4
Brandywine Avenue
Downingtown,
Pennsylvania 19335-0904
610-269-1040
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NOTICE
OF ANNUAL MEETING
To
Be Held on April 25, 2007
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TO
THE STOCKHOLDERS OF DNB FINANCIAL CORPORATION:
NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders of DNB FINANCIAL CORPORATION (the “Corporation”)
will be held at 9:30 a.m., prevailing time on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at
the Desmond Hotel, One Liberty Boulevard, Malvern, PA for the purpose of
considering and acting upon the following proposals:
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(1)
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To
elect 2 directors to serve for three years or until their successors
have
been elected and qualified; and
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(2)
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To
ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent auditors
for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2007; and
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(3) |
To transact such other business as may properly
come
before the Annual Meeting and any adjournment thereof. Except with
respect
to procedural matters incident to the conduct of the meeting, the
Board of
Directors is not aware of any other business which may come before
the
meeting. |
Stockholders
of record at the close of business on February 23, 2007 are entitled to notice
of and to vote at the Annual Meeting.
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BY
ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Ronald
K. Dankanich, Secretary
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Downingtown,
Pennsylvania
March
29,
2007
You
are
cordially invited to attend the meeting. Whether
or not you expect to attend the meeting in person, however, you are urged
to
mark, sign, date, and mail the enclosed form of proxy promptly so that your
shares of stock may be represented and voted in accordance with your wishes
and
in order that the presence of a quorum may be assured at the
meeting.
Your
proxy will be returned to you if you should be present at the meeting and
should
request its return in the manner provided for under the heading “Solicitation
and Voting of Proxies” on the initial page of the enclosed proxy
statement.
DNB
FINANCIAL CORPORATION
4
Brandywine Avenue
Downingtown,
Pennsylvania 19335-0904
________________________________________________
PROXY
STATEMENT
FOR
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO
BE HELD APRIL 25, 2007
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Solicitation
and Voting of Proxies
This
Proxy Statement is being furnished to stockholders of DNB Financial Corporation
(the “Corporation”) in connection with the solicitation by the Board of
Directors of proxies to be used at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the
“Annual Meeting”) to be held at the Desmond Hotel, One Liberty Boulevard,
Malvern, PA 19355, on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 9:30 a.m., and at any
adjournments thereof. The 2006 Annual Report to Stockholders, including
financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, accompanies
this Proxy Statement, which is first being mailed to stockholders on or about
March 26, 2007. If two or more stockholders share an address to which the
Corporation has delivered only 1 copy of the 2006 Annual Report or this Proxy
Statement, the Corporation will deliver promptly, upon written or oral request,
a separate copy of the 2006 Annual Report or this Proxy Statement, as
applicable, to a security holder at that address.
Regardless
of the number of shares of Common Stock owned, it is important that stockholders
be represented by proxy or present in person at the Annual Meeting. Stockholders
are requested to vote by completing the enclosed Proxy and returning it signed
and dated in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. Stockholders are urged to
indicate their vote in the spaces provided on the Proxy. Proxies
solicited by the Board of Directors of DNB Financial Corporation will be
voted
in accordance with the directions given therein. Where no instructions are
indicated, proxies will be voted FOR the election of the nominees for directors
named in the Proxy Statement and FOR the ratification of KPMG LLP as independent
auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007.
Under
applicable state law and the bylaws of DNB Financial Corporation, a quorum
must
be present at the meeting or represented by proxy for the meeting to be held.
A
quorum is a majority of the outstanding shares. If a quorum exists, each
proposal, to be adopted, must be approved by a majority (more than 50%) of
the
stock having voting power and present at the meeting in person or by proxy.
If a
stockholder submits a timely, properly executed proxy card for any shares,
those
shares will be considered part of the quorum, whether or not the shareholder
votes or abstains from voting on any or all proposals. If the holder of any
shares abstains, “withholds” a vote or fails to vote on a proposal, it will have
the same effect as if the holder voted those shares against the proposal.
A
broker who holds shares for a stockholder has authority to vote in the broker’s
discretion on “routine” matters such as the election of directors or the
ratification of appointment of independent auditors if the stockholder does
not
sign and return a proxy. A “broker non-vote” can occur on non-routine proposals
when a broker is not able to vote shares because the broker has not received
voting instructions from the shareholder. A broker non-vote will have the
same
effect as an abstention, which will be as if those shares were voted against
the
proposal.
The
Board
of Directors knows of no additional matters that will be presented for
consideration at the Annual Meeting. Execution of a proxy, however, confers
on
the designated proxy holders discretionary authority to vote the shares in
accordance with their best judgment on such other business, if any, that
may
properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments thereof.
A
proxy
may be revoked at any time prior to its exercise by the filing of a written
notice of revocation with the Secretary of the Corporation, by delivering
to the
Corporation a duly executed proxy bearing a later date, or by attending the
Annual Meeting, filing a notice of revocation with the Secretary and voting
in
person. However, if you are a stockholder whose shares are not registered
in
your own name, you will need additional documentation from your record holder
to
vote personally at the Annual Meeting.
The
expenses of the solicitation of proxies will be borne by the Corporation.
Certain officers, directors and employees of the Corporation and DNB First,
National Association (the “Bank”) may solicit proxies personally, by mail,
telephone or otherwise. Such persons will not receive any fees or other
compensation for such solicitation. The Corporation will reimburse brokers,
custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for all reasonable expenses which they
have
incurred in sending proxy materials to the beneficial owners of the
Corporation’s Common Stock held by them.
Voting
Securities and Beneficial Ownership Thereof
The
securities which may be voted at the Annual Meeting consist of shares of
Common
Stock of DNB Financial Corporation, par value $1.00 per share (the “Common
Stock”), with each share entitling its owner to 1 vote on all matters to be
voted on at the Annual Meeting.
The
close
of business on February 23, 2007 has been established by the Board of Directors
as the record date (the “Record Date”) for the determination of stockholders
entitled to notice of and to vote at this Annual Meeting and any adjournments
thereof. The total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Record
Date was 2,491,190 shares.
Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The
following table sets forth information as of March 28, 2007, with respect
to the
beneficial ownership of each director, each nominee for election as director,
each beneficial owner known by the Corporation of more than 5% of the
outstanding common stock of the Corporation, certain named executive officers
and all directors and executive officers as a group.
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Amount
and Nature of Beneficial Ownership
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Total
Beneficial
Ownership
(1,2,3)
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Sole
Voting
and
Investment
Power
(2)
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Shared
Voting
and
Investment
Power
(3)
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Ronald
K. Dankanich
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32,476
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32,476
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-
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1.18%
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Thomas
A. Fillippo
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14,393
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4,383
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10,010
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0.52%
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Richard
J. Hartmann
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2,021
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2021
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-
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0.07%
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William
J. Hieb
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32,741
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32,626
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115
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1.19%
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Mildred
C. Joyner
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7,586
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7,586
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-
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0.28%
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C.
Tomlinson Kline III
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8,103
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8,103
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-
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0.29%
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James
J. Koegel
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36,204
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8,688
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27,516
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1.33%
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William
S. Latoff
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173,583
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173,583
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-
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6.32%
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Albert
J. Melfi
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153
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153
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-
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0.01%
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Thomas
M. Miller
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27,658
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27,658
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-
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1.01%
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Bruce
E. Moroney
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29,806
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19,716
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10,090
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1.08%
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Eli
Silberman
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13,944
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13,944
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-
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0.51%
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James
H. Thornton
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27,130
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27,130
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-
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0.99%
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DNB
Advisors
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30,061
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12,381
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17,680
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1.21%
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DNB
First 401(k) Plan
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35,455
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35,455
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-
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1.42%
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Directors
& Executive Officers
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as
group (13 Persons)
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406,717
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386,502
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20,215
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14.80%
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(1)
Based
upon information furnished by the respective individual and/or filings made
pursuant to the Exchange Act. Under applicable regulations, shares are deemed
to
be beneficially owned by a person if he or she directly or indirectly has
or
shares the power to vote or dispose of the shares, whether or not he or she
has
any economic interest in the shares. Unless otherwise indicated, the named
beneficial owner has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the
shares.
(2)
Includes
shares which may be acquired by exercise of vested options granted under
the
1995 Stock Option Plan of DNB Financial Corporation amounting to 17,729 shares
for Mr. Dankanich, 1,050 shares for Mr. Hartmann, 23,415 shares for Mr.
Hieb, 5,932 shares for Ms. Joyner, 6,562 for Mr. Kline, 8,688 shares for
Mr.
Koegel, 52,869 shares for Mr. Latoff, 18,375 shares for Mr. Miller, 17,729
shares for Mr. Moroney, 9,324 shares for Mr. Silberman, 21,330 shares for
Mr.
Thornton, and 183,003 total shares for all Directors and Executive Officers
as a
group. Includes restricted stock that will vest on May 25, 2008 amounting
to 992
for Mr. Dankanich, 3,638 for Mr. Hieb, 496 for Mr. Kline, 4,630 for Mr. Latoff,
992 for Mr. Moroney and 10,748 total shares for all Directors and Executive
Officers as a group. The number of shares has been adjusted to reflect the
5%
stock dividend paid in December, 2006.
(3)
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Mr.
Koegel disclaims beneficial ownership of 115 shares which are owned
by an
adult child. Ms. Joyner and Mr. Silberman disclaim beneficial ownership
of
2,623 and 1,312 shares which are owned by their respective spouses.
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(4)
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Shares
of the Corporation’s Common Stock issuable pursuant to options are deemed
outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage of the person
or
group holding such options, but are not deemed outstanding for
purposes of
computing the percentage of any other person or
group.
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PROPOSALS
TO BE VOTED ON AT THE ANNUAL MEETING
PROPOSAL
1
ELECTION
OF DIRECTORS
In
accordance with its By-laws, the number of directors of the Corporation is
currently set at 7. Each of the members of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation also serves as a Director of the Bank. Directors are elected
for
staggered terms of three years each, with a term of office of only 1 class
of
directors expiring in each year. Directors serve until their successors are
elected and qualified. No person being nominated as a director is being proposed
for election pursuant to any agreement or understanding between any person
and
DNB Financial Corporation.
The
By-laws further provide that vacancies on the Board of Directors, including
vacancies resulting from an increase in the number of directors, shall be
filled
by a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors, though
less
than a quorum, and each person so appointed shall be a director until the
expiration of the term of office of the class of directors to which he or
she
was appointed.
The
nominees proposed for election at the Annual Meeting to Class “C” of the Board
of Directors (with terms expiring in 2010) are Mr. William S. Latoff and
Ms.
Mildred C. Joyner, each of whom has consented to being named as a nominee
and
agreed to serve if elected. If either Mr. Latoff or Ms. Joyner should become
unable to serve, proxies will be voted in favor of a substitute nominee as
the
Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine. The Board of Directors
has no reason to believe that any of the nominees will be unable to serve
as
director.
There
is
no cumulative voting for the election of the directors. Each share of Common
Stock is entitled to cast only 1 vote for each nominee. For example, if a
shareholder owns 10 shares of Common Stock and nominations have been made
for
two director positions, he or she may cast up to 10 votes for each of the
two
positions to be elected. A majority vote of shares represented by proxy or
in
person is required for the election of each director.
Unless
authority to vote for the director is withheld, it is intended that the shares
represented by the enclosed Proxy will be voted FOR the election of the nominees
named above.
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE
ELECTION
OF THE TWO NOMINEES NAMED BELOW
Set
forth
below is certain information as of February 23, 2007 concerning the nominees
for
election as director and each other member of the Corporation’s Board of
Directors. All individuals listed are directors of both the Bank and the
Corporation. None of the following persons is a director or a person nominated
or chosen to become a director in any registered investment company or other
SEC
registrant.
NOMINEES
FOR THE THREE-YEAR TERM EXPIRING IN 2010
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Principal
Occupation During The
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Name
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Age
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Past
5 Years & Service Data
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Mildred
C. Joyner
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57
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Director;
Associate Professor of the Undergraduate Social Work Program
at West
Chester University; Former Undergraduate Director and Chairperson
of the
Social Work Department at West Chester University
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Director
Since 2004
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Term
Expires 2007
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William
S. Latoff
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58
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Director;
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and the
Bank;
Former Principal of Bliss & Company, Ltd., Certified Public
Accountants
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Director
Since 1998
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Term
Expires 2007
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OTHER
DIRECTORS
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Thomas
A. Fillippo
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59
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Director;
President of Devault Foods
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Director
Since 2006
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Term
Expires 2009
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William
J. Hieb
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50
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President,
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Credit Officer of the Corporation
and
the Bank; Former Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation and
the Bank;
Former Senior Vice President of First Union National Bank and
Managing
Director of First Union Securities in Philadelphia
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Director
of the Corporation since 2005
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Director
of the Bank since 2004
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Term
Expires 2008
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James
J. Koegel
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60
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Director;
President of Jones Motor Group, Inc.
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Director
Since 2003
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Term
Expires 2009
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Eli
Silberman
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67
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Director;
President of TSG, Inc., Marketing Consultant; Former
Chairman of Earle Palmer Brown (Philadelphia Region)
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Director
Since 2003
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Term
Expires 2009
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James
H. Thornton
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61
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Director; Director
of John Dempsey Hospital of the University of Connecticut Health
Center
(UCHC); Former Controller for the UCHC; President of Thornton
Consulting;
Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Brandywine
Hospital
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Director
Since 1995
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Term
Expires 2008
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General
Information About the Board of Directors
During
2006, the Corporation’s Board of Directors held 12 meetings and the Bank’s Board
of Directors held 12 meetings, excluding committee meetings, which are described
below. Board and committee meetings of the Corporation and Bank are conducted
on
a combined basis, and only a single retainer is paid to each Director for
their
services as directors of both entities, and only a single fee is paid for
each
separate meeting, whether or not the meeting is for the Corporation, the
Bank or
is conducted on a combined basis. Each of the directors of the Corporation
is
also a director of the Bank. Each committee described below, unless otherwise
noted, is a committee of the Bank and the Corporation.
The
Audit
Committee consists of Messrs. Koegel, Thornton and Ms. Joyner. This Committee
reviews the records and affairs of the Corporation and the Bank (including
the
Bank’s trust department) to determine their financial condition; reviews with
management, the internal auditor and the independent auditors the systems
of
internal control; monitors the adherence in accounting and financial reporting
to generally accepted accounting principles and compliance with banking laws
and
regulations; and performs the other responsibilities set forth in the Audit
Committee Charter. The Board of Directors has determined that, during 2006,
Mr.
Thornton would qualify as a “financial expert” within the meaning of that term
in the SEC regulations dealing with audit committee financial experts. Mr.
Thornton is also “independent” within the meaning of that term under NASD Rule
4200(a)(15). The Committee met 4 times during 2006.
The
Benefits & Compensation Committee consists of Messrs. Koegel, Latoff,
Fillippo and Thornton. During 2006, Mr. Latoff also served as the Chief
Executive Officer of the Corporation and the Bank. This Committee oversees
the
Human Resource policies of the Bank, which includes reviewing the CEO’s
performance, reviewing bonus recommendations for the executive staff, and
approving recommendations for salary increases. The Committee met 7 times
during
2006.
The
Board
Loan Committee consists of Messrs. Hieb, Koegel, Latoff, Fillippo and Silberman.
This Committee reviews and takes action on proposed and existing loans in
excess
of Officers’ Credit Committee authority. The Committee met 8 times during
2006.
The
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee consist of Messrs. Koegel,
Latoff,
and Thornton. This Committee provides assistance to the Board of Directors
in
fulfilling the Board of Directors responsibilities for director nominations
and
appointments. This Committee also advises the Board of Directors on other
matters relating to the affairs or governance of the Board of Directors.
The
Committee met 1 time during 2006.
The
Executive Committee consists of Messrs. Koegel, Latoff, and Thornton. This
Committee has the authority to exercise the powers of the Board of Directors
between regular Board meetings. The Committee did not meet during 2006.
The
Trust
Committee consists of Messrs. Hieb, Silberman, and Ms. Joyner. This Committee
reviews and recommends policies and procedures for the Bank’s trust department,
which does business under the name “DNB Advisors,” approves estate
administration and ensures compliance to applicable Federal regulations and
reviews the performance of the Bank’s non-deposit business conducted under the
name “DNB Financial Services.” The Committee met 6 times during
2006.
Each
of
the Directors of the Corporation attended at least 75% of the aggregate of
(i)
the total number of Board meetings held while he or she was a Director and
(ii)
the total number of meetings held by committees during his or her service
on
those committees.
Stockholder
Communications with the Board of Directors
The
Board
of Directors provides a process for stockholders to send communications to
it.
Stockholders may communicate directly to the Board of Directors in writing
by
sending a letter to the Board at: DNB Financial Corporation Board of Directors,
4 Brandywine Avenue, Downingtown, PA 19335-0904. Management of the Corporation
is responsible for identifying those communications that are sent by
stockholders to the Board of Directors and is responsible to forward them
to all
members of the Board of Directors.
Neither
the Board of Directors nor the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
has
implemented a formal policy regarding director attendance at annual meetings
of
the Corporation’s stockholders. The Corporation’s Board of Directors normally
holds its annual organizational meeting immediately after the annual meeting
of
stockholders
and, as a result, most directors are usually able to attend the annual meeting
of stockholders. In 2006, 7 of the Corporation’s then 7 directors attended the
annual meeting of stockholders.
Director
Nomination Procedures
The
Corporation’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee performs the duties,
responsibilities and functions of a Nominating Committee. The Corporate
Governance and Nominating Committee do not have a charter. Each of the members
of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, with the exception
of Mr.
Latoff, is “independent” within the meaning of that term under NASD Rule
4200(a)(15). The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee has not adopted
a
written policy with regard to the consideration of any director candidates
recommended by security holders, but it is the policy of the Corporate
Governance and Nominating Committee to consider director candidates that
may be
recommended by security holders in accordance with applicable law, the articles
of incorporation and bylaws of the Corporation.
To
be
eligible for consideration by the Corporation’s Corporate Governance and
Nominating Committee for nomination at an annual meeting of the Corporation’s
shareholders, a shareholder recommendation of a director nominee must be
submitted in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation along with a written
consent of the recommended individual stating that the individual consents
to be
nominated for the position of director of the Corporation and that the
individual will submit to the Corporation such information and documents
as the
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee may reasonably request in
connection with its consideration of the nomination or as the Corporation
may
otherwise request in order for the Corporation or the Bank to fulfill its
disclosure and other legal obligations in connection with the nomination
and
service of such individual as director. In order for the recommendation to
be
acted upon in a timely fashion to permit nomination, if appropriate, at any
annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation, these materials must
be
received, in proper form, completed and signed, by the Secretary of the
Corporation at the address set forth on the first page of this Proxy Statement,
not later than the deadline for submission of stockholder proposals for
inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials identified in the section of this
Proxy Statement titled, “Stockholder Proposals.”
The
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee has not established any specific,
minimum qualifications that it believes must be met by a Corporate Governance
and Nominating Committee recommended nominee for a position on the Corporation’s
Board of Directors, nor has it identified any specific qualities or skills
that
it believes are necessary for 1 or more of the Corporation’s directors to
possess.
The
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee has not adopted a formal process
for identifying and evaluating nominees for director. In the event the Corporate
Governance and Nominating Committee evaluates a nominee for director recommended
by a security holder, and the recommended nominee is not known personally
by any
directors or members of executive management of the Corporation, it is likely
that the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee would request more
extensive financial and biographical background information and personal
and
business references for the recommended nominee.
The
Corporation has not regularly paid fees to third parties to identify or evaluate
or assist in identifying or evaluating potential director nominees. In general,
the Corporation relies on the community and business contacts it has established
through its directors, officers and professional advisors to help it identify
potential director candidates when a specific need is identified.
In
determining that Messrs. Thornton and Koegel are independent, the Board of
Directors considered the following transactions, relationships and arrangements
in addition to any that are discussed under “Certain
Transactions of Management and Others with the Corporation and its
Subsidiaries”
on
pages 31 to 32 of this Proxy Statement: Director Change of Control Agreements,
Director participation in the Stock Option Plan and the Directors future
participation in the Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors.
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”) and the SEC
regulations thereunder require the Corporation’s executive officers and
directors, and beneficial owners of more than 10% of any class of the
Corporation’s equity securities registered under Section 12 of the 1934 Act, to
file initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership with
the
Securities and Exchange Commission (“Section 16 Reports”). SEC regulations
require these persons to furnish the Corporation with copies of all Section
16
(a) forms they file, and they require the Corporation to disclose late filings
of Section 16 Reports. To the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, there were no
delinquent Section 16 Report filings by any of these persons during
2006.
Executive
Officers Who Are Not Directors
The
following sets forth information with respect to executive officers of the
Corporation and the Bank who do not serve on the Corporation’s Board of
Directors. Each serves at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. There are
no
arrangements or understanding between the Corporation or the Bank and any
person
pursuant to which any such officers were selected.
Ronald
K.
Dankanich (Age 52) joined the Bank in October 1972 and currently serves as
Executive Vice President—Operations Division and Secretary of both the
Corporation and the Bank. Mr. Dankanich is directly responsible for
Management Information Systems, Bank Reconcilements, Operations, Bank Services
and Human Resources.
Richard
J. Hartmann (Age 56) was named Executive Vice President of the Corporation
and
the Bank to head up the Retail Banking Division in January 2006. Prior to
his
promotion, Mr. Hartmann served as Senior Vice President of the Bank in its
Retail Banking Division since June 2005. For 4 years prior to joining the
Bank,
Mr. Hartmann served as Executive Vice President at Susquehanna Bank (Farmers
First Bank), responsible for Retail Banking. During the previous 5 years,
Mr.
Hartmann was a Senior Vice President and Executive Relationship Market Banker
at
M&T Bank/Keystone Financial in Horsham, PA, responsible for M&T's
Delchester Region.
C.
Tomlinson Kline III (Age 55) joined the Bank in October 2004 and currently
serves as Senior Vice President - Real Estate Lending. From January 2006
to
January 2007, Mr. Kline was the Chief Credit Officer of the Bank. Prior to
joining the Bank, Mr. Kline was Vice President of the First National Bank
of
Chester County. Prior to that, Mr. Kline was a Senior Vice President of First
Union.
Albert
J.
Melfi (Age 54) joined the Bank in November 2006 and currently serves as
Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of the Corporation and
the
Bank. Prior to joining DNB, Mr. Melfi had been employed as a Regional Vice
President with Commerce Bank, PA, N.A. In that position, he had dual
responsibilities, including managing the lending function for the bank in
Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and overseeing a retail branch region consisting
of 12 branches
Bruce
E.
Moroney (Age 50) joined the Bank in May 1992 and currently serves as Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Bank. Prior to that, he
served
as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of both the Corporation
and the Bank. Mr. Moroney is directly responsible for the Bank’s investment
portfolio, asset/liability management and financial reporting and accounting.
Gerald
F.
Sopp (Age 50) joined the Bank in January 2007 and currently serves as Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation. Mr. Sopp is
directly responsible for the Corporation’s financial reporting, budgeting,
strategic planning and Sarbanes Oxley Compliance. During the five years prior
to
joining DNB, Mr. Sopp was employed during 2006 as the Vice President and
Chief
Compliance Officer with Wilmington Trust Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware.
Previous to that, from 2000 to 2006, he was employed as Vice President and
Controller of Wilmington Trust Corporation.
Compensation
Discussion and Analysis
Set
forth
below is a description of our compensation program for executive officers
and
directors and an explanation and analysis of the material elements of
compensation for our named executive officers.
Our
Basic Compensation Philosophy
Our
overall philosophy is to provide competitive and reasonable compensation
to all
executive officers. The Committee believes that the overall enhancement of
our
performance, and in turn shareholder value, depends on the establishment
of a
close relationship between the financial interests of shareholders and those
of
our executive officers. In addition to this desired pay-for-performance
relationship, the Committee also believes that we must maintain a competitive
compensation package that will attract, retain, and motivate executive officers
who are capable of making significant contributions towards our success.
The
Committee strives to determine management compensation by a performance-based
framework. We believe this enhances shareholder value by integrating our
overall
financial condition and operating results with individual performance.
The
Role of Our Benefits & Compensation Committee
Our
Benefits & Compensation Committee has four members and meets periodically
during the course of the year. The Committee establishes and reviews
compensation and benefit programs for executive officers. The Committee strives
to use programs that attract, retain, motivate and appropriately reward
individuals who are responsible for our short and long-term profitability
and
growth and for helping us provide shareholders an investment return. The
Committee conducts regular comprehensive reviews of our compensation program.
It
establishes and reviews the annual compensation of our executive officers.
The
Committee also takes action, or recommends that the Board take action, regarding
the adoption, amendment or administration of executive compensation, incentive
and benefit plans. We consider each member of the Committee to be independent
from us, as defined under NYSE and NASDAQ exchange rules, with the exception
of
William S. Latoff, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer because none
of
them, other than Mr. Latoff, has any current business dealings with us. Each
Committee member has experience in dealing with compensation and benefits
matters for companies they have managed.
How
the Committee Puts Our Philosophy Into Action
The
Committee’s specific objectives are to:
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Provide
compensation that takes into account our performance relative to
our
financial goals and objectives.
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Provide
compensation that takes into account the executive’s performance against
assigned individual goals.
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Align
management’s financial interests with those of shareholders. One way we do
this is by providing equity-based long-term
incentives.
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Offer
an executive a total compensation program based on the executive’s level
of responsibility, the executive’s skills and experience relative to our
other executives and similar executives of peer group financial
institutions.
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In
working toward these objectives, the Committee strives to tie a substantial
portion of an executive’s overall compensation to our financial performance
including earnings per share, total shareholder return, revenues, revenue
growth, return on equity, return on assets, stock price and other financial
measures. The Committee attempts to establish company-wide management
compensation at or near the median competitive levels of comparable public
banking organizations, particularly those in Southeastern Pennsylvania and
specifically in the Delaware Valley area. The Committee also attempts to
provide
compensation higher than the median level for demonstrated superior
performance.
The
Bank
is in the midst of a major reorganization and structural positioning for
the
future. During the latter part of 2006, there was a realignment
of the organization to provide a keen focus on customer relationships and
operational excellence. The Chairman and CEO assumed direct responsibility
for
managing all customer contact staff and the President and COO was made
responsible for managing all operational areas as well as assuming the
responsibilities of the Chief Credit Officer. As
a
result, the Compensation Committee relies and will rely heavily on
performance-based pay and incentive-based programs. In addition, our programs
are designed to encourage share ownership and help to more fully align the
interests of our executive talent with the interests of shareholders for
the
long-term improvement of the Bank’s results.
In
connection with its work in 2006, the Committee retained an outside consultant,
Robert B. Jones, JD, CPA, CEBS, CEO of Innovative Compensation and Benefits
Concepts, LLC to
evaluate our compensation practices and to assist in developing and implementing
our executive compensation program and philosophy. The consultant:
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Developed
a peer group of financial institutions for comparison. These institutions
are in our area and are about the same size as we
are.
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our financial performance and compensation levels against members
of the
peer group.
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individually with members of the Committee and senior management
to learn
about our business operations and strategies, our significant
reorganization and restructuring undertaken during 2006, the key
measures
and target goals we use to evaluate our performance, and the labor
and
capital markets in which we compete.
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for 2006
and beyond to the Committee and the board of directors. - Helped
the Committee establish tally sheets for analyzing Total Direct
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The
Committee determined that the peer group it identified is reasonable to measure
our compensation practices given our continued and expected growth. For purposes
of benchmarking our compensation, the Committee refers to the following
institutions:
Bryn
Mawr Bank Corporation
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Keystone Financial, Inc.
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Chester
Valley Bancorp, Inc.
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First
Keystone Corporation
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PSB
Bancorp, Inc.
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Orrstown
Financial Services, Inc.
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First
Chester County Corporation
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Willow
Financial Bancorp
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Compensation
Components and How They are Set
The
key
components of our compensation program are base salary, annual incentive
awards
and long-term incentives. In addition to those key components, we also provide
additional components of compensation including change in control benefits,
retirement benefits and deferred compensation. The nature of each of these
benefits and our goals and reasons in granting them are discussed further
below.
In
determining executive officer compensation levels for all of these components,
the Committee uses its experienced judgment and considers qualitative and
quantitative factors. It strives to tie a significant portion of executive
compensation to the success the executive officer and we have in meeting
predetermined financial and performance goals. The Committee works to adjust
the
mix of base salary, annual incentive awards and long-term incentives
periodically. In setting levels of each component, the Committee considers
factors such as: (i) relevant industry compensation practices; (ii) the
complexity and level of responsibility of the executive’s job; (iii) the
importance of the executive’s position to us compared to other executive
positions; and (iv) the competitiveness of the compensation we pay the executive
in comparison to other financial institutions in our peer group.
In
making
compensation decisions, the Committee also relies upon work performed by
two
independent compensation consultants as well as the Bank’s Human Resources
Department. Both consultants reviewed market data during 2006 to determine
relevant compensation and benefits practices of our peer group. The peer
information provides guidance to the Committee, but the Committee does not
target total compensation or any component thereof to any particular point
within, or outside, the range of the peer group results.
Here
is a
description of our key compensation components:
Base
Salary. The
Committee establishes base salaries for our executives according to the scope
of
their responsibilities. It also considers compensation paid by our competitors
for similar positions. Generally, we believe that executive base salaries
should
be near the median of the range of salaries for executives in similar positions
and with similar responsibilities at comparable companies that have similar
compensation philosophies to ours. For each executive the Committee
considers
the
executive’s performance, the executive’s current salary in relation to our
salary range for the job, the executive’s experience, the executive’s potential
for advancement, and our own financial performance. The Committee also considers
the economic conditions and other external events affecting our operations
and
compares our compensation practices with those of our competitors.
The
Committee reviews base salaries annually and adjusts them from time to time
to
realign salaries with market levels after taking into account individual
responsibilities, performance and experience.
Annual
Incentive Awards. We
have an Annual Incentive Plan that provides
annual
bonuses to our executives and other employees to support and promote the
pursuit
of our organizational objective and financial goals. This
practice permits senior executives, as well as other deserving employees,
to
receive more compensation if we and the individual meet certain pre-established
financial and non-financial performance goals for the year. The performance
goals for executives are consistent with our Strategic Plan and Annual Budget
and our performance in relation to those plans. We
pay
bonuses to executives and other officers for achieving our annual financial
goals at corporate and business unit levels and for achieving measurable
individual annual performance objectives. Annual
incentive awards for other employees are primarily based on personal goals.
In
2006,
the Committee revised and updated our Annual Incentive Plan, which provides
for
short-term cash bonuses for officers and other executives. In doing so, the
Committee focused it even more directly on the key executives whose decisions
have the most impact on our business.
Assuming
that an officer or employee meets stated goals or benchmarks, our Annual
Incentive Plan provides for a cash bonus calculated as a target percentage
of
the officer's or employee’s base salary, with higher-ranked executive officers
being compensated at a higher percentage of base salary. Depending on the
achievement of the predetermined targets, the annual bonus may be less than
or
greater
than the target bonus. The
Committee establishes the annual incentive award for the Chief Executive
Officer. The Committee establishes the annual incentive award for each officer
below the Chief Executive Officer level, based on the Chief Executive Officer's
recommendations. Annual incentive awards for non-officer employees are primarily
based on personal goals. For 2007, the Committee updated the plan’s target
percentages from 2006 target percentages so that our officers' annual bonus
opportunities would be near the median levels of comparable companies. For
more
information on our Annual Incentive Plan, see “Management Compensation” at pages
15 to 32.
Long-Term
Incentive Program. The
final
major component of the executive compensation program is the long-term incentive
compensation feature. We believe that a significant portion of executive
compensation should be based on value created for our shareholders. This
feature
of the compensation package consists of a broad range of equity alternatives
as
provided for in our Incentive Equity and Deferred Compensation Plan, including
but not limited to stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance
shares,
performance units, and restricted stock awards. For
more
information on our Incentive
Equity and Deferred Compensation Plan,
see
“Management Compensation” at pages 15 to 32.
We
hope
that these long-term incentives will offer executives the possibility of
future
value depending on the long-term price appreciation of our common stock and
the
executives’ continuing service with us. We
believe that long-term performance is achieved through an ownership culture
that
encourages long-term performance by our executive officers through the use
of
stock-based awards.
Prior
to
2004, we offered long-term incentives pursuant to our 1995 Stock Option Plan.
This Plan was renewed and amended in 2004 and remains in force. All of the
options we have granted to our directors and officers have been granted so
far
under the 1995 Stock Option Plan. For
more
information on our 1995
Stock Option Plan,
see
“Management Compensation” at pages 15 to 32. For more information on the stock
option grants we have made under the 1995 Stock Option Plan, see our
compensation tables on pages 2, 17 and 22, as well as the footnotes and
narrative to those tables.
We
currently make annual equity awards to directors and officers under both
the
1995 Stock Option Plan and our Incentive Equity and Deferred Compensation
Plan.
Currently, there are two types of awards: stock option grants and restricted
stock awards. We
intend
to continue our annual practice of making equity awards to officers, including
our executive officers. We made an additional tranche of option awards that
were
fully vested to executives at the end of 2005 in order to avoid mandatory
expensing treatment under FAS 123R. As a consequence of this award, and because
of our restructuring and reorganization plans, we did not make any awards
in
2006. We intend that the annual aggregate value of these awards will be set
near
competitive median levels on a per executive basis for comparable companies
and
potentially higher for superior performance.
In
2007,
we plan that the total value of these awards will be granted in the form
of
restricted stock grants under which the right to the stock will vest over
time.
We intend these restricted stock grants to be one part of a two-part program
to
achieve a balance between market-based incentives such as options, which
we
believe provide a
strong
link to stockholder value creation, and financial-based incentives such as
restricted stock, which we believe have stronger retention impact and provide
a
direct link to long-term corporate performance.
Grants
under the 1995 Stock Option Plan and the Incentive Equity and Deferred
Compensation Plan are determined by our full board of directors based on
the
Committee’s recommendations. The Committee makes preliminary determinations and
recommendations to the board of directors as to grants for each executive,
including the timing, amounts and types of awards. The Committee makes its
recommendations based on corporate performance and the executive’s individual
achievements.
Stock
Options. Our
standard practice under the 1995 Stock Option Plan was to grant stock options
once a year. Prior to 2004, we typically granted stock options at our June
board
meeting. Beginning in 2004, we started granting stock options at our December
board meeting. These
annual
grants normally provided for an exercise price at 100% of the stock’s fair
market value on the date of grant, measured by the closing market price of
the
underlying share on the date of the grant.
Prior
to
2004, the majority of our stock option grants to officers were Incentive
Stock
Options, also known as ISOs, whereas our grants to directors were of
nonqualified stock options. Beginning in 2004, we granted nonqualified stock
options to both directors and officers. The options
we have granted have vested immediately. All of our option grants have
historically given the recipient not more than ten years from the grant date
to
exercise them. For more information on outstanding stock option grants, see
the
tables on pages 2, 17 and 22, as well as the accompanying footnotes and
narrative.
While
we
do not plan to make regular stock options grants to our existing management
in
the near future, we may grant stock options at date of hire to executives
with
high potential and to other individuals who we believe can have a significant
impact on our future performance.
Restricted
Stock. Our
current compensation strategy calls for grants of shares of DNB stock to
be made
each year to eligible participants based on the achievement of pre-established
corporate and individual performance goals over the previous year’s performance
period. Recipients’ rights to these shares are subject to vesting, and their
right to resell the shares is subject to restrictions, as described below.
We
have taken the time to identify our top-performing and high potential executives
who will figure prominently in our future. As a result of this effort, we
have
granted restricted shares in order to retain and motivate these key executives
and employees to produce results in accordance with our business plan and
to
improve future results.
Our
current plans for grants of restricted shares have three goals:
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provide a viable retention mechanism for our top-performing
executives.
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focus each executive on his or her own department’s effective delivery of
profitable results.
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deliver competitive compensation at or above the median for superior
performance.
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The
restricted share award program involves awards to high-impact and high-potential
executives who are included in grants in order to retain and motivate them
over
the coming years and provide a core of top-performing executives for the
Bank’s
future. The
shares we grant are called restricted shares because the shares do not vest
immediately. If a participant leaves the Bank before the shares are vested,
he/she will forfeit the unvested amount. In addition, the recipient will
be
contractually prohibited from reselling the shares for a period following
the
time that they become vested. Currently, the period we have set for restriction
on resale is two years. The grants are subject to 3-year cliff vesting, meaning
that a recipient does not have a right to any shares under the grant unless
and
until the recipient has continued to be employed by us for 3 years after
the
grant of the award. From
time
to time, this group and the terms of the program will change, but our overall
goal for the program is to provide a competitive award to keep the total
direct
compensation package for our top executives at least at the competitive median,
commensurate with performance. Participants also have the right to receive
dividends based on their holdings.
For
more
information on our grants of restricted shares, see the discussion of the
Incentive Equity and Deferred Compensation Plan under “Management Compensation”
at page 24. For more information on outstanding awards of restricted stock,
see
the tables on pages 2 and 17 and the accompanying footnotes and
narrative.
Other
Compensation - Change in Control Benefits. We
offer
certain basic compensation protections to our directors and executive officers
in connection with the overall risk relating to change in control of our
company. We do this to try to help them remain focused on implementing our
long-term strategies without undue concern for the impact on their positions
that might arise from the risk that the control of our company changes
ownership.
Our
senior officers each signed amended and restated change in control agreements
in
December 2006. Among other changes, the new agreements adjusted the base
on
which severance compensation would be calculated in response to our increasing
emphasis on incentive compensation as an important part of Total Direct
Compensation, rather than just base salary as the dominant component of
compensation. The agreements continue to implement a scaling of compensation
to
reflect the degree to which an officer’s performance is critically important to
reaching our financial goals. We anticipate that the Committee will continue
to
monitor these agreements and that it may make further adjustments to them
in the
future to reflect any developments in our compensation philosophy or methods
or
if circumstances otherwise warrant.
The
current change in control agreements provide for payment after a change in
control if a director or officer is terminated without cause or if the director
or officer resigns with good reason. The key circumstances in which a director
or executive officer could resign with good reason after a change in control
include:
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of duties to the executive or director inconsistent with the prior
position.
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Removal
of the executive or director from his/her prior
position.
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reduction in base annual salary, bonus, and/or
benefits.
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the case of a director, a failure to receive increases in compensation
at
least equal to other directors for comparable
services.
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the case of an executive, a relocation of the executive’s workplace
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We
selected these events for triggering a severance payment, but only if a change
in control has occurred before the triggering event occurs, because we feel
that
these are typical scenarios in which a new employer in a change of control
situation might attempt to avoid the severance payment that would be triggered
if the new employer simply terminated the executive’s or director’s service
without cause. In cases where the changes proposed by a new employer are
consistent with an intention to retain an executive with the ongoing enterprise,
we anticipate that agreements can be reached with executives on an individual
basis to establish a new employment relationship on mutually satisfactory
terms.
For
more
information on change in control benefits, see the discussion of “Change in
Control Agreements” under “Management Compensation” at page 15. For more
information on potential change in control benefits and payments, see the
table
on page 19 and the accompanying footnotes and narrative.
Other
Compensation - Perquisites. Consistent
with our pay-for-performance compensation
philosophy, we do not provide executive perquisites for officers. However,
the
Committee in its discretion may revise, amend or add to the officer's executive
benefits and perquisites if it deems it advisable from a Total Compensation
perspective.
Other
Compensation - Retirement Benefits Generally. The
Committee assesses the need for this component primarily by reference to
peer
group practices and competitive norms. In general, we believe that our existing
defined contribution employee benefit plan provide a good base of retirement
benefit opportunity for our officers as well as other employees. In addition,
the Committee recognizes the need to encourage deferral of compensation on
a
voluntary basis by both executives and directors as a means of helping them
to
save additional amounts for retirement. To that end, we have recently
established a deferred compensation plan for our executive management and
directors. Please refer to our discussion of the deferred compensation plans
below. The Committee is cognizant of and periodically reviews current research
on retirement plan replacement ratios in order to attract and retain top
executive talent. In this connection, the Committee recognizes the potential
need for supplemental executive retirement benefits to attract and retain
top
executive talent, especially where that talent is hired in the mid- or late
stages
of
a successful career and will continue to consider appropriate supplemental
plans
where appropriate to achieve our managerial and financial goals.
For
more
information on retirement benefits for our executive officers, see the
discussion of “Retirement Plans” under “Management Compensation” on pages 26-30.
For more information on retirement benefits and payments, see the table on
page
18 and the accompanying footnotes and narrative.
Other
Compensation - Retirement Benefits - SERP for the Chairman and CEO.
In
December 2006, we adopted a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan for William
S. Latoff, our Chairman and CEO, because, in accepting the top position with
us,
he was required to abandon his direct involvement in several other business
interests. He was hired in 2004 at the age of 57 while actively involved
in an
already-distinguished career managing other business enterprises. A full-time
commitment to our enterprise deprives him of an opportunity to accrue a
meaningful retirement benefit from his other business enterprises. In addition,
the Committee wanted to establish an additional competitive incentive to
induce
Mr. Latoff to remain with the Bank as we address important strategic objectives
in a very difficult competitive environment.
The
Committee decided to require a 5-year period of service in order to accrue
a
full supplemental award, even though Mr. Latoff had several years’ service on
the Board prior to becoming a full-time employee of DNB First. The amount
of the
award is intended to constitute at least 20% of Mr. Latoff’s base salary
projected to age 70 and to be payable for 10 years to him or his
beneficiary(ies). The Committee felt that this is a competitive award based
on
peer group information that it has received during the year and was an
achievable goal given Mr. Latoff’s age at the time.
For
more
information on the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan for William S.
Latoff,
see the discussion under “Management Compensation” at page 27. For more
information on contributions by us and payments to Mr. Latoff under the plan
and
other related matters, see the tables on pages 15 and 18 and the accompanying
footnotes and narrative.
Other
Compensation - Deferred Compensation. In
2006,
we adopted a Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan for our executives
and
directors, pursuant to which they may elect to defer receipt of base salary,
annual incentives, or other awards in the case of executives and directors’ fees
or meeting stipends in the case of directors. Amounts that are deferred are
credited to the participant’s account under a “rabbi” trust agreement. The
amounts credited to each participant will change in value based upon changes
in
the market value of our stock. We adopted this plan to enable our executives
and
directors to defer receipt, and hence defer taxability, of portions of their
compensation over time in order to build their retirement accumulations.
The
Committee’s research convinced the Committee that this type of deferred
compensation plan is consistent with best practices in the banking industry
for
attracting, motivating, rewarding and retaining directors and executive
officers.
The
plan
further encourages executives and directors to save by deferring their pay
by
providing a 10% premium for compensation deferred in stock into the Plan.
The
Committee believes this 10% premium on deferred compensation will also
incentivize them to build long-term value for our stock in order to reward
themselves to the extent our shareholders are rewarded. Furthermore, as they
receive incentive compensation, the plan provides that it will be paid in
our
common stock, which will further increase the executive’s shareholder stake.
This
plan
recognizes the fact that many of the executives who can have a significant
impact upon the future of DNB First have been and will be hired in mid-career
or
in the later stages of their careers and therefore it is even more important
that they have a deferral vehicle available to prudently save portions or
all of
their Annual Incentive awards, as well as base salary. The Plan is also designed
to better align their interests with those of our shareholders.
For
more
information on our Deferred Compensation Plan for Officers, see the discussion
under “Management Compensation” at page 24. For more information on deferred
compensation for named executive officers, see the tables on pages 15 and
18 and
the accompanying footnotes and narrative.
Director
Compensation. To
date,
DNB Financial Corporation has not paid any separate compensation for Director
duties to executive officers who are also Directors. We do not presently
expect
to pay separate compensation to our
executive
officers (who are also officers of DNB First) in the future. We do expect
to pay
compensation to our non-employee directors (“Outside Directors”) in the future.
Compensation of Outside Directors is established by the board, upon
recommendation of the Benefits & Compensation Committee. Directors who are
employed by DNB First are not entitled to additional compensation for board
or
committee service. Outside Directors receive compensation according to the
table
on page 21; however, no separate compensation will be paid to a director
of DNB
First who attends a board meeting that is held jointly with a board or committee
meeting of DNB Financial Corporation. Each committee is a committee of the
Bank
and the Corporation.
In
addition to cash fees, Outside Directors are also eligible to receive
compensation in the form of DNB Financial Corporation common stock under
the
Corporation’s 1995 Stock Option Plan (as amended and restated as of April 27,
2004) (The “Stock Option Plan”) or the Incentive Equity and Deferred
Compensation Plan (The” Incentive Equity Plan”) adopted on November 24, 2004
(collectively, the “Plans”). Under The Stock Option Plan, each Outside Director
may be awarded Stock Options. Under the Incentive Equity Plan, each Outside
Director may be awarded Stock Options, Restricted Stock Awards of the
Corporation’s common stock, or one of several other forms of equity
compensation. There were no Stock Options or Restricted Stock Awards granted
in
2006. Shares of common stock under both Plans issued prior to December 31,
2006
vested immediately, but are generally not transferable by a director. In
the
event of a director’s death, shares of common stock held in his or her name will
be issued to his or her beneficiary. All transfer restrictions will lapse
upon a
change in control, as that term is defined in the Plans. Stock dividends,
stock
splits and similar transactions will have the same effect on shares of stock
issued pursuant to the Plans as on all other shares of DNB Financial Corporation
common stock outstanding.
Outside
Directors may defer all or a part of their director compensation in accordance
with the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors of DNB Financial
Corporation (adopted effective October 1, 2006). Under this plan, a director
may
defer retainer, meeting fees and Restricted Stock Awards until such time
as the
director ceases to be a member of the Board of Directors. DNB Financial
Corporation Common Stock is the only available investment option under this
Plan. DNB will allocate to a deferred compensation account for the participant
that number of shares of DNB common stock having a fair market value, on
the
last day of the month in which such compensation would have been paid in
absence
of the deferral election, equal to 110% of the amount of compensation the
participant has elected to defer. No member of the Board of Directors was
a
participant in the Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors of DNB Financial
Corporation in 2006.
Changes
to Director Compensation in 2006.
During
the fourth quarter of 2006, the Benefits & Compensation Committee and the
Board of Directors approved annual grants to Outside Directors, giving them
a
choice of 2,000 non-qualified options or 500 restricted shares. It is
anticipated that Stock Options granted after December 31, 2006 will cliff
vest
over three years and that once the option is exercised, there will be a two-year
restriction on the sale of such shares. It is also anticipated that Restricted
Stock Awards granted after December 31, 2006 will cliff vest after three
years
and that once the Shares are issued, there will be a two-year restriction
on the
sale of such shares.
For
more
information on Director Compensation, see the tables on pages 21 and 22 and
the
accompanying footnotes and narrative.
BENEFITS
& COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT
The
Benefits & Compensation Committee held seven meetings during fiscal year
2006. The Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion
and
Analysis required by Item 402(b) of Regulation S-K with management. Based
upon
such review, the related discussions and such other matters deemed relevant
and
appropriate by the Compensation Committee, the Compensation Committee has
recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and
Analysis be included in this proxy statement to be delivered to shareholders.
THE
BENEFITS & COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
James
H.
Thornton, Chairman
James
J.
Koegel
William
S. Latoff
Thomas
A.
Fillippo
MANAGEMENT
COMPENSATION
EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION - SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
The
following table sets forth for each of the named executive officers: (1)
the
dollar value of base salary and bonus earned during the year ended December
31,
2006; (2) the change in pension value and non-qualified deferred compensation
earnings during the year; (3) all other compensation for the year; and, finally,
(4) the dollar value of total compensation for the year.
Name
& Principal Position
|
|
Year
|
|
Salary
($)
|
|
Bonus
($)
|
|
Change
in
Pension
Value
and
Non-
Qualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
(2)
|
|
All
Other
Compen-sation
($)
(5)
|
|
Total
($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
William
S. Latoff
|
|
2006
|
|
257,567
|
|
60,000
|
|
180,897
|
|
10,448
|
|
508,912
|
Chairman
& CEO
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
William
J. Hieb
|
|
2006
|
|
175,146
|
|
40,000
|
|
—
|
|
9,990
|
|
225,136
|
President
& COO
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bruce
E. Moroney
|
|
2006
|
|
125,131
|
|
15,000
|
|
4,469
|
|
7,012
|
|
151,612
|
Executive
V.P. & CFO
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ronald
K. Dankanich
|
|
2006
|
|
122,260
|
|
18,000
|
|
12,490
|
|
6,972
|
|
159,722
|
Executive
V.P. - Operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Richard
J. Hartmann
|
|
2006
|
|
113,949
|
|
14,000
|
|
—
|
|
6,009
|
|
133,958
|
Executive
V.P. - Retail
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C.
Tomlinson Kline III
|
|
2006
|
|
124,023
|
|
7,500
|
|
—
|
|
6,635
|
|
138,158
|
Senior
V.P. - Commercial Lending
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Albert
J. Melfi (3)
|
|
2006
|
|
23,000
|
|
20,000
|
|
—
|
|
2,099
|
|
45,099
|
Executive
V.P. & Chief Lending Officer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thomas
M. Miller
|
|
2006
|
|
154,540
|
|
18,000
|
|
—
|
|
8,533
|
|
181,073
|
Former
First E.V.P. & Chief Lending Officer (4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
The
columns disclosing Stock Awards, Option Awards and Non-Equity Incentive
Plan Compensation, have been omitted from the table because no officer
earned any compensation during 2006 of a type required to be disclosed
in
those columns.
|
(2) |
The
compensation accrued to Mr. Latoff’s benefit during 2006 under a
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan dated December 20, 2006. For
a summary of the terms of the plan, see “Supplemental Executive Retirement
Plan for Chairman and Chief Executive Officer” at pages 27 to 30 of this
Proxy. The compensation accrued to Messrs. Moroney’s and Dankanich’s
benefit during 2006 under the Bank’s Pension Plan. For a summary of the
terms of the plan, see the discussion on page 26 of this Proxy.
|
(3) |
Mr.
Melfi’s 2006 wages are for a partial year as he joined the Company in
November, 2006. Mr. Melfi received a $20,000 signing
bonus.
|
(4) |
Mr.
Miller resigned effective December 31,
2006.
|
(5) |
Includes
the following payments we paid on behalf of the following
executives:
|
Name
& Principal Position
|
Company
Contributions to
Defined
Contribution
Plans
(1)
|
Insurance
Premiums
(2)
|
William
S. Latoff
|
9,679
|
769
|
William
J. Hieb
|
9,221
|
769
|
Bruce
E. Moroney
|
6,306
|
706
|
Ronald
K. Dankanich
|
6,265
|
707
|
Richard
J. Hartmann
|
5,345
|
664
|
C.
Tomlinson Kline
|
5,919
|
717
|
Albert
J. Melfi
|
1,290
|
809
|
Thomas
M. Miller
|
7,764
|
769
|
(1) The
contributions paid on the executives’ behalf during 2006 under the Bank’s 401(k)
Retirement Savings and Profit-Sharing Plan. For a summary of the terms of
the plan, see the description on page 27 of this Proxy.
(2) The
insurance premiums paid on the executives’ behalf during 2006 under the Bank’s
Insurance plans available to all employees. For a summary of the terms of
the plans, see the description on page 27 of this Proxy.
GRANT
OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS TABLE
The
table
disclosing grants of plan-based awards during 2006 for named executive officers
is omitted because no named executive officer received such awards in
2006.
OUTSTANDING
EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR END TABLE - OFFICERS
The
following table sets forth information on outstanding options and stock awards
held by the named executive officers at December 31, 2006, including the
number
of shares underlying each stock option as well as the exercise price and
the
expiration date of each outstanding option.
|
Option
Awards (2)
|
Stock
Awards (3)
|
Name
& Principal Position
|
Number
of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable
|
Option
Exercise
Price
($)
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
Number
of
Shares
or Units
of
Stock that
Have
Not
Vested
(#)
|
Market
Value
of
Shares or
Units
of Stock
that
Have Not
Vested
($)
|
William
S. Latoff
|
1,796
|
22.72
|
06/30/2008
|
4,630
|
92,600
|
Chairman
& CEO
|
1,795
|
18.27
|
06/30/2009
|
|
|
|
1,794
|
9.69
|
06/30/2010
|
|
|
|
1,793
|
11.72
|
06/30/2011
|
|
|
|
1,793
|
17.67
|
06/30/2012
|
|
|
|
1,793
|
19.60
|
06/30/2013
|
|
|
|
24,255
|
25.49
|
04/17/2015
|
|
|
|
17,850
|
18.38
|
12/21/2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
William
J. Hieb
|
6,615
|
23.92
|
12/21/2014
|
3,638
|
72,760
|
President
& COO
|
16,800
|
18.38
|
12/21/2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bruce
E. Moroney
|
3,591
|
22.72
|
06/30/2008
|
992
|
19,840
|
Executive
V.P. & CFO
|
3,592
|
18.27
|
06/30/2009
|
|
|
|
3,590
|
17.67
|
06/30/2012
|
|
|
|
2,756
|
23.92
|
12/21/2014
|
|
|
|
4,200
|
18.38
|
12/21/2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ronald
K. Dankanich
|
3,591
|
22.72
|
06/30/2008
|
992
|
19,840
|
Executive
V.P. - Operations
|
3,592
|
18.27
|
06/30/2009
|
|
|
|
3,590
|
17.67
|
06/30/2012
|
|
|
|
2,756
|
23.92
|
12/21/2014
|
|
|
|
4,200
|
18.38
|
12/21/2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Richard
J. Hartmann
|
1,050
|
18.38
|
12/21/2015
|
|
|
Executive
V.P. - Retail
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C.
Tomlinson Kline III
|
5,215
|
23.92
|
12/21/2014
|
496
|
9,920
|
Senior
V.P. - Commercial Lending
|
1,050
|
18.38
|
12/21/2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thomas
M. Miller
|
11,025
|
23.92
|
12/21/2014
|
|
|
Former
First E.V.P. & Chief
|
7,350
|
18.38
|
12/21/2015
|
|
|
Lending
Officer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
The
columns disclosing number of securities underlying unexercised
options
that are unexercisable, equity incentive plan awards: number of
securities
underlying unexercised unearned options, equity incentive plan
awards:
number of unearned shares, units, or other rights that have not
vested and
equity incentive plan awards: Market or payout value of unearned
shares,
units, or other rights that have not vested have been omitted from
the
table because no officer earned any compensation during 2006 of
a type
required to be disclosed in those columns.
|
|
|
(2)
|
The
stock options granted to each executive officer prior to 2006,
were
granted under the Corporation’s 1995 Stock Option Plan. For a
summary of the terms of the plan, see the description on page 24
of this
Proxy.
|
|
|
(3)
|
The
stock awards granted to each executive officer prior to 2006, were
granted
under the Corporation’s Incentive Equity and deferred Compensation Plan
for Officers and Directors. For a summary of the terms of the plan,
see the description on page 24 of this
Proxy.
|
OPTION
EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED TABLE - OFFICERS
The
table
disclosing exercises of stock options and vesting of restricted stock during
2006 for named executive officers is omitted because no named executive officer
had any vested options in 2006, no named executive officer exercised any
options
in 2006, and no stock awards vested in 2006.
PENSION
BENEFITS TABLE -2006
The
table
disclosing the actuarial present value of each named executive officer’s
accumulated benefit under defined benefit plans, the number of years of credited
service under each such plan, and the amount of pension benefits paid to
each
named executive officers during the year is set forth below. The other
retirement plan available to named executive officers in 2006 was the Company’s
qualified 401(k) savings and retirement plan, which is available to all
employees.
|
|
|
|
Name
& Principal
Position
|
Plan
Name
|
Number
of
Years
Credited
Service
(#)
|
Present
Value of
Accumulated
Benefit
($)
(1)
|
Payments
During
Last
Fiscal
Year
($)
|
William
S. Latoff Chairman & CEO
|
Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan
|
2
|
180,897
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bruce
E. Moroney Executive V.P. & CFO
|
DNB
First Retirement Plan
|
12
|
76,931
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ronald
K. Dankanich Executive V.P. - Operations
|
DNB
First Retirement Plan
|
31
|
213,669
|
—
|
(1)
The
compensation accrued to Mr. Latoff’s benefit during 2006 under a Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan dated December 20, 2006. For a summary of the
terms of the plan, see “Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan for Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer” at pages 27 to 30 of this Proxy. The compensation
accrued to Messrs. Moroney’s and Dankanich’s benefit during 2006 under the
Bank’s Pension Plan. For a summary of the terms of the plan, see the discussion
on page 26 of this Proxy.
NON-QUALIFIED
DEFERRED COMPENSATION TABLE
The
table
disclosing contributions to non-qualified defined contributions and other
deferred compensation plans, each named executive officer’s withdrawals,
earnings and fiscal year end balances in those plans is omitted because,
in
2006, no named executive officer elected to defer 2006 compensation into
the
Deferred Compensation Plan adopted on October 1, 2006.
Officer
Employment Agreements
Except
as
described in this Proxy Statement, none of the named executive officers of
the
Corporation has an employment agreement with the Corporation.
In
the
Corporation’s letter to Mr. Albert J. Melfi, Jr., offering him employment, the
Corporation agreed to pay Mr. Melfi a minimum $15,000 guaranteed bonus for
year
2007, payable in accordance with normal plan distribution rules. The Corporation
also agreed to cover the cost of Mr. Melfi’s COBRA payments (less the amount
that he would contribute for the same plan with the Corporation) to his previous
employer's insurance provider until Mr. Melfi becomes eligible to participate
in
the Corporation's health insurance program. Mr. Melfi became eligible to
participate in the Corporation’s health insurance program on February 20,
2007.
In
the
Corporation’s letter to Gerald F. Sopp, offering him employment, the Corporation
agreed to pay Mr. Sopp a minimum $10,000 guaranteed bonus for year 2007 payable
in accordance with normal plan distribution rules. The Corporation also agreed
to cover the cost of Mr. Sopp’s COBRA payments (less the amount that he would
contribute for the same plan with the Corporation) to his previous employer's
insurance provider until Mr. Sopp becomes eligible to participate in the
Corporation's health insurance program. Mr. Sopp will become eligible to
participate in the Corporation’s health insurance program on April 3,
2007.
Officer
Change of Control Agreements
Effective
May 5, 1998 the Corporation and the Bank (the Corporation and the Bank are
sometimes referred to herein for this purpose as the “Company”) entered into
Change of Control Agreements (individually referred to as an “Agreement” or
collectively referred to as the “Agreements”) with Messrs. Dankanich and Moroney
in order to provide the executive officers with severance payments as additional
incentive to induce the executive officers to devote their time and attention
to
the interest and affairs of the Company. The Company entered into similar
agreements with Mr. Hieb on April 28, 2003, Mr. Kline on October 18, 2004,
Mr.
Latoff on December 17, 2004 and Mr. Hartmann on January 25, 2006. These Change
of Control Agreements were amended and restated on December 20, 2006. The
Company entered into a Change of Control Agreement similar to these amended
and
restated Change of Control Agreements with Mr. Melfi on December 20, 2006.
As
amended and restated, the change in control agreement with each executive
officer obligates the Company to pay the executive officer, upon a termination
of his employment with the Company after a “change in control” (as defined in
the agreement), either by the Company other than for “cause” (as defined in the
agreement), or by him for “good reason” (as defined in the agreement), “Base
Severance” in an amount equal to a designated multiple of his “Total Annual Cash
Compensation.” For Mr. Latoff, the multiple is 2.99. For Mr. Hieb, the multiple
is 2.00. For Mr. Melfi, the multiple is 1.5. For each of the other executive
officers, the multiple is 1.00. These payments and the value of these benefits,
including payments under all other plans which the executives participate
in,
would be estimated to total $182,551 for Mr. Dankanich, $182,462 for Mr.
Moroney, $561,172 for Mr. Hieb, $148,079 for Mr. Kline, $2,082,000 for Mr.
Latoff (under the provisions of his change in control agreement SERP as in
force
on December 31, 2006), $133,958 for Mr. Hartmann and $319,425 for Mr. Melfi,
applying the assumptions that the triggering event took place on December
31,
2006. Mr. Miller, the Company’s former First Executive Vice President and Chief
Lending Officer resigned during 2006 and no payments were triggered under
his
Change in control Agreement, which is no longer in force.
The
agreement defines an executive officer’s “Total Annual Cash Compensation” as the
sum of two elements:
|
(I)
|
The
aggregate amount of (i) salary, (ii) the Company’s cash contribution
toward the cost of medical, life, disability and health insurance
benefits, and (iii) employer contributions (whether or not matching)
under
the Company’s qualified defined contribution retirement plans, that was
payable to or for the benefit of the executive officer at any time
during
a designated period ended prior to the time the executive officer
becomes
entitled to severance payments (the “Base Element”). For Mr. Latoff, this
figure is averaged and the period over which the average is determined
is
the three most recent fiscal years. For Mr. Hieb, this figure is
averaged
and the period over which the average is determined is the two
most recent
fiscal years. For the other executive officers, this period is
the most
recent full fiscal year of the
Company.
|
|
(II)
|
The
aggregate cash bonuses that have been earned by the executive officer
for
performance by the executive officer during a designated period
ended
prior to the time the executive officer becomes entitled to severance
payments, but any bonus shall only be included in the foregoing
to the
extent it has been finally approved and fixed as to amount at the
time the
executive officer becomes entitled to severance payments (the “Bonus
Element”). For Mr. Latoff, this figure is averaged and the period over
which the average is determined is the three most recent fiscal
years. For
Mr. Hieb, this figure is averaged and the period over which the
average is
determined is the two most recent fiscal years. For the other executive
officers, this period is the most recent full fiscal year of the
Company.
|
The
severance payment is to be made in a lump sum within 1 calendar week following
the date of termination, subject to withholding by the Corporation as required
by applicable law and regulations. For each of the executive officers other
than
Mr. Latoff, if the severance payment or payments under the agreement, either
alone or together with other payments which the executive officer has the
right
to receive from the Company, would constitute a “parachute payment” (as defined
in Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)
or
any
successor provision, such lump sum severance payment is to be reduced to
the
largest amount as will result in no portion of the lump sum severance payment
under the agreement being subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999
of
the Code. For Mr. Latoff, if, as a result of payments provided for under
the
agreement, together with all other payments in the nature of compensation
provided to or for the benefit of Mr. Latoff under any other plans or agreements
in connection with a Change in Control, Mr. Latoff becomes subject to excise
taxes under Section 4999 of the Code, then, in addition to any other benefits
provided under or pursuant to the agreement or otherwise, the Company will
be
obligated to pay to Mr. Latoff at the time any such payments are made under
or
pursuant to his change of control agreement or other plans or agreements,
an
amount equal to the amount of such excise taxes (this is referred to in the
Agreement as the “Parachute Tax Reimbursement”). In addition, the Company is
obligated to “gross up” any Parachute Tax Reimbursement by paying to Mr. Latoff
at the same time an additional amount equal to the aggregate amount of any
additional taxes (whether income taxes, excise taxes, special taxes, employment
taxes or otherwise, and whether Federal, state or local) that are or will
be
payable by Mr. Latoff as a result of the Parachute Tax Reimbursement being
paid
or payable to Mr. Latoff and as a result of such additional amounts paid
or
payable to Mr. Latoff for the Parachute Tax Reimbursement or its gross-up,
such
that after payment of such additional taxes Mr. Latoff shall have been paid
on a
net, after-tax basis an amount equal to the Parachute Tax Reimbursement.
These
tax-related amounts are to be computed assuming that Mr. Latoff is subject
to
each tax at the highest marginal rate. If more than one agreement or plan
provides for a Parachute Tax Reimbursement and a gross-up for Mr. Latoff,
he is
to receive only one Parachute Tax Reimbursement.
Each
agreement also provides for payment of the executive officer’s health insurance,
HMO or other similar medical provider benefits (excluding any disability
plans
or benefits) for a designated period after termination of employment. For
Mr.
Latoff, this period is 18 months. For the other executive officers, it is
12
months.
The
change of control agreements define a “change in control” as any one or more of
the following: (1) a change in control of a nature that would be required
to be
reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act")(or any successor
provision) as it may be amended from time to time; (2) any "persons" (as
such
term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act in effect on
the
date first written above), other than DNB or the Bank or any "person" who
on the
date hereof is a director of officer of the Company, is or becomes the
"beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly
or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the
combined voting power of Company's then outstanding securities; (3) during
any
period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of
such
period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company cease for any reason
to
constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election of each director
who
was not a director at the beginning of such period has been approved in advance
by directors representing at least two-thirds of the directors then in office
who were directors at the beginning of the period; or (4) the signing of
a
letter of intent or a formal acquisition or merger agreement between the
Company
and a third party which contemplates a transaction which would result in
a
"change of control" of the type described in clauses (1), (2) or (3) of this
sentence, but only if the letter of intent or agreement, or the transaction
contemplated thereby, has not been canceled or terminated at the time employment
terminates.
The
change of control agreements define termination for “cause” as termination for
personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary
duty
involving personal profit, conviction of a felony, suspension or removal
from
office or prohibition from participation in the conduct of the Company’s affairs
pursuant to a notice or other action by any Regulatory Agency, or willful
violation of any law, rule or regulation or final cease-and-desist order
which
in the reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company will
probably cause substantial economic damages to the Company, willful or
intentional breach or neglect by the executive officer of his duties, or
material breach of any material provision of this Agreement. For purposes
of
this paragraph, no act, or failure to act on the executive officer's part
shall
be considered "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by him without
good
faith and without reasonable belief that this action or omission was in the
best
interest of Company; provided that any act or omission to act by the executive
officer in reliance upon an approving opinion of counsel to the Company or
counsel to the executive officer shall not be deemed to be willful. The terms
"incompetence" and "misconduct" shall be defined with reference to standards
generally prevailing in the banking industry. In determining incompetence
and
misconduct, Company shall have the burden of proof with regard to the acts
or
omission of the executive officer and the standards prevailing in the banking
industry.
An
executive officer shall be deemed to have "good reason" for terminating his
employment under his change of control agreement if he terminates such
employment within two (2) years after the occurrence of any one or more of
the
following events without his express written consent, but only if the event
occurs within two (2) years after a
"change
in control" (as defined in the agreement): (i) the assignment to the executive
officer of any duties inconsistent with the executive officer's positions,
duties, responsibilities, titles or offices with the Company as in effect
immediately prior to a change in control of the Company, (ii) any removal
of the
executive officer from, or any failure to re-elect the executive officer
to, any
of such positions, except in connection with a termination or suspension
of
employment for cause, disability, death or retirement, (iii) a reduction
by the
Company in the executive officer's base annual salary, bonus and/or benefits
as
in effect immediately prior to a change in control or as the same may be
increased from time to time thereafter, or the failure to grant periodic
increases in the executive officer's base annual salary on a basis at least
substantially comparable to the lowest periodic increase granted to other
officers of the Company having the title of senior vice president or above,
or
(iv) any purported termination of the executive officer's employment with
the
Company when "cause" (as defined in this Agreement) for such termination
does
not exist, or (v) a relocation of the executive officer’s workplace outside of
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
DIRECTOR
COMPENSATION TABLE
The
Corporation has compensated its directors for their services and expects
to
continue this practice. Information relating to the compensation of DNB First’s
directors during 2006 is set forth below.
Name
|
Fees
Earned or Paid
in
Cash
($)
|
All
Other
Compensation
($)
|
Total
($)
|
Thomas
A. Fillippo
|
19,398
|
—
|
19,398
|
Mildred
C. Joyner
|
20,380
|
—
|
20,380
|
James
J. Koegel
|
29,680
|
—
|
29,680
|
Eli
Silberman (2)
|
23,880
|
60,000
|
83,880
|
James
H. Thornton
|
29,680
|
—
|
29,680
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
The
columns disclosing stock awards, option awards, non-equity incentive
plan
compensation, change in pension value and nonqualified deferred
compensation earnings, and all other forms of compensation have
been
omitted from the table because no director earned any compensation
during
2006 of a type required to be disclosed in those columns.
|
(2)
|
During
2006, the Corporation has paid an aggregate of $60,000 in consulting
fees
to TSG, Inc., a corporation owned by Eli Silberman, a director
of the
Corporation, for public relations and marketing services rendered
to the
Corporation and the Bank. On December 20, 2006, the Bank signed
an
agreement with TSG, Inc. for $30,000 for similar services to be
provided
in 2007.
|
Annual
Fees:
|
|
|
|
Cash
Retainer (all members)
|
|
$
|
15,380
|
Equity
Compensation (all members)
|
|
|
—
|
Committee
Chairman:
|
|
|
|
Audit
Committee
|
|
|
7,000
|
All
Other Committees
|
|
|
5,000
|
Fee
for a Director who Chairs more than one Committee
|
|
|
2,500
|
|
|
Per-Meeting
Attendance Fees:
|
|
|
|
Board
meetings (all members)
|
|
$
|
—
|
Committee
meetings
|
|
|
|
On
Site
|
|
|
500
|
Telephonic
|
|
|
300
|
(1)
|
For
a summary of the Compensation paid to Directors, see the description
on
page 13 of this Proxy.
|
Outstanding
Equity Awards At Fiscal Year End - Directors
The
following table sets forth information on outstanding options held by the
Directors at December 31, 2006, including the number of shares underlying
each
stock option as well as the exercise price and the expiration date of each
outstanding option.
Name
|
Option
Awards (1)
|
Number
of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised Options
(#)
Exercisable
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options
(#)
Unexercisable
|
Equity
Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised
Unearned Options
(#)
|
Option
Exercise
Price
($)
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mildred
C. Joyner
|
3,307
|
|
|
25.49
|
04/17/2015
|
|
2,625
|
|
|
18.38
|
12/21/2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
James
J. Koegel
|
6,063
|
|
|
25.49
|
04/17/2015
|
|
2,625
|
|
|
18.38
|
12/21/2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eli
Silberman
|
635
|
|
|
19.60
|
06/30/2013
|
|
6,063
|
|
|
25.49
|
04/17/2015
|
|
2,625
|
|
|
18.38
|
12/21/2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
James
H. Thornton
|
1,876
|
|
|
12.43
|
06/30/2007
|
|
1,796
|
|
|
22.72
|
06/30/2008
|
|
1,795
|
|
|
18.27
|
06/30/2009
|
|
1,794
|
|
|
9.69
|
06/30/2010
|
|
1,793
|
|
|
11.72
|
06/30/2011
|
|
1,793
|
|
|
17.67
|
06/30/2012
|
|
1,793
|
|
|
19.60
|
06/30/2013
|
|
6,063
|
|
|
25.49
|
04/17/2015
|
|
2,625
|
|
|
18.38
|
12/21/2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
The
stock
options granted to each director prior to 2006, were granted under the
Corporation’s 1995 Stock Option Plan. For a summary of the terms of the
plan, see the description on page 24 of this Proxy.
Option
Exercises and Stock Vested - Directors
The
table
disclosing exercises of stock options and vesting of restricted stock during
2006 for Directors is set forth below.
Name
|
Option
Awards
|
Number
of
Shares
Acquired
on
Exercise
(#)
|
Value
Realized on
Exercise
(2)
($)
|
James
H. Thornton (3)
|
1,628
|
19,571
|
(1)
|
The
columns disclosing stock awards, numbers of shares acquired on
vesting and
value realized on vesting have been omitted from the table because
no
director earned any compensation during 2006 of a type required
to be
disclosed in those columns.
|
(2)
|
The
dollar value in this column has been determined by multiplying
the number
of shares in the first column by the difference between the stock
price on
the day of exercise and the option exercise price.
|
(3)
|
The
stock options exercised by Mr. Thornton during 2006, were granted
under
the Corporation’s 1995 Stock Option Plan. For a summary of the terms
of the plan, see the description on page 24 of this
Proxy.
|
Director
Change of Control Agreements
The
Corporation has entered into Change of Control Agreements dated November
10,
2005 with James H. Thornton, James J. Koegel, and Eli Silberman, February
23,
2005 with Mildred C. Joyner and February 22, 2006 with Thomas A. Fillippo.
The
agreement with each director obligates the Company to pay severance to the
director, upon a termination of his or her service as a director with the
Company under certain circumstances after a “change in control” (as defined in
the agreement) or at any time within three years thereafter. The severance
is
equal to 2.99 times the larger of the aggregate annual cash compensation
paid to
the director for director services during the last full fiscal year of the
Company ending prior to a Change in Control or during any subsequent fiscal
year. The severance can be paid if the director’s service is terminated, after a
Change in Control, by the Company without “Cause” or by the director for “Good
Reason.” The severance will be payable in equal installments over a period of
three years following the date of termination of service, subject to withholding
of any taxes by the Company as required by applicable law and regulations.
Unless the Company shall have elected to pay in more frequent installments,
the
installments will be paid monthly. If the Company paid the director's health
insurance, HMO or other similar medical provider benefits (excluding any
disability plans or benefits) immediately prior to the date of termination,
the
Company will continue to pay for or reimburse those benefits for one year
after
the date of termination of service, but in an aggregate amount not exceeding
the
Company's payments for those benefits in the year preceding the date of
termination of service. As with the change of control agreements for executive
officers, payments of severance to a director under his or her change of
control
agreement will be reduced to the extent necessary to avoid a liability for
an
excise tax on excess parachute payments under Section 4999 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
The
director change of control agreements define a “change in control” as any one or
more of the following: (1) a change in control of a nature that would be
required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation
14A promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
Act")(or any successor provision) as it may be amended from time to time;
(2)
any "persons" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange
Act in effect on the date of this Agreement), other than the Company, is
or
becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of Company or Bank representing
25%
or more of the combined voting power of Company's then outstanding securities;
or (3) during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at
the
beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of Company cease
for
any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election
of
each director who was not a director at the beginning of such period has
been
approved in advance by directors representing at least two-thirds of the
directors then in office who were directors at the beginning of the period;
(4)
the signing of a letter of intent or a formal acquisition or merger agreement
between the Company or the Bank, of the one part, and a third party which
contemplates a transaction which would result in a "Change of Control" under
paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) of this definition, but only if the letter of
intent
or agreement, or the transaction contemplated thereby, has not been canceled
or
terminated at the time the triggering event in question occurs.
The
director change of control agreements define termination for “cause” as (i)
involuntary termination, prior to the expiration of a regular term of office,
of
the director's status or services as a director in accordance with the
provisions of the Company's articles or bylaws, or by court order or otherwise
in accordance with applicable law or regulations, or (ii) personal dishonesty,
incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty involving personal
profit, conviction of a felony, or willful or intentional breach or neglect
by
the director of his duties, or (iii) suspension or removal from office or
prohibition from participation in the conduct of the Company's affairs pursuant
to a notice or other action by any regulatory agency, or (iv) willful violation
of any law, rule or regulation or final cease-and-desist order or other
regulatory agreement, which violation in the reasonable judgment of the Board
of
Directors of the Company will probably cause substantial economic damages
to the
Company. For purposes of this definition, no act, or failure to act on the
director's part shall be considered "willful" unless done, or omitted to
be
done, by the director without good faith and without reasonable belief that
this
action or omission was in the best interest of Company; provided that any
act or
omission to act by the director in reliance upon an approving opinion of
counsel
to the Company or counsel to the director shall not be deemed to be willful.
The
terms "incompetence" and "misconduct" shall be defined with reference to
standards generally prevailing in the banking industry. In determining
incompetence and misconduct, the Company will have the burden of proof with
regard to the acts or omission of the director and the standards prevailing
in
the banking industry.
An
director will be deemed to have "good reason" for terminating his or her
employment under his or her change of control agreement a director will be
deemed to have "Good Reason" for causing a termination of his or her services
as
director if the termination occurs within one year after any of the following
events has occurred
without
the directors consent: (i) a reduction (for reasons other than the actions
of
the director) in the aggregate annual compensation paid to the director for
director services during any fiscal year of the Company, as compared to the
greater of the aggregate annual compensation paid to the director during
the
Company’s most recent full fiscal year to be completed before the Change in
Control, the aggregate annual compensation paid to the director during any
later
fiscal year; or (ii) the Company's failure to give the director increases
in
aggregate annual compensation at least equal to any increases given to other
directors in their compensation for comparable services as director; (iii)
the
imposition by the Company of changes in duties or schedule or location of
attendance at board or committee meetings that, singly or in the aggregate,
impose additional unreimbursed expense, or other unreasonable burdens, on
the
director in attending or participating in board or committee meetings or
otherwise fulfilling his or her responsibilities.
Stock
Option Plan
At
the
Corporation’s Annual Meeting in 2004, the Stockholders of the Corporation
approved the Corporation’s 1995 Stock Option Plan (as amended and restated,
effective as of April 27, 2004) (the “Stock Option Plan”). In approving the
amendment and restatement of the Stock Option Plan at the 2004 Annual Meeting,
the Corporation’s Stockholders approved the availability of 200,000 additional
shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock (to permit an aggregate maximum of
612,732 shares) to be issued upon the exercise of incentive and non-qualified
stock options that the Board of Directors may grant to employees and Directors
of the Corporation and the Bank. In addition to increasing the number of
shares
that may be issued on option exercises, the Stockholders also approved
amendments to (i) incorporate the possibility for Board of Directors’ approval
of “immaculate cashless” exercises of Stock Options, (ii) eliminate a formula
requirement for annual grants of Stock Options to directors of the Corporation,
(iii) extend the term of the Stock Option Plan to April 27, 2014, (iv) provide
for the possibility that the Stock Option Plan could be administered by a
Committee of the Board, (v) permit optionees to elect to have withholding
taxes
paid in shares of Common Stock, and (vi) grant greater flexibility to the
Board
of Directors in administering the Plan.
Option
exercise prices must be 100% of the fair market value of the shares on the
date
of option grant and the option exercise period may not exceed 10 years except
that, with respect to incentive stock options awarded to persons holding
10% or
more of the combined voting power of the Corporation, the option exercise
price
may not be less than 110% of the fair market value of the shares on the date
of
option grant and the exercise period may not exceed 5 years.
Incentive
Equity and Deferred Compensation Plan
The
Corporation’s Incentive Equity and Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Omnibus
Plan”), which has not been approved by the Corporation’s shareholders, provides
for grants of stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock (“Restricted
Stock”) and unrestricted stock (“Unrestricted Stock”) (Awards of Restricted
Stock and Unrestricted Stock are sometimes referred to as “Stock Awards”), and
provide for employees and directors to periodically elect to defer receipt
of
compensation from the Corporation (“Deferred Compensation”) (these are sometimes
referred to below as “Awards”). Under the Incentive Equity and Deferred
Compensation Plan (in this discussion sometimes referred to as the “Plan”),
Awards may be granted either alone or in addition to or in tandem with another
Award. The Board of Directors may amend or terminate the Incentive Equity
and
Deferred Compensation Plan, except as limited or prohibited by applicable
law or
regulations.
Under
the
Plan, Unrestricted Stock awards can be granted by the Board with or without
conditions and may provide for an immediate or deferred transfer of shares
to
the participant; and Restricted Stock awards would be subject to such
restrictions on transferability and risks of forfeiture as the Board may
determine. If the participant terminates employment with the Corporation
during
the restriction period related to any Restricted Stock award, the shares
of
Common Stock subject to the restriction would be forfeited; however, the
Board
would have discretion to waive any restriction or forfeiture condition related
to such shares of Common Stock. The Incentive Equity and Deferred Compensation
Plan permits Stock Awards qualifying as “performance-based compensation” under
Section 162(m) of the Code to certain participants that qualify as “covered
employees” under Section 162(m) of the Code. However, the Board of Directors
does not anticipate granting any Stock Awards qualifying as “performance-based
compensation” under Section 162(m).
The
Plan
permits participants to elect to defer receipt of all or any part of a
participant’s annual salary, bonus, director’s fees, or (subject to Board
discretion) Common Stock or cash deliverable pursuant to a Stock Option or
an
Award. Elections as to salary and bonus could only be made annually. The
Corporation would establish a
special
ledger account (“Deferred Compensation Account”) on the books of the Corporation
for each electing participant. The Corporation may establish one or more
trusts
to fund deferred compensation obligations under the Incentive Equity and
Deferred Compensation Plan. The accounts of multiple participants may be
held
under a single trust but in such event each account would be separately
maintained and segregated from each other account.
Except
in
the case of financial hardship, a participant would not receive a distribution,
in either a lump sum or in annual installments over a period of up to 10
years
as specified by the participant, from his or her Deferred Compensation Account
until the earlier of (1) termination of the participant’s employment or
directorship with the Corporation, or (2) the death or legal incapacitation
of
the participant, a “change in control” of the Corporation (as finally defined in
any Supplemental Equity Compensation Plan as may be adopted). In addition,
a
director may, subject to certain restrictions, specify an age to receive
distributions of the director’s Deferred Compensation Account. The Board of
Directors would have authority, in its sole discretion, to allow an early
distribution from a participant’s Deferred Compensation Account in the event of
severe financial hardship due to the sudden illness of the participant or
a
participant’s family member, or the loss of the participant’s property due to
casualty or other extraordinary circumstance.
Incentive
Equity and Deferred Compensation Plans for Officers and Directors
Under
the
Omnibus Plan, DNB has also established the Deferred Compensation Plan for
Directors of DNB Financial Corporation adopted effective October 1, 2006
(the
“Directors Plan”) and the DNB Financial Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan
adopted effective October 1, 2006 (the “Officers Plan”) (individually, a “Plan”
and collectively, “Plans”).
The
Directors Plan permits a non-employee director of DNB or any of its direct
or
indirect subsidiaries to defer all or a portion of the compensation payable
to
the director for his or her services as a member of the board of DNB or a
subsidiary and committees thereof. The Officers Plan permits an eligible
officer
to elect to defer up to fifty percent (50%) of the regular salary otherwise
payable to the eligible officer and all or a portion of any annual or other
periodic bonus otherwise payable to the eligible officer. The Omnibus Plan
contains provisions governing the Directors Plan and the Officers Plan, which
are subject to the Omnibus Plan except to the extent they provide
otherwise.
Pursuant
to the applicable Plans, DNB will provide eligible officers and non-employee
directors the opportunity to enter into agreements for the deferral of a
specified percentage of their annual compensation and/or bonus award. The
obligations of DNB to pay compensation that is deferred under the Plans,
which
are called Deferred Compensation Obligations in the registration statement,
will
be unsecured general obligations of DNB to pay the deferred compensation
in the
future in accordance with the terms of the applicable Plans, and will rank
pari
passu
with
other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of DNB, from time to time
outstanding. There is no trading market for the Deferred Compensation
Obligations. The Deferred Compensation Obligations are not subject in any
manner
to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance,
attachment or garnishment. Any attempt by any person to transfer or assign
benefits under any of the Plans will be null and void. The Deferred Compensation
Obligations are not convertible into any other security of DNB. The amount
of
compensation to be deferred by each participating officer or non-employee
director, and hence the amount of the Deferred Compensation Obligations owed
to
each participant and to participants in the aggregate will be determined
in
accordance with the Plans based on elections to be made in the future by
each
participant.
The
Plans
require that amounts credited to an eligible director’s deferred compensation
account must be payable no later than the earlier of: (i) the date as of
which
the director separates from service with DNB, within the meaning of Section
409A
of the Code; or (ii) the director’s attainment of age 75. The Plans require that
amounts credited to an eligible officer’s deferred compensation account must be
payable no later than the date as of which the officer separates from service
with DNB. Subject to these requirements, a participant may designate an earlier
distribution date at the time he or she elects to defer compensation. This
earlier distribution date may be either (a) the director’s or officer’s
attainment of a specified age or (b) a specified date. A single designation
must
apply to the entire balance of the participant’s deferred compensation account.
While
the
Plans permit a participant to change this earlier distribution date from
time to
time, the new early distribution date a participant selects in any change
cannot
be less than 12 months after the date the participant makes that change,
and the
first payment as a result of the new designation cannot be made earlier than
five (5) years after the date the first payment would have been made before
the
participant changed the early distribution date.
A
participant may elect to have distributions made from his or her deferred
compensation account in the form of a lump sum, or in annual installments
for a
period of up to ten (10) years. The first distribution payment is to be
made on or about January 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year
in
which the distribution event occurs.
Each
participant has the right to designate one or more persons as beneficiary
to
receive the balance of the participant’s deferred compensation account on the
participant’s death. A participant may, from time to time, revoke or change the
beneficiary designation by filing a new designation with DNB. The last
designation received by DNB in accordance with the applicable Plans will
be
controlling as long as DNB receives it prior to the participant’s death. If no
beneficiary designation is in effect at the death of a participant, or if
no
designated beneficiary survives the participant, the balance of the
participant’s deferred compensation account will be made to the participant’s
estate.
All
elections and designations must be made in accordance with the terms of the
respective Plans.
The
Plans
permit the board of directors or administering committee to authorize
distribution of all or a portion of a participant’s deferred compensation
account in advance of the elected deferral date upon request of the participant
if the board of directors or administering committee determines that the
participant has experienced an unforeseeable emergency, within the meaning
of
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.
Pension
Plan
The
Corporation does not have a retirement or pension plan. The Bank, however,
maintains a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan (the “Pension Plan”)
covering all employees of the Bank, including officers, who have been employed
by the Bank for 1 year and have attained 21 years of age. The Pension Plan
provides pension benefits to eligible retired employees at 65 years of age
equal
to 1.5% of their average monthly base salary, multiplied by their years of
accredited service. The accrued benefit is based on the monthly average of
their
highest 5 consecutive years of their last 10 years of service.
Effective
December 31, 2003, the Bank amended its Pension Plan so that no participants
will earn additional benefits under the Pension Plan after December 31, 2003.
As
a result of this amendment, no further service or compensation will be credited
under the Pension Plan after December 31, 2003. The Pension Plan, although
frozen, will continue to provide benefit payments and employees can still
earn
vested credits until retirement.
During
2007, management does not anticipate that the Bank will make a contribution
for
the 2006 Plan Year. The benefits listed in the table below are not subject
to
any deduction for Social Security or other offset. Annual retirement benefits
are paid monthly to an employee during his lifetime. An employee may elect
to
receive lower monthly payments, in order for his or her surviving spouse
to
receive monthly payments under the Pension Plan for the remainder of their
life.
The
following table shows the estimated annual retirement benefit payable pursuant
to the Pension Plan of an employee currently 65 years of age, whose highest
salary remained unchanged during his last 5 years of employment and whose
benefit will be paid for the remainder of his life.
|
|
|
|
Amount
of Annual Retirement Benefit
|
|
|
|
Average
|
with
Credited Service of:
|
|
|
|
Annual
Earnings
|
10
Years
|
|
20
Years
|
|
30
Years
|
|
40
Years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
25,000
|
|
$
|
3,750
|
|
$
|
7,500
|
|
$
|
11,250
|
|
$
|
15,000
|
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
|
7,500
|
|
|
15,000
|
|
|
22,500
|
|
|
30,000
|
|
|
|
|
75,000
|
|
|
11,250
|
|
|
22,500
|
|
|
33,750
|
|
|
45,000
|
|
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
15,000
|
|
|
30,000
|
|
|
45,000
|
|
|
60,000
|
|
|
|
|
125,000
|
|
|
18,750
|
|
|
37,500
|
|
|
56,250
|
|
|
75,000
|
|
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
|
22,500
|
|
|
45,000
|
|
|
67,500
|
|
|
90,000
|
|
|
|
|
175,000
|
|
|
26,250
|
|
|
52,500
|
|
|
78,750
|
|
|
105,000
|
|
|
|
|
200,000
|
|
|
30,000
|
|
|
60,000
|
|
|
90,000
|
|
|
120,000
|
|
401(k)
Retirement Savings and Profit Sharing Plan
During
the fourth quarter of 1994, the Bank adopted a retirement savings plan intended
to comply with Section 40l (k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Prior
to
January 1, 2004, employees became eligible to participate after 6 months
of
service, and would thereafter participate in the 401(k) plan for any year
in
which they have been employed by the Bank for at least 501 hours. Effective
January 1, 2004, employees were eligible to participate in the plan immediately
after hire and regardless of the hours they were employed in any year. Effective
July 1, 2005 all employees, with the exception of on-call employees, were
eligible to participate in the plan immediately after hire and regardless
of the
hours they were employed in any year. In general, amounts held in a
participant’s account are not distributable until the participant terminates
employment with the Bank, reaches age 59½, dies or becomes permanently
disabled.
Participants
are permitted to authorize pre-tax savings contributions to a separate trust
established under the 401(k) plan, subject to limitations on deductibility
of
contributions imposed by the Internal Revenue Code. Effective July 1, 2007
the
Bank amended the plan to allow after-tax contributions to be made as well.
The
contributions are subject to the same limitations. The Bank makes matching
contributions of $.25 for every dollar of deferred salary, up to 6% of each
participant’s annual compensation. Each participant is 100% vested at all times
in employee and employer contributions. The Corporation’s matching contributions
to the 40l (k) plan for 2006 was $94,049. Beginning January 1, 2005, the
Bank
adopted a safe harbor provision for the plan which requires a 3% qualified
non-elective contribution to be made to any employee with wages in the current
year. Vesting in these qualified non-elective contributions is 100% at all
times.
In
2004,
the Bank added a profit-sharing feature to the retirement savings plan under
which it began making contributions in 2005 for the 2004 plan year equal
to 3%
of eligible participants’ W-2 wages. Under this feature of the plan, employees
are immediately eligible for benefits and will be 100% vested after 3 years
of
service. In order to be credited with the profit-sharing contribution for
any
year, an employee must be employed on the last day of the plan year.
Insurance
All
eligible fulltime employees of the Bank are covered as a group by basic
hospitalization, major medical, long-term disability, term life and a
prescription drug plan. The Bank pays the total cost of the plans for employees
with the exception of the major medical and the prescription drug plan, in
which
there is costsharing and a co-payment required by the employees.
Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan for Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
On
December 20, 2006, the Board of Directors of DNB Financial Corporation
approved a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (also known as
a SERP)
for its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, William S. Latoff.
The
purpose of the SERP is to provide Mr. Latoff a pension supplement
beginning at age 70 for 10 years in approximately equal amounts
each year
and to compensate him for the loss of retirement plan funding
opportunities from his other business interests because of his
commitments
to DNB as Chairman and CEO. Mr. Latoff was age 55 when DNB hired
him as
Chairman and CEO. Pursuant to the SERP, DNB proposes to make annual
contributions of $70,000 prior to December 31 each year, commencing
in
2006, until 2018, the year in which Mr. Latoff turns age
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70,
for a
total of 13 installments. These contributions will be funded under a Trust
Agreement (also known as a rabbi trust) between DNB Financial Corporation,
as
grantor, and its wholly owned subsidiary DNB First, National Association,
as
trustee, which was also approved by the Board of Directors of DNB Financial
Corporation on December 20, 2006. The SERP provides that the adoption of
the
plan shall not constitute an employment contract between DNB and Mr.
Latoff.
Pursuant
to the SERP, DNB will direct the trustee to invest the assets of the trust
in
accordance with written investment directions provided from time to time
by Mr.
Latoff, or, after his death, the compensation committee of DNB’s Board of
Directors. Mr. Latoff or his beneficiary will be entitled to select from
a
variety of investment to be designated by DNB. The SERP provides that neither
DNB, the compensation committee, the trustee, nor their respective employees
and
agents shall be liable for any losses attributable to the investment selections
or changes to them, or a reasonable delay in implementing the selections
or
changes, or for investment selections made by the compensation committee
following his death. The SERP account will be credited monthly with earnings
or
losses on the balance of the SERP account since the preceding month in
accordance with the performance of the investments selected.
At
any
point in time, Mr. Latoff’s accrued benefit under the SERP will be his vested
interest in the balance of the SERP account. Initially, Mr. Latoff’s accrued
benefit is equal to 40% of the SERP account balance. Provided that he remains
employed continuously by DNB or the Bank through the following dates, he
will
become 60% vested in the SERP account on December 15, 2007, 80% vested on
December 15, 2008 and 100% vested on December 15, 2009. However, the SERP
provides that he will become 100% vested in the SERP account if his employment
with DNB or the Bank is terminated for reasons other than “Cause” (as defined in
the SERP), or if he terminates his employment for “Good Reason” (as defined in
the SERP) following a “Change in Control” (as defined in the SERP). He will also
become 100% vested in the SERP account if he terminates his employment for
Good
Reason following the signing of a letter of intent or a formal acquisition
or
merger agreement between DNB or the Bank, of the one part, and a third party
which contemplates a transaction that would result in a Change in Control,
but
only if the letter of intent or agreement, or the transaction it contemplates,
has not been canceled or terminated at the time of his termination for Good
Reason. If Mr. Latoff’s employment is terminated for Cause before payments
begin, he will forfeit his entire benefit and no payments will be made to
him or
his beneficiary. If his employment is terminated for Cause after payments
begin,
no further payments will be made to him or his beneficiary.
The
SERP
defines “Cause” as personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, breach
of fiduciary duty involving personal profit, conviction of a felony, suspension
or removal from office or prohibition from participation in the conduct of
DNB’s
or Bank’s affairs pursuant to a notice or other action by any regulatory agency
having jurisdiction over DNB or the Bank, or willful violation of any law,
rule
or regulation or final cease-and-desist order which in the reasonable judgment
of the Board of Directors will probably cause substantial economic damages
to
DNB, willful or intentional breach or neglect by Mr. Latoff of his duties,
or
material breach of any material provision of any agreement between DNB or
the
Bank and Mr. Latoff pertaining to his employment. For purposes of this
definition of “Cause,” no act, or failure to act on Mr. Latoff’s part shall be
considered “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by him without good
faith and without reasonable belief that this action or omission was in the
best
interest of Company; provided that any act or omission to act by Mr. Latoff
in
reliance upon an approving opinion of counsel to DNB or counsel to Mr. Latoff
shall not be deemed to be willful. The terms “incompetence” and “misconduct”
shall be defined with reference to standards generally prevailing in the
banking
industry. In determining incompetence and misconduct, Company shall have
the
burden of proof with regard to the acts or omission of Mr. Latoff and the
standards prevailing in the banking industry.
The
SERP
defines “Good Reason” as (a) the assignment to Mr. Latoff of any duties
inconsistent with Mr. Latoff’s positions, duties, responsibilities, titles or
offices with DNB or the Bank as in effect immediately prior to a Change in
Control, (b) any removal of Mr. Latoff from, or any failure to re-elect Mr.
Latoff to, any of such positions, except in connection with a termination
or
suspension of employment for Cause, disability, death or retirement, (c)
a
reduction by DNB or the Bank in Mr. Latoff’s base annual salary, bonus and/or
benefits as in effect immediately prior to a Change in Control or as the
same
may be increased from time to time thereafter, or the failure to grant periodic
increases in Mr. Latoff’s base annual salary on a basis at least substantially
comparable to the lowest periodic increase granted to other officers of DNB
having the title of executive vice president or above, (iv)
any
purported termination of Mr. Latoff’s employment with DNB or the Bank when Cause
does not exist, or (v) a relocation of Mr. Latoff’s workplace outside of Chester
County.
The
SERP
defines “Change in Control” as any one or more of the following three events
with respect to DNB or the Bank:
(1)
a
change in control of a nature that would be required to be reported in response
to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) (or any successor provision) as it may
be amended from time to time.
(2)
any
“persons” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act
in effect on the date first written above), other than DNB or the Bank or
any
“person” who on the date hereof is a director of officer of DNB or the Bank, is
or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of DNB or the Bank representing
25%
or more of the combined voting power of Company’s or Bank’s then outstanding
securities.
(3)
during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning
of such period constitute the Board of Directors of DNB or the Bank cease
for
any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election
of
each director who was not a director at the beginning of such period has
been
approved in advance by directors representing at least two-thirds of the
directors then in office who were directors at the beginning of the
period.
The
SERP
provides that, commencing on January 1, 2019, or as soon as practicable after
that date, Mr. Latoff’s accrued benefit under the SERP will be paid to him in
ten annual installments. The payments are to be made on those dates whether
or
not he is still employed by DNB or the Bank as of January 1, 2019. However,
no
later than January 1, 2018, he may elect in writing to defer receipt of the
installment payments and instead receive the benefit in a lump sum or in
two to
ten annual installments, commencing as of a date he specifies, provided that
no
deferred payment can be made earlier than January 1, 2024. If Mr. Latoff
dies
before January 1, 2019, his beneficiary may elect to receive the benefit
beginning on January 1, 2019, or as soon as practicable after that date,
in
either a single lump sum, or in annual installments over a period of up to
ten
years, or in a commercial annuity, but if a valid election is not made by
the
beneficiary, the payment will be in a single lump sum. All payments will
be
subject to all applicable Federal, state and local tax withholding requirements,
and other charges and assessments imposed by law.
Payments
under the SERP are to be grossed up to compensate Mr. Latoff for any “parachute
payment” excise taxes under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code to which
he would otherwise be subjected if the payments under the SERP, together
with
any other payments to him or for his benefit would subject him to those taxes.
In addition, DNB will further compensate him for any additional taxes (whether
income taxes, excise taxes, special taxes, employment taxes or otherwise,
and
whether Federal, state or local) that he will have to pay as a result of
this
gross up reimbursement or taxes on it. The amount of the gross-up for additional
taxes on the parachute payment gross up reimbursement is to be computed on
the
assumption that he will be subject to each tax at the highest marginal rate.
The
SERP provides, however, that if another plan or agreement also provides for
a
reimbursement of these costs or taxes, only one reimbursement will be given
to
him. The excise tax and the gross-ups shall be computed by a registered public
accounting firm selected by the compensation committee.
DNB
may
amend the SERP at any time to the extent necessary to comply with any
requirement or limitation set forth in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code
or its regulations, but otherwise DNB may amend it only with the express,
written consent of Mr. Latoff or his beneficiary.
While
the
trust agreement directs the trustee to cause any DNB stock held in the trust
to
be voted as Mr. Latoff directs, the SERP provides that neither Mr. Latoff
nor
his beneficiary shall have any right, title, or interest in or to any
investments which DNB may make to aid it in meeting its obligations under
the
SERP, all of which will continue to be unrestricted corporate assets. Further,
except as may otherwise be required by law, no amount payable at any time
under
the SERP is to be subject in any manner to alienation by anticipation, sale,
transfer, assignment, bankruptcy, pledge, attachment, charge, encumbrance
or
garnishment by creditors of Mr. Latoff or his beneficiary nor be subject
in any
manner to the debts or liabilities of any person, and it provides that any
attempt to do so alienate or subject any such amount, whether presently or
thereafter payable, shall be void. The trust
agreement
obligates the trustee to cease payment of benefits if DNB becomes insolvent,
and
it further provides that the assets of the trust will be subject to claims
of
general creditors of DNB as more fully provided in the trust
agreement.
Except
as
the trust agreement otherwise provides, DNB will have no right or power to
direct the trustee to return any trust assets to DNB or to divert them to
others
before all payment of benefits has been made. However, DNB may direct the
trustee to transfer to DNB trust assets in an amount necessary to avoid
triggering taxable income to Mr. Latoff or a beneficiary if either of them
would
be required to recognize income tax on any funds if they remain in the
trust.
All
expenses of the trust, and any taxes that may be levied against the trust,
will
be paid by DNB, other than taxes required to be withheld from payments of
trust
assets to Mr. Latoff or his beneficiary. In the event that any trust assets
are
used to pay expenses or taxes of the trust, DNB is obligated to reimburse
the
trust.
On
March
20, 2007, the Compensation & Benefits Committee approved the following
changes to the SERP terms. These changes are to be effective April 1,
2007, but are subject to final approval by DNB’s board of directors of SERP
documents implementing these terms and any additional terms the board may
determine appropriate. The changes are:
- The
SERP will provide for a 15-year payout schedule, instead of the current 10-year
payout schedule.
- Rather
than providing for the investment of trust assets, the SERP will obligate
DNB to pay future benefits to Mr. Latoff calculated by applying a designated
rate of return to the periodic accruals under the SERP. The rate of return
is to be fixed each year on January 1 at the commercial bank “prime rate” then
most recently published by the Wall Street Journal, but in any event the
rate of
return will not be less than 8.00% percent per annum nor more than 9.50%
per
annum. The rate of return as so established on each January 1 will remain
fixed through the entire year, but may change again on the following January
1.
. The
rabbi trust is to be terminated effective April 1 and the assets of the trust
returned to DNB.
These
changes will also be subject to the written consent of Mr. Latoff.
Certain
Transactions of Management and Others with the Corporation and its
Subsidiaries
The
Bank
makes loans to executive officers and directors of the Bank in the ordinary
course of its business. These loans are currently made on substantially the
same
terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the
time
the transaction is originated for comparable transactions with nonaffiliated
persons, and do not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or
present any other unfavorable features. Federal regulations prohibit the
Bank
from making loans to executive officers and directors of the Corporation
or the
Bank at terms more favorable than could be obtained by persons not affiliated
with the Corporation or the Bank. The Bank’s policy towards loans to executive
officers and directors currently complies with this limitation. The aggregate
outstanding balance of the loans to all executive officers, directors or
their
affiliates, whose aggregate indebtedness to the Bank exceeded $120,000, at
December 31, 2006, represented .43% of stockholders’ equity of the Corporation
on that date.
Some
current directors, nominees for director and executive officers of the
Corporation and entities or organizations in which they were executive officers
or the equivalent or owners of more than 10% of the equity were customers
of and
had transactions with or involving the Bank in the ordinary course of business
during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. None of these transactions
involved amounts in excess of 5% of the Corporation’s consolidated gross
revenues during 2006 or, if applicable, more than 5% of the other entity’s
consolidated gross revenues for its last full fiscal year, nor was the
Corporation indebted to any of the foregoing persons or entities in an aggregate
amount in excess of 5% of the Corporation’s total consolidated assets at
December 31, 2005. Additional transactions with such persons and entities
may be
expected to take place in the ordinary course of business in the future.
During
2006, the Corporation has paid an aggregate of $60,000 in consulting fees
to
TSG, Inc., a corporation owned by Eli Silberman, a director of the Corporation,
for public relations and marketing services rendered to the Corporation and
the
Bank. On December 20, 2006, the Bank signed an agreement with TSG, Inc. for
$30,000 for similar services to be provided in 2007.
On
February 10, 2005, the Bank entered into an Agreement of Lease (the “Lease”) to
open an additional branch of the Bank in approximately 4,770 square feet
of
first floor space in an existing building located at 2 North Church Street
(the
“Building”) in the central business district of West Chester, Chester County,
Pennsylvania, with Headwaters Associates, a Pennsylvania general partnership
(the “Landlord”) for which William S. Latoff, the Registrant’s Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer, is one of two general partners. The Lease
is
for an initial term of 5 years and gives the Bank successive options to renew
the Lease for 3 additional terms of 5 years each. The Lease obligates the
Bank
to pay Basic Rent during the first two years of the Lease at an annual rate
of
$94,207.50 ($7,850.63 per month). During each of Years 3, 4 and 5 of the
initial
Lease term, the Basic Rent will increase according to the percentage increase,
if any, during the then most recent year of the consumer price index for
all
urban consumers, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, CMSA (“CPI”). If the
Bank exercises its options to renew the Lease term, the Basic Rent for each
renewal term is to be established at a fair market rental taking into account
all of the terms and conditions of the Lease. The Bank is also obligated
under
the Lease to pay its proportionate share of real estate taxes and certain
utilities shared in the Building with other tenants, and to pay its own cost
of
certain utilities that are separately metered. Pursuant to the Lease, the
Bank
is to provide its own janitorial and maintenance services. The Lease entitles
the Bank to make certain improvements relating to signage, teller stations,
safe
deposit boxes, ATM facilities and night depository boxes subject to any
applicable ordinances and third party restrictions, and subject to a potential
obligation to remove them at termination of the Lease. The Landlord is generally
obligated to maintain and repair the Building structure, roof and utility
systems. The Bank and the Landlord each have obligations to maintain insurance
on a coordinated basis. The Lease covers additional contingencies such as
property casualty and condemnation and gives the Bank and Landlord certain
rights of termination upon certain casualties or condemnation events. The
Bank
has limited rights of assignment and subletting. Upon a default by the Bank
under the Lease, the Landlord has, among other remedies, a right to terminate
the Lease, a right to re-enter, and a right to accelerate and sue for the
Basic
Rent for the balance of the unexpired term. Due to the personal interest
of Mr.
Latoff, the Audit Committee and its Chairman, Mr. Thornton, recommended that
an
independent lease evaluation be performed comparing and contrasting this
site to
other sites currently available as well as those proposed to be constructed
with
in the next 12 to 18 months. The conclusion of that evaluation was that the
proposed site is superior to those other opportunities as to availability,
location and price. The Audit Committee reached the conclusion that the proposed
terms and conditions of the lease were more favorable to the Bank than would
otherwise be available in the marketplace and that the site and its availability
were also superior.
There
are
no material pending legal proceedings to which any director, officer or
affiliate of the Corporation, or any owner of record or beneficially of more
than 5% of any class of voting securities of the Corporation, or any “associate”
(as defined in SEC Rule 14a-1) of any director, officer or affiliate of the
Corporation or 5% security holder is a party adverse to the Corporation or
any
of its subsidiaries.
PROPOSAL
2
RATIFICATION
OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR
A
proposal will be presented at the Annual Meeting to ratify the appointment
by
the Board of Directors, on February 28, 2007, of KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as the
Corporation’s independent auditor for 2007. KPMG served as the Corporation’s
independent auditor in 2006.
PRINCIPAL
ACCOUNTING FIRM FEES
The
following table sets forth the aggregate fees billed to the Corporation for
the
fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 by the Company’s
principal accounting firm KPMG LLP.
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December
31
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2006
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2005
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Audit
Fees
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$99,000
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$110,000
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Audit-Related
Fees
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31,000
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(a)
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32,000
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(a)
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Tax
Fees
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31,000
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(b)
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20,000
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(b)
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All
Other Fees
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—
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(c)
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—
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(c)
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$161,000
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$162,000
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(a)
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Includes
fees for services related to SAS 100 and Sarbanes-Oxley 404
reviews.
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(b)
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Includes
fees for services related to tax compliance and tax
planning.
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(c)
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Includes
permitted internal audit
outsourcing.
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The
Corporation’s Audit Committee has adopted a policy requiring that, before the
Corporation’s principal auditing firm is engaged by the Corporation or any of
its subsidiaries to render audit or non-audit services, the engagement must
be
approved by the Corporation’s Audit Committee.
During
the Corporation’s fiscal years ending December 31, 2005 and 2006, the
Corporation’s principal auditing firm, KPMG LLP did not perform any services
other than the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements (including
the services identified in footnotes (a) and (b) to the table above) and
review
of financial statements included in the registrant’s Form 10-Q reports or
services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with
statutory and regulatory filings or the foregoing engagements for those fiscal
years. KPMG LLP has advised the Corporation that none of the hours expended
on
the KPMG LLP audit engagement during the Corporation’s fiscal year ending
December 31, 2006 were attributed to work performed by persons other than
full-time, permanent employees of KPMG LLP.
Representatives
of KPMG LLP will be present at the Annual Meeting and will have an opportunity
to make a statement if they desire to do so. They will also be available
to
respond to appropriate questions presented at the meeting.
In
the
event the selection of KPMG LLP is not ratified by the affirmative vote of
a
majority of the shares of common stock represented at the Annual Meeting,
the
appointment of the Corporation’s independent auditor will be reconsidered by the
Audit Committee and the Board.
Unless
marked to the contrary, the shares represented by the enclosed Proxy will
be
voted FOR the ratification of KPMG LLP as the independent auditors of the
Corporation.
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR
THE RATIFICATION OF
THE
APPOINTMENT OF KPMG LLP AS THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS OF THE
CORPORATION.
Audit
Committee and Audit Committee Report
In
accordance with and to the extent permitted by applicable law or regulation,
the
information contained in this section of the Proxy Statement regarding the
Audit
Committee and the Report of the Audit Committee shall not be deemed incorporated
by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not
be
deemed to be soliciting material or to be filed with the SEC under the
Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
REPORT
OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
The
Audit Committee of the Board of Directors is composed of 3 directors and
operates under a written charter approved by the Audit Committee and the
Corporation’s Board of Directors. The duties of the Audit Committee are
summarized in this proxy statement under “General Information about the Board of
Directors” on page 5 and are more fully described in the Audit Committee
Charter attached as Appendix A to this year’s proxy statement.
Management
is responsible for the Corporation’s internal controls and the preparation of
the consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America. The Corporation’s
independent auditor is responsible for performing an independent audit of
the
Corporation’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with auditing
standards generally accepted in the United States of America and issuing
a
report thereon. The Audit Committee’s responsibilities include monitoring and
overseeing these processes.
In
this
context, the Audit Committee reviewed and discussed the Corporation’s audited
consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006 (the
“Audited Financial Statements”) with management and the Corporation’s
independent auditor for 2006, KPMG LLP (the “Auditor”). The Audit Committee also
discussed with the Auditor the matters required to be discussed by Statement
on
Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended (Communication with Audit Committees),
and
both the Auditor and the Bank’s independent auditors directly provide reports on
significant matters to the Audit Committee.
The
Audit
Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from the Auditor
required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussion
with Audit Committees), and has discussed with the Auditor its independence
from
the Corporation. The Audit Committee also considered whether the provision
of
non-audit services by the Auditor was compatible with maintaining the
independent auditor’s independence.
The
Audit
Committee has discussed with management and the Auditor such other matters
and
received such assurances from them as the Audit Committee deemed
appropriate.
Based
on
the foregoing review and discussions and relying thereon, the Audit Committee
recommended that the Board of Directors include the Audited Financial Statements
in the Corporation’s Annual Report to shareholders for the year ended December
31, 2006.
In
addition, the Audit Committee recommended that the Board of Directors appoint
KPMG LLP as the Corporation’s independent auditor for 2007, subject to
ratification by the Corporation’s shareholders.
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Respectfully
Submitted,
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THE
AUDIT COMMITTEE
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James
H. Thornton, Chairman
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Mildred
C. Joyner
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James
J. Koegel
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Audit
Committee Charter
The
Audit
Committee has adopted a charter. A copy of the Audit Committee Charter is
attached to this Proxy Statement as Appendix A and furnished
herewith.
Stockholder
Proposals
To
be
eligible for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials relating to the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2008, a stockholder proposal
must
be received by the Secretary of the Corporation at the address set forth
on the
first page of this Proxy Statement, not later than November 27, 2007. Any
such
proposal will be subject to Rule 14a-8 of the rules and regulations of the
SEC.
In
connection with the Corporation’s 2007 annual meeting and pursuant to Rule 14a-4
under the Exchange Act, if the shareholder’s notice is not received by the
Corporation on or before February 10, 2008, the Corporation (through management
proxy holders) may exercise discretionary voting authority when the proposal
is
raised at the annual meeting without any reference to the matter in the proxy
statement.
Other
Matters Which May Properly Come Before The Meeting
The
Board
of Directors knows of no business which will be presented for consideration
at
the Annual Meeting other than as stated in the Notice of Annual Meeting of
Stockholders. If, however, other matters are properly brought before the
Annual
Meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the accompanying proxy
to
vote the shares represented thereby on such matters in accordance with their
best judgment.
Whether
or not you intend to be present at this Annual Meeting, you are urged to
return
your proxy promptly. If you are present at this Annual Meeting and wish to
vote
your shares in person, your proxy may be revoked upon request.
A
COPY OF THE CORPORATION’S FORM 10-K FOR THE PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006 AS
FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT
CHARGE TO STOCKHOLDERS OF RECORD ON THE RECORD DATE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST
TO
GERALD F. SOPP, DNB FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 4 BRANDYWINE AVENUE, DOWNINGTOWN,
PA
19335-0904 OR BY CONTACTING MR. SOPP AT 484-359-3138 OR
gsopp@dnbfirst.com.
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BY
ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Ronald
K. Dankanich, Secretary
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Downingtown,
Pennsylvania
March
29,
2007
YOU
ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING IN PERSON. WHETHER OR
NOT YOU
PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE SIGN AND PROMPTLY RETURN THE
ACCOMPANYING PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.
APPENDIX
A
AUDIT
COMMITTEE CHARTER
DNB
Financial Corporation
DNB
FIRST, National Association
Purpose
The
Audit
Committee shall provide assistance to the Board of Directors in fulfilling
their
responsibility to the shareholders, potential shareholders, and investment
community relating to corporate accounting, reporting practices of DNB Financial
Corporation (the "Corporation") and DNB First (the "Bank"), and the quality
and
integrity of the financial reports of the Corporation. In so doing, it is
the
responsibility of the Audit Committee to maintain a free and open means of
communication among the directors, the independent external auditors, the
independent internal auditors, and the financial management of the Corporation.
The Audit Committee has the authority to retain, at the Corporation's expense,
special legal, accounting or other consultants or experts it deems necessary
in
the performance of its duties.
The
Audit
Committee will establish, and communicate to employees, the Board of Directors,
management and the Corporation’s independent internal and independent external
auditors, procedures to receive, review, retain and treat complaints and
comments received by the Corporation and the Bank regarding accounting, internal
accounting controls or auditing matters, and for the confidential, anonymous
submission by Corporation and Bank employees of concerns regarding questionable
accounting, internal accounting, control or auditing matters (the foregoing
are
sometimes collectively referred to as the "Comment Procedures").
Membership
There
shall be a committee of the Board of Directors to be known as the Audit
Committee. This committee will be composed of not less than three members
of the
board who, commencing after the annual meeting of the Corporation held in
2003
shall be "independent" within the meaning of Section 301 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002. All members of the Audit Committee shall have a working familiarity
with basic finance and accounting practices, and at least one member of the
Audit Committee will be a financial expert. Each member will hold their position
on the Audit Committee until their successors shall be duly elected and
qualified. The Board of Directors will appoint the chairperson. No officers
or
employees of the Corporation or its subsidiaries will serve on the Audit
Committee.
Allocation
of Responsibilities
The
function of the Audit Committee is oversight. The management of the Corporation
is responsible for the preparation, presentation and integrity of the
Corporation's financial statements. Management is responsible for maintaining
appropriate accounting and financial reporting principles and policies and
internal controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance
of
compliance with accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations.
The
independent internal auditors are responsible for providing reliable and
timely
information to the Board of Directors and senior management concerning the
quality and effectiveness of, and the level of adherence to, the Corporation's
risk management systems. The independent auditors are responsible for planning
and carrying out an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards and reviews of the Corporation’s quarterly financial statements prior
to the filing of each quarterly report on Form 10-Q.
In
fulfilling their responsibilities hereunder, it is recognized that members
of
the Audit Committee are not, and do not represent themselves to be, accountants
or auditors by profession or experts in the fields of accounting or auditing.
As
such, it is not the duty or responsibility of the Audit Committee or its
members
to plan or conduct audits, to conduct "field work'' or other types of auditing
or accounting reviews or procedures or to determine that the Corporation’s
financial statements are complete and accurate and are in accordance with
generally accepted
accounting
principles. Each member of the Audit Committee shall be entitled to rely
in good
faith on information, opinions, reports or statements, including financial
statements and other financial data, prepared or presented by those persons
and
under those circumstances specified in the Pennsylvania Business Corporation
Law.
Meetings
The
Audit
Committee shall meet at least four times annually, or more frequently as
circumstances dictate. The Audit Committee may ask members of management
or
others to attend the meetings and provide pertinent information as necessary.
As
part of its job to foster open communication, the Audit Committee should
meet at
least annually with management, the managing Director of the Independent
Internal Auditing Firm and the independent accountants in separate executive
sessions to discuss any matters that the Audit Committee or each of these
groups
believe should be discussed privately. In addition, the Audit Committee or
at
least its chair should meet with the independent accountants and/or management
quarterly to review the corporate financial statements and financial press
release disclosures. The Audit Committee may meet separately with the Bank's
regular corporate or securities counsel with respect to such matters, as
it may
deem appropriate.
Responsibilities
A.
Maintenance
of Charter.
The
Audit Committee shall review and reassess the adequacy of this formal written
charter on at least an annual basis.
B.
Financial
Reporting.
The
Audit Committee shall review and make recommendations to the Board of Directors
regarding the adequacy of the Corporation’s financial statements and compliance
of such statements with financial standards. In particular, and without limiting
such responsibilities, the Audit Committee shall do the following:
With
respect to the Annual Financial Statements and Regulatory
Examinations:
o
Review
and discuss the Corporation's audited financial statements and management
letters with management and with the Corporation’s independent
accountants.
o
Review schedule of unadjusted differences.
o Review
all reports of regulatory examinations and discuss such reports and management’s
responses to such reports with management, the Board of Directors and the
Corporation’s independent accountants and independent internal
auditors
o Review
an
analysis prepared by management and the independent accountants of significant
financial reporting issues and judgments made in connection with the preparation
of the Corporation's audited financial statements.
o
Discuss
with the independent accountants the matters required to be discussed by
Statement on Auditing Standards ("SAS") No. 61 (as may be modified or
supplemented) relating to the conduct of the audit, including the Corporation's
critical accounting policies. Review with the public accounting firm that
performs the audit all critical accounting policies and practices used by
the
company and all alternative treatments of financial information within generally
accepted accounting principles that have been discussed with management of
the
company, the ramifications of each alternative, and the treatment preferred
by
the company.
o
Review
with the independent auditors (i) their judgments about the quality of
accounting, systems and controls, (ii) any significant changes that may be
required in the audit plan, or (iii) any serious difficulties or disputes
with
management.
o Based
on
the foregoing, make a recommendation that the audited financial statements
be
included in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.
o Review
and approve the Audit Committee report required by the rules of the Securities
and Exchange Commission to be included in the Corporation’s annual proxy
statement (the "Audit Committee Report"). This report shall include: (i)
disclosure that the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited
financial statements with Management and discussed the matters required by
the
Statements on Auditing Standards 61 with the Corporation’s independent auditors;
(ii) whether the Audit Committee has reviewed the written disclosures and
the
letters from the independent auditors required by Independence Standards
Board
No. 1 and has discussed independence issues with the auditors; and (iii)
such
other matters as may be required by applicable law or regulations.
With
respect to Quarterly Financial Statements:
o Review
with management and the independent accountants the Corporation’s quarterly
financial statements prior to the filing of its Form 10-Q, or, if contemplated,
before the public release of quarterly results. The review may be conducted
through a designated representative member of the Audit Committee, including
compliance with SAS 61 and SAS 71 as in effect at the time.
C. Internal
Controls.
The
Audit Committee shall evaluate and report to the Board of Directors regarding
the adequacy of the Corporation’s internal and disclosure controls. In
particular, the Audit Committee shall:
o Evaluate
whether management sets the appropriate tone concerning controls and
safeguarding of Corporation assets.
o Ensure
that the independent accountants are aware that the Audit Committee is to
be
informed of all control problems identified.
o Review,
at least annually, the then current and future programs of the Corporation's
independent internal audit firm, including the procedures for assuring
implementation of accepted recommendations made by the auditors, and review
the
significant matters contained in the Independent Internal Audit Firm
reports.
o Review
any changes in the planned scope of the internal audit plan.
o Review
with the Corporation's legal counsel all matters that may have a material
impact
on the financial statements.
o Review
the effectiveness of systems for monitoring compliance with laws and regulations
relating to financial reporting and disclosure, including any issues that
might
implicate Section 10A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
o Annually
review the Comment Procedures for effectiveness and compliance with applicable
laws and regulations, and as needed communicate to employees, the Board of
Directors, management, the independent internal and independent external
auditors any changes to the Comment Procedures.
o Receive
periodic updates from management, legal counsel and the independent accountants
concerning financial compliance with laws and regulations.
D. Relationship
with Independent Accountants.
The
Audit
Committee shall:
o Interview,
evaluate, select and nominate for appointment or reappointment the Corporation's
independent accountants.
o Ensure
receipt from independent accountants of a formal written statement delineating
all relationships between the independent accountants and the Corporation,
consistent with Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 and applicable
securities laws and regulations.
o Actively
engage in a dialog with the independent accountants with respect to any
disclosed relationships or services that may impact the objectivity and
independence of the independent accountants in fact or in
appearance.
o Take,
or
recommend that the Board of Directors take, appropriate action to oversee
the
independence of the independent accountants.
o
Review
the scope and plan for the independent internal and independent external
audits
with the independent accountants.
o Approve
all non-audit services to be provided to the Corporation by the independent
accounts in accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the regulations
adopted thereunder.
o Notwithstanding
the foregoing: (i) the independent accountants shall be ultimately accountable
to the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee, as representatives of
shareholders; and (ii) the Board of Directors, upon recommendation from the
Audit Committee, shall have ultimate authority and responsibility to select,
evaluate, and, where appropriate, replace the independent
accountants.
o Review
with management and the independent auditor the effect of any regulatory
and/or
accounting initiatives, as well as off-balance-sheet structures, if
any.
o Review,
at least annually, the independent auditors’ qualifications and compliance with
applicable professional certifications and standards and applicable law.
Include
review of rotation of lead and concurring partners.
E. Independent
Internal Audit Firm.
Review
with management, the Managing Director of the Independent Internal Audit
Firm,
the following:
o Significant
findings on internal audits during the year and management's responses
thereto.
o Any
difficulties the independent internal audit team encountered in the course
of
their audits, including any restrictions on the scope of their work or access
to
required information.
o Any
changes required in the scope of their internal audit.
F. Minutes
and Reports.
o The
Audit
Committee shall maintain minutes or other records of meetings and activities
of
the Audit Committee.
o The
Audit
Committee shall issue an Audit Committee Report annually.
o The
Audit
Committee shall report to the Board of Directors (i) periodically regarding
the
activities of the Audit Committee, (ii) on any matters for which reports
to the
Board of Directors are required by this Charter, (iii) regarding any matters
within the responsibility of the Audit Committee upon which the Board of
Directors must act, and (iv) as otherwise required by the Board of
Directors.
G. Additional
Responsibilities.
o Perform
any other responsibilities imposed on the Audit Committee under applicable
laws
or regulations.
o Perform
any other responsibilities delegated to the Audit Committee by the Board
of
Directors from time to time.
o Review
and concur in the appointment, replacement, or dismissal of the Independent
Internal Audit Firm.
o Review
the Bank’s Whistleblower policy to ensure that it is adequate and up-to-date.
Review all complaints received and processed under this policy. Determine
current status and resolution if one has been reached.
o Oversee
the preparation of an annual report of the Audit Committee as required by
the
rules of the SEC. Include in the annual Proxy Statement a report of the
Committee in accordance with the proxy Rules promulgated by the
SEC.
[X] PLEASE
MARK VOTES AS IN THIS EXAMPLE
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REVOCABLE
PROXY
DNB
FINANCIAL CORPORATION
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THIS
PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE
ANNUAL
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
APRIL
25, 2007
The
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Harold L. Zuber,
Jr., L. Ruth
Patterson and A Joseph Rubino and each or any of them, proxies
of the
undersigned, with full power of substitution, to vote all of
the shares of
DNB Financial Corporation (the “Corporation”) that the undersigned may be
entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the
Corporation
to be held at the Desmond Hotel, One Liberty Boulevard, Malvern,
PA 19355,
on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 9:30 a.m., prevailing time,
and at any
adjournment or postponement thereof, according to the directors
(if any)
shown for each item on this proxy card, as more fully described
in the
Proxy Statement.
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1.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: for all nominees listed below (except
as
marked to the contrary below):
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Mildred
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INSTRUCTION:
to withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee, mark
“For All
Except” and write that nominee’s name in the space provided
below.
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2. To
ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent auditors
for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2007.
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THIS
PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER
YOU DIRECT ON
THIS PROXY. TO THE EXTENT YOU DO NOT GIVE A DIRECTION, THIS
PROXY WILL BE
VOTED FOR THE NOMINEES LISTED ABOVE, AND FOR PROPOSAL 2, AND
IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT
COME BEFORE
THE ANNUAL MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT OF THE
MEETING.
THIS
PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED
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FINANCIAL CORPORATION
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this card
promptly using the enclosed envelope. Executors, administrators,
guardians, officers of corporations, and other signing in a
representative
or fiduciary capacity should state their full title as such.
WHETHER
OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE ACT
PROMPTLY.
SIGN,
DATE & MAIL YOUR PROXY CARD TODAY, USING THE ENCLOSED
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