EX-23 9 a5111896ex10_23c.txt EXHIBIT 23(C) Exhibit 10.23(c) FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE TEMECULA VALLEY BANK SPLIT DOLLAR AGREEMENT DATED AUGUST 1, 2005 FOR STEPHEN H. WACKNITZ THIS AMENDMENT is adopted this 31st day of December, 2005, by and between Temecula Valley Bank, a state-chartered commercial bank located in Temecula, California (the "Company") and Stephen H. Wacknitz (the "Executive"). On August 1, 2005, the Company and the Executive entered into the Temecula Valley Bank Split Dollar Agreement ("Agreement"). The undersigned parties hereby amend the Agreement for the purpose of: (1) adding a Change in Control definition; (2) clarifying the Executive's Interest in the death benefit; (3) clarifying that the Comparable Coverage of Article 2.3 applies only in the event of a Change in Control of the Company; and (4) deleting the reference to the Salary Continuation Agreement referenced in the current Article 1.4 and replacing Article 1.4 with a Change in Control definition. Therefore, the following changes shall be made: Article 1.4 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new Article 1.4, as follows: 1.4 "Change in Control" means: (a) A change in the ownership of the capital stock of the Company, whereby another corporation, person, or group acting in concert (hereinafter this Agreement shall collectively refer to any combination of these three [another corporation, person, or group acting in concert] as a "Person") as described in Section 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), acquires, directly or indirectly, beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of a number of shares of capital stock of the Company which constitutes twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding capital stock then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; or (b) The persons who were members of the Board of Directors of the Company immediately prior to a tender offer, exchange offer, contested election or any combination of the foregoing, cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors; or (c) The adoption by the Board of Directors of the Company of a merger, consolidation or reorganization plan involving the Company in which the Company is not the surviving entity, or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company shall be deemed to occur if any Person acquires (or during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person, has acquired) gross assets of the Company that have an aggregate fair market value equal to twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the fair market value of all of the respective gross assets of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions; or (d) A tender offer or exchange offer is made by any Person which results in such Person beneficially owning (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) either twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Company's outstanding shares of Common Stock or shares of capital stock having twenty-five (25%) or more the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding capital stock (other than an offer made by the Company), and sufficient shares are acquired under the offer to cause such person to own twenty-five (25%) or more of the voting power; or (e) Any other transactions or series of related transactions occurring which have substantially the same effect as the transactions specified in any of the preceding clauses of this Section 1.4. Notwithstanding the above, certain transfers are permitted within Section 318 of the Code and such transfers shall not be deemed a Change in Control under this Section 1.4. Article 2.2 of the Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following Article 2.2: 2.2 Executive's Interest. The Executive shall have the right to designate the beneficiary of an amount of death proceeds equal to One Million One Hundred Seventy-three Thousand Four Hundred Ten dollars ($1,173,410). The Executive shall also have the right to elect and change settlement options that may be permitted. Upon the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 7, the Executive, the Executive's transferee or the Executive's Beneficiary shall have no rights or interest in the Policy and no death benefit shall be paid under this Section 2.2. Article 2.2.1 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following Article 2.2.1: 2.2.1 Contingent Interest. Executive's rights under this Section shall be contingent upon the existence of a valid life insurance Policy on the life of the Insured, as evidenced on any Split Dollar Policy Endorsement attached hereto or hereafter executed between the Company and the Executive, and which Policy's death proceeds are sufficient to fund both the Company's and the Executive's Interests described in Sections 2.1 and 2.2 herein. Article 2.3 of the Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced by Article 2.3 below. 2.3 Comparable Coverage upon Change in Control. Upon a Change in Control, the Company shall not amend, terminate or otherwise abrogate the Executive's Interest in the Policy unless the Company replaces the Policy with a comparable insurance policy to cover the benefit provided under this Agreement and the Company and the Executive execute a new Split Dollar Policy Endorsement for said comparable insurance policy. The Policy or any comparable policy shall be subject to the claims of the Company's creditors. IN WITNESS OF THE ABOVE, the Executive and the Company hereby consent to this First Amendment. Executive: Temecula Valley Bank /s/ Stephen H. Wacknitz By /s/ ------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Stephen H. Wacknitz Title -------------------------------- 1