Executive Employment Agreement between Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Company, and Wallace Mathai-Davis

Summary

This agreement outlines the employment terms for Wallace Mathai-Davis as Chairman, Investment and Wealth Management, with Mercantile Bankshares Corporation and Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Company. It specifies a minimum annual salary, eligibility for bonuses, participation in various benefit plans, and reimbursement of business expenses. The agreement covers a four-year term with automatic one-year extensions unless either party declines. It also details conditions for early termination, including provisions for disability, death, or termination for cause.

EX-10.W 5 dex10w.txt EXEC EMPLOYMENT AGR WITH W MATHAI-DAVIS Exhibit 10 W ------------ Executive Employment Agreement with Wallace Mathai-Davis Exhibit 10 W EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT ------------------------------ THIS EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, effective on the 1/st/ day of February, 2002, by and between Mercantile Bankshares Corporation ("Mercshares") and Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Company ("Merc-Safe"), both corporations of the State of Maryland, Two Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, hereinafter collectively referred to as "Employer," and Wallace Mathai-Davis, hereinafter referred to as "Executive." WHEREAS, Employer is engaged in the banking, trust and investment management business, and Executive has special skills and talents in that business; and WHEREAS, Employer has employed Executive on the terms provided herein, and Executive, in turn, has accepted full-time employment with Employer according to such terms. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, the parties do hereby agree as follows: 1. Offices of Executive. Executive will serve as Chairman, -------------------- Investment and Wealth Management of Mercshares and Merc-Safe. This office may be changed during the term of this Agreement by mutual consent of the parties. Mercshares, as the sole stockholder of Merc-Safe, has elected Executive as a Director of Merc-Safe and will continue him as a Director of Merc-Safe throughout the period of his employment under this Agreement. Executive has been duly appointed a Director of Mercshares by its Board of Directors and will be nominated for election and re-election as a Director of Mercshares by its stockholders as and when required to continue him as a Director of Mercshares throughout period of his employment under this Agreement. 2. Term. The term of this Agreement shall begin on February 1, 2002, ---- and shall terminate on February 1, 2006; provided that the termination date shall be extended (but not beyond Executive's retirement date) for one additional year on February 1, 2006 and on February 1 of each succeeding year, unless either Employer or Executive on or before the immediately preceding December 31 declines such an extension by written notice to the other party. 3. Compensation. Executive shall be paid a base annual salary as ------------ determined by the Board of Directors of Merc-Safe from time to time, at a rate of not less than $775,000 per calendar year, subject to withholding for appropriate items. In no year shall his base salary be less than in the preceding year. Executive shall be eligible for such annual bonus amounts as the Board of Directors of Merc-Safe may in its discretion award, up to $775,000 per year. Recommendations as to salary and bonus will be made to the Board of Directors by the Board's Committee on Executive Compensation, Promotion and Retirement. 4. Other Benefits. Executive shall be entitled to participate in, -------------- and to receive benefits under, any long-term incentive plan, deferred compensation plan, qualified retirement plan, profit sharing plan, savings plan, equity option plan, group life, disability, sickness, accident and health programs, or any other benefit plan or arrangement made available by Employer to its executives generally (other than the Mercshares Annual Incentive Compensation Plan), subject to and on a basis consistent with the terms, conditions and overall administration of each such plan or arrangement. In addition, Executive shall be entitled to participate in a supplemental executive retirement plan, under a Supplemental Retirement Agreement among Executive, Mercshares and Merc-Safe, and to certain benefits under an Executive Severance Agreement among Executive, Mercshares and Merc-Safe dated February 1, 2002 (as such agreements may be amended from time to time). Employer shall supplement long-term disability payments to Executive in an amount equal to the percentage of benefit then paid under Employer's long-term disability income plan times the difference between the then maximum annual base salary on which benefits are paid under that plan and the actual annual base salary then paid to Executive. Executive shall be granted 50,000 restricted shares of common stock of Mercshares under the 1999 Omnibus Stock Plan. 5. Expenses. Employer shall reimburse Executive for all reasonable -------- expenses incurred by Executive in connection with the business of the Employer, including expenses for entertainment (and any club memberships approved by the chief executive officer of Mercshares), travel and similar items, and will provide Executive, without charge, with the use of an automobile for business purposes, in accordance with Employer policy. Executive shall submit to Employer substantiation for reimbursable expenses. Employer shall reimburse Executive for reasonable moving expenses incurred in moving Executive's immediate family to the Baltimore area. 6. Vacation. Executive shall be entitled to a minimum of four weeks -------- vacation each year. 7. Scope of Employment. Executive shall perform the duties of ------------------- Chairman, Investment and Wealth Management of Mercshares and Merc-Safe and associated services for affiliates as defined by Employer. The duties will include the executive leadership of the Investment Management and Trust Division of Merc-Safe, or any designated successor division. Executive agrees to serve with undivided loyalty to Employer and to devote all of his working time and efforts in performance of such duties, except for attention to personal investments, participation in family business enterprises, outside directorships, and public service commitments, provided that none of the foregoing shall unreasonably interfere with his principal employment. Employer shall provide Executive with suitable office, secretarial and other support assistance appropriate to his position. 8. Early Termination. This Agreement shall terminate prior to its ----------------- specified expiration, as may be extended from time to time, on the occurrence of the death of Executive, or termination by the Employer for good cause. For purposes of this Agreement, good cause shall be limited to proven or admitted fraud or material illegal 2 acts by Executive or a breach of any of Executive's covenants of undivided loyalty to and the performance of duties for Employer, as set out in Section 7 of this Agreement. In addition, if Executive is unable to perform his duties of office by reason of illness or incapacity for a period of more than one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days, Employer shall be entitled to remove Executive from some or any of his offices; provided that Employer shall restore Executive to any such office if he shall become able to perform the duties of any such office at any time within the three hundred sixty-five (355) days next following his removal from any such office. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3 of this Agreement, in the event of Executive's long-term disability as defined under Employer's Disability Insurance Plan, Executive shall be compensated as provided under such Plan, as supplemented by Employer, and shall not receive his base salary or earn any bonus under this Agreement for the period of time that such disability shall continue. In the event that this Agreement is terminated for good cause as herein provided, all obligations hereunder of Employer to Executive (other than for reimbursement of expenses incurred by Executive prior to termination and any employee benefits that are not extinguished by termination for cause) shall also simultaneously terminate forthwith. In the event that Employer terminates Executive's employment without good cause during the original or any extended term of this Agreement, all benefits (including salary) to Executive provided for in this Agreement shall continue until the expiration of the remaining term of this Agreement. To the extent that it shall not be practicable or legally feasible to continue any such benefit in the form provided for in this Agreement, Employer may provide an equivalent benefit in some other form or may pay or provide to Executive the economic value of such benefit. 9. Non-Competition. Executive agrees that upon termination of his --------------- employment with Employer, he shall not engage in competitive activities in the State of Maryland or in contiguous states, or the District of Columbia, or in any other state in which any offices are maintained by Mercshares, Merc-Safe or affiliated entities, as an employee of, consultant to, or in any other comparable capacity with, any other banking institution, bank holding company, financial holding company, or entity engaged in furnishing investment advice or investment management services, for a period of two years following such termination. Executive agrees that Employer shall be entitled to injunctive relief, in lieu of or in addition to damages, for a violation by Executive of the provisions of this Section 9. 10. Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the ---------- benefit of all successors of Employer, whether by merger, consolidation, reorganization, share exchange, transfer of assets or otherwise. This Agreement shall not be otherwise assignable by Employer except with the prior written consent of Executive. Executive shall not assign his rights or duties under this Agreement, except (a) as provided in Section 1 of this Agreement, and (b) as provided under any employee or executive benefit plan with Employer relating to Executive. 3 11. Notices. All notices called for under this Agreement shall be in ------- writing addressed to Employer at Two Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, Attention: Corporate Secretary, and to Executive at Two Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, or to such other address as either party may designate to the other in writing from time to time. Any such notice shall be effective when received or two (2) business days after mailing, postage prepaid, by first class, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. 12. Entire Agreement. This Agreement represents the entire agreement ---------------- between the parties, and all prior representations, agreements and understandings between the parties as to its subject matter are of no further force or validity. 13. Amendments. Any amendments to this Agreement must be in writing ---------- signed by both parties hereto. 14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed ------------- in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. 15. Headings. The headings used in this Agreement are solely for -------- convenience and are not to be used in the construction or interpretation hereof. 16. Severability. In the event that one or more of the provisions of ------------ this Agreement are found to be unenforceable or illegal, the remaining provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Executive Employment Agreement, as of the day and year first above written. WITNESS: /s/ Dennis W. Kreiner /s/ Wallace Mathai-Davis (SEAL) - ------------------------ ---------------------------------------- Wallace Mathai-Davis 4 ATTEST: MERCANTILE-SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANY /s/ Alan D. Yarbro By:/s/ Edward J. Kelly, III (SEAL) - -------------------------- ------------------------------------- ALAN D. YARBRO EDWARD J. KELLY, III Secretary Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ATTEST: MERCANTILE BANKSHARES CORPORATION /s/ Alan D. Yarbro By:/s/ Edward J. Kelly, III (SEAL) - -------------------------- ------------------------------------- ALAN D. YARBRO EDWARD J. KELLY, III Secretary President and Chief Executive Officer 5