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Exhibit 10.3
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, made effective as of February 1, 1998 by and between
MELLON BANK CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"), and XXXXXX
X. XxXXXXX (the "Executive"),
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, the Executive is currently serving as a Vice Chairman of the
Company and Mellon Bank, N.A. (the "Bank" and, together with the Company, the
"Companies"), and the Company desires to retain the Executive to serve as
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank effective as of March 1, 1998
and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective as of
January 1, 1999, and the Executive is willing to serve in such capacities, on
the terms and conditions herein set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties hereto, each intending to be legally bound hereby, agree
as follows:
1. Employment. The Company agrees to continue to employ the Executive,
and the Executive agrees to continue to be employed by the Companies, for the
Term provided in Paragraph 3(a) below and upon the other terms and conditions
hereinafter provided. The Executive hereby represents and warrants that he has
the legal capacity to execute and perform this Agreement, that it is a valid and
binding agreement, enforceable against him according to its terms, and that its
execution and performance by him do not violate the terms of any existing
agreement or understanding to which the Executive is a party. In addition, the
Executive represents and warrants that he knows of no reason why he is not
physically capable of performing his obligations under this Agreement in
accordance with its terms.
2. Position and Responsibilities. During the Term, the Executive agrees
to serve (a) as Vice Chairman of the Bank through February 28, 1998 and as Vice
Chairman of the Company through December 31, 1998, (b) as the Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of the Bank effective as of March 1, 1998, and (c) as the
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective as of January 1,
1999. In his capacity as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, he shall be
responsible for the general management of the affairs of the Bank and the
Company, respectively, reporting directly to their respective boards of
directors. The Executive (a) shall serve as a member of such boards for the
period for which he is and shall from time to time be elected, (b) shall be
given such authority as is appropriate to carry out the duties described above,
and (c) agrees to serve, if elected, as an officer and director of any other
subsidiary or affiliate of the Companies.
3. Term and Duties.
(a) Term of Agreement. The term of the Executive's employment under
this Agreement shall be deemed to have commenced on February 1, 1998 and shall
continue thereafter through January 31, 2001 (the "Term").
(b) Duties. During the Term, and except for illness or incapacity and
reasonable vacation periods of no more than 4 weeks in any calendar year (or
such other periods as shall be consistent with the Company's policies for other
key executives), the Executive shall devote all of his business time, attention,
skill and efforts exclusively to the business and affairs of the Companies and
their subsidiaries and affiliates, shall not be engaged in any other business
activity, and shall perform and discharge well and faithfully the duties which
may be assigned to him from time to time by the board of directors of the
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Company (the "Board") or the Bank and that are consistent with his position and
status; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the
Executive from devoting time during reasonable periods required for:
(i) serving, in accordance with the Company's policies and
with the prior approval of the Board, which prior approval will not be
unreasonably withheld, as a director of any company or organization
involving no actual or potential conflict of interest with the
Companies or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates;
(ii) delivering lectures and fulfilling speaking engagements;
(iii) engaging in charitable and community activities; and
(iv) investing his personal assets in businesses in which his
participation is solely that of an investor in such form or manner as
will not violate Section 7 below or require any services on the part of
the Executive in the operation or the affairs of such business,
provided, however, that such activities do not materially affect or interfere
with the performance of the Executive's duties and obligations to the Companies.
4. Compensation. For all services rendered by the Executive in any
capacity required hereunder during the Term, including, without limitation,
services as an executive, officer, director, or member of any committee of the
Company, the Bank or any subsidiary, affiliate or division thereof, the
Executive shall be compensated as set forth below. It is the intention of the
Company and the Executive that the Executive's total compensation be competitive
with that paid by similar financial institutions. To assure this, the Company
will conduct an annual survey of compensation practices of a group of peer
financial institutions designated by the Human Resources Committee of the Board
("HRC").
(a) Base Salary. The Executive shall be paid a fixed salary
("Base Salary") of $700,000 per annum as of the effective date of this
Agreement. The Base Salary amount is subject to periodic review by the
Board or the HRC (which shall occur at least annually, with the first
such review to take place in May 1999). Base Salary shall be payable in
accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Companies, but
in no event less frequently than monthly.
(b) Bonus. The Executive shall be paid such amounts, if any,
as may be due under the terms of the Mellon Bank Corporation Profit
Bonus Plan (or any successor plan) (the "Bonus Plan"), with such
payments of bonus to be made in accordance with the terms of the Bonus
Plan. It is understood that the Executive may receive some portion of
his Bonus Plan award in the form of restricted stock, and such awards
are to be made on the same terms as apply to other members of the
Office of the Chairman.
(c) Equity-Based Compensation. The Company shall grant to the
Executive during calendar year 1998 and in subsequent years as the HRC
shall decide, awards (the "Awards") permitted to be granted under the
Company's Long-Term Profit Incentive Plan (1996) or any successor plan
(the "Long-Term Plan"), which Awards may include Type I and Type II
stock options, SARs, performance units, restricted stock and deferred
cash incentive awards.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company shall recommend to the HRC that the
Company grant to the Executive not later than November 1, 1998, 45,000
Type I stock options and 45,000 Type II stock options with deferred
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cash incentive awards to purchase shares of the Company's common stock.
These Type II options shall vest and become exercisable 60 days prior
to the tenth anniversary of the date of grant, unless earlier
accelerated by the HRC. Such Awards shall be granted under and subject
to the terms of the Long-Term Plan.
(d) Additional Benefits. Except as modified by this Agreement,
the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all compensation or
employee benefit plans or programs, and to receive all benefits,
perquisites and emoluments, for which any member of senior management
at the Company is eligible under any plan or program now or hereafter
established and maintained by the Company or the Bank for senior
officers, to the extent permissible under the general terms and
provisions of such plans or programs and in accordance with the
provisions thereof, including group hospitalization, health, dental
care, senior executive life or other life insurance, travel or accident
insurance, disability plans, tax-qualified or non-qualified pension,
savings, thrift and profit-sharing plans, deferred compensation plans,
sick-leave plans, auto allowance or auto lease plans, and executive
contingent compensation plans, including, without limitation, capital
accumulation programs and stock purchase plans.
(e) Perquisites. The Company will also furnish the Executive,
without cost to him, with such perquisites as are commensurate with the
Executive's position and status, including (i) membership in such
country and business clubs as are reasonably necessary to the conduct
of the Companies' business, subject to the approval of the HRC, (ii) an
annual physical examination of the Executive by a physician selected by
the Executive, (iii) participation in the Company's matching gifts
program, (iv) use of a car and driver, and (v) personal financial,
investment and tax advice, with any firm selected by the Executive, not
to exceed a reasonable sum per annum, to the extent costs or expenses
of the Executive to be reimbursed are properly documented. To the
extent the furnishing of the perquisites listed in this section results
in taxable income being imputed to the Executive, the Company will
reimburse the Executive for all tax costs incurred to restore him to
the same after-tax position in which he would have been had income not
been imputed.
5. Business Expenses. The Companies shall pay or reimburse the
Executive for all reasonable travel and other expenses incurred by the Executive
(and his spouse where there is a legitimate business reason for his spouse to
accompany him) in connection with the performance of his duties and obligations
under this Agreement, subject to the Executive's presentation of appropriate
vouchers in accordance with such procedures as the Companies from time to time
establish for senior officers.
6. Effect of Termination of Employment.
(a) Without Cause Termination or Constructive Discharge. Subject to the
provisions of Section 7 below, in the event the Executive's employment hereunder
terminates due to either a Without Cause Termination or a Constructive
Discharge:
(i) Earned but unpaid Base Salary as of the Date of
Termination and any earned but unpaid bonuses for prior years
(collectively, the "Accrued Obligations"), shall be payable in full,
and the Company shall, as liquidated damages or severance pay, or both:
(A) continue to pay the Executive's Base Salary, as
in effect at the Date of Termination (as defined in Section
14(b)), from the Date of Termination until the end of the
Term. Moreover, if said termination occurs within 12 months
from the end of the Term of this Agreement, the Company shall
continue to pay the Executive's Base Salary
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for a period of no less than the shorter period of (1) 12
months from the Date of Termination, or (2) the Date of
Termination until the time when the Executive commences
full-time employment with another employer, and
(B) pay to the Executive for the year of termination
and for each subsequent calendar year or portion thereof
during the remainder of the Term, an amount equal to the Cash
Bonus Amount of the highest bonus received by the Executive
under the Bonus Plan for any year in the three years preceding
the Date of Termination, such payments to be made at the
normal times for payment of bonuses under the Bonus Plan.
With respect to the payments provided for in this Section 6(a)(i), the
Executive shall be entitled to participate in any compensation deferral
plans or arrangements then provided by the Company to senior executives
on the same basis as if he had remained an employee through the end of
the Term.
(ii) The Company shall continue to provide the Executive
through the remainder of the Term with (A) service credit under all
qualified and nonqualified retirement plans and excess benefit plans
and the Supplemental Retirement Benefit provided under this Agreement
in which the Executive participated as of his Date of Termination and
(B) employer contributions to the Retirement Savings Plan at the
maximum rate which would have been available to the Executive had his
employment continued.
(iii) The Company shall continue to provide Executive (and
Executive's dependents, if applicable) for the period of salary
continuation set forth in Section 6(a)(i)(A) above with medical,
dental, accident, disability and life insurance benefits upon
substantially the same terms and conditions (including contributions
required by the Executive for such benefits) as those of the applicable
employee benefit plans in effect from time to time as applied to
employees; provided, however, that if the Executive cannot continue to
participate under the terms of the Company plans providing such
benefits, the Company shall otherwise provide such benefits on the same
after-tax basis as if continued participation had been permitted.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Executive becomes
re-employed with another employer and becomes eligible to receive
welfare benefits from such employer, the welfare benefits described
herein shall be secondary to such benefits during the period of the
Executive's eligibility, but only to the extent that the Company
reimburses the Executive for any increased cost and provides any
additional benefits necessary to give the Executive the benefits
provided hereunder.
(iv) All stock options and restricted stock awards granted
after the effective date of this Agreement pursuant to this Agreement
or under the Long-Term Plan (other than those under which vesting is
performance-based or is dependent upon the satisfaction of conditions
other than continued employment) shall become immediately and fully
vested. The Executive shall have up to three (3) years to exercise all
such outstanding stock options following termination of employment, but
in no event beyond their specified term. All Type II stock options and
related deferred cash incentive awards granted after the date of this
Agreement pursuant to this Agreement or under the Long-Term Plan shall
not terminate or be forfeited, as the case may be, but shall remain
outstanding and exercisable or payable, as the case may be, as if
Executive remained employed by the Company. The Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company shall recommend to the HRC, with
respect to any period for which Performance Goals (as defined in the
Long-Term Plan) relating to such Type II stock options and deferred
cash incentive awards are achieved, that the right to exercise the
maximum possible number of Type II
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stock options be accelerated and that the maximum possible deferred
cash incentive award be earned and payable to the Executive upon such
exercise.
(v) The perquisites set forth in Paragraphs 4(e)(i), (iv) and
(v) shall continue through the first anniversary of the Executive's
termination of employment. In addition, the Company shall furnish the
Executive with office space and secretarial support during the
remainder of the Term or, if shorter, until the time the Executive
commences full-time employment with another employer.
(b) Permanent Disability. In the event the Executive's employment
hereunder terminates due to Permanent Disability, the Company shall provide the
Executive for the remainder of the Term with the same payments and benefits as
those provided in Section 6(a), except that:
(i) in lieu of the bonus payments provided in Section
6(a)(i)(B), the Executive shall receive, at the same time as bonus
payments for the year of termination are made under the Bonus Plan, a
prorated bonus for the year of termination only equal to the Cash Bonus
Amount of the target bonus award (or, if higher, of the bonus award the
Executive would have received had he been employed throughout the bonus
year), prorated on a daily basis as of the Date of Termination;
(ii) except for Accrued Obligations, Base Salary payments
shall be offset by any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive under
the Company's disability program generally available to other
employees; and
(iii) all stock options and restricted stock awards granted
after the effective date of this Agreement pursuant to this Agreement
or under the Long-Term Plan (other than those under which vesting is
performance-based or is dependent upon the satisfaction of conditions
other than continued employment but including Type II stock options and
related deferred cash incentive awards) shall become immediately and
fully vested. The Executive shall have up to three (3) years to
exercise all such outstanding stock options following termination of
employment, but in no event beyond their specified term.
(c) Death. In the event the Executive's employment hereunder terminates
due to death, Accrued Obligations as of the date of death shall be payable in
full, and the Company shall pay to the Executive's estate, at the same time as
bonus payments for the year of termination are made under the Bonus Plan, a
prorated bonus for the year of termination only equal to the Cash Bonus Amount
of the target bonus award (or, if higher, of the bonus award the Executive would
have received had he been employed throughout the bonus year), prorated on a
daily basis as of the date of death.
All stock options and restricted stock awards granted after the
effective date of this Agreement pursuant to this Agreement or under the
Long-Term Plan (other than those under which vesting is performance-based or is
dependent upon the satisfaction of conditions other than continued employment
but including Type II stock options and related deferred cash incentive awards)
shall become immediately and fully vested. The Executive's personal
representative, beneficiary or person who may exercise stock options under the
rules of descent and distribution or under the Executive's will shall have up to
three (3) years to exercise all such outstanding stock options following
termination of employment, but in no event beyond their specified term.
(d) Other Termination of Employment. In the event the Executive's
employment hereunder terminates due to a Termination for Cause or the Executive
terminates employment with the Company
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for reasons other than due to a Without Cause Termination, a Constructive
Discharge, Permanent Disability, retirement on or after age 55 with the written
consent of the Company or death, vested benefits and Accrued Obligations as of
the Date of Termination shall be payable in full, and vested Awards may be
exercised according to the terms of the Long-Term Plan. No other payments shall
be made, or benefits provided, by the Company except for benefits which have
already become vested under the terms of employee benefit programs maintained by
the Company or its affiliates for its employees generally as provided in Section
10.
(e) Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms
have the following meanings:
(i) "Termination for Cause" means, to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law, a termination of the Executive's
employment by the Company by a vote of the majority of the Board
members then in office, because the Executive has (a) been convicted of
a criminal offense covered by Section 19 of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. Section 1829, or any successor provision, or
(b) has entered a plea of nolo contendere thereto, or (c) has breached
or failed to perform his duties hereunder, and such breach or failure
to perform constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness
(within the meaning of Section 1713(a) of the Pennsylvania Business
Corporation Law, as amended, or any successor provision), or (d) a
final determination has been reached that the Executive has violated
the representations made in Section 1 above, or the provisions of
Section 7 below; provided, however, that the Board has given the
Executive advance notice of such Termination for Cause including the
reasons therefor, together with a reasonable opportunity for the
Executive to appear with counsel before the Board and to reply to such
notice.
(ii) "Constructive Discharge" means a termination of the
Executive's employment by the Executive due to a failure of the
Companies or their successors to fulfill their obligations under this
Agreement in any material respect, including (a) any failure to elect
or reelect or to appoint or reappoint the Executive to the offices of
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank on and
after the dates set forth in Section 2 above or as a member of each of
their boards of directors or (b) any other material change by the
Companies in the functions, duties or responsibilities of the
Executive's position with the Companies which would reduce the ranking
or level, dignity, responsibility, importance or scope of such
position, (c) any imposition on the Executive of a requirement to be
permanently based at a location more than fifty miles from the
principal office of the Company as of the date of this Agreement
without the consent of the Executive, or (d) any reduction without the
consent of the Executive in the Executive's salary below the amount
then provided for under Paragraph 4(a) hereof.
(iii) "Without Cause Termination" means a termination of the
Executive's employment by the Company other than due to Permanent
Disability or expiration of the Term and other than a Termination for
Cause.
(iv) "Permanent Disability" means the total and permanent
disability of the Executive covered by a disability plan of the
Companies then in effect.
(v) The "Cash Bonus Amount" of a Bonus Plan award for any
period means the sum of (1) the amount of such award paid or payable in
cash (whether or not deferred) plus (2) with respect to any portion of
the award paid or payable in restricted stock, phantom stock or other
interests in Company securities, the amount of cash which would
otherwise have been paid, excluding any premium in value given to
compensate for risk of forfeiture or otherwise.
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(f) Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything else contained herein,
if any termination of the Executive's employment hereunder constitutes a
"Qualifying Termination" during the "Termination Period," each as defined in the
Agreement between the Executive and the Company dated as of February 1, 1997
(the "Prior Agreement"), then the provisions of the Prior Agreement shall apply
to such termination in lieu of the provisions of this Section 6. Section 5 of
the Prior Agreement shall apply to any Payment (as therein defined) under this
Agreement to the extent provided therein.
7. Other Duties of Executive During and After Term.
(a) Confidential Information. The Executive recognizes and acknowledges
that certain information pertaining to the affairs, business, clients, or
customers of the Companies or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates (any or
all of such entities hereinafter referred to as the "Business"), as such
information may exist from time to time, is confidential information and is a
unique and valuable asset of the Business, access to and knowledge of which are
essential to the performance of his duties under this Agreement. The Executive
shall not, through the end of the Term or at any time thereafter, except to the
extent reasonably necessary in the performance of his duties under this
Agreement, divulge to any person, firm, association, corporation or governmental
agency, any information concerning the affairs, business, clients, or customers
of the Business (except such information as is required by law to be divulged to
a government agency or pursuant to lawful process or such information which is
or shall become part of the public realm through no fault of the Executive), or
make use of any such information for his own purposes or for the benefit of any
person, firm, association or corporation (except the Business) and shall use his
reasonable best efforts to prevent the disclosure of any such information by
others. All records and documents relating to the Business, whether made by the
Executive or otherwise coming into his possession are, shall be, and shall
remain the property of the Business. No copies thereof shall be made which are
not retained by the Business, and the Executive agrees, on any termination of
his employment, or on demand of the Company, to deliver the same to the Company.
(b) Non-Competition. Through the end of the Term, whether during the
Executive's employment or following the termination of his employment for any
reason except for a Without Cause Termination or Constructive Discharge, the
Executive shall not without express prior written approval by order of the HRC,
directly or indirectly:
(i) solicit for the account of any Financial Services Company
(other than the Company or its affiliates) the sale of any products or
services of a type then provided by the Company or its affiliates (A)
during the Executive's employment, to any entity or individual or (B)
following termination of the Executive's employment (1) to any entity
or individual that was a customer or client of the Company or its
affiliates at any time during the 12-month period immediately preceding
the Executive's Date of Termination, (2) to any individual who is a
resident of a Restricted State or (3) to any entity where the customary
office of the individual solicited or of the individual responsible for
the entity's purchasing decision is located in a Restricted State.
(ii) solicit any employee of the Company or its affiliates to
terminate such employment relationship.
For purposes of this Section 7(b), the following definitions shall
apply:
(1) "Financial Services Company" shall mean any corporation,
partnership, sole proprietorship or other entity engaged in the
provision to unaffiliated customers of financial services, including,
without limitation, retail or commercial banking, lending, lease
financing, trade financing or other extension of credit, rate risk
management products, loan servicing, credit
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card processing, investment banking, brokerage services, investment
management or advisory services, sponsorship, administration or
management of mutual funds or other collective investment vehicles,
cash management, foreign exchange, fiduciary or custodial services,
employee benefit plan administration, benefits consulting services,
stock transfer services or underwriting or sale of insurance.
(2) "Restricted State" shall mean any State of the United
States all or part of which is located east of the Mississippi River
and the District of Columbia.
In addition to the foregoing, it is understood that during his
employment the Executive is subject to all policies and procedures of the
Companies regarding investment in securities of competitors.
(c) Remedies. The Company's obligation to make payments or provide for
or increase any benefits under this Agreement (except to the extent previously
vested) shall cease upon any violation of the provisions of this Section 7;
provided, however, that the Executive shall first have the right to appear
before the Board with counsel and that such cessation of payments or benefits
shall require a vote of a majority of the Board members then in office. In
addition, in the event of a violation by the Executive of the provisions of this
Section 7, the Company shall be entitled, if it shall so elect, to institute
legal proceedings to obtain damages for any such breach, or to enforce the
specific performance by the Executive of this Section 7 and to enjoin the
Executive from any further violation, and may exercise such remedies
cumulatively or in conjunction with such other remedies as may be available to
the Company at law or in equity. The Executive acknowledges, however, that the
remedies at law for any breach by him of the provisions of this Section 7 would
be inadequate and agrees that the Company shall be entitled to injunctive relief
against him in the event of any such breach.
(d) Survival; Authorization to Modify Restrictions. The covenants of
the Executive contained in this Section 7 shall survive any termination of the
Executive's employment for the periods stated herein, except that the covenants
contained in Section 7(b) shall not survive any termination of employment (i)
for which a Notice of Termination is given during the Termination Period
following a Change in Control, each as defined in the Prior Agreement or (ii)
which is a termination of employment described in the second sentence of Section
1(j) of the Prior Agreement. The Executive represents that his experience and
capabilities are such that the enforcement of the provisions of this Section 7
will not prevent him from earning his livelihood, and acknowledges that it would
cause the Company serious and irreparable injury and cost if Executive were to
use his ability and knowledge in competition with the Company or to otherwise
breach the obligations contained in this Section 7. Accordingly, it is the
intention of the parties that the provisions of this Section 7 shall be
enforceable to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, but that the
unenforceability (or modification to conform to such law) of any provision or
provisions hereof shall not render unenforceable, or impair, the remainder
thereof. If any provision or provisions hereof shall be deemed invalid or
unenforceable, either in whole or in part, this Agreement shall be deemed
amended to delete or modify, as necessary, the offending provision or provisions
and to alter the bounds thereof to the extent required in order to render it
valid and enforceable.
8. Supplemental Retirement Benefit. The Executive will be entitled to
receive a monthly Supplemental Retirement Benefit (the "Supplemental Retirement
Benefit") commencing on the first day of the month coincident with or following
the later of the Executive's termination of employment or attainment of age 60
and continuing for the remainder of his life. Unless otherwise elected by the
Executive, the Supplemental Retirement Benefit shall be payable in the form of a
50% joint and survivor annuity which shall be unreduced for the actuarial value
of the survivor's benefit. If the Executive's spouse at the time of his death is
not more than four years younger than the Executive, the survivor benefit shall
be equal to 50% of the Executive's benefit and shall be payable to his spouse
for the
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remainder of the spouse's life. If the Executive's spouse at the time of his
death is more than four years younger than the Executive, the benefit payable to
the spouse shall be reduced to a benefit having the same actuarial value as the
benefit that would have been payable had the spouse been four years younger than
the Executive. The Executive shall also have the right to elect a 100% joint and
survivor annuity, on an actuarially-reduced basis or a lump-sum payment, on an
actuarially-reduced basis (if the Executive makes a timely lump-sum election
which avoids constructive receipt), or any other form of payment available or
provided under the "Supplemental Plans" defined in this Section 8. Actuarial
reductions shall be based on the actual ages of the Executive and his spouse at
the time of retirement. If the Executive is not married at the time of his
retirement, actuarial adjustments shall be made as if the Executive had a spouse
with the same date of birth as the Executive. In the event that the Executive
elects a form of payment other than the automatic 50% joint and survivor annuity
or other than a lump sum payment, and remarries subsequent to retirement, the
benefits payable under this Section shall be actuarially adjusted at the time of
the Executive's death to reflect the age of the subsequent spouse. If the
Executive elects a lump sum payment at retirement, no further benefits will be
payable under this Section.
The amount of the monthly retirement benefit as an unreduced 50% joint
and survivor annuity shall be equal to the product of (A) the "Service
Percentage" multiplied by (B) the Executive's "Final Average Compensation", with
such product reduced by (C) the total monthly amount of benefits (measured for
purposes of this offset as if the Executive elected a 50% joint and survivor
annuity payable as of the date benefits commence under this Agreement.) provided
to or in respect of the Executive under all tax-qualified retirement plans and
related excess benefit and other benefit restoration plans maintained by the
Company or the Bank for the Executive, including the Mellon Bank Benefit
Restoration Plan and the Mellon Bank IRC Section 401(a)(17) Plan (the
"Supplemental Plans") and benefits paid pursuant to Section 4.7 of the Mellon
Bank Corporation Elective Deferred Compensation Plan for Senior Officers, but
not including payments of any compensation previously deferred under any
deferred compensation plan of the Company or the Bank, or interest thereon, or
payments from the Mellon Bank Corporation Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k)
plan.
The Executive owns interests in life insurance policies (the
"Policies") as a participant in the Mellon Bank Senior Executive Life Insurance
Plan. The Supplemental Retirement Benefit payable to the Executive hereunder
shall be further reduced by the Executive's interest in the cash value of the
Policies. This reduction shall be calculated in the same manner as under the
Supplemental Plans. In the event the United States federal income tax laws
change or are interpreted so as to cause Executive's ownership interests in
Policies to be subject to taxation, the Executive and the Company will negotiate
in good faith to mitigate the effects of such change.
The Executive shall be vested in the Supplemental Retirement Benefit
provided under this Paragraph as of the effective date of this Agreement.
The Executive shall elect the form of payment of his Supplemental
Retirement Benefit at the same time and subject to the same provisions
(including timing requirements and all reductions and/or penalties for late
elections) as provided under the Supplemental Plans. After retirement, the
Executive (or beneficiary who is receiving payments) may elect to receive his
remaining Supplemental Retirement Benefits which are payable hereunder in a lump
sum payment, calculated in the same manner and subject to the same reductions as
under the Supplemental Plans. In the event that the Executive elects a form of
payment of his Supplemental Retirement Benefits which provides for payments to
continue after his death and the Executive dies without having received all
payments of Supplemental Retirement Benefits that may be payable hereunder, then
the unpaid balance of such benefits shall be paid in accordance with the form of
payment elected by the Executive. Any such remaining payments shall be made to
the
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Executive's beneficiary provided under the Supplemental Plans, subject to any
contrary written instructions from the Executive designating a different
beneficiary for such payments.
The Executive may also elect, upon not less than 12 months' advance
written notice, to have the payment of the Supplemental Retirement Benefit
commence on the first day of any month coincident with or after the later of his
termination of employment or attainment of age 55. In this event, the
Supplemental Retirement Benefit will be subject to an early payment reduction
amount equal to 0.5% per month (6% per annum) for each month that payments
commence before attainment of age 60. In the event of such retirement, the Term
and the Company's obligations to make payments under Section 4 above shall cease
as of the retirement date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Executive receive
any payments under this Section 8 or be deemed to be retired from the Company
while the Executive is entitled to payments under Paragraph 6(a) or Paragraph
6(b) or during any period for which the Executive receives additional service
credit in respect a "Qualifying Termination" as provided in clause (B) of the
definition of "Service Percentage" below.
As used in this Section 8:
(i) "Service Percentage" means 2% for each full or partial
year of the Executive's employment with the Company (plus service with
a prior employer if treated as credited service with the Company) as of
the date his active employment with the Company terminates, plus 2% for
(A) each full year, if any, that the Executive receives payments under
Paragraph 6(a) or 6(b) hereof (with such percentage pro-rated for the
partial contract year in which such final termination of the
Executive's employment occurs or in which such final payments under
Paragraph 6(a) or 6(b) hereof are made, whichever shall be applicable)
or (B) for each of the three years, or if less, the period of time
remaining until the Executive reaches age 65, following any "Qualifying
Termination" of the Executive's Employment during the "Termination
Period," each as defined in the Prior Agreement (with such percentage
to be pro-rated for any partial year following any such "Qualifying
Termination" and prior to attainment of age 65).
(ii) "Final Average Compensation" means one-twelfth (1/12th)
of the sum of the Executive's Base Salary paid and the Cash Bonus
Amount of any bonus award earned for the calendar year within the final
three (3) full calendar years of the Executive's employment by the
Company which produces the highest amount. For purposes of determining
Final Average Compensation (A) Bonus Plan awards shall be attributed to
the calendar year in which earned, whether paid in that calendar year
or the year following or deferred and (B) any portion of the
Executive's Base Salary and bonus award which is deferred by the
Executive under agreements with the Company or under any Company
employee benefit plan shall be included for purposes of determining
Final Average Compensation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a "Qualifying
Termination" of the Executive's employment during the "Termination Period," each
as defined in the Prior Agreement, "Final Average Compensation" for purposes of
computing the Supplemental Retirement Benefit shall mean one-twelfth (1/12th) of
the sum of (i) the Executive's highest annual rate of base salary during the
12-month period immediately prior to the Executive's Date of Termination and
(ii) the Executive's Bonus Amount, as defined in the Prior Agreement. In
addition, the Supplemental Retirement Benefit shall be payable without any
reduction for early payment in the event the Executive is less than age 60 at
the time that payment is made. In the event of such a "Qualifying Termination,"
the present value of the Supplemental Retirement Benefit shall be payable to the
Executive in a lump sum at the same time payments are due to
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the Executive under Section 4(a) of the Prior Agreement (i.e., within 20 days
following the Executive's Date of Termination). The present value shall be
calculated in the same manner and using the actuarial factors set forth in the
Supplemental Plans as of the effective date of this Agreement.
In the event the Executive's termination of employment is due to death
prior to the commencement of the payment of Supplemental Retirement Benefits
under this Section 8, and he shall be survived by a spouse, entitlement to
Supplemental Retirement Benefits will become fully vested and such spouse shall
be entitled to receive a pre-retirement death benefit, payable in the form of a
lifetime annuity, equal to the benefit that would have been payable had he
retired immediately prior to death and elected a 50% joint and survivor annuity,
but without any early payment reductions applicable for payments prior to age
60. If the Executive's spouse at the time of his death is more than four years
younger than the Executive, the benefit payable to the survivor shall be reduced
to a benefit having the same actuarial value as the benefit that would have been
payable had the spouse been four years younger than the Executive.
The Executive's entitlement to Supplemental Retirement Benefits under
this Section 8 shall survive the expiration of the Term and any other
termination of this Agreement.
9. Resolution of Disputes. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7(c)
hereof, any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this
Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, by three arbitrators in accordance with the rules of the American
Arbitration Association then in effect. Judgment may be entered on the
arbitrators' award in any court having jurisdiction. In the event of any
arbitration, litigation or other proceeding between the Company and the
Executive with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and the
enforcement of rights hereunder, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for
his reasonable costs and expenses relating to such arbitration, litigation or
other proceeding, including attorneys' fees and expenses, provided that such
arbitration, litigation or other proceeding results in any: (i) settlement
requiring the Company to make a payment, continue to make payments or provide
any other benefit to the Executive; or (ii) judgment, order or award against the
Company in favor of the Executive or his spouse, legal representative or heirs,
unless such judgment, order or award is subsequently reversed on appeal or in a
collateral proceeding. At the request of the Executive, costs and expenses
(including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with any arbitration,
litigation or other proceeding referred to in this Section shall be paid by the
Company in advance of the final disposition of the arbitration, litigation or
other proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Executive
to repay the amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that he is not
entitled to reimbursement of such costs and expenses by the Company as set forth
in this Section.
10. Full Settlement; No Mitigation; Non-Exclusivity of Benefits. Except
as provided in Section 6(f), the Company's obligation to make any payment
provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations
hereunder shall be in lieu and in full settlement of all other severance
payments to the Executive under any other severance plan, arrangement or
agreement of the Company and its affiliates and in full settlement of any and
all claims or rights of the Executive for severance, separation and/or salary
continuation payments resulting from the termination of his employment. In no
event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other employment or to take other
action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Executive under any of
the provisions of this Agreement, and except as specifically provided herein,
such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Executive obtains other
employment. Except as provided above in this Section 10, nothing in this
Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive's continuing or future
participation in any plan, program, policy or practice provided by the Company
or any of its affiliates for which the Executive may qualify, nor, except as
otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, shall anything herein limit
or otherwise affect such
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rights as the Executive may have under any contract or agreement with the
Company or any of its affiliates, including without limitation any stock option
or restricted stock agreement. Amounts or benefits which are vested benefits or
which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any such plan,
program, policy, practice, contract or agreement prior to, at or subsequent to
any Date of Termination shall be paid or provided in accordance with the terms
of such plan, program, policy, practice, contract or agreement except as
explicitly modified by this Agreement.
11. Employment and Payments by Subsidiaries. Except as herein otherwise
specifically provided, references in this Agreement to employment by the Company
shall include employment by subsidiaries of the Company, and the obligation of
the Company to make any payment or provide any benefit to the Executive
hereunder shall be deemed satisfied to the extent that such payment is made or
such benefit is provided by any subsidiary of the Company.
12. Withholding Taxes. The Company may directly or indirectly withhold
from any payments made under this Agreement all Federal, state, city or other
taxes as shall be required pursuant to any law or governmental regulation or
ruling.
13. Consolidation, Merger, or Sale of Assets. Nothing in this Agreement
shall preclude the Company from consolidating or merging into or with, or
transferring all or substantially all of its assets to, another corporation
which assumes this Agreement and all obligations and undertakings of the Company
hereunder. Upon such a consolidation, merger or transfer of assets and
assumption, the term, "Company" as used herein shall mean such other
corporation, and this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
14. Notices.
(a) General. All notices, requests, demands and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be deemed to
have been duly given when delivered or 5 days after being deposited in the
United States mail, certified and return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
addressed as follows:
(i) To the Company:
Manager-Human Resources Department
Mellon Bank, N.A.
One Mellon Bank Center
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
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(ii) To the Executive:
Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxx
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx & XxXxxx
000 Xxxxx Xxx.
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
or to such other address as the addressee party shall have previously specified
in writing to the other.
(b) Notice of Termination. Except in the case of death of the
Executive, any termination of the Executive's employment hereunder, whether by
the Executive or the Company, shall be effected only by a written notice given
to the other party in accordance with this Section 14 (a "Notice of
Termination"). Any Notice of Termination shall (i) indicate the specific
termination provision in Section 6 relied upon, (ii) in the case of a
termination for Cause, a Constructive Discharge or a termination due to
Permanent Disability, set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances
claimed to provide a basis for such termination and (iii) specify the effective
date of such termination of employment (the "Date of Termination"), which shall
not be less than 15 days (30 days in the case of a termination by the Company
due to Permanent Disability) nor more than 60 days after such notice is given.
The failure of the Executive or the Company to set forth in any Notice of
Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Cause,
Constructive Discharge or Permanent Disability shall not waive any right of the
Executive or the Company hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company from
asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive's or the
Company's rights hereunder.
15. No Attachment. Except as required by law, no right to receive
payments under this Agreement shall be subject to anticipation, commutation,
alienation, sale, assignment, encumbrance, charge, pledge, or hypothecation or
to execution, attachment, levy or similar process or assignment by operation of
law, and any attempt, voluntary or involuntary, to effect any such action shall
be null, void and of no effect; provided, however, that nothing in this Section
15 shall preclude the assumption of such rights by executors, administrators, or
other legal representatives of the Executive or his estate or their assigning
any rights hereunder to the person or persons entitled thereto.
16. Source of Payments. Subject to Section 11 hereof, all payments
provided for under this Agreement shall be paid in cash from the general funds
of the Company. The Company shall not be required to establish a special or
separate fund or other segregation of assets to assure such payments, and, if
the Company shall make any investments to aid it in meeting its obligations
hereunder, the Executive shall have no right, title or interest whatever in or
to any such investments except as may otherwise be expressly provided in a
separate written instrument relating to such investments. Nothing contained in
this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or
be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship, between
the Company and the Executive or any other person. To the extent that any person
acquires a right to receive payments from the Company hereunder, such right
shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured creditor.
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17. Binding Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall
inure to the benefit of, the Executive and the Company and, as permitted by this
Agreement, their respective successors, assigns, heirs, beneficiaries and
representatives.
18. Governing Law. The validity, interpretation, performance and
enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed exclusively by the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws
thereof.
19. Counterparts; Headings. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, each of which, when executed, shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument. The
underlined Section headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the interpretation or construction of any
provision hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be
executed and its seal to be affixed hereunto by its officers thereunto duly
authorized, and the Executive has signed this Agreement, all as of the first
date above written.
ATTEST: MELLON BANK CORPORATION
/s/ XXXX XXXXXX By: /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Secretary Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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