(a) | The “Participant” is [Insert Name], who is the individual recipient of the Performance Based Restricted Stock Award on the specified Grant Date. |
(b) | The “Grant Date” is [Insert Date]. |
(c) | The “Commencement Date” is [Insert Date]. |
(d) | The number of “Covered Performance Shares” is [Insert Number], which is 50% [66% for Vice Chairman and COO] of that portion of the Participant’s annual Long-Term Incentive Award which is granted in the form of restricted shares for the year in which the Grant Date occurs, as reflected in the corporate records and shown in the Record-Keeping System in the Participant’s individual account records. |
(e) | The number of Premium Performance Shares is [Insert number equal to 65% of the number of Covered Performance Shares]. |
(a) | If the Cumulative Performance of the Company during the Performance Period is 50 percent or greater than 50 percent, the Restricted Period shall end for any Covered Performance Shares on the later of the three-year anniversary of the Grant Date and the date the Committee certifies that the requisite Cumulative Performance has been achieved during the Performance Period (the date of certification is referred to as the “Certification Date” and the later of the three-year anniversary of the Grant Date and the Certification Date referred to as the “Vesting Date”). If the Cumulative Performance of the Company during the Performance Period is less than 50 percent, the Restricted Period shall end with respect to a number of the Covered Performance Shares determined by |
(b) | The term “Performance Percentage” shall mean the applicable Performance Percentage determined based on the achievement of the Cumulative Performance over the Performance Period by Chubb Limited: |
If the Satisfaction of Chubb Limited of the Cumulative Performance during the applicable Performance Period: | The Performance Percentage will be: |
Does not exceed 25% | 0% |
Exceeds 25%, but does not meet or exceed 50% | 50%, as increased to the extent, if any, provided pursuant to the following provisions of this paragraph (b) |
Meets or exceeds 50% | 100% |
(c) | For the avoidance of doubt, the Restricted Period shall end only on or after the Committee’s certification that the Cumulative Performance for the Performance Period has been satisfied. Any Covered Performance Shares that have not vested as of the end of the Restricted Period shall be forfeited by the Participant as of the Vesting Date. |
(a) | For Covered Performance Shares as to which the Restricted Period has not ended prior to the Date of Termination, the Restricted Period for such Covered Performance Shares shall end upon the Participant’s Date of Termination, and the Covered Performance Shares shall fully vest upon the Date of Termination, if the Date of Termination occurs by reason of the Participant’s death. |
(b) | For Covered Performance Shares as to which the Restricted Period has not ended prior to the Date of Termination, the Restricted Period for such Covered Performance Shares shall end upon the Participant’s Date of Termination, and the Covered Performance Shares shall fully vest upon the Date of Termination, if the Date of Termination occurs by reason of the Participant’s Long-Term Disability. |
(c) | For Covered Performance Shares as to which the Restricted Period has not ended prior to the date of a Change in Control, the Restricted Period for such Covered Performance Shares shall end upon a Change in Control, and the Covered Performance Shares shall vest upon the Change in Control, provided that such Change in Control occurs on or before the Date of Termination. |
(a) | Except as provided in paragraphs 3 and 4 above, the Participant will be vested in any Covered Performance Shares if the Date of Termination has not occurred prior to the last day of the Restricted Period with respect to those shares and the requirements of paragraph 2 have been satisfied. Upon vesting at the end of such Restricted Period, those shares will be delivered to the Participant free of all restrictions. |
(b) | Except as otherwise determined by the Committee and as provided in paragraphs 3 and 4 above, the Participant shall forfeit any Covered Performance Shares as of the Date of Termination, if such Date of Termination occurs prior to the Vesting Date. |
(c) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any employment agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Subsidiary or any severance plan maintained by the Company or a Subsidiary in which the Participant participates, the Participate acknowledges and agrees that the Covered Performance Shares and Premium Performance Shares shall vest (and the Restricted Period shall end) only as provided by, and subject to the terms of, these Performance Based Restricted Stock Award Terms. |
(a) | The Restricted Period shall end on the Vesting Date for the number of the Premium Performance Shares determined by multiplying the number of Premium Performance Shares by the Premium Award Performance Percentage (as determined below). |
(b) | The Premium Award Performance Percentage will be determined in accordance with the following schedule: |
If the Cumulative Performance of Chubb Limited during the Performance Period: | The Premium Award Performance Percentage will be: |
Does not meet or exceed 50% | 0% |
Meets or exceeds 50%, but does not exceed 75% | 0%, as increased to the extent, if any, provided pursuant to the following provisions of this paragraph (b) up to 77% |
Exceeds 75% and the Total Shareholder Return of Chubb Limited during the Performance Period meets or exceeds the 55th percentile of the Total Shareholder Return of the Peer Companies. | 100% |
(c) | Upon vesting at the end of such Restricted Period, those shares will be delivered to the Participant free of all restrictions. Except as provided in paragraph 3 for a Date of Termination that occurs because of Retirement, the Participant shall not be entitled to vesting of any Premium Performance Shares if the Date of Termination occurs before the Vesting Date for any reason. |
(b) | Combined Ratio. The “Combined Ratio” for a given period is determined as the sum of the loss and loss expense ratio, the policy acquisition cost ratio and the administrative expense ratio in relation to the P& C insurance business. For Chubb the Combined Ratio is determined as the P&C combined ratio disclosed in the 10-K for such period (or the average of the disclosed combined ratios for each year if the period is longer than one year). For Peer Group Companies for purposes of this Agreement, the Combined Ratio is determined as the combined ratio publicly disclosed for such company, on a comparable basis, for such period (or the average of the disclosed combined ratios for each year if the period is longer than one year). |
(c) | Cumulative Performance. The term “Cumulative Performance” means, as to Chubb Limited, a percentage equal to the sum of (A) and (B) where (A) equals the First Performance Goal multiplied by seven-tenths (0.70) and where (B) equals the Second Performance Goal multiplied by three-tenths (0.30). For example, if the First Performance Goal equals eighty percent (80%) and the Second Performance goal Equals fifty percent (50%), then the Cumulative Performance would equal seventy-one percent (71%) determined as the sum of (80%*.7) and (50% *.3). The determination of the Cumulative Performance and its parameters is subject to rules established by the Committee within 90 days of the beginning of the Performance Period. |
(d) | Date of Termination. A Participant’s “Date of Termination” means, with respect to an employee, the date on which the Participant’s employment with the Company and the Subsidiaries terminates for any reason, and with respect to a Director, the date immediately following the last day on which the Participant serves as a Director; provided that a Date of Termination shall not be deemed to occur by reason of a Participant’s transfer of employment between the Company and a Subsidiary or between two Subsidiaries; further provided that a Date of Termination shall not be deemed to occur by reason of a Participant’s cessation of service as a Director if immediately following such cessation of service the Participant becomes or continues to be employed by the Company or a Subsidiary, nor by reason of a Participant’s termination of employment with the Company or a Subsidiary if immediately following such termination of employment the Participant becomes or continues to be a Director; and further provided that a Participant’s employment shall not be considered terminated while the Participant is on a leave of absence from the Company or a Subsidiary approved by the Participant’s employer. |
(e) | Director. The term “Director” means a member of the Board, who may or may not be an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary. |
(f) | First Performance Goal. The term “First Performance Goal” for the Performance Period means the achievement by Chubb Limited of growth in tangible book value per common shares outstanding as reported under GAAP during the Performance Period, as compared to the growth in tangible book value per common shares outstanding as reported under GAAP during the same Performance Period by the Peer Companies expressed as a percentile rank as compared to the Peer Group. The determination of the First Performance Goal and its parameters is subject to rules established by the Committee within 90 days of the beginning of the applicable Performance Period. The Committee, in its discretion, may adjust the reported tangible book value for Chubb Limited or the Peer Companies for the Performance Period; provided, however, that no such adjustment may result in an increase in the number of Covered Performance Shares and Premium Performance Shares which are earned and vested at the end of the Performance Period over the number of Covered Performance Shares and Premium Performance Shares that would have been earned and vested had the reported tangible book value for either Chubb Limited or the Peer Companies not been adjusted. |
(g) | Long-Term Disability. A Participant shall be considered to have a “Long-Term Disability” if the Participant is determined to be eligible for long-term disability benefits under the long-term disability plan in which the Participant participates and which is sponsored by the Company or a Subsidiary; or if the Participant does not participate in a long-term disability plan sponsored by the Company or a Subsidiary, then the Participant shall be considered to have a “Long-Term Disability” if the Committee determines, under standards comparable to those of the Company’s long-term disability plan, that the Participant would be eligible for long-term disability benefits if he or she participated in such plan. |
(h) | Peer Companies. The term “Peer Companies” means the companies which are in the Chubb Financial Performance Peer Group as determined by the Committee within 90 days of the beginning of the Performance Period and for which financial information is available for all year(s) in the Performance Period. |
(i) | Performance Period. The term “Performance Period” shall mean the three-year period beginning on the Commencement Date and ending on the third anniversary of the Commencement Date. |
(j) | Retirement. The term “Retirement” means the Participant’s Date of Termination that occurs on or after the Participant has both completed at least ten years of service with the Company or a Subsidiary and attained at least age 62; provided, however, that a Date of Termination will not be treated as a Retirement unless the Participant (i) has terminated employment in good standing with the Company or a Subsidiary, and (ii) executes an agreement and release as required by the Company which will include, without limitation, a general release, and non-competition and non-solicitation provisions. A Participant shall be deemed to have executed a release as described in clause (ii) above only if such release is returned by such time as is established by the Company; provided that to the extent benefits provided pursuant to the Plan would be considered to be provided under a nonqualified deferred compensation plan as that term is defined in Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1, such benefits shall be paid to the Participant only if the release is returned in time to permit the distribution of the benefits to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the time of payment. |
(k) | Second Performance Goal. The term “Second Performance Goal” for the Performance Period means the achievement by Chubb Limited of its Combined Ratio during the Performance Period, as compared to the Combined Ratio reported publicly during the same Performance Period by the Peer Companies expressed as a percentile rank as compared to the Peer Group. The determination of the Second Performance Goal and its parameters is subject to rules established by the Committee within 90 days of the beginning of the applicable Performance Period. The Committee, in its discretion, may adjust the Combined Ratio for Chubb Limited or the combined ratio reported publicly for the Peer Companies for the Performance Period; provided, however, that no such adjustment may result in an increase in the number of Covered Performance Shares and Premium Performance Shares which are earned and vested at the end of the Performance Period over the number of Covered Performance Shares and Premium Performance Shares that would have been earned and vested had the Combined Ratio for either Chubb Limited or the Peer Companies not been adjusted. |
(l) | Total Shareholder Return. The term “Total Shareholder Return” means the total return per share of stock to the Company’s shareholders or the shareholders of the applicable Peer Company, inclusive of dividends paid (regardless of whether paid in cash or property, which dividends shall be deemed reinvested in the stock), during the Performance Period. The value of the applicable company’s stock at the beginning and end of the Performance Period shall be established based on the average of the averages of the high and low trading prices of the applicable stock on the principal exchange on which the stock trades for the 15 trading days occurring immediately prior to the beginning or end of the Performance Period, as the case may be. The Committee shall make or shall cause to be made such appropriate adjustments to the calculation of total shareholder return for such entity (including adjusting the average at the beginning of the Performance Period) as shall be necessary or appropriate to avoid an artificial increase or decrease in such return as a result of a stock split (including a reverse stock split), recapitalization, or other similar event affecting the capital structure of such entity that does not involve the issuance of the entity’s securities in exchange for money, property, or other consideration. |
(a) | Notwithstanding anything in these Performance Based Restricted Stock Award Terms to the contrary, these Performance Based Restricted Stock Award Terms shall be subject to the terms of the Plan, a copy of which may be obtained by the Participant from the office of the Secretary of the Company; and these Performance Based Restricted Stock Award Terms are subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations promulgated by the Committee from time to time pursuant to the Plan. |
(b) | Notwithstanding anything in the Performance Based Restricted Stock Terms to the contrary, in the event of any discrepancies between the corporate records regarding this award and the Record-Keeping System, the corporate records shall control. |
(a) | In light of Participant’s obligations to the Company (references in this paragraph 18 to the “Company” include the Company’s Subsidiaries) and exposure in the course of Participant’s duties to confidential information and customers of the Company, during the term of Participant’s employment and for one year following Participant’s Date of Termination (the “Non-Solicit Period”), Participant will not directly or indirectly: |
(b) | Participant hereby acknowledges that this paragraph 18 contains provisions that: (i) do not impose a greater restraint than is necessary to protect the goodwill or other business interests of the Company; (ii) contain reasonable limitations as to time and scope of activity to be restrained; (iii) are not harmful to the general public; and (iv) are not unduly burdensome to Participant. In consideration of this Award and in light of Participant’s education, skills and abilities, Participant agrees that he or she will not assert that, and it should not be considered that, any provisions of this paragraph 18 otherwise are void, voidable or unenforceable or should be voided or held unenforceable. |
(c) | Participant acknowledges and agrees that any failure to comply with any of the terms of this paragraph 18 will irreparably harm the Company for which money damages will be an inadequate remedy. Participant agrees that the Company will have the right to enforce this paragraph 18 in any court of equity to obtain injunctive relief without the posting of a bond and without proof of actual damages. Participant agrees that the foregoing rights and remedies of Company shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other remedies available to the Company at law or in equity. |
(d) | The Non-Solicit Period will be tolled for any period during which Participant is in violation of any provision of this paragraph 18. |