agreement for a transaction which, if consummated, would result in a Change of Control; (ii) the commencement of a tender offer which, if successful, would result in a Change of Control; or (iii) the circulation of a proxy statement seeking proxies in opposition to management in an election contest which, if successful, would result in a Change of Control; provided, however, that the Change of Control contemplated does, in fact, occur.

Section 2. Discharge Prior to a Pending Change of Control .

The Bank may discharge the Officer at any time prior to the occurrence of a Pending Change of Control for any reason or for no reason. In such event:

(a) The Bank shall pay to the Officer (or, in the event of his death, his estate) his earned but unpaid compensation (including, without limitation, salary and all other items which constitute wages under applicable law) as of the date of his termination of employment. This payment shall be made at the time and in the manner prescribed by law applicable to the payment of wages but in no event later than thirty (30) days after the date of the Officer’s termination of employment.

(b) The Bank shall provide the benefits, if any, due to the Officer (or, in the event of his death, his estate, surviving dependents or his designated beneficiaries) under the employee benefit plans and programs and compensation plans and programs maintained for the benefit of the officers and employees of the Bank. The time and manner of payment or other delivery of these benefits and the recipients of such benefits shall be determined according to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and programs.

 

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The payments and benefits described in sections 2(a) and (b) shall be referred to in this Agreement as the “Standard Termination Entitlements.”

The Officer, the Company and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this section 2 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A (“Section 409A”) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) as short-term deferrals or pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(1) as non-taxable benefits.

Section 3. Termination of Employment Due to Death .

The Officer’s employment with the Bank shall terminate, automatically and without any further action on the part of any party to this Agreement, on the date of the Officer’s death. In such event, the Bank shall pay and deliver to his estate and surviving dependents and beneficiaries, as applicable, the Standard Termination Entitlements within the timeframes contained in section 2.

The Officer, the Company and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this section 3 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) as short-term deferrals or pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(1) as non-taxable benefits.

Section 4. Termination Due to Disability after Change of Control or Pending Change of Control .

The Bank may terminate the Officer’s employment during the Term and after the occurrence of a Change of Control or a Pending Change of Control upon a determination, by a majority vote of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, acting in reliance on the written advice of a medical professional acceptable to it, that the Officer is suffering from a physical or mental impairment which, at the date of the determination, has prevented the Officer from performing his assigned duties on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one hundred and eighty (180) days during the period of one (1) year ending with the date of the determination or is likely to result in death or prevent the Officer from performing his assigned duties on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one hundred and eighty (180) days during the period of one (1) year beginning with the date of the determination. In such event:

(a) The Bank shall pay and deliver to the Officer (or in the event of his death before payment, to his estate and surviving dependents and beneficiaries, as applicable) the Standard Termination Entitlements within the timeframes contained in section 2.

(b) In addition to the Standard Termination Entitlements, the Bank shall continue to pay the Officer his base salary, at the annual rate in effect for him immediately prior to the termination of his employment, during a period ending on the earliest of: (i) the expiration of one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date of termination of his employment; (ii) the date on which long-term disability insurance benefits are first payable to him under any long- term disability insurance plan covering employees of the Bank

 

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(the “LTD Eligibility Date”); (iii) the date of his death; and (iv) the expiration of the Assurance Period (the “Initial Continuation Period”). If the end of the Initial Continuation Period is neither the LTD Eligibility Date nor the date of his death, the Bank shall continue to pay the Officer his base salary, at an annual rate equal to sixty percent (60%) of the annual rate in effect for him immediately prior to the termination of his employment, during an additional period ending on the earliest of the LTD Eligibility Date, the date of his death and the expiration of the Assurance Period.

A termination of employment due to disability under this section 4 shall be effected by a notice of termination given to the Officer by the Bank and shall take effect on the later of the effective date of termination specified in such notice or the date on which the notice of termination is deemed given to the Officer.

The Officer, the Company and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this section 4 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) as short-term deferrals or pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(1) as non-taxable benefits.

Section 5. Discharge with Cause after Change of Control or Pending Change of Control .

(a) The Bank may terminate the Officer’s employment with “Cause” during the Term and after the occurrence of a Change of Control or Pending Change of Control, but a termination shall be deemed to have occurred with “Cause” only if:

(i) the Board of Directors of the Bank and the Board of Directors of the Company, by separate majority votes of their entire membership, determine that the Officer should be discharged because of personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful violation of any law, rule or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses) or final cease and desist order, or any material breach of this Agreement; and

(ii) at least forty-five (45) days prior to the vote contemplated by section 1(b)(i), the Bank has provided the Officer with notice of its intent to discharge the Officer for Cause, detailing with particularity the facts and circumstances which are alleged to constitute Cause (the “Notice of Intent to Discharge”); and

(iii) after the giving of the Notice of Intent to Discharge and before the taking of the vote contemplated by section 5(a)(i), the Officer (together with his legal counsel, if he so desires) is afforded a reasonable opportunity to make both written and oral presentations before the Board of Directors of the Bank for the purpose of refuting the alleged grounds for Cause for his discharge; and

(iv) after the vote contemplated by section 5(a)(i), the Bank has furnished to the Officer a notice of termination which shall specify the effective date of his termination of employment (which shall in no event be earlier than the date on which such notice is deemed given) and include a copy of a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Bank,

 

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certified by its corporate secretary and signed by each member of the Board of Directors voting in favor of adoption of the resolution(s), authorizing the termination of the Officer’s employment with Cause and stating with particularity the facts and circumstances found to constitute Cause for his discharge (the “Final Discharge Notice”).

(b) If the Officer is discharged with Cause during the Term and after a Change of Control or Pending Change of Control, the Bank shall pay and provide to him (or, in the event of his death, to his estate, his surviving beneficiaries and his dependents) the Standard Termination Entitlements only, within the timeframes contained in section 2. Following the giving of a Notice of Intent to Discharge, the Bank shall temporarily suspend the Officer’s duties and authority and, in such event, shall also suspend the payment of salary and other cash compensation, but not the Officer’s participation in retirement, insurance and other employee benefit plans. If the Officer is not discharged, or is discharged without Cause, within forty-five (45) days after the giving of a Notice of Intent to Discharge, payments of salary and cash compensation shall resume, and all payments withheld during the period of suspension shall be promptly restored. If the Officer is discharged with Cause not later than forty-five (45) days after the giving of the Notice of Intent to Discharge, all payments withheld during the period of suspension shall be deemed forfeited and shall not be included in the Standard Termination Entitlements. If the Bank does not give a Final Discharge Notice to the Officer within ninety (90) days after giving a Notice of Intent to Discharge, the Notice of Intent to Discharge shall be deemed withdrawn and any future action to discharge the Officer with Cause shall require the giving of a new Notice of Intent to Discharge.

Section 6. Discharge without Cause .

The Bank may discharge the Officer without Cause at any time after the occurrence of a Change of Control or Pending Change of Control, and in such event:

(a) The Bank shall pay and deliver to the Officer (or in the event of his death before payment, to his estate and surviving dependents and beneficiaries, as applicable) the Standard Termination Entitlements within the timeframes contained in section 2.

(b) In addition to the Standard Termination Entitlements:

(i) During the Assurance Period, the Bank shall provide for the Officer and his dependents continued group life, health (including hospitalization, medical and major medical), dental, accident and long-term disability insurance benefits on substantially the same terms and conditions (including any required premium-sharing arrangements, co-payments and deductibles) in effect for them immediately prior to the Officer’s resignation. The coverage provided under this section 6(b)(i) may, at the election of the Bank, be secondary to the coverage provided as part of the Standard Termination Entitlements and to any employer-paid coverage provided by a subsequent employer or through Medicare, with the result that benefits under the other coverages will offset the coverage required by this section 6(b)(i).

 

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(ii) The Bank shall make a lump sum payment to the Officer (or, in the event of his death before payment, to his estate), in an amount equal to the value of the salary, bonus, short-term and long-term cash compensation that the Officer received in the calendar year preceding that in which the termination of employment with the Bank occurs to compensate the Officer for the payments the Officer would have received during the Assurance Period. Such lump sum shall be paid in lieu of all other payments of salary, bonus, short-term and long-term cash compensation provided for under this Agreement in respect of the period following any such termination. Such payment shall be made (without discounting for early payment) within thirty (30) days following the Officer’s termination of employment.

The payments and benefits described in section 6(b) are referred to in this Agreement as the “Additional Change of Control Entitlements.”

The Officer, the Company and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this section 6 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) as short-term deferrals or pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(1) as non-taxable benefits.

Section 7. Resignation .

(a) The Officer may resign from his employment with the Bank at any time. A resignation under this section 7 shall be effected by notice of resignation given by the Officer to the Bank and shall take effect on the later of the effective date of termination specified in such notice or the date on which the notice of termination is deemed given to the Officer. The Officer’s resignation of any of the positions within the Bank or the Company to which he has been assigned shall be deemed a resignation from all such positions.

(b) The Officer’s resignation shall be deemed to be for “Good Reason” if the effective date of resignation occurs during the Term, but on or after the effective date of a Change of Control, and is on account of:

(i) the failure of the Bank (whether by act or omission of the Board of Directors, or otherwise) to appoint or re-appoint or elect or re-elect the Officer to the position with Bank that he held immediately prior to the Change of Control (the “Assigned Office”) or to a more senior office;

(ii) a material failure by the Bank, whether by amendment of the certificate of incorporation or organization, by-laws, action of the Board of Directors of the Bank or otherwise, to vest in the Officer the functions, duties, or responsibilities customarily associated with the Assigned Office; provided that the Officer shall have given notice of such failure to the Bank, and the Bank has not fully cured such failure within thirty (30) days after such notice is deemed given;

(iii) any reduction of the Officer’s rate of base salary in effect from time to time, whether or not material, or any failure (other than due to reasonable administrative error that is cured promptly upon notice) to pay any portion of the Officer’s compensation as and when due;

 

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(iv) any change in the terms and conditions of any compensation or benefit program in which the Officer participates which, either individually or together with other changes, has a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of his total compensation package; provided that the Officer shall have given notice of such material adverse effect to the Bank, and the Bank has not fully cured such material adverse effect within thirty (30) days after such notice is deemed given; provided, however , that this section 7(b)(iv) shall not apply if the change in the terms and conditions of the compensation or benefit program affects all participants in such program equally;

(v) any material breach by the Bank of any material term, condition or covenant contained in this Agreement; provided that the Officer shall have given notice of such material adverse effect to the Bank, and the Bank has not fully cured such material adverse effect within thirty (30) days after such notice is deemed given; or

(vi) a change in the Officer’s principal place of employment to a place that is not the principal executive office of the Bank, or a relocation of the Bank’s principal executive office to a location that is both more than thirty-five (35) miles away from the Officer’s principal residence and more than thirty-five (35) miles away from the location of the Bank’s principal executive office on the day before the occurrence of the Change of Control.

In all other cases, a resignation by the Officer shall be deemed to be without Good Reason. In the event of resignation, the Officer shall state in his notice of resignation whether he considers his resignation to be a resignation with Good Reason, and if he does, he shall state in such notice the grounds which constitute Good Reason. The Officer’s determination of the existence of Good Reason shall be conclusive in the absence of fraud, bad faith or manifest error.

(c) In the event of the Officer’s resignation for any reason, the Bank shall pay and deliver the Standard Termination Entitlements within the timeframes contained in section 2. In the event of the Officer’s resignation with Good Reason, the Bank shall also pay and deliver the Additional Change of Control Entitlements within the timeframes contained in section 6.

(d) The Officer, the Company and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this section 7 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) as short-term deferrals or pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(1) as non-taxable benefits.

Section 8. Terms and Conditions of the Additional Change of Control Entitlements .

The Bank and the Officer hereby stipulate that the damages which may be incurred by the Officer following any termination of employment are not capable of accurate measurement as of the date first above written and that the Additional Change of Control Entitlements constitute reasonable damages under the circumstances and shall be payable without any requirement of proof of actual damage and without regard to the Officer’s efforts, if any, to mitigate damages. The Bank and the Officer further agree that the Bank may condition the payment and delivery of the Additional Change of Control Entitlements on the receipt of: (a) the

 

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Officer’s resignation from any and all positions which he holds as an officer, director or committee member with respect to the Bank or the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of either of them; and (b) a release of the Bank and its officers, directors, shareholders, subsidiaries and affiliates including the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the Bank, of any liability to the Officer, whether for compensation or damages, in connection with his employment with the Bank and the termination of such employment except for the Standard Termination Entitlements and the Additional Change of Control Entitlements.

Section 9. No Effect on Employee Benefit Plans or Programs .

The termination of the Officer’s employment during the Assurance Period or thereafter, whether by the Bank or by the Officer, shall have no effect on the rights and obligations of the parties hereto under the Bank’s qualified or non-qualified retirement, pension, savings, thrift, profit-sharing or stock bonus plans, group life, health (including hospitalization, medical and major medical), dental, accident and long term disability insurance plans or such other employee benefit plans or programs, or compensation plans or programs, as may be maintained by, or cover employees of, the Bank from time to time; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to duplicate any compensation or benefits provided under any agreement, plan or program covering the Officer to which the Bank or Company is a party and any duplicative amount payable under any such agreement, plan or program shall be applied as an offset to reduce the amounts otherwise payable hereunder.

Section 10. Successors and Assigns .

This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Officer, his legal representatives and testate or intestate distributees, and the Company and the Bank and their respective successors and assigns, including any successor by merger or consolidation or a statutory receiver or any other person or firm or corporation to which all or substantially all of the assets and business of the Company or the Bank may be sold or otherwise transferred. Failure of the Bank to obtain from any successor its express written assumption of the Company’s or Bank’s obligations hereunder at least sixty (60) days in advance of the scheduled effective date of any such succession shall, if such succession constitutes a Change of Control, constitute Good Reason for the Officer’s resignation on or at any time during the Term following the occurrence of such succession.

Section 11. Notices .

Any communication required or permitted to be given under this Agreement, including any notice, direction, designation, consent, instruction, objection or waiver, shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given at such time as it is delivered personally, or five (5) days after mailing if mailed, postage prepaid, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to such party at the address listed below or at such other address as one (1) such party may by written notice specify to the other party:

 

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If to the Officer:

To the last address for the Officer contained in the records of the Company or Bank

If to the Company or the Bank:

Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc.

128 East 4 th Street

Dunkirk, New York 14048

 

Attention:    Chairman, Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors

Section 12. Indemnification for Attorneys’ Fees .

The Bank shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Officer against reasonable costs, including legal fees, incurred by him in connection with or arising out of any action, suit or proceeding in which he may be involved, as a result of his efforts, in good faith, to defend or enforce the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Officer shall have substantially prevailed on the merits pursuant to a judgment, decree or order of a court of competent jurisdiction or of an arbitrator in an arbitration proceeding. The determination whether the Officer shall have substantially prevailed on the merits and is therefore entitled to such indemnification, shall be made by the court or arbitrator, as applicable. In the event of a settlement pursuant to a settlement agreement, any indemnification payment under this section 12 shall be made only after a determination by the members of the Board (other than the Officer and any other member of the Board to which the Officer is related by blood or marriage) that the Officer has acted in good faith and that such indemnification payment is in the best interests of the Bank.

Section 13. Severability .

A determination that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.

Section 14. Waiver .

Failure to insist upon strict compliance with any of the terms, covenants or conditions hereof shall not be deemed a waiver of such term, covenant, or condition. A waiver of any provision of this Agreement must be made in writing, designated as a waiver, and signed by the party against whom its enforcement is sought. Any waiver or relinquishment of any right or power hereunder at any one (1) or more times shall not be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of such right or power at any other time or times.

Section 15. Counterparts .

This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

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Section 16. Governing Law .

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the federal laws of the United States and, to the extent that federal law is inapplicable, in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts entered into and to be performed entirely within the State of New York.

Section 17. Headings and Construction .

The headings of sections in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not intended to qualify the meaning of any section. Any reference to a section number shall refer to a section of this Agreement, unless otherwise stated.

Section 18. Entire Agreement; Modifications .

This instrument contains the entire agreement of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes in its entirety any and all prior agreements, understandings or representations relating to the subject matter hereof. No modifications of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by the parties hereto. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be construed and administered in such manner as shall be necessary to effect compliance with Section 409A and shall be subject to amendment in the future, in such manner as the Company and the Bank may deem necessary or appropriate to effect such compliance; provided that any such amendment shall preserve for the Officer the benefit originally afforded pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 19. Required Regulatory Provisions .

The following provisions are included for the purposes of complying with various laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Bank:

(a) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, in no event shall the aggregate amount of compensation payable to the Officer hereunder exceed three (3) times the Officer’s average annual compensation (within the meaning of OTS Regulatory Bulletin 27a or any successor thereto) for the last five (5) consecutive calendar years to end prior to his termination of employment with the Bank (or for his entire period of employment with the Bank if less than five (5) calendar years). The compensation payable to the Officer hereunder shall be further reduced (but not below zero) if such reduction would avoid the assessment of excise taxes on excess parachute payments (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code).

(b) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, any payments to the Officer by the Bank, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, are subject to and conditioned upon their compliance with Section 18(k) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDI Act”), 12 U.S.C. §1828(k), and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if the Officer is suspended from office and/or temporarily prohibited from participating in the conduct of the affairs of the Bank pursuant to a notice served under Section 8(e)(3) or 8(g)(1) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. §1818(e)(3) or 1818(g)(1), the Bank’s obligations under this Agreement shall be suspended as of the date of

 

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service of such notice, unless stayed by appropriate proceedings. If the charges in such notice are dismissed, the Bank, in its discretion, may (i) pay to the Officer all or part of the compensation withheld while the Bank’s obligations hereunder were suspended and (ii) reinstate, in whole or in part, any of the obligations which were suspended.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if the Officer is removed and/or permanently prohibited from participating in the conduct of the Bank’s affairs by an order issued under Section 8(e)(4) or 8(g)(1) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. §1818(e)(4) or (g)(1), all prospective obligations of the Bank under this Agreement shall terminate as of the effective date of the order, but vested rights and obligations of the Bank and the Officer shall not be affected.

(e) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if the Bank is in default (within the meaning of Section 3(x)(1) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. §1813(x)(1), all prospective obligations of the Bank under this Agreement shall terminate as of the date of default, but vested rights and obligations of the Bank and the Officer shall not be affected.

(f) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, all prospective obligations of the Bank hereunder shall be terminated, except to the extent that a continuation of this Agreement is necessary for the continued operation of the Bank: (i) by the Director of the OTS or his designee or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), at the time the FDIC enters into an agreement to provide assistance to or on behalf of the Bank under the authority contained in Section 13(c) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. §1823(c); (ii) by the Director of the OTS or his designee at the time such Director or designee approves a supervisory merger to resolve problems related to the operation of the Bank or when the Bank is determined by such Director to be in an unsafe or unsound condition. The vested rights and obligations of the parties shall not be affected.

If and to the extent that any of the foregoing provisions shall cease to be required or by applicable law, rule or regulation, the same shall become inoperative as though eliminated by formal amendment of this Agreement.

Section 20. Guaranty .

The Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Officer the payment of all amounts, and the performance of all other obligations, due from the Bank in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as and when due without any requirement of presentment, demand of payment, protest or notice of dishonor or nonpayment.

Section 21. Payments to Key Employees .

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent required under Section 409A, no payment to be made to a key employee (within the meaning of Section 409A) shall be made sooner than six (6) months after such termination of employment; provided, however, that to the extent such six (6)-month delay is imposed by Section 409A as a result of a Change of Control as defined in section 1(b), the payment shall be paid into a rabbi trust for the benefit of the Officer as if the six (6)-month delay was not imposed with such amounts then being distributed to the Officer as soon as permissible under Section 409A.

 

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Section 22. Involuntary Termination Payments to Employees (Safe Harbor) .

In the event a payment is made to an employee upon an involuntary termination of employment, as deemed pursuant to this Agreement, such payment will not be subject to Section 409A provided that such payment does not exceed two (2) times the lesser of (i) the sum of the Officer’s annualized compensation based on the taxable year immediately preceding the year in which termination of employment occurs or (ii) the maximum amount that may be taken into account under a qualified plan pursuant to Section 401(a)(17) of the Code for the year in which the Officer terminates service (the “Safe Harbor Amount”). However, if such payment exceeds the Safe Harbor Amount, only the amount in excess of the Safe Harbor Amount will be subject to Section 409A. In addition, if such Officer is considered a key employee, such payment in excess of the Safe Harbor Amount will have its timing delayed and will be subject to the six (6)-month wait-period imposed by Section 409A as provided in section 21 of this Agreement. The Officer and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this section 22 are intended to be exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) as the safe harbor for separation pay due to involuntary separation from service.

 

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I N W ITNESS W HEREOF , the Bank and the Company have caused this Agreement to be executed and the Officer has hereunto set his hand, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

      

 

    L AKE S HORE S AVINGS B ANK

Attest:

        

By:

  

 

    By:  

 

Name:

   Lori Danforth     Name:   David C. Mancuso

Title:

   Assistant Corporate Secretary     Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

[Seal]

        
    L AKE S HORE B ANCORP , I NC .

Attest:

        

By:

  

 

    By:  

 

Name:

   Lori Danforth     Name:   David C. Mancuso

Title:

   Assistant Corporate Secretary     Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

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E XHIBIT 10.4

A MENDED AND R ESTATED

S EVERANCE P AY P LAN

OF

L AKE S HORE S AVINGS B ANK

Originally Effective April 3, 2006

Effective as Amended and Restated on November 14, 2007


Table of Contents

 

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ARTICLE I PURPOSE

Section 1.1

   Statement of Purpose    1

Section 1.2

   Other Severance Plans, Policies, and Practices Superseded    1
ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS

Section 2.1

   Affiliated Employer    1

Section 2.2

   Bank    2

Section 2.3

   Board    2

Section 2.4

   Cause    2

Section 2.5

   Change of Control    2

Section 2.6

   Committee    3

Section 2.7

   Company    3

Section 2.8

   Effective Date    3

Section 2.9

   Employee    4

Section 2.10

   FDI Act    4

Section 2.11

   Involuntary Severance    4

Section 2.12

   Participating Employer    4

Section 2.13

   Plan    4

Section 2.14

   Plan Administrator    4

Section 2.15

   Safe Harbor Amount    4

Section 2.16

   Salary    4

Section 2.17

   Service    5
ARTICLE III BENEFIT

Section 3.1

   Severance Benefit for Employees    5

Section 3.2

   Vesting    5

Section 3.3

   Discretionary Severance Benefit    5

Section 3.4

   Benefit Contingent on Execution of Release    6
ARTICLE IV ADMINISTRATION

Section 4.1

   Named Fiduciaries    6

Section 4.2

   Plan Administrator    6

Section 4.3

   Committee Responsibilities    7

Section 4.4

   Claims Procedure    8

Section 4.5

   Claims Review Procedure    9

Section 4.6

   Allocation of Fiduciary Responsibilities and Employment of Advisors    9

Section 4.7

   Other Administrative Provisions    9
ARTICLE V MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1

   Rights of Employees    10

Section 5.2

   Non-alienation of Benefit    10

Section 5.3

   Non-duplication of Benefit    10

 

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Table of Contents

(continued)

 

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Section 5.4

   Construction    11

Section 5.5

   Headings    11

Section 5.6

   Governing Law    11

Section 5.7

   Severability    11

Section 5.8

   Termination or Amendment    11

Section 5.9

   Required Regulatory Provisions    12

Section 5.10

   Withholding    13

Section 5.11

   Status as Welfare Benefit Plan Under ERISA    13

Section 5.12

   Payments to Key Employees    13

Section 5.13

   Involuntary Termination Payments to Employees (Safe Harbor)    13

 

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SEVERANCE PAY PLAN

OF

LAKE SHORE SAVINGS BANK

ARTICLE I

PURPOSE

Section 1.1 Statement of Purpose .

(a) Lake Shore Savings Bank adopts this Severance Pay Plan for the benefit of its eligible Employees and those of other Participating Employers. The Bank recognizes that, as a wholly owned subsidiary of a public company, it will be subject to the possibility of a negotiated or unsolicited change of control which may result in a loss of employment for some of its Employees. The purpose of the Plan is to encourage the Bank’s Employees and those of other Participating Employers to continue working for their employers with their full time and attention devoted to their employer’s affairs by providing a severance benefit in the event of an Involuntary Severance following a Change of Control.

(b) The Bank also recognizes that it may be appropriate in certain circumstances other than a Change of Control to provide a severance benefit to Employees in the event of an Involuntary Severance, and thus the Plan provides for the payment of a severance benefit in circumstances other than a Change of Control as determined in the discretion of the Plan Administrator.

Section 1.2 Other Severance Plans, Policies, and Practices Superseded .

As of the Effective Date hereof, this Plan supersedes in its entirety any plan, policy, or practice of the Bank for the provision of the severance benefit to Employees, whether written or oral or formal or informal, and no severance benefit shall be provided to any person whose employment terminates with the Bank on or after the Effective Date, except as provided under the terms of the Plan or as provided under the terms of a written, complete and fully executed employment agreement or change of control agreement specifically providing for the payment of a severance benefit following termination of employment with the Bank.

ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS

For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them below, unless a different meaning is plainly indicated by the context:

Section 2.1 Affiliated Employer means the Bank; any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”) that includes the Bank; any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is under common control (as defined in section 414(c) of the Code) with the Bank; any


organization (whether or not incorporated) that is a member of an affiliated service group (as defined in section 414(m) of the Code) that includes the Bank; any leasing organization (as defined in section 414(n) of the Code) to the extent that any of its employees are required pursuant to section 414(n) of the Code to be treated as employees of the Bank; and any other entity that is required to be aggregated with the Bank pursuant to regulations under section 414(o) of the Code.

Section 2.2 Bank means Lake Shore Savings Bank (or its successors or assigns, whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets, statutory receivership, operation of law or otherwise).

Section 2.3 Board means the Board of Directors of Lake Shore Savings Bank.

Section 2.4 Cause means, with respect to the conduct of an Employee in connection with his employment with any Participating Employer, personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful violation of any law, rule or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses) or final cease and desist order in each case as measured against standards generally prevailing at the relevant time in the savings and community banking industry.

Section 2.5 Change of Control means the happening of any of the following events:

(i) the consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company with one (1) or more other persons, other than a transaction following which:

(A) at least 51% of the equity ownership interests of the entity resulting from such transaction are beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”)) in substantially the same relative proportions by persons who, immediately prior to such transaction, beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) at least 51% of the outstanding equity ownership interests in the Company; and

(B) at least 51% of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the entity resulting from such transaction are beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) in substantially the same relative proportions by persons who, immediately prior to such transaction, beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) at least 51% of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company;

(ii) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 25% or more of the outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors by any person or by any persons acting in concert;

 

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(iii) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

(iv) the occurrence of any event if, immediately following such event, at least 50% of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company do not belong to any of the following groups:

(A) individuals who were members of the Board of Directors of the Company on the Effective Date; or

(B) individuals who first became members of the Board of Directors of the Company after the Effective Date either:

(1) upon election to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company by affirmative vote of three-quarters of the members of such board, or of a nominating committee thereof, in office at the time of such first election; or

(2) upon election by the shareholders of the Board of Directors of the Company to serve as a member of such board, but only if nominated for election by affirmative vote of three-quarters of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company, or of a nominating committee thereof, in office at the time of such first nomination;

provided, however , that such individual’s election or nomination did not result from an actual or threatened election contest or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents other than by or on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company; or

(v) any event which would be described in section 2.5(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) if the term “Bank” were substituted for the term “Company” therein; and

In no event, however, shall a Change of Control be deemed to have occurred as a result of (i) any acquisition of securities or assets of the Company, the Bank, or a subsidiary of either of them, by the Company, the Bank, or any subsidiary of either of them, or by any employee benefit plan maintained by any of them or (ii) the conversion of Lake Shore, MHC to a stock form company and the issuance of additional shares of the Company in connection therewith. For purposes of this section 2.5, the term “person” shall have the meaning assigned to it under sections 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.

Section 2.6 Committee means the Compensation Committee described in section 4.3.

Section 2.7 Company means Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc. (or its successors or assigns, whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets, statutory receivership, operation of law or otherwise).

Section 2.8 Effective Date means November 14, 2007.

 

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Section 2.9 Employee means any person who is employed on a full-time or part-time basis by a Participating Employer, other than: (a) a person who is classified as an “independent contractor” by a Participating Employer even if considered an employee under applicable law; (b) an Employee receiving long-term disability benefits; or (c) a person who has an employment contract, change of control agreement or other agreement with the Bank or a Participating Company who is covered by other programs which provide severance benefits or by their terms exclude such person from participation in this Plan.

Section 2.10 FDI Act means the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as the same may be amended from time to time, and the corresponding provisions of any successor statute.

Section 2.11 Involuntary Severance means (a) the discharge or dismissal of an Employee by a Participating Employer other than for Cause, or the resignation by the Employee from his position with a Participating Employer, which resignation the Employee is asked or compelled by a Participating Employer to tender other than for Cause; or (b) termination of employment at an Employee’s election within sixty (60) days after any action following a Change of Control which, either alone or together with other actions, results in: (i) the reduction in the Employee’s Salary without his or her consent; (ii) the assignment of the Employee’s principal place of employment outside a thirty (30) mile radius of his or her principal place of employment at the time of the Change of Control; or (iii) a material adverse change in the Employee’s title, position or responsibilities at a Participating Employer.

Section 2.12 Participating Employer means the Bank, and any successor thereto and any other Affiliated Employer which, with the prior written approval of the Board of Directors of Lake Shore Savings Bank and subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed by the Board of Directors of Lake Shore Savings Bank, shall adopt this Plan.

Section 2.13 Plan means this Severance Pay Plan of Lake Shore Savings Bank, as the same may be amended from time to time.

Section 2.14 Plan Administrator means the Committee or any person, committee, corporation or organization designated in section 4.2, or appointed pursuant to section 4.2, to perform the responsibilities of that office.

Section 2.15 Safe Harbor Amount means two (2) times the lesser of (i) the sum of the Employee’s annualized compensation based on the taxable year immediately preceding the year in which termination of employment occurs or (ii) the maximum amount that may be taken into account under a qualified plan pursuant to section 401(a)(17) of the Code for the year in which the Employee terminates service.

Section 2.16 Salary means the Employee’s annual rate of base salary for his or her services to a Participating Employer (excluding overtime and other forms of additional compensation) plus the average annual commissions and bonuses earned by the Employee for the three (3) calendar years (or if shorter, the Employee’s period of employment) preceding the Employee’s Involuntary Severance. If the Employee is paid on an hourly-rate basis, Salary shall mean the weekly amount of base wages paid for the number of hours of work contemplated by such person’s normal weekly work schedule.

 

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Section 2.17 Service means service rendered by an Employee that is, or would be, recognized under the 401(k) Plan maintained by Lake Shore Savings Bank for vesting purposes as of the date of the Employee’s Involuntary Severance.

ARTICLE III

BENEFIT

Section 3.1 Severance Benefit for Employees .

(a) An Employee with at least one (1) year of Service whose employment with all Participating Employers is terminated under circumstances constituting an Involuntary Severance, other than for Cause, as a result of, within twelve (12) months following or within three (3) months prior to a Change of Control shall be entitled, as severance pay, to a lump sum payment in an amount equal to three (3) weeks’ Salary multiplied by the number of the Employee’s whole years of Service if such Employee was designated as an Officer or a lump sum payment in an amount equal to one (1) weeks’ salary multiplied by the number of the Employee’s whole years of Service otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Employee who is entitled to receive benefits under this Plan shall receive a severance benefit equal to less than two (2) weeks’ Salary nor shall any Employee who is an Officer and is entitled to a severance benefit receive a severance benefit equal to less than twelve (12) weeks’ salary. Similarly, no Officer shall be entitled to receive more than fifty-two (52) weeks’ Salary under this Plan and no Employee shall be entitled to receive more than twenty-six (26) weeks’ Salary under this Plan. The lump sum severance payment shall be made as soon as practicable after, but in no case later than five (5) business days following, the Employee’s Involuntary Severance.

(b) For purposes of section 3.1(a) an “Officer” shall mean, in the case of an Employee, an Employee who was designated as an Officer at the last regularly scheduled organizational meeting of the Board.

Section 3.2 Vesting .

The benefit to be provided under section 3.1(a) of the Plan to an Employee shall be completely vested and nonforfeitable upon the occurrence of a Change of Control as described in section 2.5.

Section 3.3 Discretionary Severance Benefit .

An Employee with at least one (1) year of Service whose employment with all Participating Employers is terminated under circumstances constituting an Involuntary Severance but not related to a Change of Control as provided under section 3.1 who is selected for eligibility under the Plan in the sole discretion of the Plan Administrator shall be entitled to such severance as the Plan Administrator may determine.

 

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Section 3.4 Benefit Contingent on Execution of Release .

The severance benefit provision under the Plan (including the discretionary severance benefit under section 3.3) to any Employee shall be subject to the condition that the Employee execute and deliver to the Plan Administrator an instrument, in such form as the Plan Administrator shall prescribe, which shall include a release in favor of the Participating Employers. Such release shall include, but not be limited to, a release of any claims which the Employee may have against any Participating Employer under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended; the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended; the Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act, as amended; the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, as amended; and any other federal, state or local law, rule or regulation under which the Employee may have a claim arising out of his employment with a Participating Employer or the termination of such employment. No Participating Employer shall have any obligation to provide a benefit under this Plan to any Employee who fails or refuses to sign and deliver such a release.

ARTICLE IV

ADMINISTRATION

Section 4.1 Named Fiduciaries .

The term “Named Fiduciary” shall mean (but only to the extent of the responsibilities of each of them) the Plan Administrator, the Committee and the Board. This Article IV is intended to allocate to each Named Fiduciary the responsibility for the prudent execution of the functions assigned to him or it, and none of such responsibilities or any other responsibility shall be shared by two (2) or more of such Named Fiduciaries. Whenever one (1) Named Fiduciary is required by the Plan to follow the directions of another Named Fiduciary, the two (2) Named Fiduciaries shall not be deemed to have been assigned a shared responsibility, but the responsibility of the Named Fiduciary giving the directions shall be deemed his sole responsibility, and the responsibility of the Named Fiduciary receiving those directions shall be to follow them insofar as such instructions are on their face proper under applicable law.

Section 4.2 Plan Administrator .

There shall be a Plan Administrator, who shall be the Personnel Committee of the Board of Directors of the Bank, or such Employee or officer as may be designated by the Committee, as hereinafter provided, and who shall, subject to the responsibilities of the Committee and the Board, have the responsibility for the day-to-day control, management, operation and administration of the Plan. The Plan Administrator shall have the following responsibilities:

(a) To maintain records necessary or appropriate for the administration of the Plan;

(b) To give and receive such instructions, notices, information, materials, reports and certifications as may be necessary or appropriate in the administration of the Plan;

 

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(c) To prescribe forms and make rules and regulations consistent with the terms of the Plan and with the interpretations and other actions of the Committee;

(d) To require such proof or evidence of any matter from any person as may be necessary or appropriate in the administration of the Plan;

(e) To prepare and file, distribute or furnish all reports, plan descriptions, and other information concerning the Plan, including, without limitation, filings with the Secretary of Labor and employee communications as shall be required of the Plan Administrator under ERISA;

(f) To determine any question arising in connection with the Plan, including any question of Plan interpretation, and the Plan Administrator’s decision or action in respect thereof shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all persons having an interest under the Plan; provided however , that any question relating to inconsistency or omission in the Plan, or interpretation of the provisions of the Plan, shall be referred to the Committee by the Plan Administrator and the decision of the Committee in respect thereof shall be final;

(g) To review and dispose of claims under the Plan filed pursuant to section 4.4 and appeals of claims decisions pursuant to section 4.5;

(h) If the Plan Administrator shall determine that by reason of illness, senility, insanity, or for any other reason, it is undesirable to make any payment to the person entitled thereto, to direct the application of any amount so payable to the use or benefit of such person in any manner that the Plan Administrator may deem advisable or to direct in the Plan Administrator’s discretion the withholding of any payment under the Plan due to any person under legal disability until a representative competent to receive such payment in his behalf shall be appointed pursuant to law;

(i) To discharge such other responsibilities or follow such directions as may be assigned or given by Committee or the Board; and

(j) To perform any duty or take any action which is allocated to the Plan Administrator under the Plan.

The Plan Administrator shall have the power and authority necessary or appropriate to carry out his responsibilities. The Plan Administrator may resign only be giving at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of resignation to the Committee, and such resignation shall be effective on the date specified in such notice.

Section 4.3 Committee Responsibilities .

The Committee shall, subject to the responsibilities of the Board, have the following responsibilities:

(a) To review the performance of the Plan Administrator;

 

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(b) To hear and decide appeals, pursuant to the claims procedure contained in section 4.5 of the Plan, taken from the decisions of the Plan Administrator;

(c) To hear and decide questions, including interpretation of the Plan, as may be referred to the Committee by the Plan Administrator;

(d) To the extent required by ERISA, to establish a funding policy and method consistent with the objectives of the Plan and the requirements of ERISA, and to review such policy and method at least annually;

(e) To report and make recommendations to the Board regarding changes in the Plan, including changes in the operation and management of the Plan;

(f) To designate an Alternate Plan Administrator to serve in the event that the Plan Administrator is absent or otherwise unable to discharge his responsibilities;

(g) To remove and replace the Plan Administrator or Alternate, or both of them, and to fill a vacancy in either office;

(h) To discharge such other responsibilities or follow such directions as may be assigned or given by the Board; and

(i) To perform any duty or to take any action which is allocated to the Committee under the Plan.

The committee shall have the power and authority necessary or appropriate to carry out its responsibilities.

Section 4.4 Claims Procedure .

Any claim relating to a benefit under the Plan shall be filed with the Plan Administrator on a form prescribed by it. If a claim is denied in whole or in part, the Plan Administrator shall give the claimant written notice of such denial, which notice shall specifically set forth:

(a) The reasons for the denial;

(b) The pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial was based;

(c) Any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect his claim and an explanation of why such material or information is needed; and

(d) An explanation of the Plan’s procedure for review of the denial of the claim.

In the event that the claim is not granted and notice of denial of a claim is not furnished by the 30th day after such claim was filed, the claim shall be deemed to have been denied on that day for the purpose of permitting the claimant to request review of the claim.

 

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Section 4.5 Claims Review Procedure .

Any person whose claim filed pursuant to section 4.4 has been denied in whole or in part by the Plan Administrator may request review of the claim by the Committee, upon a form prescribed by the Plan Administrator. The claimant shall file such form (including a statement of his position) with the Committee no later than sixty (60) days after the mailing or delivery of the written notice of denial provided for in section 4.4, or, if such notice is not provided, within sixty (60) days after such claim is deemed denied pursuant to section 4.4. The claimant shall be permitted to review pertinent documents. A decision shall be rendered by the Committee and communicated to the claimant not later than thirty (30) days after receipt of the claimant’s written request for review. However, if the Committee finds it necessary, due to special circumstances (for example, the need to hold a hearing), to extend this period and so notifies the claimant in writing, the decision shall be rendered as soon as practicable, but in no event later than one hundred and twenty (120) days after the claimant’s request for review. The Committee’s decision shall be in writing and shall specifically set forth:

(a) The reasons for the decision; and

(b) The pertinent Plan provisions on which the decision is based.

Any such decision of the Committee shall be binding upon the claimant and the Participating Employer, and the Plan Administrator shall take appropriate action to carry out such decision.

Section 4.6 Allocation of Fiduciary Responsibilities and Employment of Advisors .

Any Named Fiduciary may:

(a) Allocate any of his or its responsibilities (other than trustee responsibilities) under the Plan to such other person or persons as he or it may designate, provided that such allocation and designation shall be in writing and filed with the Plan Administrator;

(b) Employ one (1) or more persons to render advice to him or it with regard to any of his or its responsibilities under the Plan; and

(c) Consult with counsel, who may be counsel to a Participating Employer.

Section 4.7 Other Administrative Provisions .

(a) Any person whose claim has been denied in whole or in part must exhaust the administrative review procedures provided in section 4.5 prior to initiating any claim for judicial review.

(b) No bond or other security shall be required of the Plan Administrator, or any officer or employee of a Participating Employer to whom fiduciary responsibilities are allocated by a Named Fiduciary, except as may be required by ERISA.

 

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(c) Subject to any limitation on the application of this section 4.7(c) pursuant to ERISA, neither the Plan Administrator, nor any officer or employee of a Participating Employer to whom fiduciary responsibilities are allocated by a Named Fiduciary, shall be liable for any act of omission or commission by himself or by another person, except for his own individual willful and intentional malfeasance.

(d) The Plan Administrator or the Committee may, except with respect to actions under section 4.5, shorten, extend or waive the time (but not beyond sixty (60) days) required by the Plan for filing any notice or other form with the Plan Administrator or Committee, or taking any other action under the Plan.

(e) Any person, group of persons, committee, corporation or organization may serve in more than one (1) fiduciary capacity with respect to the Plan.

(f) Any action taken or omitted by any fiduciary with respect to the Plan, including any decision, interpretation, claim, denial or review on appeal, shall be conclusive and binding on the Bank and all interested parties and shall be subject to judicial modification or reversal only to the extent it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such action or omission was arbitrary and capricious and contrary to the terms of the Plan.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1 Rights of Employees .

No Employee shall have any right or claim to any benefit under the Plan except in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. The establishment of the Plan shall not be construed as conferring upon any Employee or other person any legal right to a continuation of employment or to any terms or conditions of employment, nor as limiting or qualifying the right of a Participating Employer to discharge any Employee.

Section 5.2 Non-alienation of Benefit .

The right to receive a benefit under the Plan shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, or assignment, nor shall such right be liable for or subject to debts, contracts, liabilities, or torts.

Section 5.3 Non-duplication of Benefit .

No provisions in this Plan shall be deemed to duplicate any compensation or benefits provided under any agreement, plan or program covering the Employee to which a Participating Employer is a party and any duplicative amount payable under any such agreement, plan or program shall be applied as an offset to reduce the amounts otherwise payable hereunder.

 

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Section 5.4 Construction .

Wherever appropriate in the Plan, words used in the singular may be read in the plural, words used in the plural may be read in the singular, and the masculine gender may be read as referring equally to the feminine gender or the neuter. Any reference to an Article or section number shall refer to an Article or section of the Plan, unless otherwise indicated.

Section 5.5 Headings .

The headings of Articles and sections are included solely for convenience of reference. If there is any conflict between such headings and the text of the Plan, the text shall control.

Section 5.6 Governing Law .

The Plan shall be construed, administered and enforced according to the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof, except to the extent that such laws are preempted by federal law.

Section 5.7 Severability .

The invalidity or unenforceability, in whole or in part, of any provision of this Plan shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of such provision or of any other provision of this Plan, and any provision, or part thereof, deemed to be invalid or unenforceable shall be reformed as necessary to render it valid and enforceable to the maximum possible extent.

Section 5.8 Termination or Amendment .

(a) The Participating Employers expect to continue the Plan indefinitely, but, subject to the provisions of this section 5.8 hereunder, the Participating Employers expressly reserve the right to terminate or amend the Plan, in whole or in part, at any time by action of the Board; provided, however, that no such amendment or termination which adversely affects the current or prospective rights of any Employee shall be effective earlier than six (6) months after written notice thereof is given to such Employee.

(b) In the event that a corporation or trade or business other than Lake Shore Savings Bank shall adopt this Plan, such corporation or trade or business shall, by adopting the Plan, empower Lake Shore Savings Bank to amend or terminate the Plan, insofar as it shall cover employees of such corporation or trade or business, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this section 5.8(b); provided, however , that any such corporation or trade or business may, by action of its board of directors or other governing body, amend or terminate the Plan, insofar as it shall cover employees of such corporation or trade or business, at different times and in a different manner. In the event of any such amendment or termination by action of the board of directors or other governing body of such a corporation or trade or business, a separate plan shall be deemed to have been established for the employees of such corporation or trade or business.

 

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Section 5.9 Required Regulatory Provisions .

The following provision is included for the purposes of complying with various laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Bank:

(a) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, in no event shall the aggregate amount of compensation payable to an Employee hereunder exceed the three (3) times the Employee’s average annual compensation (within the meaning of OTS Regulatory Bulletin 27a or any successor thereto) for the last five (5) consecutive calendar years to end prior to his or her termination of employment with the Bank (or for his or her entire period of employment with the Bank if less than five (5) calendar years). The compensation payable to the Employee hereunder shall be further reduced (but not below zero) if such reduction would avoid the assessment of excise taxes on excess parachute payments (within the meaning of section 280G of the Code).

(b) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, any payments to the Employee by the Bank, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, are subject to and conditioned upon their compliance with section 18(k) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDI Act”), 12 U.S.C. §1828(k), and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if the Employee is suspended from office and/or temporarily prohibited from participating in the conduct of the affairs of the Bank pursuant to a notice served under section 8(e)(3) or 8(g)(1) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. §1818(e)(3) or 1818(g)(1), the Bank’s obligations under this Agreement shall be suspended as of the date of service of such notice, unless stayed by appropriate proceedings. If the charges in such notice are dismissed, the Bank, in its discretion, may (i) pay to the Employee all or part of the compensation withheld while the Bank’s obligations hereunder were suspended and (ii) reinstate, in whole or in part, any of the obligations which were suspended.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if the Employee is removed and/or permanently prohibited from participating in the conduct of the Bank’s affairs by an order issued under section 8(e)(4) or 8(g)(1) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. §1818(e)(4) or (g)(1), all prospective obligations of the Bank under this Plan shall terminate as of the effective date of the order, but vested rights and obligations of the Bank and the Employee shall not be affected.

(e) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if the Bank is in default (within the meaning of section 3(x)(1) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. §1813(x)(1), all prospective obligations of the Bank under this Plan shall terminate as of the date of default, but vested rights and obligations of the Bank and the Employee shall not be affected.

(f) Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, all prospective obligations of the Bank hereunder shall be terminated, except to the extent that a continuation of this Plan is necessary for the continued operation of the Bank: (i) by the Director of the OTS or his designee or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), at the time the FDIC enters into an agreement to provide assistance to or on behalf of the Bank under the authority contained in section 13(c) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C.

 

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§1823(c); (ii) by the Director of the OTS or his designee at the time such Director or designee approves a supervisory merger to resolve problems related to the operation of the Bank or when the Bank is determined by such Director to be in an unsafe or unsound condition. The vested rights and obligations of the parties shall not be affected.

If and to the extent that the foregoing provision shall cease to be required by applicable law, rule or regulation, the same shall become inoperative automatically as though eliminated by formal amendment of the Plan.

Section 5.10 Withholding .

Payments from this Plan shall be subject to all applicable federal, state and local income withholding taxes.

Section 5.11 Status as Welfare Benefit Plan Under ERISA .

This Plan is an “employee welfare benefit plan” within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) and shall be construed, administered and enforced according to the provisions of ERISA.

Section 5.12 Payments to Key Employees .

Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, to the extent required under section 409A of the Code, no payment to be made to a key employee (within the meaning of section 409A of the Code) shall be made sooner than six (6) months after such termination of employment.

Section 5.13 Involuntary Termination Payments to Employees (Safe Harbor) .

In the event a payment is made to an Employee upon an Involuntary Severance, as provided in section 2.11, such payment will not be subject to section 409A of the Code provided that such payment does not exceed (the “Safe Harbor Amount”). However, if such payment exceeds the Safe Harbor Amount, only the amount in excess of the Safe Harbor Amount will be subject to section 409A of the Code. In addition, if such Employee is considered a key employee, such payment in excess of the Safe Harbor Amount will have its timing delayed and will be subject to the six (6)-month wait-period imposed by section 409A of the Code as provided in section 5.12 of this Agreement. The Employee, the Company and the Bank agree that the termination benefits described in this section 5.13 are intended to be exempt from section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) as the safe harbor for separation pay due to involuntary separation from service.

 

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Exhibit 99.1

PRESS RELEASE

Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc. Announces Stock Repurchase Program

Dunkirk, NY – November 16, 2007 –

Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc. ( the “Company”) (NASDAQ Global Market: LSBK), the holding company for Lake Shore Savings Bank (the “Bank”), announced today that its Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to 141,342 shares of the Company’s common stock. This amount represents 5% of the Company’s outstanding common stock that is not owned by Lake Shore, MHC. Any purchases under the program will be made through open market transactions or negotiated block transactions, at the discretion of management. The amount and exact timing of any purchases will depend on market conditions and a variety of other factors, at the discretion of management, and there is no assurance that the Company will repurchase shares during any period.

Lake Shore Bancorp is the parent company of Lake Shore Savings Bank, a community-oriented financial institution operating eight full-service branch locations in western New York offering a broad array of retail and commercial lending and deposit services. Traded on the NASDAQ Global Market as LSBK, Lake Shore Bancorp can also be found on the web at www.lakeshoresavings.com.

This release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company’s and the Bank’s industry, and management’s beliefs and assumptions. Words such as anticipates, expects, intends, plans, believes, estimates and variations of such words and expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to forecast. Therefore, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or forecast in such forward-looking statements. The Company and Bank undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or otherwise.

Media Contact –

Rachel A. Foley, CFO

Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc.

(716) 366-4070

 

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