Exhibit 10 ZZ

 

OMNIBUS STOCK PLAN

 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

 

 

                AGREEMENT, made effective as of March 29, 2006 by and between
Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, a Maryland corporation (“Company”), and
Edward J. Kelly (“Award Recipient”):

 

                WHEREAS, the Company maintains the Mercantile Bankshares
Corporation 1999 Omnibus Stock Plan (“Omnibus Stock Plan”) under which the
Company’s Compensation Committee (“Committee”) of the Board of Directors
(“Board”) may, among other things, award restricted stock units (referred to
under the Omnibus Stock Plan as Phantom Stock Units), each of which represents
the right to receive one share of the Company’s Common Stock of $2.00 par value
(“Common Stock”) to such members of the Company’s management team as the
Committee may determine, subject to such terms, conditions, or restrictions as
the Committee may deem appropriate; and

 

                WHEREAS, pursuant to the Omnibus Stock Plan, the Committee, with
the approval of the Board, has granted to the Award Recipient a restricted stock
unit award subject to this Agreement setting forth the terms and conditions
applicable to such award in accordance with Article 6 of the Omnibus Stock Plan;
and

 

                WHEREAS, the Award Recipient desires to accept said award in
accordance with the terms and provisions of the Omnibus Stock Plan and this
Agreement.

 

                NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual
covenants and agreements contained herein, the Company and Award Recipient agree
as follows:

 

1.             AWARD OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS:

 

                Under the terms of the Omnibus Stock Plan, the Committee has
granted to the Award Recipient a restricted stock unit award made on March 29,
2006 (“Award Date”), of 104,630 restricted stock units (“Award Units”) subject
to the terms, conditions, and restrictions set forth in this Agreement.

 

2.             AWARD RESTRICTIONS:

 

                The Award Units shall be subject to forfeiture until such units
vest in accordance with the provisions set forth below.  Subject to Sections 3
and 4 of this Agreement, the Award Units shall become vested in four
installments at the end of four periods of time (each, a “restriction period”),
if the Award Recipient shall have been continuously employed by the Company or
any of its affiliates throughout the applicable restriction

 

 

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period.  The number of Award Units that may become vested in each installment,
and the applicable restriction periods, are set forth below:

 

 

Number of Award

 

Restriction

Units Vesting

 

Period Ending

 

 

 

26,157.5

 

March 29, 2007

26,157.5

 

March 29, 2008

26,157.5

 

March 29, 2009

26,157.5

 

March 29, 2010

 

 

3.             TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT:

 

                (a)           If the Award Recipient’s employment with the
Company or any of its affiliates is terminated by reason of death or total and
permanent disability, then all Award Units which are then subject to restriction
shall be forfeited by the Award Recipient. The Committee shall have absolute
discretion to determine whether an Award Recipient’s termination of employment
is due to total and permanent disability.  The Committee may require the Award
Recipient to provide whatever evidence the Committee deems desirable to
ascertain whether the Award Recipient is totally and permanently disabled.

 

                (b)           If the Award Recipient’s employment with the
Company or any of its affiliates is terminated involuntarily without “good
cause” as defined in his employment agreement with the Company and
Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Company (or other affiliate of the Company, as
applicable), as amended from time to time, during the restriction period, any
Award Units which are then subject to restriction shall become fully vested as
of such date of termination of employment.

 

                (c)           If the Award Recipient’s employment with the
Company or any of its affiliates is terminated for any other reason during the
restriction period, no Award Units which are then subject to restriction shall
become vested and such Award Units shall be forfeited by the Award Recipient.

 

 

4.             EARLY VESTING  UPON CHANGE OF CONTROL:

 

                In the event of a sale of the Company, any Award Units which are
then subject to restriction shall become fully vested as of such date. For
purposes of this Agreement a sale of the Company shall mean:

 

                (a)           The acquisition by any person, entity or “group”,
within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act,
(excluding for this purpose, the Company or its affiliates, and excluding any
acquisition of securities by any employee

 

 

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benefit plan of the Company or its affiliates) of beneficial ownership (within
the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of
either the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company or the
combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (such common stock or
then outstanding voting securities being referred to herein as “Voting
Securities”), calculated on the date of the transaction causing the foregoing
50% test to be met, without regard to any limitation upon the voting rights of
any acquiring person under Maryland statutes and without regard to the potential
exercisability of rights, not exercised on such date, pursuant to any
Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement of the Company then in effect; or

 

                (b)           Consummation of (1) a reorganization, merger,
consolidation or statutory share exchange, in each case, with respect to which
persons who are the holders of the outstanding Voting Securities of the Company
immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, consolidation or statutory
share exchange do not, immediately thereafter, own more than 50% of the combined
voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the
entity resulting from such reorganization, merger, consolidation or statutory
share exchange, or (2) a liquidation or dissolution of the Company or the sale
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to an entity other than
an affiliate.

 

5.             RIGHTS OF AWARD RECIPIENT REGARDING AWARD UNITS:

 

                (a)           The Award Recipient shall not have the rights of a
stockholder with respect to any Award Units granted to the Award Recipient until
shares of Common Stock have been distributed to the Award Recipient pursuant to
Section 6, and the Award Recipient’s name has been entered as a stockholder of
record on the books of the Company with respect to such distributed shares of
Common Stock.

 

                (b)           The Award Units and all rights with respect to
shares of Common Stock issued thereunder may not be sold, assigned, transferred,
pledged or encumbered in any way prior to the issuance of such shares to the
Award Recipient, other than by will or other instrument taking effect upon the
Award Recipient’s death, or the laws of descent and distribution.

 

                (c)           As long as the Award Recipient holds Award Units
granted pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall credit to the Award
Recipient, on each date that the Company pays a cash dividend to holders of
Common Stock generally, an additional number of Award Units (“Dividend Award
Units”) determined by dividing (1) the aggregate dollar value of the cash
dividends that the Award Recipient would have received during the period from
the immediately preceding dividend payment date through the current dividend
payment date if the Award Recipient were the owner of record throughout such
period of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of whole Award
Units and Dividend Award Units previously credited to the Award Recipient under
this Agreement as of such current

 

 

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dividend payment date (but prior to the crediting of current Dividend Award
Units), by (2) the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Omnibus Stock Plan) of
one share of Common Stock as of such current dividend payment date.  Dividend
Award Units may be credited in whole or fractional units as applicable.  The
Dividend Award Units so credited shall be subject to the same terms and
conditions as the Award Units to which they relate.

 

6.         DISTRIBUTION OF SHARES:

 

                Upon the Award Recipient’s separation from service (within the
meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(“Code”) with the Company and all affiliates, all vested Award Units shall be
converted into an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock which shall be
distributed to the Award Recipient (or to his designated beneficiary or legal
representative, as applicable, in the event of his death) as soon as
practicable; provided, however, that any fractional Award Unit shall be
distributed to the Award Recipient in cash.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,
however, if the Award Recipient is a “specified employee” within the meaning of
Section 409A of the Code, distribution shall be not be made to him until six
months after his separation from Service with the Company and all affiliates. 
Distribution shall be evidenced by the issuance of a stock certificate and the
entry of the Award Recipient’s name (or in the name of his designated
beneficiary or legal representative, as applicable, in the event of his death)
as a stockholder of record on the books of the Company with respect to such
distributed shares of Common Stock.  Upon receipt of such stock certificate, the
holder shall be free to hold or dispose of such certificate at will, subject to
any applicable securities laws or regulations governing transferability of
shares of the Company.

 

7.             WITHHOLDING TAXES

 

                The Company and any affiliate shall have the right to deduct
from any compensation or any other payment of any kind (including withholding
the issuance of shares of Common Stock) due the Award Recipient the amount of
any federal, state or local taxes required by law to be withheld as a result of
the distribution of Common Stock hereunder; provided, however, that the value of
the shares of Common Stock withheld may not exceed the statutory minimum
withholding amount required by law.  In lieu of such deduction, the Company may
require the Award Recipient to make a cash payment to the Company or an
affiliate equal to the amount required to be withheld.  If the Award Recipient
does not make such payment when requested, the Company may refuse to issue any
Common Stock certificate under this Agreement until arrangements satisfactory to
the Committee for such payment have been made.

 

8.             IMPACT ON OTHER BENEFITS:

 

                The value of the Common Stock issued hereunder shall not be
includable as compensation or earnings for purposes of any other benefit plan
offered by the Company unless specifically provided in such plan.

 

9.             ADMINISTRATION:

 

 

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                The Committee or the Board shall have full authority and
discretion (subject only to the express provisions of the Omnibus Stock Plan) to
decide all matters relating to the administration, interpretation and
implementation of the Omnibus Stock Plan and this Agreement.  Subject to Section
10 hereof, all such Committee determinations shall be final, conclusive, and
binding upon the Company, the Award Recipient, and any and all interested
parties.

 

10.          CLAIM PROCEDURE:

 

                (a)           If any claim for compensation is wholly or
partially denied, the Committee shall, within 90 days after receipt of a written
claim, notify the Award Recipient of such denial (unless the Administrator
determines that special circumstances require an extension of time for
processing the claim).  Such notice of denial shall be in writing and shall
contain (1) the specific reason or reasons for denial of the claim, (2)
reference to the specific provisions of this Agreement and/or the Omnibus Stock
Plan upon which the denial is based, (3) a description of any additional
material or information necessary to perfect the claim and an explanation of why
such material or information is necessary, and (4) an explanation of the claim
review procedure, as specified under the provisions of this Section 10.

 

                (b)           In the event that a claim for compensation by the
Award Recipient is denied, the Award Recipient may (1) file with the Committee a
written request that the Committee conduct a full and fair review of the denial
of the claim for compensation, and (2) review any documents pertinent to such
request.  Such request shall be delivered to the Committee within 60 days after
the receipt by the Award Recipient of the written notice of denial of the
claim.  Such review shall (i) provide the Award Recipient with the opportunity
to submit written comments, documents, records and other information relating to
the claim for compensation, (ii) provide the Award Recipient, upon request and
free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and
other information relevant to the claim for compensation, and (iii) take into
account all comments, documents, records or other information submitted by the
Award Recipient relating to the claim for compensation, without regard to
whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial
determination of compensation.

 

                (c)           The Committee shall deliver to the Award Recipient
a written decision on any claim filed hereunder within 60 days after the receipt
of the aforesaid request for review (unless the Committee determines that
special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim). 
Such decision shall (1) include specific reasons for the decision, (2) contain
specific references to the pertinent provisions of this Agreement and/or the
Omnibus Stock Plan upon which the decision is based, (3) contain a statement
that the Award Recipient is entitled to receive, upon request and free of
charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other
information relevant to the Award Recipient’s claim for compensation,  and (4)
contain a statement describing the rights of the Award Recipient to bring suit
under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

 

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                (d)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may
determine to act in the Committee’s place under this Section 10.

 

11.          RIGHT TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT:

 

                Nothing in the Omnibus Stock Plan or this Agreement shall be
construed as a contract of employment between the Company or any affiliate and
the Award Recipient, or as a contractual right of the Award Recipient to
continue in the employ of the Company or any affiliate.

 

12.          UNFUNDED OBLIGATION:

 

                The obligation of the Company to make payments with respect to
Award Units granted hereunder shall be interpreted solely as an unfunded
contractual obligation to make such payments in the manner and under the
conditions prescribed under this Agreement.  Assets, if any, set aside with
respect to amounts payable under this Agreement shall be subject to the claims
of the Company’s general creditors, and no person other than the Company shall,
by virtue of the provisions of the Omnibus Plan or this Agreement, have any
interest in such assets.  Neither the Award Recipient nor any other person shall
have any interest in any particular assets of the Company by reason of the right
to receive a benefit under this Agreement, and the Award Recipient or any such
other person shall have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the
Company with respect to any rights under the Omnibus Plan or this Agreement.

 

13.          AMENDMENTS:

 

                This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties
with respect to the subject matter contained herein and may not be modified,
except as provided in the Omnibus Stock Plan or in a written document signed by
each of the parties hereto.

 

14.          FORCE AND EFFECT:

 

                This Agreement is intended to conform in all respects with, and
is subject to all applicable provisions of, the Omnibus Stock Plan (including,
without limitation, the antidilution and other provisions of Article 7), which
is incorporated herein by reference.  Inconsistencies between the Agreement and
the Omnibus Stock Plan shall be resolved in accordance with the terms of the
Omnibus Stock Plan.  In the event of any ambiguity in the Agreement or any
matters as to which the Agreement is silent, the Omnibus Stock Plan shall
govern.

 

15.          PREVAILING LAWS:

 

                Except to the extent preempted by federal law, this Agreement
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of
the State of Maryland, without regard to the conflict of laws principles
thereof.

 

 

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16.          SUCCESSORS:

 

                This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the Company, its successors and assigns, and the Award Recipient and his heirs,
personal representatives and assigns.

 

17.          COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 409A:

 

                Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, it is
intended that this Agreement comply in all respects with Section 409A of the
Code, and this Agreement shall be interpreted and administered in such manner as
to comply with such provisions.  This Agreement may be amended, retroactively if
necessary, to conform this Agreement to the requirements of Section 409A of the
Code.

 

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be
executed by its duly authorized officer, and the Award Recipient has hereunto
set his hand and seal, as of the 29th day of March, 2006.

 

 

ATTEST:

 

MERCANTILE BANKSHARES CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

John L. Unger, Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

WITNESS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edward J. Kelly, III.

 

 

 

 

 

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