OLD POINT FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:OPOF) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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OLD POINT FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:OPOF) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Appointment of New Chief Financial Officer
On May 23, 2017, Old Point Financial Corporation (the
Company) announced that the Company’s Board of Directors
has appointed Mr. Jeffrey W. Farrar, 56, to the position of
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President/Finance
of the Company and Chief Financial Officer and Executive
Vice President of The Old Point National Bank of Phoebus
(the Bank). Mr. Farrar’s appointment is effective June 1,
2017. He will also serve as the Company’s Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer. Mr. Farrar succeeds Mrs.
Laurie D. Grabow as Chief Financial Officer, who as
previously announced will retire effective May 31, 2017.
Mr. Farrar began his career in public accounting with BDO
Seidman (now BDO USA, LLP) and has more than 20 years of
experience in banking, serving as Chief Financial Officer
for StellarOne Corporation and its predecessor companies
for 18 years and as Director of Wealth Management, Mortgage
and Insurance for Union Bankshares Corporation for the past
3 years. Mr. Farrar earned his B.S. in accounting from
Virginia Tech and his MBA from Virginia Commonwealth
University. He is a certified public accountant.
The material terms of Mr. Farrar’s compensation will
include an initial base annual salary of $285,000, subject
to annual performance reviews, and participation in the
Company’s short- and long-term incentive plans, with a
guaranteed annual cash bonus of 9% of base salary for 2017,
prorated for time employed during 2017. Mr. Farrar also
will receive a sign-on equity award valued at $200,000,
with vesting over four years. He will be entitled up to
$60,000 in relocation expenses and $1,500 per month for up
to 6 months in temporary living expenses. Mr. Farrar will
be eligible to participate in the Bank’s employee benefit
plans and programs on terms offered to similarly situated
employees. Mr. Farrar and the Company anticipate entering
into an employment agreement.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr.
Farrar and any other person to which he was appointed, nor
are there are any family relationships between Mr. Farrar
and any of the Company’s directors or executive officers.
Mr. Farrar does not have any material interest in any
transactions, relationships or arrangements with the
Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of
Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
A copy of the Company’s press release with respect to Mr.
Farrar’s appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K.
Additional Employment of Retiring Chief Financial Officer
In order to provide a smooth transition of the Chief
Financial Officer role, following her retirement on May 31,
2017, Mrs. Grabow will provide services to the Company and
the Bank on a part-time basis as a non-executive employee
until no later than July 14. Mrs. Grabow will be paid on an
hourly basis and will be reimbursed for travel and business
expenses.
The foregoing description of the Additional Employment
Arrangement is only a summary and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Additional Employment
Arrangement itself, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit
10.18 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is
incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit 10.18
Additional Employment Arrangement by and among Laurie D.
Grabow and Old Point Financial Corporation and The Old
Point National Bank of Phoebus, dated as of May 23, 2017
Exhibit 99.1
Press release dated May 23, 2017


About OLD POINT FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:OPOF)

Old Point Financial Corporation is a holding company that conducts all of its operations through two subsidiaries, The Old Point National Bank of Phoebus (the Bank) and Old Point Trust & Financial Services, N.A. (the Trust). The Company operates in three principal business segments: the Bank, the Trust and the Parent. The Company is the parent company of Trust and the Bank. The Bank is an independent community bank. The Bank had approximately 18 branch offices serving the Hampton Roads localities of Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Williamsburg/James City County, York County and Isle of Wight County. The Bank offers a complete line of consumer, mortgage and business banking services, including loan, deposit and cash management services. The Bank offers a range of deposit and loan products to its retail and commercial customers. The Trust is a nationally chartered trust company and is wealth management services provider.

OLD POINT FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:OPOF) Recent Trading Information

OLD POINT FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:OPOF) closed its last trading session up +0.30 at 30.17 with 10,437 shares trading hands.