- the Executive's act or failure to act constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence that is materially injurious to the Employer or its reputation;
- the Executive's willful and material failure to perform the duties of his employment (except in the case of a Termination of Employment for Good Reason or on account of the Executive's physical or mental inability to perform such duties) and the failure to correct such failure within five (5) days after receiving notice from the Board of Directors specifying such failure in detail;
- the Executive's willful and material violation of the Employing Companies' code of ethics or written harassment policies;
- the requirement or direction of a federal or state regulatory agency having jurisdiction over the Company that the Executive's employment be terminated;
- the Executive's arrest or indictment for (i) a felony or (ii) a lesser criminal offense involving dishonesty, breach of trust, or moral turpitude; or
- the Executive's intentional breach of a material term, condition, or covenant of this Agreement and the failure to correct such violation within five (5) days after receipt of written notice from the Board of Directors specifying such breach in detail.
For purposes of this definition, no act or failure to act shall be considered "willful," if the Executive acted or failed to act either (i) in good faith or (ii) with a reasonable belief that his act or failure to act was not opposed to the Employer's best interests.
"Change in Control" means the first occurrence of any of the following events:
- the acquisition by any person (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act")), other than the Company, a subsidiary, and any employee benefit plan of the Company or a subsidiary, of twenty-five percent 25%) or more of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of the directors of the Company's then outstanding voting securities;
- the persons who were serving as the members of the Board of Directors immediately prior to the commencement of a proxy contest relating to the election of directors or a tender or exchange offer for voting securities of the Company ("Incumbent Directors") shall cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors (or the board of directors of any successor to the Company) at any time within one year of the election of directors as a result of such contest or the purchase or exchange of voting securities of the Company pursuant to such offer, provided that any director elected to the Board of Directors, or nominated for election, by a majority of the Incumbent Directors then still in office and whose nomination or election was not made at the request or direction of the person(s) initiating such contest or making such offer shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director for purposes of this subsection (2);
- consummation of a merger, reorganization, or consolidation of the Company, as a result of which persons who were shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger, reorganization, or consolidation do not, immediately thereafter, own, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the stock of the Company immediately prior to the merger, reorganization, or consolidation, more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of (i) the merged, reorganized, or consolidated company or (ii) an entity that, directly or indirectly, owns more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the company described in clause (i);
- a sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, which is consummated and immediately following which the persons who were shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such sale, transfer, or disposition, do not own, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the stock of the Company immediately prior to the sale, transfer, or disposition, more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of (i) the entity or entities to which such assets are sold or transferred or (ii) an entity that, directly or indirectly, owns more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the entities described in clause (i); or
- the shareholders of the Company approve a liquidation of the Company.
"Change of Control Date" means the date on which a Change of Control occurs.
"COBRA" refers to the group health plan continuation requirements in Sections 601 through 607 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
"Company" means Old National Bancorp and any successor to all or substantially all of its business.
"Company's Business" means, collectively, the products and services provided by the Employer, including the following:
- community banking, including lending activities (including individual loans consisting primarily of home equity lines of credit, residential real estate loans, and/or consumer loans, and commercial loans, including lines of credit, real estate loans, letters of credit, and lease financing) and depository activities (including noninterest-bearing demand, NOW, savings and money market, and time deposits), debit and ATM cards, merchant cash management, internet banking, and other general banking services;
- investment and brokerage services, including a full array of investment options and investment advice;
- treasury segment, including investment management, wholesale funding, interest rate risk, liquidity and leverage management, capital markets products (including interest rate derivatives, foreign exchange, and industrial revenue bond financing);
- wealth management, including fiduciary and trust services, fee-based asset management, and mutual fund management; and
- insurance agency services, including full-service insurance brokerage services, such as commercial property and casualty, surety, loss control services, employee benefits consulting and administration, and personal insurance.
"Compensation" means, as of the Termination Date, the Executive's annual base salary then in effect, plus the targeted cash incentive that the Executive would have been eligible to receive in the year in which the Termination Date occurs. For purposes of the preceding sentence, any reduction in the Executive's annual base salary or targeted cash incentive that is an event of Good Reason shall be disregarded.
"Confidential Information" means the following:
- materials, records, documents, data, statistics, studies, plans, writings, and information (whether in handwritten, printed, digital, or electronic form) relating to the Company's Business that are not generally known or available to the Company's business, trade, or industry or to individuals who work therein other than through a breach of this Agreement, or
- trade secrets of the Employer (as defined in Indiana Code Section 24-2-3-2, as amended, or any successor statute).
Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to: (i) information about the Employer's employees; (ii) information about the Employer's compensation policies, structure, and implementation; (iii) hardware, software, and computer programs and technology used by Employer; (iv) Customer and Prospective Customer identities, lists, and databases, including private information related to customer history, loan activity, account balances, and financial information; (v) strategic, operating, and marketing plans; (vi) lists and databases and other information related to the Employer's vendors; (vii) policies, procedures, practices, and plans related to pricing of products and services; and (viii) information related to the Employer's acquisition and divestiture strategy. Information or documents that are generally available or accessible to the public shall be deemed Confidential Information, if the information is retrieved, gathered, assembled, or maintained by the Employer in a manner not available to t he public or for a purpose beneficial to the Employer.
"Customer" means a person or entity who is a customer of the Employer at the time of the Executive's Termination of Employment or with whom the Executive had direct contact on behalf of the Employing Companies at any time during the period of the Executive's employment with the Employing Companies.
"Disability" means that the Executive is disabled within the meaning of the long-term disability policy of the Employing Companies, as in effect on the earlier of the Termination Date or the
Change of Control Date. Termination of the Executive's Employment on account of Disability shall not affect his eligibility for benefits under any disability policy or program of the Employer.
"Employer" means the Company and any other employer that is treated as a single employer with the Company pursuant to Code Section 414(b), (c), or (m).
"Employing Company" means the Company or the Bank.
"Excess Parachute Payment" has the meaning given to such term in Code Section 280G(b)(1).
"Good Reason" means, for purposes of Section 7, any of the following without the express written consent of the Executive:
- a material reduction in the Executive's duties, responsibilities, or status with the Employing Companies;
- a reduction in the Executive's base compensation or failure to include the Executive with other similarly situated employees in any incentive, bonus, or benefit plans as may be offered by the Employing Companies from time to time;
- a change in the primary location at which the Executive is required perform the duties of his employment to a location that is more than fifty (50) miles from the location at which his office is located on the effective date of this Agreement; or
- the Company's material breach of this Agreement.
"Good Reason" means, for purposes of Section 8, any of the following, without the express written consent of the Executive, during the two (2) year period beginning on the Change of Control Date:
- assignment to the Executive of any duties materially inconsistent with his positions, duties, responsibilities, or status with the Employing Companies immediately before the Change of Control Date;
- a substantial reduction of the Executive's duties or responsibilities, or any removal of the Executive from, or any failure to re-elect the Executive to, any positions held by the Executive immediately before the Change in Control Date;
- a reduction by the Employing Companies in the compensation or benefits of the Executive in effect immediately before the Change in Control Date, or any failure to include the Executive, at a level equal to or better than any other senior executive of an Employing Company, in any incentive, bonus, or benefit plan covering one or more senior executives of the Employing Companies;
- a reduction in the Executive's total compensation opportunity;
- a change in the primary location at which the Executive is required perform the duties of his employment to a location that is more than fifty (50) miles from the location at which his office is located immediately before the Change of Control Date (disregarding any change in location in anticipation of the Change of Control); or
- the Company's material breach of this Agreement.
"Parachute Payment" has the meaning give to such term in Code Section 280G(b)(2).
"Parachute Payment Limit" means three (3) times the base amount, as defined by Code Section 280G(b)(3).
"Prospective Customer" means a person or entity who was the direct target of sales or marketing activity by the Executive or whom the Executive knew was a target of the Employer's sales or marketing activities during the one year period preceding the Executive's Termination of Employment.
"Release" means the release referred to in Section 19.
"Restrictive Covenants" means the restrictions contained in Sections 13, 14, 15, and 16.
"Term" means the term of this Agreement, including any extensions thereof, as determined pursuant to Section 2.
"Termination Date" means the effective date of the Executive's Termination of Employment.
"Termination of Employment" means the Executive's separation from service within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i).
"Unacceptable Performance" means any of the following:
- the Executive's act or failure to act constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence that is materially injurious to the Employer or its reputation;
- the Executive's material failure to perform the duties of his employment (except in the case of a Termination of Employment for Good Reason or on account of the Executive's physical or mental inability to perform such duties) and the failure to correct such failure within a reasonable period after receiving written notice from the Board of Directors describing such failure in detail;
- the Executive's violation of any code of ethics or business conduct or written harassment policies of the Employing Companies that continues after the Board has provided notice to the Executive that the continuation of such conduct will result in Termination of the Executive's Employment;
- the requirement or direction of a federal or state regulatory agency having jurisdiction over the Company that the Executive be removed from his position or the institution by such an agency of a formal enforcement proceeding against the Company or the Executive specifically naming the Executive as a person with substantial involvement in the acts (or omissions) that are the subject of such proceeding, and seeking that the Executive cease and desist from such acts (or omissions) in connection with his duties or seeking civil money penalties as a result of his past acts (or omissions);
- the Executive's arrest or indictment for (i) a felony or (ii) a lesser criminal offense involving dishonesty, breach of trust, or moral turpitude; or
- the Executive's breach of a material term, condition, or covenant of this Agreement and the failure to correct such breach promptly following receipt of written notice from the Board of Directors describing such breach in detail.