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Exhibit 10.20
THIS AGREEMENT is entered into as of the DATE by and between Mellon
Financial Corporation (the "Company"), a Pennsylvania corporation, and NAME
("Executive").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company considers the establishment and maintenance of a
sound and vital management to be essential to protecting and enhancing the best
interests of the Company and its shareholders; and
WHEREAS, the Company recognizes that, as is the case with many publicly
held corporations, the possibility of a change in control may arise and that
such possibility may result in the departure or distraction of management
personnel to the detriment of the Company and its shareholders; and
WHEREAS, the Human Resources Committee (the "Committee") of the Board
of Directors of the Company (the "Board") has determined that it is in the best
interests of the Company and its shareholders to secure Executive's continued
services and to ensure Executive's continued and undivided dedication to his
duties in the event of any threat or occurrence of a Change in Control (as
defined in Section 1) of the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has authorized the Company to enter into this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants and agreements herein contained, and intending to be legally bound
hereby, the Company and Executive hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the respective meanings set forth below:
(a) "Bonus Amount" means the highest annual incentive bonus
earned by Executive from the Company (or its affiliates) during the last three
(3) completed fiscal years of the Company immediately preceding Executive's Date
of Termination (annualized in the event Executive was not employed by the
Company (or its affiliates) for the whole of any such fiscal year).
(b) "Cause" means (i) the willful and continued failure of
Executive to perform substantially his duties with the Company (other than any
such failure resulting from Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental
illness or any such failure subsequent to Executive being delivered a Notice of
Termination without Cause by the Company or delivering a Notice of Termination
for Good Reason to the Company) after a written demand for substantial
performance is delivered to Executive by the Board which specifically identifies
the manner in which the Board believes that Executive has not substantially
performed Executive's duties, (ii)
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the willful engaging by Executive in illegal conduct or gross misconduct which
is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company or its affiliates, or
(iii) the conviction of Executive of, or a plea by Executive of nolo contendere
to, a felony. For purpose of this paragraph (b), no act or failure to act by
Executive shall be considered "willful" unless done or omitted to be done by
Executive in bad faith and without reasonable belief that Executive's action or
omission was in the best interests of the Company or its affiliates. Any act, or
failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted
by the Board, based upon the advice of counsel for the Company or upon the
instructions of the Company's chief executive officer or another senior officer
of the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done,
by Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Company. Cause shall
not exist unless and until the Company has delivered to Executive a copy of a
resolution duly adopted by three-fourths (3/4) of the entire Board (excluding
Executive if Executive is a Board member) at a meeting of the Board called and
held for such purpose (after reasonable notice to Executive and an opportunity
for Executive, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding
that in the good faith opinion of the Board an event set forth in clauses (i) or
(ii) has occurred and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. The Company
must notify Executive of any event constituting Cause within ninety (90) days
following the Company's knowledge of its existence or such event shall not
constitute Cause under this Agreement.
(c) "Change in Control" means the occurrence of any one
of the following events:
(i) individuals who, on January 17, 1997, constitute
the Board (the "Incumbent Directors") cease for any reason to
constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any
person becoming a director subsequent to January 17, 1997,
whose election or nomination for election was approved by a
vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then on
the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the
proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named
as a nominee for director, without written objection by such
Incumbent Directors to such nomination) shall be deemed to be
an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual
elected or nominated as a director of the Company initially as
a result of an actual or threatened election contest with
respect to directors or any other actual or threatened
solicitation of proxies by or on behalf of any person other
than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director;
(ii) any "person" (as such term is defined in Section
3(a)(9) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act") and as used in Sections 13(d)(3) and
14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes a "beneficial
owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act),
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company
representing 15% or more of the combined voting power of the
Company's then outstanding securities eligible to vote for the
election of the Board (the "Company Voting Securities");
provided,
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however, that the event described in this paragraph (ii) shall
not be deemed to be a Change in Control by virtue of any of
the following acquisitions: (A) by the Company or any
Subsidiary, (B) by any employee benefit plan sponsored or
maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary, or by any
employee stock benefit trust created by the Company or any
Subsidiary, (C) by any underwriter temporarily holding
securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, (D)
pursuant to a Non-Qualifying Transaction (as defined in
paragraph (iii)), (E) pursuant to any acquisition by Executive
or any group of persons including Executive (or any entity
controlled by Executive or any group of persons including
Executive); or (F) a transaction (other than one described in
(iii) below) in which Company Voting Securities are acquired
from the Company, if a majority of the Incumbent Directors
approves a resolution providing expressly that the acquisition
pursuant to this clause (F) does not constitute a Change in
Control under this paragraph (ii);
(iii) the consummation of a merger, consolidation,
share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction
involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that requires
the approval of the Company's shareholders, whether for such
transaction or the issuance of securities in the transaction
(a "Business Combination"), unless immediately following such
Business Combination: (A) more than 50% of the total voting
power of (x) the corporation resulting from the consummation
of such Business Combination (the "Surviving Corporation"), or
(y) if applicable, the ultimate parent corporation that
directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of 100% of the
voting securities eligible to elect directors of the Surviving
Corporation (the "Parent Corporation"), is represented by
Company Voting Securities that were outstanding immediately
prior to such Business Combination (or, if applicable,
represented by shares into which such Company Voting
Securities were converted pursuant to such Business
Combination), and such voting power among the holders thereof
is in substantially the same proportion as the voting power of
such Company Voting Securities among the holders thereof
immediately prior to the Business Combination, (B) no person
(other than any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained
by the Surviving Corporation or the Parent Corporation or any
employee stock benefit trust created by the Surviving
Corporation or the Parent Corporation), is or becomes the
beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 15% or more of
the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities
eligible to elect directors of the Parent Corporation (or, if
there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation) and
(C) at least half of the members of the board of directors of
the Parent Corporation (or, if there is no Parent Corporation,
the Surviving Corporation) were Incumbent Directors at the
time of the Board's approval of the execution of the initial
agreement providing for such Business Combination (any
Business Combination which satisfies all of the criteria
specified in (A), (B) and (C) above shall be deemed to be a
"Non-Qualifying Transaction"); or
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(iv) the shareholders of the Company approve a plan
of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or a
sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control of the Company shall
not be deemed to occur solely because any person acquires beneficial ownership
of more than 15% of the Company Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition
of Company Voting Securities by the Company which reduces the number of Company
Voting Securities outstanding; provided, that if after such acquisition by the
Company such person becomes the beneficial owner of additional Company Voting
Securities that increases the percentage of outstanding Company Voting
Securities beneficially owned by such person, a Change in Control of the Company
shall then occur.
(d) "Date of Termination" means (1) the effective date on
which Executive's employment by the Company terminates as specified in a prior
written notice by the Company or Executive, as the case may be, to the other,
delivered pursuant to Section 10 or (2) if Executive's employment by the Company
terminates by reason of death, the date of death of Executive.
(e) "Disability" means termination of Executive's
employment by the Company due to Executive's absence from Executive's duties
with the Company on a full-time basis for at least one hundred eighty (180)
consecutive days as a result of Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental
illness.
(f) "Good Reason" means, without Executive's express
written consent, the occurrence of any of the following events after a Change in
Control:
(i) (A) any change in the duties or responsibilities
(including reporting responsibilities) of Executive that is
inconsistent in any material and adverse respect with
Executive's position(s), duties, responsibilities or status
with the Company immediately prior to such Change in Control
(including any material and adverse diminution of such duties
or responsibilities) or (B) a material and adverse change in
Executive's titles or offices (including, if applicable,
membership on the Board) with the Company as in effect
immediately prior to such Change in Control;
(ii) (A) a reduction by the Company in Executive's
rate of annual base salary as in effect immediately prior to
such Change in Control or as the same may be increased from
time to time thereafter, or (B) the failure by the Company to
pay Executive an annual bonus in respect of the year in which
such Change in Control occurs or any subsequent year in an
amount greater than or equal to the annual bonus earned for
the year prior to the year in which such Change in Control
occurs;
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(iii) any requirement of the Company that Executive
(A) be based anywhere more than fifty (50) miles from the
office where Executive is located at the time of the Change in
Control or (B) travel on Company business to an extent
substantially greater than the travel obligations of Executive
immediately prior to such Change in Control;
(iv) the failure of the Company to (A) continue in
effect any employee benefit plan, compensation plan, welfare
benefit plan or material fringe benefit plan in which
Executive is participating immediately prior to such Change in
Control or the taking of any action by the Company which would
adversely affect Executive's participation in or reduce
Executive's benefits under any such plan, unless Executive is
permitted to participate in other plans providing Executive
with substantially equivalent benefits in the aggregate (at
substantially equivalent cost with respect to welfare benefit
plans), or (B) provide Executive with paid vacation in
accordance with the most favorable vacation policies of the
Company and its affiliated companies as in effect for
Executive immediately prior to such Change in Control,
including the crediting of all service for which Executive had
been credited under such vacation policies prior to the Change
in Control; or
(v) the failure of the Company to obtain the
assumption (and, if applicable, guarantee) agreement from any
successor (and Parent Corporation) as contemplated in Section
9(b).
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, termination of
employment by Executive for any reason during the 30-day period commencing one
(1) year after the date of a Change in Control shall constitute Good Reason.
An isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action taken in good faith
and which is remedied by the Company within ten (10) days after receipt of
notice thereof given by Executive shall not constitute Good Reason. Executive's
right to terminate employment for Good Reason shall not be affected by
Executive's incapacities due to mental or physical illness and Executive's
continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver of rights with
respect to, any event or condition constituting Good Reason; provided, however,
that Executive must provide notice of termination of employment within
one-hundred eighty (180) days following Executive's knowledge of an event
constituting Good Reason or such event shall not constitute Good Reason under
this Agreement.
(g) "Qualifying Termination" means a termination of
Executive's employment (i) by the Company other than for Cause or (ii) by
Executive for Good Reason. Termination of Executive's employment on account of
death, Disability or Retirement shall not be treated as a Qualifying
Termination.
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(h) "Retirement" means the termination of Executive's
employment on or after the first of the month coincident with or following
Executive's attainment of age 65, or such later date as may be provided in a
written agreement between the Company and the Executive.
(i) "Subsidiary" means any corporation or other entity
in which the Company has a direct or indirect ownership interest of 50% or more
of the total combined voting power of the then outstanding securities or
interests of such corporation or other entity entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors or in which the Company has the right to receive 50% or
more of the distribution of profits or 50% of the assets upon liquidation or
dissolution.
(j) "Termination Period" means the period of time
beginning with a Change in Control and ending three (3) years following such
Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
if (i) Executive's employment is terminated prior to a Change in Control for
reasons that would have constituted a Qualifying Termination if they had
occurred following a Change in Control; (ii) Executive reasonably demonstrates
that such termination (or Good Reason event) was at the request of a third party
who had indicated an intention or taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a
Change in Control; and (iii) a Change in Control involving such third party (or
a party competing with such third party to effectuate a Change in Control) does
occur, then for purposes of this Agreement, the date immediately prior to the
date of such termination of employment or event constituting Good Reason shall
be treated as a Change in Control. For purposes of determining the timing of
payments and benefits to Executive under Section 4, the date of the actual
Change in Control shall be treated as Executive's Date of Termination under
Section 1(d).
2. Obligation of Executive. In the event of a tender or exchange
offer, proxy contest, or the execution of any agreement which, if consummated,
would constitute a Change in Control, Executive agrees not to voluntarily leave
the employ of the Company, other than as a result of Disability, Retirement or
an event which would constitute Good Reason if a Change in Control had occurred,
until the Change in Control occurs or, if earlier, such tender or exchange
offer, proxy contest, or agreement is terminated or abandoned.
3. Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall be effective on the
date hereof and shall continue in effect until the Company shall have given
three (3) years' written notice of cancellation; provided, that, notwithstanding
the delivery of any such notice, this Agreement shall continue in effect for a
period of three (3) years after a Change in Control, if such Change in Control
shall have occurred during the term of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything
in this Section to the contrary, this Agreement shall terminate if Executive or
the Company terminates Executive's employment prior to a Change in Control
except as provided in Section 1(j).
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4. Payments Upon Termination of Employment.
(a) Qualifying Termination -- Cash Payment. If during the
Termination Period the employment of Executive shall terminate pursuant to a
Qualifying Termination, then the Company shall provide to Executive, subject to
the provisions of Section 11 hereunder:
(i) within twenty (20) days following the Date of
Termination a lump-sum cash amount equal to the sum of (A)
Executive's base salary through the Date of Termination and
any bonus amounts which have become payable, to the extent not
theretofore paid or deferred, (B) a pro rata portion of
Executive's annual bonus for the fiscal year in which
Executive's Date of Termination occurs in an amount at least
equal to (1) Executive's Bonus Amount, multiplied by (2) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the
fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs through
the Date of Termination and the denominator of which is three
hundred sixty-five (365), and reduced by (3) any amounts paid
from the Company's annual incentive plan for the fiscal year
in which Executive's Date of Termination occurs and (C) any
accrued vacation pay, to the extent not theretofore paid; plus
(ii) within twenty (20) days following the Date of
Termination, a lump-sum cash amount equal to the sum of (i)
two (2) times Executive's highest annual rate of base salary
during the 12-month period immediately prior to Executive's
Date of Termination, plus (ii) two (2) times Executive's Bonus
Amount.
(b) Qualifying Termination -- Continued Coverage. If
during the Termination Period the employment of Executive shall terminate
pursuant to a Qualifying Termination, the Company shall continue to provide, for
a period of two (2) years following Executive's Date of Termination, Executive
(and Executive's dependents, if applicable) with the same level of medical,
dental, accident, disability and life insurance benefits upon substantially the
same terms and conditions (including contributions required by Executive for
such benefits) as existed immediately prior to Executive's Date of Termination
(or, if more favorable to Executive, as such benefits and terms and conditions
existed immediately prior to the Change in Control); provided, however, if
Executive cannot continue to participate in the Company plans providing such
benefits, the Company shall otherwise provide such benefits on the same
after-tax basis as if continued
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participation had been permitted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event
Executive becomes reemployed 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 Executive's
eligibility, but only to the extent that the Company reimburses Executive for
any increased cost and provides any additional benefits necessary to give
Executive the benefits provided hereunder. The Executive's accrued benefits as
of the Date of Termination under the Company's employee benefit plans shall be
paid to Executive in accordance with the terms of such plans.
(c) Qualifying Termination -- SERP Accrual. If during the
Termination Period the employment of Executive shall terminate pursuant to a
Qualifying Termination, the Company shall provide Executive with two (2)
additional years of service credit under all non-qualified retirement plans and
excess benefit plans in which the Executive participated as of his Date of
Termination.
(d) Qualifying Termination -- Voluntary Reduction of
Payments. If during the Termination Period the employment of Executive shall
terminate pursuant to a Qualifying Termination, Executive shall have the right
to direct that the Company reduce the amounts which it is otherwise required to
pay to Executive under Section 4 of this Agreement to the Safe Harbor Cap (as
defined in Section 5(a) of this Agreement).
(e) Other than Qualifying Termination. If during the
Termination Period the employment of Executive shall terminate other than by
reason of a Qualifying Termination, then the Company shall pay to Executive
within thirty (30) days following the Date of Termination, a lump-sum cash
amount equal to the sum of (1) Executive's base salary through the Date of
Termination and any bonus amounts which have become payable, to the extent not
theretofore paid or deferred, and (2) any accrued vacation pay, to the extent
not theretofore paid. The Company may make such additional payments, and provide
such additional benefits, to Executive as the Company and Executive may agree in
writing. The Executive's accrued benefits as of the Date of Termination under
the Company's employee benefit plans shall be paid to Executive in accordance
with the terms of such plans.
5. Certain Additional Payments by the Company.
(a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, in the event it shall be determined that any payment, award,
benefit or distribution (or any acceleration of any payment, award, benefit or
distribution) by the Company (or any of its affiliated entities) or any entity
which effectuates a Change in Control (or any of its affiliated entities) to or
for the benefit of Executive (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or
otherwise, but determined without regard to any additional payments required
under this Section 5) (the "Payments") would
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be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or any interest or penalties are incurred
by Executive with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax, together with any
such interest and penalties, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"Excise Tax"), then the Company shall pay to Executive an additional payment (a
"Gross-Up Payment") in an amount such that after payment by Executive of all
taxes (including any Excise Tax) imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, Executive
retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the sum of (x) the Excise Tax
imposed upon the Payments and (y) the product of any deductions disallowed
because of the inclusion of the Gross-up Payment in Executive's adjusted gross
income and the highest applicable marginal rate of federal income taxation for
the calendar year in which the Gross-up Payment is to be made. For purposes of
determining the amount of the Gross-up Payment, the Executive shall be deemed to
(i) pay federal income taxes at the highest marginal rates of federal income
taxation for the calendar year in which the Gross-up Payment is to be made, (ii)
pay applicable state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of
taxation for the calendar year in which the Gross-up Payment is to be made, net
of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from
deduction of such state and local taxes and (iii) have otherwise allowable
deductions for federal income tax purposes at least equal to the Gross-up
Payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5(a), if it
shall be determined that Executive is entitled to a Gross-Up Payment, but that
the Payments would not be subject to the Excise Tax if the Payments were reduced
by an amount that is less than 5% of the portion of the Payments that would be
treated as "parachute payments" under Section 280G of the Code, then the amounts
payable to Executive under this Agreement shall be reduced (but not below zero)
to the maximum amount that could be paid to Executive without giving rise to the
Excise Tax (the "Safe Harbor Cap"), and no Gross-Up Payment shall be made to
Executive. The reduction of the amounts payable hereunder, if applicable, shall
be made by reducing first the payments under Section 4(a)(ii), unless an
alternative method of reduction is elected by Executive. For purposes of
reducing the Payments to the Safe Harbor Cap, only amounts payable under this
Agreement (and no other Payments) shall be reduced. If the reduction of the
amounts payable hereunder would not result in a reduction of the Payments to the
Safe Harbor Cap, no amounts payable under this Agreement shall be reduced
pursuant to this provision.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 5(a), all
determinations required to be made under this Section 5, including whether and
when a Gross-Up Payment is required, the amount of such Gross-Up Payment, the
reduction of the Payments to the Safe Harbor Cap and the assumptions to be
utilized in arriving at such determinations, shall be made by the public
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accounting firm that is retained by the Company as of the date immediately prior
to the Change in Control (the "Accounting Firm") which shall provide detailed
supporting calculations both to the Company and Executive within fifteen (15)
business days of the receipt of notice from the Company or the Executive that
there has been a Payment, or such earlier time as is requested by the Company
(collectively, the "Determination"). In the event that the Accounting Firm is
serving as accountant or auditor for the individual, entity or group effecting
the Change in Control, Executive may appoint another nationally recognized
public accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder (which
accounting firm shall then be referred to as the Accounting Firm hereunder). All
fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company
and the Company shall enter into any agreement requested by the Accounting Firm
in connection with the performance of the services hereunder. The Gross-up
Payment under this Section 5 with respect to any Payments shall be made no later
than thirty (30) days following such Payment. If the Accounting Firm determines
that no Excise Tax is payable by Executive, it shall furnish Executive with a
written opinion to such effect, and to the effect that failure to report the
Excise Tax, if any, on Executive's applicable federal income tax return will not
result in the imposition of a negligence or similar penalty. In the event the
Accounting Firm determines that the Payments shall be reduced to the Safe Harbor
Cap, it shall furnish Executive with a written opinion to such effect. The
Determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and
Executive. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of
the Code at the time of the Determination, it is possible that Gross-Up Payments
which will not have been made by the Company should have been made
("Underpayment") or Gross-up Payments are made by the Company which should not
have been made ("Overpayment"), consistent with the calculations required to be
made hereunder. In the event that the Executive thereafter is required to make
payment of any Excise Tax or additional Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm shall
determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and any such
Underpayment (together with interest at the rate provided in Section
1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code) shall be promptly paid by the Company to or for the
benefit of Executive. In the event the amount of the Gross-up Payment exceeds
the amount necessary to reimburse the Executive for his Excise Tax, the
Accounting Firm shall determine the amount of the Overpayment that has been made
and any such Overpayment (together with interest at the rate provided in Section
1274(b)(2) of the Code) shall be promptly paid by Executive (to the extent he
has received a refund if the applicable Excise Tax has been paid to the Internal
Revenue Service) to or for the benefit of the Company. Executive shall
cooperate, to the extent his expenses are reimbursed by the Company, with any
reasonable requests by the Company in connection with any contests or disputes
with the Internal Revenue Service in connection with the Excise Tax.
6. Withholding Taxes. The Company may withhold from all payments
due to Executive (or his beneficiary or estate) hereunder all taxes which, by
applicable federal, state, local or other law, the Company is required to
withhold therefrom.
7. Reimbursement of Expenses. If any contest or dispute shall
arise under this Agreement involving termination of Executive's employment with
the Company or involving the failure or refusal of the Company to perform fully
in accordance with the terms hereof, the
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Company shall reimburse Executive, on a current basis, for all reasonable legal
fees and expenses, if any, incurred by Executive in connection with such contest
or dispute (regardless of the result thereof), together with interest in an
amount equal to the prime rate of Mellon Bank, N.A. (or, if such prime rate is
not available from Mellon Bank, N.A., the prime rate of Citibank, N.A.) from
time to time in effect, but in no event higher than the maximum legal rate
permissible under applicable law, such interest to accrue from the date the
Company receives Executive's statement for such fees and expenses through the
date of payment thereof, regardless of whether or not Executive's claim is
upheld by an arbitration panel.
8. Scope of Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed
to entitle Executive to continued employment with the Company or its
Subsidiaries, and if Executive's employment with the Company shall terminate
prior to a Change in Control, Executive shall have no further rights under this
Agreement (except as otherwise provided hereunder); provided, however, that any
termination of Executive's employment during the Termination Period shall be
subject to all of the provisions of this Agreement.
9. Successors; Binding Agreement.
(a) This Agreement shall not be terminated by any
Business Combination. In the event of any Business Combination, the provisions
of this Agreement shall be binding upon the Surviving Corporation, and such
Surviving Corporation shall be treated as the Company hereunder.
(b) The Company agrees that in connection with any
Business Combination, it will cause any successor entity to the Company
unconditionally to assume (and for any Parent Corporation in such Business
Combination to guarantee), by written instrument delivered to Executive (or his
beneficiary or estate), all of the obligations of the Company hereunder. Failure
of the Company to obtain such assumption and guarantee prior to the
effectiveness of any such Business Combination that constitutes a Change in
Control shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall constitute Good Reason
hereunder and shall entitle Executive to compensation and other benefits from
the Company in the same amount and on the same terms as Executive would be
entitled hereunder if Executive's employment were terminated following a Change
in Control by reason of a Qualifying Termination. For purposes of implementing
the foregoing, the date on which any such Business Combination becomes effective
shall be deemed the date Good Reason occurs, and shall be the Date of
Termination if requested by Executive.
(c) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by Executive's personal or legal representatives, executors,
administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. If
Executive shall die while any amounts would be payable to Executive hereunder
had Executive continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided
herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to such
person or persons appointed in writing by Executive to receive such amounts or,
if no person is so appointed, to Executive's estate.
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10. Notice.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, all notices and other
communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when delivered or five (5) days after deposit in
the United States mail, certified and return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
addressed as follows:
If to the Executive:
At the address set forth below the signatory.
If to the Company:
Mellon Financial Corporation
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Corporate Secretary
or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in
writing in accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall
be effective only upon receipt.
(b) A written notice of Executive's Date of Termination
by the Company or Executive, as the case may be, to the other, shall (i)
indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii)
to the extent applicable, set forth in reasonable detail the facts and
circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of Executive's
employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) specify the Date of
Termination (which date shall be not less than fifteen (15) (thirty (30), if
termination is by the Company for Disability) nor more than sixty (60) days
after the giving of such notice). The failure by Executive or the Company to set
forth in such notice any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of
Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of Executive or the Company
hereunder or preclude Executive or the Company from asserting such fact or
circumstance in enforcing Executive's or the Company's rights hereunder.
11. Full Settlement; Resolution of Disputes. The Company's
obligation to make any payments 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 Executive under any other severance or employment
agreement between Executive and the Company, and any severance plan of the
Company. The Company's obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any
set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which
the Company may have against Executive or others. In no event shall Executive be
obligated to seek other employment or take other action by way of mitigation of
the amounts payable to Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement
and, except as provided in Section 4(b), such
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amounts shall not be reduced whether or not Executive obtains other employment.
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. The Company shall bear all costs and expenses
arising in connection with any arbitration proceeding pursuant to this Section.
12. Employment with Subsidiaries. Employment with the Company for
purposes of this Agreement shall include employment with any Subsidiary.
13. Survival. The respective obligations and benefits afforded to
the Company and Executive as provided in Sections 4 (to the extent that payments
or benefits are owed as a result of a termination of employment that occurs
during the term of this Agreement), 5 (to the extent that Payments are made to
Executive as a result of a Change in Control that occurs during the term of this
Agreement), 6, 7, 9(c) and 11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
14. GOVERNING LAW; VALIDITY. THE INTERPRETATION, CONSTRUCTION AND
PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. THE INVALIDITY OR UNENFORCEABILITY
OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OR
ENFORCEABILITY OF ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH OTHER PROVISIONS
SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
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16. Miscellaneous. No provision of this Agreement may be modified
or waived unless such modification or waiver is agreed to in writing and signed
by Executive and by a duly authorized officer of the Company. No waiver by
either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or
compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by
such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or
conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. Except as set forth
in Sections 1(b) and 1(f), the failure by Executive or the Company to insist
upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or to assert any
right Executive or the Company may have hereunder shall not be deemed to be a
waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this
Agreement. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the rights of, and
benefits payable to, Executive, his estate or his beneficiaries pursuant to this
Agreement are in addition to any rights of, or benefits payable to, Executive,
his estate or his beneficiaries under any other employee benefit plan or
compensation program of the Company.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be
executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company and Executive has executed
this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
MELLON FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By _____________________________
Title __________________________
EXECUTIVE
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