1. | The Plan. The Progressive Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively "Progressive" or the “Company”) have adopted the 2016 Progressive Capital Management Bonus Plan (the “Plan”) as part of their compensation program for the Company’s investment professionals for the Company’s 2016 fiscal year (the “Plan year”). The Plan is performance-based and is administered under the direction of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of The Progressive Corporation (the “Compensation Committee” or “Committee”). References in this Plan to the Company’s portfolio mean the respective portfolios of the Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates that are actively managed by Progressive Capital Management Corp., and references in this Plan to the Company’s investment results mean the investment results of those portfolios only. |
2. | Participants. Progressive employees who are assigned primarily to the Company’s capital management function, including the Company’s Chief Investment Officer (“CIO”), are eligible to be selected for participation in the Plan. Eligible employees in addition to the CIO will be selected by the CIO in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Human Resource Officer (“CHRO”) (the “Designated Executives”) to participate in the Plan. Participants may also participate in other Gainsharing, bonus or incentive compensation plans maintained by Progressive, if so determined by the Designated Executives (or in the case of the CIO or any other executive officer, by the Compensation Committee). Other eligible employees of the Company may be selected for participation in the Plan for or at any time during the Plan year by the Designated Executives. In such cases, the Designated Executives will determine the new participant’s Target Percentage (described below) and other terms of participation (except with respect to the CIO or any other executive officer, as to whom all determinations must be made by the Committee). Throughout this Plan, references to “executive officers” refer to executive officers within the meaning of any Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or New York Stock Exchange rule applicable to the Company. |
A. | Annual Bonus. Each participant may earn an annual cash bonus (the “Annual Bonus”), subject to the terms of this Plan. The amount of the Annual Bonus earned by any participant will be determined by application of the following formula: |
B. | Paid Eligible Earnings. Paid Eligible Earnings for the Plan year shall mean and include the following: regular, Earned Time Benefit pay (excluding the payout of unused Earned Time Benefit pay at termination), sick pay, holiday pay, funeral pay, military make-up pay, overtime pay, shift differential, and retroactive payments of any of the foregoing items, received by the participant during the Plan year for work or services performed as an officer or employee of Progressive. |
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• | the primary investment factors that are responsible for favorable or unfavorable results relative to the peer group, such as the Company’s duration and yield curve position and the extent of its exposure to sectors of the fixed-income markets, including corporate bonds, residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, other asset-backed securities, government bonds, preferred stocks and non-investment-grade bonds; |
• | the Company’s holdings within each sector relative to the general market composition of each sector; |
• | the extent to which material investment decisions may have been driven by Company strategic or capital considerations; and |
• | the impact on investment results of significant portfolio cash flows driven by Company operations, strategic decisions or capital transactions. |
4. | Payment Procedures; Deferral. The Annual Bonuses will be determined and paid to Plan participants as soon as practicable after the Performance Factor has been determined by the Committee, but no later than March 15th following the Plan year. |
5. | Qualification Date; Leave of Absence; Withholding. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, and except as otherwise provided herein, in order to be entitled to receive an Annual Bonus for the Plan year, the participant must be an active regular employee of Progressive on November 30 of the Plan year (“Qualification Date”). Individuals who are hired on or after December 1 of any Plan year are not entitled to an Annual Bonus for that Plan year. Any participant who is on a leave of absence covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended (or equivalent state or local law), the American with Disabilities Act of 1991, as amended (or equivalent state or local law), personal leave approved by the Company, military leave or short- or long-term disability (provided that, in the case of a long-term disability, the participant is still an employee of the Company) on the Qualification Date relating to the Plan year will be entitled to receive an Annual Bonus for the Plan year based on the Paid Eligible Earnings received by the participant during the Plan year. Annual Bonus payments made to participants will be net of any legally required deductions and/or withholdings for federal, state and local taxes and other items. |
6. | Other Plans. Participants may be selected to participate in this Plan and in one or more other incentive plans offered by the Company. In the case of the CIO or any other executive officer, all determinations with respect to such incentive plans and the executive’s participation therein shall be made by the Compensation Committee. In all other cases, the Designated Executives shall have full authority to determine the incentive plan or plans in which any employee shall participate during the Plan year and the weighting factor (if any) that will apply to each such plan. |
7. | Non-Transferability. The right to any Annual Bonuses hereunder may not be sold, transferred, assigned or encumbered by any participant. Nothing herein shall prevent any participant's interest hereunder from being subject to involuntary attachment, levy or other legal process. |
8. | Administration. The Plan will be administered by or under the direction of the Committee. The Committee will have the authority to adopt, alter, amend, modify and repeal such rules, guidelines, procedures and practices governing the Plan as it, from time to time, in its sole discretion deems advisable. |
9. | Miscellaneous. |
A. | Recoupment. Progressive shall have the right to recoup any Annual Bonus (or an appropriate portion thereof, as hereinafter provided) with respect to any Plan year paid to a participant hereunder who was an executive officer of Progressive at any time during such Plan year, if: (i) the Annual Bonus payment was predicated upon the achievement during such Plan year of certain financial or operating results (which includes, for purposes hereof, the performance of the Fixed-Income Portfolio); (ii) such financial or operating results were incorrect and were subsequently the subject of a restatement by Progressive within three (3) years after the date on which such Annual Bonus was paid to the participant; and (iii) a lower payment would have been made to the participant if the restated financial or operating results had been known at the time the payment was made. Such recoupment right shall be available to Progressive whether or not the participant in question was at fault or responsible in any way in causing such restatement. In such circumstances, Progressive will have the right to recover from each participant for such Plan year, and each such participant will refund to Progressive, the amount by which the Annual Bonus paid to such participant for the Plan year in question exceeded the lower payment that would have been made based on the restated results, without interest; provided, however, that Progressive will not seek to recover such amounts unless the amount due would exceed the lesser of five percent (5%) of the Annual Bonus previously paid or twenty-thousand dollars ($20,000). Such recovery, at the Committee’s discretion, may be made by lump sum payment, installment payments, credits against future bonus payments, or other appropriate mechanism. |
B. | Further Rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing subsection A., if any participant that was an executive officer at any time during such Plan year engaged in fraud or other misconduct (as determined by the Committee or the Board, in their respective sole discretion) resulting, in whole or in part, in a restatement of the financial or operating results used hereunder to determine the Annual Bonuses for a specific Plan year, Progressive will further have the right to recover from such participant, and the participant will refund to Progressive upon demand, an amount equal to the entire Annual Bonus paid to such participant for such Plan year plus interest at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum or, if lower, the highest rate permitted by law, calculated from the date that such bonus was paid to the participant. Progressive shall further have the right to recover from such participant Progressive’s costs and expenses incurred in connection with recovering such Annual Bonus from the participant, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees. There shall be no time limit on the Company’s right to recover such amounts under this subsection B., except as otherwise provided by applicable law. |
C. | Rights Not Exclusive. The rights contained in the foregoing subsections A. and B. shall be in addition to, and shall not limit, any other rights or remedies that the Company may have under any applicable law or regulation. |
D. | Compliance with Law. The Annual Bonuses determined and paid pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Plan, if the SEC adopts final rules under Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that require, as a condition to the Company’s continued listing on a national securities exchange (“Exchange”), that the Company develop and implement a policy requiring the recovery of erroneously awarded compensation, and such regulations are applicable to any participant awarded an Annual Bonus pursuant to the Plan, then the following shall apply to such participant: |
10. | Termination; Amendments. The Plan may be terminated, amended or revised, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time by the Committee, in its sole discretion. |
11. | Unfunded Obligations. The Plan will be unfunded and all payments due under the Plan will be made from Progressive's general assets. |
12. | No Employment Rights. Nothing in the Plan shall be construed as conferring upon any person the right to remain a participant in the Plan or to remain employed by Progressive, nor shall the Plan limit Progressive's right to discipline or discharge any of its officers or employees or change any of their job titles, duties or compensation. |
13. | Misconduct; Set-off Rights. No participant shall have the right to receive any Annual Bonus if, prior to such payment being made, participant’s employment is terminated as a result of any action or inaction that, under Progressive’s employment practices or policies as then in effect, constitutes grounds for immediate termination of employment, as determined by Progressive (or, in the case of an executive officer, the Committee) in its sole discretion. Progressive shall have the unrestricted right to set off against or recover |
14. | Prior Plans. This Plan supersedes all prior plans, agreements, understandings and arrangements regarding bonuses or other cash incentive compensation payable or due to any participant from Progressive with respect to the performance of Progressive’s investment portfolio. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Plan supersedes and replaces the 2015 Progressive Capital Management Bonus Plan (the "Prior Plan”), which is and shall be deemed to have terminated on the last day of the Company’s 2015 fiscal year (the "Prior Plan Termination Date"); provided, however, that any bonuses or other sums earned and payable under the Prior Plan with respect to any Plan year ended on or prior to the Prior Plan Termination Date shall be unaffected by such termination and shall be paid to the appropriate participants when and as provided thereunder. |
15. | Effective Date. This Plan is adopted, and is effective, as of the first day of the Company’s 2016 fiscal year and will be effective for the 2016 Plan year (which coincides with Progressive’s 2016 fiscal year, except that investment returns are calculated on a calendar year basis). |
16. | Governing Law. This Plan shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio. |