<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000860413-18-000051.txt : 20180405
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000860413-18-000051
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180403
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180405
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180405

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000860413
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				810331430
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MT
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34653
		FILM NUMBER:		18741178

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 30918
		STREET 2:		401 NO 31ST STREET
		CITY:			BILLINGS
		STATE:			MT
		ZIP:			59116-0918
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4062555300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 30918
		STREET 2:		401 NO 31ST STREET
		CITY:			BILLINGS
		STATE:			MT
		ZIP:			59116-0918

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM OF MONTANA INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930615
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(the &#8220;Company&#8221;) and First Interstate Bank (the &#8220;Bank&#8221;) entered into employment agreements with each of Kevin P. Riley, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Bank and Marcy D. Mutch, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Bank (together, the &#8220;Employment Agreements&#8221;).  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:24px;text-indent:-24px;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Employment Agreements have an initial term of three years. After such initial term, the term of the Employment Agreements will be automatically extended for an additional year and on each subsequent anniversary thereafter, so that the remaining term will be one year, unless a notice is provided to the executive that the agreement will not renew. Under the Employment Agreements, the current annual base salary for Mr. Riley and Ms. Mutch is $752,580 and $385,000, respectively. Base salary will be reviewed at least annually to determine whether an increase is appropriate.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Under the Employment Agreements, if the Company or the Bank terminates the executive&#8217;s employment for &#8220;cause,&#8221; as such term is defined in the Employment Agreements, the executive will not receive any compensation or benefits after the termination date. If the Company or the Bank terminates the executive&#8217;s employment without cause or if the executive terminates employment for &#8220;good reason,&#8221; as such term is defined in the Employment Agreements, the Company or the Bank will pay the executive an amount equal to two times (one times for Ms. Mutch) the executive&#8217;s base salary plus two times (one times for Ms. Mutch) the average of the annual incentive compensation paid to the executive during each of the three years immediately prior to the year in which the termination of employment occurs, with such amount payable over eighteen (18) months. In addition, the Bank will provide continued insurance coverage for up to eighteen (18) months (twelve (12) months for Ms. Mutch).  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">If the executive&#8217;s employment is terminated or if the executive voluntarily terminates employment during the term of the Employment Agreements for &#8220;good reason&#8221; during the term of the Employment Agreements within six months preceding or within eighteen (18) months following a &#8220;change in control,&#8221; as such term is defined in the Employment Agreements, the executive will receive an amount equal to two times (one and one-half times for Ms. Mutch) the executive&#8217;s base salary, plus two times (one and one-half times for Ms. Mutch) the annual cash incentive at &#8220;target&#8221; (as defined in the annual cash incentive plan) in effect for the executive in the year in which the change in control occurs, plus a pro-rata portion of the executive&#8217;s target bonus for the calendar year in the year in which the termination of employment occurs, with such amount payable over eighteen (18) months. In addition, the Bank will provide continued insurance coverage for up to eighteen (18) months. If the severance benefits would constitute an &#8220;excess parachute payment&#8221; under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, such payment shall either be reduced so that it will not constitute an excess parachute payment, or paid in full, depending on which payment would result in the executive receiving the greatest after-tax payment. 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<div><a name="scf187b50b7164d6e938c49a5ecf5d8fc"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:2px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Employment Agreement (this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#8220;Agreement&#8221;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">is made effective as of April 3, 2018 (the </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#8220;Effective Date&#8221;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">),</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">by and between First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., a Montana corporation (the </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#8220;Company&#8221;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">),</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">First  Interstate  Bank, a Montana bank (the </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#8220;Bank&#8221;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">and Kevin  P. 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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Executive will be responsible for the overall management of the Employer, and will be responsible for establishing the business objectives, policies and strategic plans of the Employer in conjunction with the Board of Directors of the Employer (collectively, and as applicable, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Board of Directors</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; or &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Board</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;). Executive also will be responsible for providing leadership and direction to all departments or divisions of the Employer, and will be the primary contact between the Board and other officers and employees of the Employer.  As President and Chief Executive Officer, Executive will report directly to the Board.  Executive also agrees to serve, if elected, as an officer and director of any affiliate of the Employer.    </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;&#160;</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">2.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">TERM AND DUTIES.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Term</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Employer has entered into an agreement to effect a transaction that would be considered a Change in Control as defined below, then the Term of this Agreement shall be extended and shall terminate twelve (12) months following the date on which the Change in Control occurs.</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Termination of Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  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Nothing in this Agreement shall mandate or prohibit a continuation of Executive&#8217;s employment following the expiration of the term of this Agreement, upon such terms and conditions as the Employer and Executive may mutually agree.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Duties; Membership on Other Boards</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  During the term of this Agreement, except for periods of absence occasioned by illness, reasonable vacation periods, and reasonable leaves of absence approved by the Board of Directors of the Employer (collectively, and as applicable, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Board of Directors</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; or &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Board</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) or a committee of the Board, Executive shall devote substantially all of his business time, attention, skill, and efforts to the faithful performance of his duties hereunder, including activities and services related to the organization, operation and management of the Employer; provided, however, that, Executive may serve, or continue to serve, on the boards of directors of, and hold any other offices or positions in, business companies or business or civic organizations, which, in the Board&#8217;s judgment, will not present any conflict of interest with the Employer, or materially affect the performance of Executive&#8217;s duties pursuant to this Agreement.  Executive shall provide the Board of Directors annually for its approval a list of organizations for which Executive acts as a director or officer.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">3.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">COMPENSATION, BENEFITS AND REIMBURSEMENT.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:6px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:42px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Base Salary</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  In consideration of Executive&#8217;s performance of the duties set forth in Section 2, the Employer shall provide Executive the compensation specified in this Agreement.  The Employer shall pay Executive a salary of $752,580 per year (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Base Salary</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;).  The Base Salary shall be payable biweekly, or with such other frequency as officers of the Employer are generally paid. During the term of this Agreement, the Base Salary shall be reviewed at least annually by the Board or by a committee designated by the Board, and the Employer may increase, but not decrease (except for a decrease that is generally applicable to all employees) Executive&#8217;s Base Salary. Any increase in Base Salary shall become &#8220;Base Salary&#8221; for purposes of this Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Bonus and Incentive Compensation</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Executive shall be entitled to equitable participation in incentive compensation, bonuses and long-term incentives in any plan or arrangement of the Employer in which Executive is eligible to participate.  Nothing paid to Executive under any such plan or arrangement will be deemed to be in lieu of other compensation to which Executive is entitled under this Agreement.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Employee Benefits</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  The Employer shall provide Executive with employee benefit plans, arrangements and perquisites substantially equivalent to those in which Executive was participating or from which he was deriving benefit immediately prior to the commencement of the term of this Agreement, and the Employer shall not, without Executive&#8217;s prior written consent, make any changes in such plans, arrangements or perquisites that would adversely affect Executive&#8217;s rights or benefits thereunder, except as to any changes that are applicable to all participating employees. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Section 3(d), Executive will be entitled to participate in and receive benefits under any employee benefit plans including, but not limited to, retirement plans, supplemental retirement plans, pension plans, profit-sharing plans, health-and-accident insurance plans, medical coverage or any other employee benefit plan or arrangement made available by the Employer in the future to its senior executives, including any stock benefit plans, subject to and on a basis consistent with the terms, conditions and overall administration of such plans and arrangements.</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Paid Time Off</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation time each year during the term of this Agreement (measured on a fiscal or calendar year basis, in accordance with the Employer&#8217;s usual practices), as well as sick leave, holidays and other paid absences in accordance with the Employer&#8217;s policies and procedures for senior executives.  Any unused paid time off during an annual period shall be treated in accordance with the Employer&#8217;s personnel policies as in effect from time to time.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(e)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Expense Reimbursements</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  The Employer shall also pay or reimburse Executive for all reasonable travel, entertainment and other reasonable expenses incurred by Executive during the course of performing his obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, fees for memberships in such clubs and organizations as Executive and the Board shall mutually agree are necessary and appropriate in connection with the performance of his duties under this Agreement, upon presentation to the Employer of an itemized account of such expenses in such form as the Employer may reasonably require, provided that such payment or reimbursement shall be made as soon as practicable but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the  year in which such right to such payment or reimbursement occurred.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(f)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Legal Fees to Review Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  The Executive may elect to retain counsel to review this Agreement, and the Employer agrees to promptly reimburse Executive for such fees in an amount not to exceed $5,000.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(g)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">No Impact on SERP</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  For purposes of clarity, the non-qualified deferred compensation arrangement entered into between the Employer and Executive, and as described in the Prior Agreement and a SERP Award Notice, will continue in full force and effect and nothing paid under this Agreement will be deemed to be in lieu of any compensation to which Executive is entitled under such non-qualified deferred compensation arrangement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">4.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">PAYMENTS TO EXECUTIVE UPON AN EVENT OF TERMINATION.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination (as herein defined) during the term of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 4 shall apply; provided, however, that in the event such Event of Termination occurs either six (6) months preceding or within eighteen (18) months following a Change in Control (as defined in Section 5 hereof), Section 5 shall apply instead. As used in this Agreement, an &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Event of Termination</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8217;&#8217; shall mean and include any one or more of the following:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the involuntary termination of Executive&#8217;s employment hereunder by the Employer for any reason other than termination governed by Section 5 (in connection with or following a Change in Control), Section 6 (due to Disability or death), Section 7 (due to Retirement), or Section 8 (for Cause), provided that such termination constitutes a &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Separation from Service</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Code</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;); or </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(ii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Executive&#8217;s resignation from the Employer&#8217;s employ upon any of the following, unless consented to by Executive: </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:97px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(A)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;a material change in Executive&#8217;s function, duties, or responsibilities, which change would cause Executive&#8217;s position to become one of material lesser responsibility, importance, or scope from the position and responsibilities described in Section 1, to which Executive has not agreed in writing (and any such material change shall be deemed a continuing breach of this Agreement by the Employer); </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:97px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(B)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;on or after a Change in Control, as defined in Section 5(b), Executive&#8217;s principal place of employment is relocated to a location that is more than 100 miles from the location of the Employer&#8217;s principal executive offices as determined immediately prior to the date of a Change in Control; </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:97px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(C)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;a material reduction in the benefits and perquisites, including Base Salary, to Executive from those being provided as of the Effective Date (except for any reduction that is part of a reduction in pay or benefits that is generally applicable to officers or employees of the Employer); </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:97px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(D)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;a liquidation or dissolution of the Employer; or</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:97px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(E)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;a material breach of this Agreement by the Employer.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Upon the occurrence of any event described in clause (ii) above, Executive shall have the right to elect to terminate his employment under this Agreement by resignation for &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Good Reason</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; upon not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice given within a reasonable period of time (not to exceed ninety (90) days) after the event giving rise to the right to elect, which termination by Executive shall be an Event of Termination.  The Employer shall have thirty (30) days to cure the condition giving rise to the Event of Termination, provided that the Employer may elect to waive said thirty (30) day period. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination, the Employer shall pay Executive, or, in the event of his subsequent death, his beneficiary or beneficiaries, or his estate, as the case may be, as severance pay or liquidated damages, or both, an amount equal to the sum of: (i) two (2) times Base Salary, plus (ii) two (2) times the average of the annual incentive compensation paid to Executive during each of the three years immediately prior to the year in which the Event of Termination occurs.  Such amount shall be payable as salary continuation that will be paid over eighteen (18) months commencing on the 60</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">th </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">day following Executive&#8217;s Separation from Service (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) and shall not be reduced in the event Executive obtains other employment following the Event of Termination.  Payments of this salary continuation will be paid in equal installments at the times and in the manner consistent with the Employer&#8217;s payroll practices for executive employees, and each installment payment shall be considered a separate payment and not one of a series of payments for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall not be entitled to any payments or benefits under this Section 4 unless and until (i) Executive executes a release (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Release</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) of his claims against the Employer, the Company and any affiliate, and their officers, directors, successors and assigns, releasing said persons from any and all claims, rights, demands, causes of action, suits, arbitrations or grievances relating to the employment relationship, including claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, but not including claims for benefits under tax-qualified plans or other benefit plans in which Executive is vested, claims for benefits required by applicable law or claims with respect to obligations set forth in this Agreement that survive the termination of this Agreement, and (ii) the payments and benefits shall begin on the 60</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">th</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;day following the date of the Event of Termination, provided that before that date, Executive has signed (and not revoked) the Release and the Release is irrevocable under the time period set forth under applicable law.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination, the Employer shall provide, at the Employer&#8217;s expense, nontaxable medical (including any employer contributions to a health savings account), health, vision and dental coverage substantially comparable, as reasonably available, to the coverage maintained by the Employer for Executive prior to the Event of Termination, except to the extent such coverage may be changed in its application to all Employer&#8217;s employees for eighteen (18) months.   </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">For purposes of this Agreement, a &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Separation from Service</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall have occurred if the Employer and Executive reasonably anticipate that either no further services will be performed by Executive after the date of the Event of Termination (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) or the level of further services performed will not exceed 49% of the average level of bona fide services in the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the Event of Termination.  For all purposes hereunder, the definition of Separation from Service shall be interpreted consistent with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(ii).  If Executive is a Specified Employee, as defined in Code Section 409A, and any payment to be made under sub-paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section 4 shall be determined to be subject to Code Section 409A, then if required by Code Section 409A, such payment or a portion of such payment (to the minimum extent possible) shall be delayed and shall be paid on the first day of the seventh month following Executive&#8217;s Separation from Service.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">5.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">CHANGE IN CONTROL</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Any payments made to Executive pursuant to this Section 5 are in lieu of any payments that may otherwise be owed to Executive pursuant to this Agreement under Section 4, such that Executive shall either receive payments pursuant to Section 4 or pursuant to Section 5, but not pursuant to both Sections.   </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">For purposes of this Agreement, the term &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Change in Control</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; 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font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(2)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Acquisition of Significant Share Ownership</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">:  A person or persons acting in concert has or have become the beneficial owner of 25% or more of a class of the Company&#8217;s or the Bank&#8217;s voting securities; provided, however, this clause (2) shall not apply to beneficial ownership of the Company&#8217;s or the Bank&#8217;s voting shares held in a fiduciary capacity by an entity of which the Company directly or indirectly beneficially owns 50% or more of its outstanding voting securities;</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(3)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Change in Board Composition</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">:  During any period of two consecutive years, individuals who constitute the Company&#8217;s or the Bank&#8217;s Board of Directors at the beginning of the two-year period cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Company&#8217;s or the Bank&#8217;s Board of Directors; provided, however, that for purposes of this clause (c), each director who is first elected by the board (or first nominated by the board for election by the stockholders) by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors who were directors at the beginning of the two-year period shall be deemed to have also been a director at the beginning of such period; or</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(4)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Sale of Assets</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">:  The Company or the Bank sells to a third party all or substantially all of its assets.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination (as defined in Section 4 hereof) either within six (6) months preceding or within eighteen (18) months following a Change in Control, Executive, shall receive as severance pay or liquidated damages, or both, a lump sum cash payment equal to the sum of: (i) two (2) times Base Salary, plus (ii) two (2) times the annual cash incentive at Target (as such term is defined </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">in the annual cash incentive plan) in effect for Executive in the year in which the Change in Control occurs, plus (iii) a pro rata portion of the Executive&#8217;s Target bonus for the calendar year in the year in which the Event of Termination occurs.   Such amount shall be payable as salary continuation that will be paid over eighteen (18) months commencing on the 10</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">th </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">day following Executive&#8217;s Separation from Service (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) and shall not be reduced in the event Executive obtains other employment following the Event of Termination.  Payments of this salary continuation will be paid in equal installments at the times and in the manner consistent with the Employer&#8217;s payroll practices for executive employees, and each installment payment shall be considered a separate payment and not one of a series of payments for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.   </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination (as defined in Section 4 hereof) either six (6) months preceding or within eighteen (18) months following a Change in Control, the Employer (or its successor) shall provide at the Employer&#8217;s (or its successor&#8217;s) expense, nontaxable medical (including any employer contributions to a health savings account), health, vision and dental coverage substantially comparable, as reasonably available, to the coverage maintained by the Employer for Executive prior to his termination, except to the extent such coverage may be changed in its application to all Employer&#8217;s employees and then the coverage provided to Executive shall be commensurate with such changed coverage, for eighteen (18) months. &#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(e)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Limitation on Payments Under Certain Circumstances</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In the event the receipt of all payments or distributions in the nature of compensation (within the meaning of Code Section 280G(b)(2)), whether paid or payable pursuant to Agreement or otherwise (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Change in Control Benefits</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) would subject Executive to an excise tax imposed by Code Sections 280G and 4999, then the payments and/or benefits payable under this Agreement (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Payments</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) shall be reduced by the minimum amount necessary so that no portion of the Payments under this Agreement are non-deductible to the Bank pursuant to Code Section 280G and subject to the excise tax imposed under Code Section 4999 of the Code (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Reduced Amount</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Payments shall not be reduced if it is determined that without such reduction, the Change in Control Benefits received by Executive on a net after-tax basis (including without limitation, any excise taxes payable under Code Section 4999) is greater than the Change in Control Benefits that Executive would receive, on a net after-tax benefit, if Executive is paid the Reduced Amount under the Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(ii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">If it is determined that the Payments should be reduced since Executive would not have a greater net after-tax amount of aggregate Payments, the Bank shall promptly give Executive notice to that effect and a copy of the detailed calculations thereof.  All determinations made under this Section 5 shall be binding upon Executive and shall be made as soon as reasonably practicable and in no event later than ten (10) days prior to the Date of Termination. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">6.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">TERMINATION FOR DISABILITY OR DEATH.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Termination of Executive&#8217;s employment based on &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Disability</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall be construed to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and shall be deemed to have occurred if: (i) Executive is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death, or last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; (ii) by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death, or last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, Executive is receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Employer; or (iii) Executive is determined to be totally disabled by the Social </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Security Administration.  Upon the termination of Executive&#8217;s employment based on Disability, Executive shall be entitled to receive benefits in accordance with the terms and provisions of under all</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">short-term and/or long-term disability plans maintained by the Employer for its executives.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;In the event of Executive&#8217;s death during the term of this Agreement, his or her estate, legal representatives or named beneficiaries (as directed by Executive in writing) shall be entitled to any other rights, compensation and/or benefits as may be due to Executive following death to which Executive is otherwise entitled in accordance with the terms and provisions of any plans or programs of the Employer.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">7.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">TERMINATION UPON RETIREMENT.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Termination of Executive&#8217;s employment based on &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Retirement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall mean termination of Executive&#8217;s employment at any time after Executive reaches age 65 or in accordance with any retirement policy established by the Board with Executive&#8217;s consent as it applies to him.  Upon termination of Executive based on Retirement, no amounts or benefits shall be due Executive under this Agreement. Executive shall be entitled to all benefits under any retirement plan of the Employer and other plans to which Executive is a party.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">8.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">TERMINATION FOR CAUSE.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Employer may terminate Executive&#8217;s employment at any time, but any termination other than termination for &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Cause</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">,&#8221; as defined herein, shall not prejudice Executive&#8217;s right to compensation or other benefits under this Agreement.  Executive shall have no right to receive compensation or other benefits for any period after termination for &#8220;Cause.&#8221;  The term &#8220;Cause&#8221; as used herein, shall exist when there has been a good faith determination by the Board that there shall have occurred one or more of the following events with respect to Executive: </font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(1)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">personal dishonesty in performing Executive&#8217;s duties on behalf of the Employer;</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(2)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">incompetence in performing Executive&#8217;s duties on behalf of the Employer;</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(3)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">willful misconduct that in the judgment of the Board will likely cause economic damage to the Employer or injury to the business reputation of the Employer;</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(4)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit; </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(5)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">material breach of the Employer&#8217;s Code of Conduct; </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(6)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">intentional failure to perform stated duties under this Agreement after written notice thereof from the Board; </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(7)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">willful violation of any law, rule or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses) that reflect adversely on the reputation of the Employer, any felony conviction, any violation of law involving moral turpitude, or any violation of a final cease-and-desist order; or </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(8)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">material breach by Executive of any provision of this Agreement.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:144px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cause shall not be deemed to exist unless there shall have been delivered to Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for the purpose (after reasonable notice to Executive and an opportunity for Executive to be heard before the Board), finding that in the good faith opinion of the Board Executive was guilty of conduct described above and specifying the particulars thereof.  Prior to holding a meeting at which the Board is to make a final determination whether Cause exists, if the Board determines in good faith at a meeting of the Board, by not less than a majority of its entire membership, that there is probable cause for it to find that Executive was guilty of conduct constituting Cause as described above, the Board may suspend Executive from his duties hereunder for a reasonable period of time not to exceed fourteen (14) days pending a further meeting at which Executive shall be given the opportunity to be heard before the Board.  Upon a finding of Cause, the Board shall deliver to Executive a Notice of Termination, as more fully described in Section 10 below.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;For purposes of this Section 8, no act or failure to act, on the part of Executive, shall be considered &#8220;willful&#8221; unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that Executive&#8217;s action or omission was in the best interests of the Employer.  Any act, or failure to act, based upon the direction of the Board or based upon the advice of counsel for the Employer shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Employer. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">9.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">RESIGNATION FROM BOARDS OF DIRECTORS.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In the event of Executive&#8217;s termination of employment due to an Event of Termination, Executive&#8217;s service as a director of the Employer and any affiliate of the Employer shall immediately terminate.  This Section 9 shall constitute a resignation notice for such purposes.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">10.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">NOTICE.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Any purported termination by the Employer for Cause shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to Executive.  If, within thirty (30) days after any Notice of Termination for Cause is given, Executive notifies the Employer that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Parties shall promptly proceed to arbitration, as provided in Section 20.  Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, the Employer shall discontinue paying Executive&#8217;s compensation until the dispute is finally resolved in accordance with this Agreement.  If it is determined that Executive is entitled to compensation and benefits under Section 4 or 5, the payment of such compensation and benefits by the Employer shall commence immediately following the date of resolution by arbitration, with interest due Executive on the cash amount that would have been paid pending arbitration (at the prime rate as published in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">The Wall Street Journal</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;from time to time).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Any other purported termination by the Employer or by Executive shall be communicated by a &#8220;Notice of Termination&#8221; (as defined in Section 10(c)) to the other party.  If, within thirty (30) days after any Notice of Termination is given, the party receiving such Notice of Termination notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Parties shall promptly proceed to arbitration as provided in Section 20.  Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, the Employer shall continue to pay Executive his Base Salary, and other compensation and benefits in effect when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given (except as to termination of Executive for Cause); provided, however, that such payments and benefits shall not continue beyond the date that is thirty-six (36) months from the date the Notice of Termination is given.  In the event the voluntary termination by Executive of his employment is disputed by the Employer, and if it is determined in arbitration that Executive is not entitled to termination benefits </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">pursuant to this Agreement, he shall return all cash payments made to him pending resolution by arbitration, with interest thereon at the prime rate as published in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">The Wall Street Journal</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;from time to time, if it is determined in arbitration that Executive&#8217;s voluntary termination of employment was not taken in good faith and not in the reasonable belief that grounds existed for his voluntary termination.  If it is determined that Executive is entitled to receive severance benefits under this Agreement, then any continuation of Base Salary and other compensation and benefits made to Executive under this Section 10 shall offset the amount of any severance benefits that are due to Executive under this Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">For purposes of this Agreement, a &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Notice of Termination</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall mean a written notice that shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of Executive&#8217;s employment under the provision so indicated. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">11.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">POST-TERMINATION OBLIGATIONS.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Eighteen Month Non-Solicitation</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Executive hereby covenants and agrees that, for a period of eighteen (18) months following his termination of employment with the Employer, he shall not, without the written consent of the Employer, either directly or indirectly (i) 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 Employer, 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 business whatsoever that competes with the business of the Employer, or any of their direct or indirect subsidiaries or affiliates or has headquarters or offices within</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">fifty (50) miles of the locations in which the Employer has business operations or has filed an application for regulatory approval to establish an office, or (ii) solicit business from any customer of the Employer or their subsidiaries, divert or attempt to divert any business from the Employer or their subsidiaries, or induce, attempt to induce, or assist others in inducing or attempting to induce any agent, customer or supplier of the Employer or any other person or entity associated or doing business with the Employer (or proposing to become associated or to do business with the Employer) to terminate such person&#8217;s or entity&#8217;s relationship with the Employer (or to refrain from becoming associated with or doing business with the Employer) or in any other manner to interfere with the relationship between the Employer and any such person or entity.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Competition</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  From and after the termination of Executive&#8217;s employment with Employer (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Termination Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) until eighteen (18) months after the Termination Date (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Restricted Period</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), Executive may compete with Employer and own, operate, manage, control, engage in, participate in, invest in, hold any interest in, assist, aid, act as a consultant to or otherwise advise in any way, be employed by or perform any services (alone or in association with any person) for, any person (or on behalf of Executive) that engages in, owns, invests in, operates, manages or controls any venture or enterprise that directly competes with Employer only upon prior written approval of the Board. However, if Executive, without prior written approval of the Board, owns, operates, manages, controls, engages in, participates in, invests in, holds any interest in, assists, aids, acts as a consultant to or otherwise advise in any way, is employed by or performs any services (alone or in association with any person) for, any person (or on behalf of Executive) that engages in, owns, invests in, operates, manages or controls any venture or enterprise that directly competes with Employer in Employer&#8217;s Markets at any time during the Restricted Period, Executive agrees to forfeit any future severance benefits and return to Employer any severance benefits already paid pursuant to Sections 4 or 5 of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent Executive from passive investments of less than 1% in public companies or indirect investments through 401(k) plans, mutual funds, etc.  For purposes of this paragraph, &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Employer&#8217;s Markets</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; is defined as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:101px;text-align:justify;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:42px;">(1)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">if an Event of Termination (as defined in Section 4 hereof) does not occur within either the six (6) months preceding or within eighteen (18) months following a Change of Control, &#8220;Employer&#8217;s Markets&#8221; means any State or Territory of the United States in which First Interstate Bank operates branches at the time of Executive&#8217;s termination; or</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:101px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:101px;text-align:justify;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:42px;">(2)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">if an Event of Termination (as defined in Section 4 hereof) occurs within either the six (6) months preceding or within eighteen (18) months following a Change of Control, &#8220;Employer&#8217;s Markets&#8221; means any State or Territory of the United States in which First Interstate Bank operated branches immediately prior to the Change in Control.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:101px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;  As used in this Agreement, &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Confidential Information</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; means information belonging to the Employer that is of value to the Employer in the course of conducting its business and the disclosure of which could result in a competitive or other disadvantage to the Employer. Confidential Information includes, without limitation: financial information, reports, and forecasts; inventions, improvements and other intellectual property; trade secrets; know-how; designs, processes or formulae; software; market or sales information or plans; customer lists; and business plans, prospects and opportunities (such as possible acquisitions or dispositions of businesses or facilities) that have been discussed or considered by the management of the Employer. Confidential Information includes information developed by Executive in the course of Executive&#8217;s employment by the Employer, as well as other information to which Executive may have access in connection with Executive&#8217;s employment.  Confidential Information also includes the confidential information of others with which the Employer has a business relationship. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information does not include information in the public domain.  Executive understands and agrees that Executive&#8217;s employment creates a relationship of confidence and trust between Executive and the Employer with respect to all Confidential Information.  At all times, both during Executive&#8217;s employment with the Employer and after its termination, Executive will keep in confidence and trust all such Confidential Information, and will not use or disclose any such Confidential Information without the written consent of the Employer, except as may be necessary in the ordinary course of performing Executive&#8217;s duties to the Employer.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Executive shall, upon reasonable notice, furnish such information and assistance to the Employer as may reasonably be required by the Employer, in connection with any litigation in which it or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates is, or may become, a party; provided, however, that Executive shall not be required to provide information or assistance with respect to any litigation between Executive and the Employer or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;All payments and benefits to Executive under this Agreement shall be subject to Executive&#8217;s compliance with this Section 11.  The Parties hereto, recognizing that irreparable injury will result to the Employer, its business and property in the event of Executive&#8217;s breach of this Section 11, agree that, in the event of any such breach by Executive, the Employer will be entitled, in addition to any other remedies and damages available, to an injunction to restrain the violation hereof by Executive and all persons acting for or with Executive. Executive represents and admits that Executive&#8217;s experience and capabilities are such that Executive can obtain employment in a business engaged in other lines and/or of a different nature than the Employer, and that the enforcement of a remedy by way of injunction will not prevent Executive from earning a livelihood.  Nothing herein will be construed as prohibiting the Employer from pursuing any other remedies available to them for such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of damages from Executive.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">12.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">SOURCE OF PAYMENTS.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, payments and benefits, as provided </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">for under this Agreement, will be paid by the Company and Bank in proportion to the level of activity and the time expended by Executive on activities related to the Company and Bank, respectively, as determined by the Employer.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">13.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">EFFECT ON PRIOR AGREEMENTS AND EXISTING BENEFITS PLANS.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the Parties hereto and supersedes any prior employment agreement between the Employer or any predecessor of the Employer and Executive, including the Prior Agreement, except that this Agreement shall not affect or operate to reduce any benefit or compensation inuring to Executive of a kind elsewhere provided.  No provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted to mean that Executive is subject to receiving fewer benefits than those available to him without reference to this Agreement.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">14.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">NO ATTACHMENT; BINDING ON SUCCESSORS.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Except as required by law, no right to receive payments under this Agreement shall be subject to anticipation, commutation, alienation, sale, assignment, encumbrance, charge, pledge, or hypothecation, or to execution, attachment, levy, or similar process or assignment by operation of law, and any attempt, voluntary or involuntary, to effect any such action shall be null, void, and of no effect.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, Executive and the Bank and their respective successors and assigns.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">15.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">MODIFICATION AND WAIVER.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by an instrument in writing signed by the Parties hereto.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">No term or condition of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been waived, nor shall there be any estoppel against the enforcement of any provision of this Agreement, except by written instrument of the party charged with such waiver or estoppel.  No such written waiver shall be deemed a continuing waiver unless specifically stated therein, and each such waiver shall operate only as to the specific term or condition waived and shall not constitute a waiver of such term or condition for the future as to any act other than that specifically waived.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">16.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">REQUIRED PROVISIONS.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Employer may terminate Executive&#8217;s employment at any time, but any termination by the Board other than termination for Cause shall not prejudice Executive&#8217;s right to compensation or other benefits under this Agreement.  Executive shall have no right to receive compensation or other benefits for any period after termination for Cause. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;If Executive is suspended from office and/or temporarily prohibited from participating in the conduct of the Employer&#8217;s affairs by a notice served under Section 8(e)(3) [12&#160;USC &#167;1818(e)(3)] or 8(g)(1) [12 USC &#167;1818(g)(1)] of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the Employer&#8217;s obligations under this contract shall be suspended as of the date of service, unless stayed by appropriate proceedings.  If the charges in the notice are dismissed, the Employer may in its discretion (i) pay Executive all or part of the compensation withheld while its contract obligations were suspended and (ii) reinstate (in whole or in part) any of its obligations which were suspended.</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;If Executive is removed and/or permanently prohibited from participating in the conduct of the Employer&#8217;s affairs by an order issued under Section 8(e)(4) [12 USC &#167;1818(e)(4)] or 8(g)(1) [12 USC &#167;1818(g)(1)] of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, all obligations of the Employer under this Agreement shall terminate as of the effective date of the order, but vested rights of the contracting Parties shall not be affected.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;If the Employer is in default as defined in Section 3(x)(1) [12 USC &#167;1813(x)(1)] of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, all obligations of the Employer under this Agreement shall terminate as of the date of default, but this paragraph shall not affect any vested rights of the contracting Parties.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;All obligations under this Agreement shall be terminated, except to the extent determined that continuation of the contract is necessary for the continued operation of the Employer, (i) by either the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency or the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Regulator</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) or the Regulator&#8217;s designee, at the time the FDIC enters into an agreement to provide assistance to or on behalf of the Employer under the authority contained in Section 13(c) [12 USC &#167;1823(c)] of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; or (ii)&#160;by the Regulator or the Regulator&#8217;s designee at the time the Regulator or the Regulator&#8217;s designee approves a supervisory merger to resolve problems related to operation of the Employer or when the Employer is determined by the Regulator to be in an unsafe or unsound condition.  Any rights of the Parties that have already vested, however, shall not be affected by such action.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(f)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, any payments to Executive by the Employer, 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, 12&#160;U.S.C. Section 1828(k), and the regulations promulgated thereunder in 12 C.F.R. 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<div><a name="s0a83a6384e1145248682fae6a2a0ce52"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.2</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Employment Agreement (this &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) is made effective as of April 3,  2018 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Effective Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), by and between First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., a Montana corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), First Interstate Bank, a Montana bank (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Bank</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) and Marcy D. Mutch (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Executive</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;).  The Company, Bank and Executive are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Parties</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.&#8221;  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">WITNESSETH</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, Executive is currently employed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Bank (collectively, the Company and Bank shall be referred to in this Agreement as the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Employer</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;); and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, the Employer desires to assure itself of the continued availability of Executive&#8217;s services as provided in this Agreement; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, Executive is willing to serve the Employer on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">NOW, THEREFORE</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter provided, the Parties hereby agree as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;During the term of this Agreement, Executive shall continue to serve in the capacity of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Employer. Executive shall continue to render such administrative and management services to the Employer as are currently rendered and as are customarily performed by persons situated in a similar executive capacity. Executive&#8217;s other duties shall be such as the President and Chief Executive Officer may from time to time reasonably direct.  During the term of this Agreement, Executive also agrees to continue to serve as an officer of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Bank and to carry out the duties and responsibilities reasonably appropriate to those offices.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">2.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">TERM AND DUTIES.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Term</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  The initial term of this Agreement shall commence as of the Effective Date and shall continue thereafter for a period of thirty-six (36) full calendar months (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Term</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;); provided, however, that commencing on the third anniversary of the Effective Date, and on each annual anniversary of such date (each a &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Renewal Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), the Term shall be automatically extended for an additional year so as to terminate one (1) year from such Renewal Date.  If, at least ninety (90) days prior to any Renewal Date, the Employer gives Executive notice that the Term will not be so extended, this Agreement will continue for the remainder of the then current Term and then expire.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Employer has entered into an agreement to effect a transaction that would be considered a Change in Control as defined below, then the </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Term of this Agreement shall be extended and shall terminate twelve (12) months following the date on which the Change in Control occurs.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Termination of Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, either Executive or the Employer may terminate Executive&#8217;s employment with the Employer at any time during the term of this Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Continued Employment Following Expiration of Term</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Nothing in this Agreement shall mandate or prohibit a continuation of Executive&#8217;s employment following the expiration of the term of this Agreement, upon such terms and conditions as the Employer and Executive may mutually agree.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Duties; Membership on Other Boards</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  During the term of this Agreement, except for periods of absence occasioned by illness, reasonable vacation periods, and reasonable leaves of absence approved by the Board of Directors of the Employer (collectively, and as applicable, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Board of Directors</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; or &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Board</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) or a committee of the Board, Executive shall devote substantially all of Executive&#8217;s business time, attention, skill, and efforts to the faithful performance of Executive&#8217;s duties hereunder, including activities and services related to the organization, operation and management of the Employer; provided, however, that, Executive may serve, or continue to serve, on the boards of directors of, and hold any other offices or positions in, business companies or business or civic organizations, which, in the Board&#8217;s judgment, will not present any conflict of interest with the Employer, or materially affect the performance of Executive&#8217;s duties pursuant to this Agreement.  Executive shall provide the Board of Directors annually for its approval a list of organizations for which Executive acts as a director or officer.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">3.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">COMPENSATION, BENEFITS AND REIMBURSEMENT.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Base Salary</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  In consideration of Executive&#8217;s performance of the duties set forth in Section 2, the Employer shall provide Executive the compensation specified in this Agreement.  The Employer shall pay Executive a salary of $385,000 per year (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Base Salary</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;).  The Base Salary shall be payable biweekly, or with such other frequency as officers of the Employer are generally paid. During the term of this Agreement, the Base Salary shall be reviewed at least annually by the Board or by a committee designated by the Board, and the Employer may increase, but not decrease (except for a decrease that is generally applicable to all employees) Executive&#8217;s Base Salary. Any increase in Base Salary shall become &#8220;Base Salary&#8221; for purposes of this Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Bonus and Incentive Compensation</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Executive shall be entitled to equitable participation in incentive compensation, bonuses and long-term incentives in any plan or arrangement of the Employer in which Executive is eligible to participate.  Nothing paid to Executive under any such plan or arrangement will be deemed to be in lieu of other compensation to which Executive is entitled under this Agreement.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Employee Benefits</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  The Employer shall provide Executive with employee benefit plans, arrangements and perquisites substantially equivalent to those in which Executive was participating or from which Executive was deriving benefit immediately prior to the commencement </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">of the term of this Agreement, and the Employer shall not, without Executive&#8217;s prior written consent, make any changes in such plans, arrangements or perquisites that would adversely affect Executive&#8217;s rights or benefits thereunder, except as to any changes that are applicable to all participating employees. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Section 3(d), Executive will be entitled to participate in and receive benefits under any employee benefit plans including, but not limited to, retirement plans, supplemental retirement plans, pension plans, profit-sharing plans, health-and-accident insurance plans, medical coverage or any other employee benefit plan or arrangement made available by the Employer in the future to its senior executives, including any stock benefit plans, subject to and on a basis consistent with the terms, conditions and overall administration of such plans and arrangements.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Paid Time Off</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation time each year during the term of this Agreement (measured on a fiscal or calendar year basis, in accordance with the Employer&#8217;s usual practices), as well as sick leave, holidays and other paid absences in accordance with the Employer&#8217;s policies and procedures for senior executives.  Any unused paid time off during an annual period shall be treated in accordance with the Employer&#8217;s personnel policies as in effect from time to time.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(e)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Expense Reimbursements</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  The Employer shall also pay or reimburse Executive for all reasonable travel, entertainment and other reasonable expenses incurred by Executive during the course of performing Executive&#8217;s obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, fees for memberships in such clubs and organizations as Executive and the Board shall mutually agree are necessary and appropriate in connection with the performance of Executive&#8217;s duties under this Agreement, upon presentation to the Employer of an itemized account of such expenses in such form as the Employer may reasonably require, provided that such payment or reimbursement shall be made as soon as practicable but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the  year in which such right to such payment or reimbursement occurred.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">4.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">PAYMENTS TO EXECUTIVE UPON AN EVENT OF TERMINATION.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination (as herein defined) during the term of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 4 shall apply; provided, however, that in the event such Event of Termination occurs either six (6) months preceding or within eighteen (18) months following a Change in Control (as defined in Section 5 hereof), Section 5 shall apply instead. As used in this Agreement, an &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Event of Termination</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8217;&#8217; shall mean and include any one or more of the following:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the involuntary termination of Executive&#8217;s employment hereunder by the Employer for any reason other than termination governed by Section 5 (in connection with or following a Change in Control), Section 6 (due to Disability or death), Section 7 (due to Retirement), or  Section 8 (for Cause), provided that such termination constitutes a &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Separation from Service</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Code</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;); or </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(ii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Executive&#8217;s resignation from the Employer&#8217;s employ upon any of the following, unless consented to by Executive: </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:97px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(A)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;a material change in Executive&#8217;s function, duties, or responsibilities, which change would cause Executive&#8217;s position to become one of material lesser responsibility, importance, or scope from the position and responsibilities described in Section 1, to which Executive has not agreed in writing (and any such material change shall be deemed a continuing breach of this Agreement by the Employer); </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:97px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(B)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;on or after a Change in Control, as defined in Section 5(b), Executive&#8217;s principal place of employment is relocated to a location that is more than 100 miles from the location of the Employer&#8217;s principal executive offices as determined immediately prior to the date of a Change in Control; </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:97px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(C)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;a material reduction in the benefits and perquisites, including Base Salary, to Executive from those being provided as of the Effective Date (except for any reduction that is part of a reduction in pay or benefits that is generally applicable to officers or employees of the Employer); </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:97px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(D)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;a liquidation or dissolution of the Employer; or</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:97px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(E)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;a material breach of this Agreement by the Employer.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Upon the occurrence of any event described in clause (ii) above, Executive shall have the right to elect to terminate Executive&#8217;s employment under this Agreement by resignation for &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Good Reason</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; upon not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice given within a reasonable period of time (not to exceed ninety (90) days) after the event giving rise to the right to elect, which termination by Executive shall be an Event of Termination.  The Employer shall have thirty (30) days to cure the condition giving rise to the Event of Termination, provided that the Employer may elect to waive said thirty (30) day period. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination, the Employer shall pay Executive, or, in the event of Executive&#8217;s subsequent death, Executive&#8217;s beneficiary or beneficiaries, or Executive&#8217;s estate, as the case may be, as severance pay or liquidated damages, or both, an amount equal to the sum of: (i) one (1) times Base Salary, plus (ii) one (1) times the average of the annual incentive compensation paid to Executive during each of the three years immediately prior to the year in which the Event of Termination occurs.  Such amount shall be payable as salary continuation that will be paid over eighteen (18) months commencing on the 60</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">th </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">day following Executive&#8217;s Separation from Service (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) and shall not be reduced in the event Executive obtains other employment following the Event of Termination.  Payments of this salary continuation will be paid in equal installments at the times and in the manner consistent with the Employer&#8217;s payroll practices for executive employees, and each installment payment shall be considered a separate payment and not one of a series of payments for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall not be entitled to any payments or benefits under this Section 4 unless and until (i) Executive executes a release (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Release</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) of Executive&#8217;s claims against the Employer, the Company and any affiliate, and their officers, directors, successors and assigns, releasing said persons from any and all claims, rights, demands, causes of </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">action, suits, arbitrations or grievances relating to the employment relationship, including claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, but not including claims for benefits under tax-qualified plans or other benefit plans in which Executive is vested, claims for benefits required by applicable law or claims with respect to obligations set forth in this Agreement that survive the termination of this Agreement, and (ii) the payments and benefits shall begin on the 60</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">th</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;day following the date of the Event of Termination, provided that before that date, Executive has signed (and not revoked) the Release and the Release is irrevocable under the time period set forth under applicable law.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination, the Employer shall provide, at the Employer&#8217;s expense, nontaxable medical (including any employer contributions to a health savings account), health, vision and dental coverage substantially comparable, as reasonably available, to the coverage maintained by the Employer for Executive prior to the Event of Termination, except to the extent such coverage may be changed in its application to all Employer&#8217;s employees for twelve (12) months.    </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">For purposes of this Agreement, a &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Separation from Service</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall have occurred if the Employer and Executive reasonably anticipate that either no further services will be performed by Executive after the date of the Event of Termination (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) or the level of further services performed will not exceed 49% of the average level of bona fide services in the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the Event of Termination.  For all purposes hereunder, the definition of Separation from Service shall be interpreted consistent with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(ii).  If Executive is a Specified Employee, as defined in Code Section 409A, and any payment to be made under sub-paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section 4 shall be determined to be subject to Code Section 409A, then if required by Code Section 409A, such payment or a portion of such payment (to the minimum extent possible) shall be delayed and shall be paid on the first day of the seventh month following Executive&#8217;s Separation from Service.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">5.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">CHANGE IN CONTROL</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Any payments made to Executive pursuant to this Section 5 are in lieu of any payments that may otherwise be owed to Executive pursuant to this Agreement under Section 4, such that Executive shall either receive payments pursuant to Section 4 or pursuant to Section 5, but not pursuant to both Sections.   </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">For purposes of this Agreement, the term &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Change in Control</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall mean:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(1)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Merger</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">:  The Company or the Bank merges into or consolidates with another entity, or merges another Bank or corporation into the Bank or the Company, and as a result, less than a majority of the combined voting power of the resulting corporation immediately after the merger or consolidation is held by persons who were stockholders of the Company or the Bank immediately before the merger or consolidation;</font></div></td></tr></table><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(2)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Acquisition of Significant Share Ownership</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">:  A person or persons acting in concert has or have become the beneficial owner of 25% or more of a class of the Company&#8217;s or the Bank&#8217;s voting securities; provided, however, this clause (2) shall not apply to beneficial ownership of the Company&#8217;s or the Bank&#8217;s voting shares held in a fiduciary capacity by an entity of which the Company directly or indirectly beneficially owns 50% or more of its outstanding voting securities;</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(3)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Change in Board Composition</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">:  During any period of two consecutive years, individuals who constitute the Company&#8217;s or the Bank&#8217;s Board of Directors at the beginning of the two-year period cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Company&#8217;s or the Bank&#8217;s Board of Directors; provided, however, that for purposes of this clause (c), each director who is first elected by the board (or first nominated by the board for election by the stockholders) by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors who were directors at the beginning of the two-year period shall be deemed to have also been a director at the beginning of such period; or</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(4)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Sale of Assets</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">:  The Company or the Bank sells to a third party all or substantially all of its assets.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination (as defined in Section 4 hereof) either within six (6) months preceding or within eighteen (18) months following a Change in Control, Executive, shall receive as severance pay or liquidated damages, or both, a lump sum cash payment equal to the sum of: (i) one and one-half (1.5) times Base Salary, plus (ii) one and one-half (1.5) times the annual cash incentive at Target (as such term is defined in the annual cash incentive plan) in effect for Executive in the year in which the Change in Control occurs, plus (iii) a pro rata portion of the Executive&#8217;s Target bonus for the calendar year in the year in which the Event of Termination occurs.   Such amount shall be payable as salary continuation that will be paid over eighteen (18) months commencing on the 10</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:8pt">th </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">day following Executive&#8217;s Separation from Service (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) and shall not be reduced in the event Executive obtains other employment following the Event of Termination.  Payments of this salary continuation will be paid in equal installments at the times and in the manner consistent with the Employer&#8217;s payroll practices for executive employees, and each installment payment shall be considered a separate payment and not one of a series of payments for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.   </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination (as defined in Section 4 hereof) either six (6) months preceding or within eighteen (18) months following a Change in Control, the Employer (or its successor) shall provide at the Employer&#8217;s (or its successor&#8217;s) expense, nontaxable medical (including any employer contributions to a health savings account), health, vision and dental coverage substantially comparable, as reasonably available, to the coverage maintained by the Employer for Executive prior to Executive&#8217;s termination, except to the extent such coverage may be changed in its application to all Employer&#8217;s employees and then the coverage provided to Executive shall be commensurate with such changed coverage, for eighteen (18) months. &#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(e)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Limitation on Payments Under Certain Circumstances</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In the event the receipt of all payments or distributions in the nature of compensation (within the meaning of Code Section 280G(b)(2)), whether paid or payable pursuant to Agreement or otherwise (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Change in Control Benefits</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) would subject Executive to an excise tax imposed by Code Sections 280G and 4999, then the payments and/or benefits payable under this Agreement (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Payments</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) shall be reduced by the minimum amount necessary so that no portion of the Payments under this Agreement are non-deductible to the Bank pursuant to Code Section 280G and subject to the excise tax imposed under Code Section 4999 of the Code (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Reduced Amount</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Payments shall not be reduced if it is determined that without such reduction, the Change in Control Benefits received by Executive on a net after-tax basis (including without limitation, any excise taxes payable under Code Section 4999) is greater than the Change in Control Benefits that Executive would receive, on a net after-tax benefit, if Executive is paid the Reduced Amount under the Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(ii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">If it is determined that the Payments should be reduced since Executive would not have a greater net after-tax amount of aggregate Payments, the Bank shall promptly give Executive notice to that effect and a copy of the detailed calculations thereof.  All determinations made under this Section 5 shall be binding upon Executive and shall be made as soon as reasonably practicable and in no event later than ten (10) days prior to the Date of Termination. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">6.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">TERMINATION FOR DISABILITY OR DEATH.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Termination of Executive&#8217;s employment based on &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Disability</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall be construed to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and shall be deemed to have occurred if: (i) Executive is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death, or last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; (ii) by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death, or last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, Executive is receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Employer; or (iii) Executive is determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration.  Upon the termination of Executive&#8217;s employment based on Disability, Executive shall be entitled to receive benefits in accordance with the terms and provisions of under all</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">short-term and/or long-term disability plans maintained by the Employer for its executives.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;In the event of Executive&#8217;s death during the term of this Agreement, Executive&#8217;s estate, legal representatives or named beneficiaries (as directed by Executive in writing) shall be entitled to any other rights, compensation and/or benefits as may be due to Executive following death to which Executive is otherwise entitled in accordance with the terms and provisions of any plans or programs of the Employer.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">7.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">TERMINATION UPON RETIREMENT.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Termination of Executive&#8217;s employment based on &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Retirement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall mean termination of Executive&#8217;s employment at any time after Executive reaches age 65 or in accordance with any </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">retirement policy established by the Board with Executive&#8217;s consent as it applies to Executive.  Upon termination of Executive based on Retirement, no amounts or benefits shall be due Executive under this Agreement. Executive shall be entitled to all benefits under any retirement plan of the Employer and other plans to which Executive is a party.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">8.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">TERMINATION FOR CAUSE.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Employer may terminate Executive&#8217;s employment at any time, but any termination other than termination for &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Cause</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">,&#8221; as defined herein, shall not prejudice Executive&#8217;s right to compensation or other benefits under this Agreement.  Executive shall have no right to receive compensation or other benefits for any period after termination for &#8220;Cause.&#8221;  The term &#8220;Cause&#8221; as used herein, shall exist when there has been a good faith determination by the Board that there shall have occurred one or more of the following events with respect to Executive: </font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(1)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">personal dishonesty in performing Executive&#8217;s duties on behalf of the Employer;</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(2)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">incompetence in performing Executive&#8217;s duties on behalf of the Employer;</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(3)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">willful misconduct that in the judgment of the Board will likely cause economic damage to the Employer or injury to the business reputation of the Employer;</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(4)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit; </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(5)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">material breach of the Employer&#8217;s Code of Conduct; </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(6)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">intentional failure to perform stated duties under this Agreement after written notice thereof from the Board; </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(7)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">willful violation of any law, rule or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses) that reflect adversely on the reputation of the Employer, any felony conviction, any violation of law involving moral turpitude, or any violation of a final cease-and-desist order; or </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(8)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">material breach by Executive of any provision of this Agreement.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:144px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cause shall not be deemed to exist unless there shall have been delivered to Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for the purpose (after reasonable notice to Executive and an opportunity for Executive to be heard before the Board), finding that in the good faith opinion of the Board Executive was guilty of conduct described above and specifying the particulars thereof.  Prior to holding a meeting at which the Board is to make a final determination whether Cause exists, if the Board determines in good faith at a meeting of the Board, by not less than a majority of its entire membership, that there </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">is probable cause for it to find that Executive was guilty of conduct constituting Cause as described above, the Board may suspend Executive from Executive&#8217;s duties hereunder for a reasonable period of time not to exceed fourteen (14) days pending a further meeting at which Executive shall be given the opportunity to be heard before the Board.  Upon a finding of Cause, the Board shall deliver to Executive a Notice of Termination, as more fully described in Section 10 below.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;For purposes of this Section 8, no act or failure to act, on the part of Executive, shall be considered &#8220;willful&#8221; unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that Executive&#8217;s action or omission was in the best interests of the Employer.  Any act, or failure to act, based upon the direction of the Board or based upon the advice of counsel for the Employer shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Employer. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">9.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">RESIGNATION FROM BOARDS OF DIRECTORS.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In the event of Executive&#8217;s termination of employment due to an Event of Termination, Executive&#8217;s service as a director of the Employer and any affiliate of the Employer shall immediately terminate.  This Section 9 shall constitute a resignation notice for such purposes.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">10.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">NOTICE.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Any purported termination by the Employer for Cause shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to Executive.  If, within thirty (30) days after any Notice of Termination for Cause is given, Executive notifies the Employer that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Parties shall promptly proceed to arbitration, as provided in Section 20.  Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, the Employer shall discontinue paying Executive&#8217;s compensation until the dispute is finally resolved in accordance with this Agreement.  If it is determined that Executive is entitled to compensation and benefits under Section 4 or 5, the payment of such compensation and benefits by the Employer shall commence immediately following the date of resolution by arbitration, with interest due Executive on the cash amount that would have been paid pending arbitration (at the prime rate as published in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">The Wall Street Journal</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;from time to time).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Any other purported termination by the Employer or by Executive shall be communicated by a &#8220;Notice of Termination&#8221; (as defined in Section 10(c)) to the other party.  If, within thirty (30) days after any Notice of Termination is given, the party receiving such Notice of Termination notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Parties shall promptly proceed to arbitration as provided in Section 20.  Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, the Employer shall continue to pay to Executive theExecutive&#8217;s Base Salary, and other compensation and benefits in effect when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given (except as to termination of Executive for Cause); provided, however, that such payments and benefits shall not continue beyond the date that is thirty-six (36) months from the date the Notice of Termination is given.  In the event the voluntary termination by Executive of Executive&#8217;s employment is disputed by the Employer, and if it is determined in arbitration that Executive is not entitled to termination benefits pursuant to this Agreement, Executive shall return all cash payments made to Executive pending resolution by arbitration, with interest thereon at the prime rate as </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">published in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">The Wall Street Journal</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;from time to time, if it is determined in arbitration that Executive&#8217;s voluntary termination of employment was not taken in good faith and not in the reasonable belief that grounds existed for Executive&#8217;s voluntary termination.  If it is determined that Executive is entitled to receive severance benefits under this Agreement, then any continuation of Base Salary and other compensation and benefits made to Executive under this Section 10 shall offset the amount of any severance benefits that are due to Executive under this Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">For purposes of this Agreement, a &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Notice of Termination</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall mean a written notice that shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of Executive&#8217;s employment under the provision so indicated. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">11.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">POST-TERMINATION OBLIGATIONS.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Eighteen Month Non-Solicitation</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Executive hereby covenants and agrees that, for a period of eighteen (18) months following Executive&#8217;s termination of employment with the Employer, Executive shall not, without the written consent of the Employer, either directly or indirectly (i) 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 Employer, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, to terminate Executive&#8217;s employment and accept employment or become affiliated with, or provide services for compensation in any capacity whatsoever to, any business whatsoever that competes with the business of the Employer, or any of their direct or indirect subsidiaries or affiliates or has headquarters or offices within</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">fifty (50) miles of the locations in which the Employer has business operations or has filed an application for regulatory approval to establish an office, or (ii) solicit business from any customer of the Employer or their subsidiaries, divert or attempt to divert any business from the Employer or their subsidiaries, or induce, attempt to induce, or assist others in inducing or attempting to induce any agent, customer or supplier of the Employer or any other person or entity associated or doing business with the Employer (or proposing to become associated or to do business with the Employer) to terminate such person&#8217;s or entity&#8217;s relationship with the Employer (or to refrain from becoming associated with or doing business with the Employer) or in any other manner to interfere with the relationship between the Employer and any such person or entity.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Competition</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  From and after the termination of Executive&#8217;s employment with Employer (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Termination Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) until eighteen (18) months after the Termination Date (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Restricted Period</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), Executive may compete with Employer and own, operate, manage, control, engage in, participate in, invest in, hold any interest in, assist, aid, act as a consultant to or otherwise advise in any way, be employed by or perform any services (alone or in association with any person) for, any person (or on behalf of Executive) that engages in, owns, invests in, operates, manages or controls any venture or enterprise that directly competes with Employer only upon prior written approval of the Board. However, if Executive, without prior written approval of the Board, owns, operates, manages, controls, engages in, participates in, invests in, holds any interest in, assists, aids, acts as a consultant to or otherwise advise in any way, is employed by or performs any services (alone or in association with any person) for, any person (or on behalf of Executive) that engages </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">in, owns, invests in, operates, manages or controls any venture or enterprise that directly competes with Employer in Employer&#8217;s Markets at any time during the Restricted Period, Executive agrees to forfeit any future severance benefits and return to Employer any severance benefits already paid pursuant to Sections 4 or 5 of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent Executive from passive investments of less than 1% in public companies or indirect investments through 401(k) plans, mutual funds, etc.  For purposes of this paragraph, &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Employer&#8217;s Markets</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; is defined as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:101px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:42px;">(1)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">if an Event of Termination (as defined in Section 4 hereof) does not occur within either the six (6) months preceding or within eighteen (18) months following a Change of Control, &#8220;Employer&#8217;s Markets&#8221; means any State or Territory of the United States in which First Interstate Bank operates branches at the time of Executive&#8217;s termination; or</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:101px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:101px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:42px;">(2)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">if an Event of Termination (as defined in Section 4 hereof) occurs within either the six (6) months preceding or within eighteen (18) months following a Change of Control, &#8220;Employer&#8217;s Markets&#8221; means any State or Territory of the United States in which First Interstate Bank operated branches immediately prior to the Change in Control.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:101px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;  As used in this Agreement, &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Confidential Information</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; means information belonging to the Employer that is of value to the Employer in the course of conducting its business and the disclosure of which could result in a competitive or other disadvantage to the Employer. Confidential Information includes, without limitation: financial information, reports, and forecasts; inventions, improvements and other intellectual property; trade secrets; know-how; designs, processes or formulae; software; market or sales information or plans; customer lists; and business plans, prospects and opportunities (such as possible acquisitions or dispositions of businesses or facilities) that have been discussed or considered by the management of the Employer. Confidential Information includes information developed by Executive in the course of Executive&#8217;s employment by the Employer, as well as other information to which Executive may have access in connection with Executive&#8217;s employment.  Confidential Information also includes the confidential information of others with which the Employer has a business relationship. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information does not include information in the public domain.  Executive understands and agrees that Executive&#8217;s employment creates a relationship of confidence and trust between Executive and the Employer with respect to all Confidential Information.  At all times, both during Executive&#8217;s employment with the Employer and after its termination, Executive will keep in confidence and trust all such Confidential Information, and will not use or disclose any such Confidential Information without the written consent of the Employer, except as may be necessary in the ordinary course of performing Executive&#8217;s duties to the Employer.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Executive shall, upon reasonable notice, furnish such information and assistance to the Employer as may reasonably be required by the Employer, in connection with any litigation in which it or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates is, or may become, a party; provided, however, that Executive shall not be required to provide information or assistance with respect to any litigation between Executive and the Employer or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;All payments and benefits to Executive under this Agreement shall be subject to Executive&#8217;s compliance with this Section 11.  The Parties hereto, recognizing that irreparable injury will result to the Employer, its business and property in the event of Executive&#8217;s breach of this Section 11, agree that, in the event of any such breach by Executive, the Employer will be entitled, in addition to any other remedies and damages available, to an injunction to restrain the violation hereof by Executive and all persons acting for or with Executive. Executive represents and admits that Executive&#8217;s experience and capabilities are such that Executive can obtain employment in a business engaged in other lines and/or of a different nature than the Employer, and that the enforcement of a remedy by way of injunction will not prevent Executive from earning a livelihood.  Nothing herein will be construed as prohibiting the Employer from pursuing any other remedies available to them for such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of damages from Executive.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">12.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">SOURCE OF PAYMENTS.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, payments and benefits, as provided for under this Agreement, will be paid by the Company and Bank in proportion to the level of activity and the time expended by Executive on activities related to the Company and Bank, respectively, as determined by the Employer.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">13.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">EFFECT ON PRIOR AGREEMENTS AND EXISTING BENEFITS PLANS.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the Parties hereto and supersedes any prior employment agreement between the Employer or any predecessor of the Employer and Executive, except that this Agreement shall not affect or operate to reduce any benefit or compensation inuring to Executive of a kind elsewhere provided.  No provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted to mean that Executive is subject to receiving fewer benefits than those available to Executive without reference to this Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">14.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">NO ATTACHMENT; BINDING ON SUCCESSORS.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Except as required by law, no right to receive payments under this Agreement shall be subject to anticipation, commutation, alienation, sale, assignment, encumbrance, charge, pledge, or hypothecation, or to execution, attachment, levy, or similar process or assignment by operation of law, and any attempt, voluntary or involuntary, to effect any such action shall be null, void, and of no effect.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, Executive and the Bank and their respective successors and assigns.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">15.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">MODIFICATION AND WAIVER.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by an instrument in writing signed by the Parties hereto.</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">No term or condition of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been waived, nor shall there be any estoppel against the enforcement of any provision of this Agreement, except by written instrument of the party charged with such waiver or estoppel.  No such written waiver shall be deemed a continuing waiver unless specifically stated therein, and each such waiver shall operate only as to the specific term or condition waived and shall not constitute a waiver of such term or condition for the future as to any act other than that specifically waived.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;padding-right:48px;">16.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">REQUIRED PROVISIONS.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Employer may terminate Executive&#8217;s employment at any time, but any termination by the Board other than termination for Cause shall not prejudice Executive&#8217;s right to compensation or other benefits under this Agreement.  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If the charges in the notice are dismissed, the Employer may in its discretion (i) pay Executive all or part of the compensation withheld while its contract obligations were suspended and (ii) reinstate (in whole or in part) any of its obligations which were suspended.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;If Executive is removed and/or permanently prohibited from participating in the conduct of the Employer&#8217;s affairs by an order issued under Section 8(e)(4) [12 USC &#167;1818(e)(4)] or 8(g)(1) [12 USC &#167;1818(g)(1)] of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, all obligations of the Employer under this Agreement shall terminate as of the effective date of the order, but vested rights of the contracting Parties shall not be affected.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;If the Employer is in default as defined in Section 3(x)(1) [12 USC &#167;1813(x)(1)] of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, all obligations of the Employer under this Agreement shall terminate as of the date of default, but this paragraph shall not affect any vested rights of the contracting Parties.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;All obligations under this Agreement shall be terminated, except to the extent determined that continuation of the contract is necessary for the continued operation of the Employer, (i) by either the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency or the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Regulator</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) or the Regulator&#8217;s designee, at the time the FDIC enters into an agreement to provide assistance to or on behalf of the Employer under the authority contained in Section 13(c) [12 USC &#167;1823(c)] of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; or (ii)&#160;by the Regulator or the Regulator&#8217;s designee at the time the Regulator or the Regulator&#8217;s designee approves a supervisory merger to resolve problems related to operation of the Employer or when the Employer is determined by the Regulator to be in an unsafe or unsound condition.  Any rights of the Parties that have already vested, however, shall not be affected by such action.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(f)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, any payments to Executive by the Employer, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, are subject to and </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">conditioned upon their compliance with Section 18(k) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12&#160;U.S.C. 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One arbitrator shall be selected by Executive, one arbitrator shall be selected by the Employer and the third arbitrator shall be selected by the arbitrators selected by the Parties.  If the arbitrators are unable to agree within fifteen (15) days upon a third arbitrator, the arbitrator shall be appointed for them from a panel of arbitrators selected in accordance with the National Rules.  Employer shall pay all fees in connection with the arbitration, but each party shall be responsible for the party&#8217;s own attorney&#8217;s fees.  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