UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  December 16, 2024

LAKE SHORE BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (716) 366-4070

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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

Employment Agreement.  On December 16, 2024, Lake Shore Savings Bank (the “Bank”), the wholly owned subsidiary of Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into an employment agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) with Kim C. Liddell, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank and the Company, which replaces the prior employment agreement that the Company, Bank and Mr. Liddell entered into on July 16, 2024.  The Employment Agreement has an initial term of three years.  Commencing on the first anniversary of the date of the Employment Agreement and continuing each anniversary thereafter, the term of the agreement will extend for an additional year, so that the term again becomes three years.  However, at least ninety (90) days before the anniversary date of the agreement, the non-employee members of the board of directors must conduct a comprehensive performance evaluation of Mr. Liddell and affirmatively approve any extension of the agreement for an additional year or determine not to extend the term of the agreement.  If the board of directors determines not to extend the term, the term of the agreement will expire at the end of the current term.  If a change in control occurs during the term of the Employment Agreement, the term of the agreement will automatically renew for no less than thirty-six (36) months from the effective date of the change in control.

The Employment Agreement provides that Mr. Liddell will receive an annual base salary of $550,000 and during the term of the Employment Agreement the base salary may be increased. His base salary has been increased to $605,000.  In addition to base salary, Mr. Liddell will be eligible to receive an annual performance-based cash bonus, depending on the achievement of certain performance metrics, and, at the discretion of the compensation committee of the board of directors, Mr. Liddell will be eligible to receive long-term incentive compensation.  Mr. Liddell will also be entitled to an annual executive perquisites allotment as approved by the board of directors of the Bank.

In the event Mr. Liddell voluntarily terminates employment without “good reason,” he will be entitled to receive the sum of his (i) unpaid base salary, (ii) unpaid expense reimbursements, (iii) unused accrued paid time off and (iv) earned but unpaid incentive compensation (i.e., the “Accrued Benefits”).

In the event Mr. Liddell’s employment involuntarily terminates for a reason other than cause or in the event of his resignation for “good reason,” he will receive a lump sum severance payment in an amount equal to the Accrued Benefits plus one times base salary and the average annual incentive cash compensation awarded with respect to the three most recent fiscal years ending before the year of termination provided that Mr. Liddell timely executes a release agreement. In addition, Mr. Liddell will receive a cash lump sum payment in an amount equal to the Bank’s cost of otherwise continuing life, medical and dental coverage for Mr. Liddell for twelve (12) months.

In the event Mr. Liddell’s employment involuntarily terminates for a reason other than cause or in the event of his resignation for “good reason,” in either event within three months before or twelve (12) months following a change in control, he will receive a severance payment, paid in a single lump sum, equal to his Accrued Benefits plus three times the sum of (i) his base salary in effect as of the date of termination or immediately before the change in control, whichever is higher, and (ii) the highest annual cash bonus earned with respect to the three most recent fiscal years ending before the year of the change in control.  In addition, Mr. Liddell will receive a cash lump sum payment in an amount equal to the cost of continuing life, medical and dental coverage for Mr. Liddell for thirty-six (36) months.

Upon termination of Mr. Liddell’ s employment (other than following a change in control), Mr. Liddell will be subject to certain restrictions on his ability to compete or to solicit business or employees of the Bank and the Company for a period of one year.  The Employment Agreement also includes provisions protecting the Company’s and the Bank’s confidential business information.

Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Agreement.  On December 16, 2024, the Bank entered into a supplemental executive retirement plan, effective as of April 24, 2023 (the “SERP”), with Mr. Liddell which replaces the prior SERP that the Bank and Mr. Liddell entered into on July 16, 2024. Under the terms of the SERP, if Mr. Liddell terminates employment on or after age sixty-seven (67), the Bank will pay Mr. Liddell the annual amount that is paid from the annuity contracts (as defined in the SERP), with such annual amount payable in twelve (12) equal monthly installments for fifteen (15) years, and if the executive is living at the end of the fifteen (15) year payment period, such payments will continue for the remainder of the executive’s life.  If Mr. Liddell terminates employment before age sixty-seven (67), the Bank will pay Mr. Liddell an amount equal to the amount that is paid from the Annuity Contracts, with such annual amount payable in twelve (12) equal monthly installments for fifteen (15) years, and if the executive is living at the end of the fifteen (15) year payment period, such payments will continue for the remainder of the executive’s life.

The SERP also provides a benefit in the event of Mr. Liddell’s disability, death or upon the occurrence of a change in control followed by a qualifying termination of employment.

The foregoing descriptions of the Employment Agreement and the SERP do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Employment Agreement and the SERP, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

SIGNATURES

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

Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc.

By: /s/ Taylor Gilden

Taylor Gilden

Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Date: December 20, 2024