EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
between
INTEGRA BANK CORPORATION
and
RAYMOND D. BECK
(Effective October 15,
2008)
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
between
INTEGRA BANK CORPORATION
and
RAYMOND D. BECK
This Employment Agreement
(“Agreement”) is made and entered into on this 15th day
of October 2008, by and between Integra Bank Corporation, an
Indiana corporation (the “Company”) and Raymond D. Beck
(“Executive”).
A. Executive is an employee of the Company
and its subsidiary, Integra Bank N.A., serving as Executive Vice
President, Chief Credit and Risk Officer.
B. The Company and Executive desire to
enter into an agreement embodying the terms of Executive’s
employment with the Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing and the mutual promises set forth in this Agreement, and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and Executive agree
as follows:
1. Effective Date. This Agreement
shall be effective as of October 15, 2008 (the
“Effective Date”).
2. Term of Employment. Subject to
earlier termination as provided in Section 7 of this
Agreement, the original term of this Agreement shall begin on the
Effective Date and shall end on December 31, 2009; provided,
however, that this Agreement shall be automatically extended for
successive terms of one (1) year each (the original term plus
any extensions of the term are hereinafter referred to as the
“Term”) unless either party provides written notice not
to so extend to the other party at least sixty (60) calendar
days before the scheduled expiration of the Term, in which case no
further automatic extension shall occur and the Term shall end on
the scheduled expiration date.
3. Position and Responsibilities.
During the Term, Executive agrees to continue to serve in his
current position(s) and/or in such other senior management
position(s) as the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”) may designate. In this capacity the Executive
shall have such duties, authorities and responsibilities as are
commensurate with such position(s) and such other duties and
responsibilities as the Board shall designate that are consistent
with such position(s).
4. Standard of Care. During the
Term, Executive (a) will devote his full working time,
attention, energies and skills exclusively to the business and
affairs of the Company and its affiliates; (b) will exercise
the highest degree of loyalty and the highest standards of conduct
in the performance of his duties; (c) will not, except as
noted herein, engage in any other business activity, whether or not
such business activity is pursued for gain, profit or other
pecuniary advantage, without the express written consent of the
Company; and (d) will not take any action that deprives the Company
of any business opportunities or otherwise act in a manner that
conflicts with the best interests of the Company or that is
detrimental to the business of the Company; provided, however, this
Section 4 shall not be construed as preventing Executive
(y) from investing his personal assets in such form or manner
as will not require his services in the daily operations and
affairs of the businesses in which such investments are made, or
(z) from participating in charitable or other not-for-profit
activities as long as such activities do not interfere with
Executive’s work for the Company (or its
affiliates).
5. Compensation and Benefits. As
remuneration for all services to be rendered by Executive during
the Term, and as consideration for complying with the covenants
herein, the Company shall pay and provide to Executive the
following:
5.1. Annual Base Salary . The Company
shall pay Executive a base salary of Two Hundred Twelve Thousand
Dollars ($212,000) (the “Base Salary”) on an annualized
basis. The Company shall review the Base Salary approximately
annually during the Term to determine, at the discretion of the
Company, whether the Base Salary should be increased and, if so,
the amount of such adjustment and the time at which the adjustment
should take effect. The Base Salary shall be paid to Executive
consistent with the customary payroll practices of the
Company.
5.2. Incentive Bonus. Executive shall be
entitled to participate during the Term in the Integra Bank
Corporation Annual Cash Incentive Plan and in any other incentive
bonus plan which the Company may adopt and implement from time to
time during the Term with respect to Executive’s specific
position. Nothing contained in this Section shall obligate the
Company to institute, maintain or refrain from changing, amending
or discontinuing any incentive bonus plan, so long as such changes
are similarly applicable to other employees under such
plan.
5.3. Equity Compensation. Executive shall
be entitled to participate during the Term in the Integra Bank
Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and in any other equity
compensation plan which the Company may adopt and implement from
time to time during the Term. Nothing contained in this Section
shall obligate the Company to institute, maintain or refrain from
changing, amending or discontinuing any equity compensation plan,
so long as such changes are similarly applicable to other employees
under such plan.
5.4. Employee Benefits. The Company shall
provide to Executive employee fringe benefits to which other
employees of the Company are generally entitled, commensurate with
his position with the Company and subject to the eligibility
requirements and other terms and conditions of such plans,
including life insurance coverage under the Integra Bank National
Association Group Term Carve-Out Plan. Nothing contained in this
Section shall obligate the Company to institute, maintain or
refrain from changing, amending or discontinuing any employee
fringe benefit plan, so long as such changes are similarly
applicable to other employees generally.
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6. Reimbursement of Business
Expenses. The Company shall pay or reimburse Executive for all
ordinary and necessary expenses, in a reasonable amount, which
Executive incurs in performing his duties under this Agreement.
Such expenses shall be paid or reimbursed to Executive consistent
with the expense reimbursement policies of the Company in effect
from time to time and Executive agrees to abide by any such expense
reimbursement policies.
7.
Termination of Employment.
7.1. Termination Due to Death. If
Executive dies during the Term, this Agreement shall terminate on
the date of Executive’s death. Upon the death of Executive,
the Company’s obligation to pay and provide to Executive
compensation and benefits under this Agreement shall immediately
terminate, except: (a) the Company shall pay Executive or
Executive’s legal representative that portion of his Base
Salary, at the rate then in effect, which shall have been earned
through the termination date; and (b) the Company shall pay or
provide Executive or Executive’s legal representative such
other payments and benefits, if any, which had accrued hereunder
before Executive’s death. Other than the foregoing, the
Company shall have no further obligations to Executive (or
Executive’s legal representatives, including
Executive’s estate, heirs, executors, administrators and
personal representatives) under this Agreement.
7.2. Termination Due to Disability. If
Executive suffers a Disability (as hereafter defined), the Company
shall have the right to terminate this Agreement and
Executive’s employment with the Company. The Company shall
deliver written notice to Executive of the Company’s
termination because of Disability, pursuant to this
Section 7.2, specifying in such notice a termination date not
less than seven (7) calendar days after the giving of the
notice (the “Disability Notice Period”), and this
Agreement, and Executive’s employment by the Company, shall
terminate at the close of business on the last day of the
Disability Notice Period.
Upon the termination of this Agreement because
of Disability, the Company’s obligation to pay and provide to
Executive compensation and benefits under this Agreement shall
immediately terminate, except: (a) the Company shall pay
Executive that portion of his Base Salary, at the rate then in
effect, which shall have been earned through the termination date;
and (b) the Company shall pay or provide Executive such other
payments and benefits, if any, which had accrued hereunder before
the termination for Disability. Other than the foregoing, the
Company shall have no further obligations to Executive under this
Agreement.
The term “Disability” shall mean
either (i) when Executive is deemed disabled in accordance
with the long-term disability insurance policy or plan of the
Company in effect at the time of the illness or injury causing the
disability or (ii) the inability of Executive, because of
injury, illness, disease or bodily or mental infirmity, to perform
the essential functions of his job (with or without reasonable
accommodation) for more than one hundred twenty (120) days
during any period of twelve (12) consecutive
months.
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7.3. Termination by the Company Without
Cause. At any time during the Term, the Company may terminate
this Agreement and Executive’s employment with the Company
without cause for any reason or no reason by notifying Executive in
writing of the Company’s intent to terminate, specifying in
such notice the effective termination date, and this Agreement and
Executive’s employment with the Company shall terminate at
the close of business on the termination date specified in the
Company’s notice. Upon termination of Executive’s
employment by the Company without cause and in the absence of a
Change in Control (as defined in Section 7.12), the
Company’s obligation to pay and provide Executive
compensation and benefits under this Agreement shall immediately
terminate, except: (a) the Company shall pay Executive that
portion of his Base Salary, at the rate then in effect, which shall
have been earned through the termination date; (b) the Company
shall pay or provide Executive such other payments and benefits, if
any, which had accrued hereunder before the termination date; and
(c) in addition, the Company shall pay Executive severance
compensation in a lump sum payment within thirty (30) days
after the termination of employment equal to one and one-half (1.5)
times the Base Salary in effect immediately prior to
termination.
7.4. Termination by the Company For
Cause. At any time during the Term, the Company may terminate
this Agreement and Executive’s employment with the Company
for “Cause” as provided in this Section 7.4.
“Cause” shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the
following events: (a) Executive’s conviction for a
felony or of any crime involving moral turpitude;
(b) Executive’s engaging in any illegal conduct or
willful misconduct in the performance of his employment duties for
the Company (or its affiliates); (c) Executive’s
engaging in any fraudulent or dishonest conduct in his dealings
with, or on behalf of, the Company (or its affiliates);
(d) Executive’s failure or refusal to follow the lawful
instructions of the Company, if such failure or refusal continues
for a period of five (5) calendar days after the Company delivers
to Executive a written notice stating the instructions which
Executive has failed or refused to follow;
(e) Executive’s breach of any of Executive’s
obligations under this Agreement; (f) Executive’s gross
or habitual negligence in the performance of his employment duties
for the Company (or its affiliates); (g) Executive’s
engaging in any conduct tending to bring the Company into public
disgrace or disrepute or to injure the reputation or goodwill of
the Company; (h) Executive’s material violation of the
Company’s business ethics or conflict-of-interest policies,
as such policies currently exist or as they may be amended or
implemented during Executive’s employment with the Company;
(i) Executive’s misuse of alcohol or illegal drugs which
interferes with the performance of Executive’s employment
duties for the Company or which compromises the reputation or
goodwill of the Company; (j) Executive’s intentional
violation of any applicable banking law or regulation in the
performance of Executive’s employment duties for the Company;
or (k) Executive’s failure to abide by any employment
rules or policies applicable to the Company’s employees
generally that Company currently has or may adopt, amend or
implement from time to time during Executive’s employment
with the Company.
Upon the occurrence of any of the events
specified above, the Company may terminate Executive’s
employment for Cause by notifying Executive in writing of its
decision to terminate his employment for Cause, and
Executive’s employment and this Agreement shall terminate at
the close of business on the date on which the Company gives such
notice.
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Upon termination of Executive’s employment
by the Company for Cause, the Company’s obligation to pay or
provide Executive compensation and benefits under this Agreement
shall terminate, except: (a) the Company shall pay Executive
that portion of his Base Salary, at the rate then in effect, which
shall have been earned through the termination date; and
(b) the Company shall pay or provide Executive such other
payments or benefits, if any, which had accrued hereunder before
the termination date. Other than the foregoing, the Company shall
have no further obligations to Executive under this
Agreement.
7.5. Termination by the Company in Connection
with a Change in Control . If at any time during the Term
Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated by
the Company without the Executive’s prior written consent
other than for any of the reasons set forth in Sections 7.1,
7.2 and 7.4 within six (6) months before or within two
(2) years after a Change in Control, the Company’s
obligation to pay or provide Executive compensation and benefits
under this Agreement shall terminate, except (a) the Company
shall pay Executive that portion of his Base Salary, at the rate
then in effect, which shall have been earned through the
termination date; (b) the Company shall pay or provide
Executive such other payments or benefits, if any, which had
accrued hereunder before the termination date; and (c) in
addition, the Company shall pay Executive within (30) days
following such a termination or, if later, such a Change in
Control, a lump sum severance payment of an amount equal to the
greater of the amount calculated under the following clauses
(1) and (2): (1) a cash payment in an amount that, when
added to all other accelerated payments or benefits to Executive,
would be equal to two and nine-tenths (2.9) times the “Base
Amount” and (2) two and nine-tenths (2.9) times the Base
Amount minus the full amount payable by the Executive to the
Internal Revenue Service under Section 4999 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). For
purposes of this Agreement, “Base Amount” is defined as
Executive’s average includable salary, bonus, incentive
payments and similar compensation paid by the Company for the five
(5) most recent taxable years ending before the date on which
the Change in Control occurs (or such shorter period of time that
the Executive has been employed by the Company) . The
definition, interpretation and calculation of the dollar amount of
Base Amount shall be in a manner consistent with and as required by
the provisions of Section 280G of the Code, and the
regulations and rulings of the Internal Revenue Service promulgated
thereunder.
7.6. Termination by Executive For Good
Reason . At any time during the Term, Executive may terminate
this Agreement and his employment with the Company by giving the
Company written notice of termination for Good Reason. For purposes
of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean any of the
following:
(i) any material breach by the Company of
any provision of this Agreement which is not cured by the Company
within ten (10) days of receipt by the Company of written
notice from Executive specifying with particularity the existence
and nature of the breach; or
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(ii) the occurrence of any one of the
following events within six (6) months prior to or within two
(2) years following a Change in Control:
(A) Without Executive’s express
written consent, the assignment of Executive to any duties which
are materially inconsistent with his positions, duties,
responsibilities or status with the Company immediately prior to
the earlier of termination of employment or the Change in Control
or a substantial reduction of his duties or responsibilities which
does not represent a promotion from his position, duties or
responsibilities immediately prior to the earlier of termination of
employment or the Change in Control.
(B) A reduction by the Company in
Executive’s salary from the level of such salary immediately
prior to the earlier of termination of employment or the Change in
Control or the Company’s failure to increase (within twelve
(12) months of Executive’s last increase in base salary)
Executive’s base salary after a Change in Control in an
amount which at least equals, on a percentage basis, the average
percentage increase in base salary for all executive and senior
officers of the Company effected in the preceding twelve (12)
months.
(C) The failure by the Company to continue
in effect any incentive, bonus or other compensation plan in which
Executive participates, including but not limited to the
Company’s stock option plans, unless an equitable arrangement
(embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan), with which
Executive has consented, has been made with respect to such plan in
connection with the Change in Control, or the failure by the
Company to continue Executive’s participation therein, or any
action by the Company which would directly or indirectly materially
reduce Executive’s participation therein.
(D) The failure by the Company to continue
to provide Executive with benefits substantially similar to those
enjoyed by Executive or to which Executive was entitled under any
of the Company’s principal pension, profit sharing, life
insurance, medical, dental, health and accident, or disability
plans in which Executive was participating immediately prior to the
earlier of the termination of employment or the Change in Control,
the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or
indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive
Executive of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by Executive or to
which Executive was entitled immediately prior to the earlier of
the termination of employment or the Change in Control, or the
failure by the Company to provide Executive with the number of paid
vacation and sick leave days to which Executive is entitled on the
basis of years of service or position with the Company in
accordance with the Company’s normal vacation policy in
effect on the date hereof.
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(E) The Company’s requiring Executive
to be based anywhere other than the metropolitan area where the
Company office at which he was based immediately prior to the
earlier of the termination of employment or the Change in Control
was located, except for required travel on the Company’s
business in accordance with the Company’s past management
practices.
(F) Any failure of the Company to obtain
the assumption of the obligation to perform this Agreement by any
successor as contemplated in Section 12.1 hereof.
(G) Any failure by the Company or its
shareholders, as the case may be, to reappoint or reelect Executive
to a corporate office held by him immediately prior to the earlier
of the termination of employment or the Change in Control or his
removal from any such office including any seat held at such time
on the Company’s Board of Directors.
(H) The effectiveness of a resignation,
tendered at any time, either before or after a Change in Control
and regardless of whether formally characterized as voluntary or
otherwise, by Executive of any corporate office held by him
immediately prior to the Change in Control or of any seat held at
such time on the Company’s Board of Directors, at the request
of the Company or at the request of the person obtaining control of
the Company in such Change in Control.
(I) Any request by the Company that
Executive participate in an unlawful act.
(J) Any breach by the Company of any
provision of this Agreement which is not cured by the Company
within ten (10) business days after receipt by the Company of
written notice from Executive specifying with particularity the
existence and nature of the breach.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, Executive’s right to terminate
Executive’s employment pursuant to this Section 7.6
shall not be affected by Executive’s incapacity due to
physical or mental illness.
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If this Agreement and Executive’s
employment are terminated by Executive for the Good Reason listed
in Section 7.6(i), the Company’s obligation to pay or
provide Executive compensation and benefits under this Agreement
shall terminate, except (a) the Company shall pay Executive
that portion of his Base Salary, at the rate
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