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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

October 27, 2015

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

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UNITY BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

New Jersey

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-12431

(Commission File Number)

 

22-3282551

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

64 Old Highway 22

Clinton, NJ 08809

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

 

(908) 730-7630

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

 

 

 

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(e)

 

Executive Incentive Retirement Plan

 

On October 22, 2015, the Registrant and Unity Bank, its wholly owned New Jersey state chartered commercial bank subsidiary (the “Bank”), entered into an Executive Incentive Retirement Plan (the”Plan”) with each of Alan Bedner, Janice Bolomey, and John Kauchak.  The Plan has an effective date of January 1, 2015.

 

The Plan is an unfunded, nonqualified deferred compensation plan.

 

For any Plan Year, a guaranteed annual Deferral Award percentage of seven and one half percent (7.5%) of the participant’s annual base salary shall be credited to each Participant’s Deferred Benefit Account. A discretionary annual Deferral Award equal to seven and one half percent (7.5%) of the participant’s annual base salary may be credited to the Participant’s account in addition to the guaranteed Deferral Award, if the Bank exceeds the benchmarks set forth in the Annual Executive Bonus Matrix. The total Deferral Award shall never exceed fifteen percent (15%) for any given Plan Year.    Each Participant shall be immediately one hundred percent (100%) vested in all Deferral Awards as of the date they are awarded.

 

Separation from Service

 

Upon a Separation from Service, other than for Cause, death or Disability, the Bank must pay to the participant the amount in his vested Deferred Benefit Account.

 

If the Participant’s Separation from Service is on account of Disability, the Participant shall be entitled to payment of his Deferred Benefit Account calculated as of the last Determination Date preceding his date of Disability.  The first payment to the Participant shall commence on the first day of the second calendar month after the date of the Participant’s Disability. The Bank shall pay the benefit to the Participant in fifteen (15) annual installments.

 

If the Participant dies prior to the commencement of benefits under the Plan, his Deferred Benefit Account shall be calculated as of the last Determination Date preceding the Participant’s death. The first payment to the Participant’s Beneficiary(ies) shall commence on the first day of the second calendar month following the Participant’s death and shall continue to be paid in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.

 

If the Participant dies after payments have commenced but before receiving all such payments, the Bank shall pay the remaining benefits to the Participant’s Beneficiary(ies) at the same time and in the same amounts they would have been paid to the Participant had the Participant survived until the aggregate number of payments made to the Participant and to his Beneficiary(ies) equals the sum of fifteen (15).

 

If upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, and in connection with such Change in Control, the Participant’s employment with the Registrant or the Bank terminates (regardless of whether such termination is by the Registrant or the Bank, through Participant’s resignation of employment with Registrant or the Bank or their successor, or Participant’s failure to accept an offer of employment with any successor to the Registrant or the Bank), the Participant shall be entitled to commence payment of his Deferred Benefit Account in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

 

All capitalized terms used herein and not defined have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.

 

 

(d) Exhibits

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

 

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

 

 

 

UNITY BANCORP, INC.

(Registrant)

 

 

Date: October 27, 2015

By: /s/     Alan J. Bedner     

Alan J. Bedner

EVP and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

EXHIBIT #    DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

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