(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% [75% for Chief Executive Officer][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 the number of Covered Performance Shares]. |
(f) | The “Service Period” is the period beginning on the Grant Date and ending on the earliest to occur of the (i) four-year anniversary of the Grant Date; (ii) the Date of Termination if the Date of Termination occurs by reason of the Participant’s death or Long-Term Disability, and (iii) the Date of Termination if the Date of Termination is a Change in Control Termination. |
(a) | The Restricted Period shall end with respect to a number of the Covered Performance Shares determined by multiplying one quarter (1/4) of the Covered Performance Shares (the “First Installment”) by the applicable Performance Percentage on the later of the applicable Certification Date (as defined below) or the one-year anniversary of the Grant Date, if the Performance Goal has been fully or partially satisfied for the measurement period beginning on the Commencement Date and ending on the one-year anniversary of the Commencement Date (the “First Installment Primary Performance Measurement Period”). If the Performance Goal with respect to the First Installment Primary Performance Measurement Period has not been fully satisfied such that the applicable Performance Percentage did not equal 100% for the First Installment Primary Performance Measurement Period, then the Restricted Period for all or a portion of the First Installment shall end on the earliest of the two-year, three-year, or four-year anniversary of the Grant Date (or, if later than the anniversary of the Grant Date, on the applicable Certification Date) on which the Performance Goal has been fully or partially satisfied for the measurement period beginning on the Commencement Date and ending on the two-year, three-year, or four-year anniversary of the Commencement Date, as applicable (each, a “First Installment Secondary Performance Measurement Period”) and the Performance Percentage as measured over any First Installment Secondary Performance Measurement Period is greater than it was over the First Installment Primary Performance Measurement Period or any previous First Installment Secondary Performance Measurement Period. For any First Installment Secondary Performance Measurement Period pursuant to which the conditions of the previous sentence have been met, the Restricted Period shall end with respect to a number of the Covered Performance Shares determined by multiplying the number of shares in the First Installment by the applicable Performance Percentage for such First Installment Secondary Performance Measurement Period minus the greatest applicable Performance Percentage taken into account in any previous Performance Measurement Period for the First Installment on the later of the applicable Certification Date (as defined below) or the applicable anniversary of the Grant Date. |
(b) | The Restricted Period shall end with respect to a number of the Covered Performance Shares determined by multiplying one quarter (1/4) of the Covered Performance Shares (the “Second Installment”) by the applicable Performance Percentage on the later of the applicable Certification Date or the two-year anniversary of the Grant Date, if the Performance Goal has been fully or partially satisfied for the measurement period beginning on the one-year anniversary of the Commencement Date and ending on the two-year anniversary of the Commencement Date (the “Second Installment Primary Performance Measurement Period”). If the Performance Goal with respect to the Second Installment Primary Performance Measurement Period has not been fully satisfied such that the applicable Performance Percentage did not equal 100% for the Second Installment Primary Performance Measurement Period, then the Restricted Period for all or a portion of the Second Installment shall end on the earlier of the three-year anniversary or the four-year anniversary of the Grant Date (or, if later than the anniversary of the Grant Date, on the applicable Certification Date) on which the Performance Goal has been fully or partially satisfied for the measurement period beginning on the one-year anniversary of the Commencement Date and ending on the three-year or four-year anniversary date of the Commencement Date, as applicable (each, a “Second Installment Secondary Performance Measurement Period”) and the Performance Percentage as measured over any Second Installment Secondary Performance Measurement Period is greater than it was over the Second Installment Primary Performance Measurement Period or any previous Second Installment Secondary Performance Measurement Period. For any Second Installment Secondary Performance Measurement Period pursuant to which the conditions of the previous sentence have been met, the Restricted Period shall end with respect to a number of the Covered Performance Shares determined by multiplying the number of |
(c) | The Restricted Period shall end with respect to a number of the Covered Performance Shares determined by multiplying one quarter (1/4) of the Covered Performance Shares (the “Third Installment”) by the applicable Performance Percentage on the later of the applicable Certification Date or the three-year anniversary of the Grant Date, if the Performance Goal has been fully or partially satisfied for the measurement period beginning on the two-year anniversary of the Commencement Date and ending on the three-year anniversary of the Commencement Date (the “Third Installment Primary Performance Measurement Period”). If the Performance Goal with respect to the Third Installment Primary Performance Measurement Period has not been fully satisfied such that the applicable Performance Percentage did not equal 100% for the Third Installment Primary Performance Measurement Period, then the Restricted Period for all or a portion of the Third Installment shall end on the four-year anniversary of the Grant Date (or, if later than the anniversary of the Grant Date, on the applicable Certification Date) if the Performance Goal has been fully or partially satisfied for the measurement period beginning on the two-year anniversary of the Commencement Date and ending on the four-year anniversary of the Commencement Date (the “Third Installment Secondary Performance Measurement Period”) and the Performance Percentage as measured over the Third Installment Secondary Performance Measurement Period is greater than it was over the Third Installment Primary Performance Measurement Period. If, for the Third Installment Secondary Performance Measurement Period, the conditions of the previous sentence have been met, the Restricted Period shall end with respect to a number of the Covered Performance Shares determined by multiplying the number of shares in the Third Installment by the applicable Performance Percentage for such Third Installment Secondary Performance Measurement Period minus the applicable Performance Percentage taken into account for the Third Installment Primary Performance Measurement Period on the later of the applicable Certification Date (as defined below) or the applicable anniversary of the Grant Date. |
(d) | The Restricted Period shall end with respect to a number of the Covered Performance Shares determined by multiplying one quarter (1/4) of the Covered Performance Shares (the “Fourth Installment”) by the applicable Performance Percentage on the later of the applicable Certification Date or the four-year anniversary of the Grant Date, if the Performance Goal has been fully or partially satisfied for the measurement period beginning on the three-year anniversary of the Commencement Date and ending on the four-year anniversary of the Commencement Date (which measurement period shall be both the “Fourth Installment Primary Performance Measurement Period” and the “Fourth Installment Secondary Performance Measurement Period”). |
(e) | If the Cumulative Performance of the Company during the period beginning on the Commencement Date and ending on the four-year anniversary of the Commencement Date (the “Four-Year Performance Measurement Period”) is greater than the Cumulative Performance of 50% of the Peer Companies, the Restricted Period shall end for any Covered Performance Shares that have not previously vested in accordance with this paragraph 2 on the date the Committee certifies that the requisite Cumulative Performance has been achieved during the applicable Four-Year Performance Measurement Period (which date of certification is the “Cumulative Performance Certification 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 Installments shall 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 Installments shall vest upon the Date of Termination, if the Date of Termination occurs by reason of the Participant’s Long-Term Disability. |
(c) | If the Participant's Date of Termination is a Change in Control Date of Termination, then, for Covered Performance Shares, if any, as to which the Restricted Period has not ended prior to the Participant’s Date of Termination, the Restricted Period for such Covered Performance Shares will end on the Change in Control Date of Termination; provided that if the Participant's Change in Control Date of Termination occurs within the 180-day period immediately preceding the date of a Change in Control, then the Restricted Period for all unvested Covered Performance Shares held by the Participant on the Date of Termination will end, and those Covered Performance Shares will vest on the date of a Change in Control. |
(a) | Except as provided in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 above, the Participant will be vested in any Covered Performance Shares if the Date of Termination has not occurred prior to the later to occur of (i) the last day of the Restricted Period with respect to those shares and the requirements of paragraph 2 have been satisfied and (ii) the last day of the Service Period. Covered Performance Shares for which the Restricted Period has ended prior to the last day of the Service Period remain subject to the restrictions of this Agreement and may not be transferred by the Participant prior to the end of the Service Period as provided pursuant to this paragraph 6. Upon vesting at the end of the later to occur of (i) the last day of the Restricted Period with respect to those shares and the requirements of paragraph 2 have been satisfied and (ii) the last day of the Service 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, 4 and 5 above, the Participant shall forfeit any Covered Performance Shares as of the Date of Termination, if such Date of Termination occurs prior to the later to occur of (i) the last day of the Restricted Period with respect to those shares and (ii) the last day of the Service Period. Any Covered Performance Shares that have not vested as of the later to occur of (i) the last day of the Restricted Period with respect to those shares and (ii) the last day of the Service Period shall be forfeited by the Participant as of the such date. |
(c) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Subsidiary, the Participant 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, this Performance Based Restricted Stock Award. |
(a) | The Restricted Period shall end for the number of the Premium Performance Shares determined by multiplying the number of Covered Performance Shares that became vested pursuant to the terms of paragraph 2 by the Premium Award Performance Percentage (as determined below) further multiplied by the Premium Award Share 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 Four-Year Performance Measurement Period: | The Premium Award Performance Percentage will be: |
Does not exceed the 50th percentile of the Cumulative Performance of the Peer Companies | 0% |
Exceeds the 50th percentile, but does not exceed the 65th percentile, of the Cumulative Performance of the Peer Companies | 0%, as increased to the extent, if any, provided pursuant to the following provisions of this paragraph (b) |
Exceeds the 65th percentile, but does not exceed the 75th percentile, of the Cumulative Performance of the Peer Companies | 50%, as increased to the extent, if any, provided pursuant to the following provisions of this paragraph (b) |
Exceeds the 75th percentile of the Cumulative Performance of the Peer Companies | 100% |
If the Cumulative Performance of Chubb Limited exceeds the 50th percentile but does not exceed the 65th percentile of the Cumulative Performance of the Peer Companies during the Four-Year Performance Measurement Period, then the Premium Award Performance Percentage will be a percentage between 0% and 50%, based on an interpolation of the Chubb Limited Cumulative Performance falling between the 50th percentile and 65th percentile of the Cumulative Performance of the Peer Companies during the Four-Year Performance Measurement Period. If the Cumulative Performance of Chubb Limited exceeds the 65th percentile but does not exceed the 75th percentile of the Cumulative Performance of the Peer Companies during the Four-Year Performance Measurement Period, then the Premium Award Performance Percentage will be a percentage between 50% and 100%, based on an interpolation of the Chubb Limited Cumulative Performance falling between the 65th percentile and 75th percentile of the Cumulative Performance of the Peer Companies during the Four-Year Performance Measurement Period. |
(c) | The Premium Award Share Price Percentage will be determined in accordance with the following schedule: |
If the price of share of Stock of the Company as of the four year anniversary of the Grant Date: | The Premium Award Share Price Percentage will be: |
Does not exceed $130 | 50% |
Exceeds $130 | 100% |
(d) | Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 7, the Participant shall vest in the number of Premium Performance Shares determined above on the later of the Cumulative Performance Certification Date or the four-year anniversary of the Grant Date, but only if the Committee certifies that the requisite Cumulative Performance has been achieved during the applicable Four-Year Performance Measurement Period on the Cumulative Performance Certification Date. 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 later of the |
(a) | Cause. The term “Cause” shall mean - unless otherwise defined in an employment agreement between the Participant and the Company or Subsidiary - the occurrence of any of the following: |
(b) | Change in Control. The term “Change in Control” shall be defined as set forth in the Plan. |
(c) | Change in Control Date Termination. The term “Change in Control Date of Termination” means the Participant’s Date of Termination that occurs because the Company and/or any of the Related Companies terminates the Participant’s employment with the Company and/or the Related Companies without Cause (other than due to death, a Long-Term Disability or a Retirement) or because the Participant terminates his or her employment for Good Reason, provided that such termination in accordance with this paragraph 13(c) occurs during the period commencing on the 180th day immediately preceding a Change in Control date and ending on the two-year anniversary of such Change in Control date. |
(d) | Competitive Activity - The term “Competitive Activity” means the Participant’s: (i) engagement in an activity - whether as an employee, consultant, principal, member, agent, officer, director, partner or shareholder (except as a less than 1% shareholder of a publicly traded company) - that is competitive with any business of the Company or any Subsidiary conducted by the Company or such Subsidiary during the Participant’s employment with the Company or the two-year period following the Date of Termination; (ii) solicitation of any client and/or customer of the Company or any affiliate with respect to an activity prohibited by subparagraph (d)(i); (iii) solicitation or employment of any employee of the Company or any affiliate for the purpose of causing such employee to terminate his or her employment with the Company or such affiliate; or (iv) failure to keep confidential all Company trade secrets, proprietary and confidential information. |
(e) | Cumulative Performance. The term “Cumulative Performance” means, as to Chubb Limited or the Peer Companies, the growth in tangible book value per common shares outstanding as reported |
(f) | 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. |
(g) | Director. The term “Director” means a member of the Board, who may or may not be an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary. |
(h) | Forfeiture Payment. The term “Forfeiture Payment” means the pre-tax proceeds from sales or other transfers, if any, of the number of shares of Stock that became vested during the Restrictive Covenant Period pursuant to this Agreement and that the Participant has sold or otherwise transferred prior to the date of repayment required pursuant to subparagraph 21(b). For purposes of this definition, pre-tax proceeds for any shares of Stock that were transferred by the Participant in a transaction other than a sale on the New York Stock Exchange means the Fair Market Value of such shares on the New York Stock Exchange as of the date of such transaction. |
(i) | Forfeiture Shares. The term “Forfeiture Shares” means the number of shares of Stock that became vested during the Restrictive Covenant Period pursuant to this Agreement and that remain held by the Participant as of the date of repayment required pursuant to subparagraph 21(b). It is the Participant’s responsibility to ensure that the shares of Stock delivered as Forfeiture Shares are the shares of Stock delivered previously pursuant to this Agreement. In the absence of Company records or written documentation from Participant’s broker demonstrating this fact, the Participant must deliver to the Company the Forfeiture Payment determined as of the date that such shares of Stock delivered pursuant to this Agreement are transferred from Participant’s stock account or otherwise become indistinguishable from other shares of Stock that the Participant may hold. |
(j) | Good Reason. The term “Good Reason” shall mean - unless otherwise defined in an in-force |
(k) | 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. |
(l) | 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 applicable Performance Period and for which financial information is available for all year(s) in such Performance Measurement Period. |
(m) | Performance Goal. The term “Performance Goal” for any Primary Performance Measurement Period or Secondary Performance Measurement Period means the achievement by Chubb Limited of growth in tangible book value per common shares outstanding as reported under GAAP during such Performance Measurement Period, as compared to the growth in tangible book value per common shares outstanding as reported under GAAP during the same Performance Measurement Period by the Peer Companies. The determination of the Performance Goal and its parameters is subject to rules established by the Committee within 90 days of the beginning of the applicable Performance Measurement Period. The Committee, in its discretion, may adjust the reported tangible book value for Chubb Limited or the Peer Companies for any Primary Performance Measurement Period or Secondary Performance Measurement Period; provided, however, that no such adjustment may result in an increase in the number of Covered Performance Shares which are earned and vested at the end of any such Performance Measurement Period over the number of Covered 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. |
(n) | Performance Measurement Period. The term “Performance Measurement Period” shall mean the Primary Performance Measurement Period or the Secondary Performance Measurement Period, as applicable, with respect to an Installment of Covered Performance Shares; and shall mean the Four-Year Performance Measurement Period with respect to the Covered Performance Shares as described in paragraph 2(e) and Premium Performance Shares as described in paragraph 7. |
(o) | Performance Percentage. The term “Performance Percentage” shall mean the applicable Performance Percentage determined based on the achievement of the Performance Goal over a Performance Measurement Period by Chubb Limited as compared to the Peer Companies: |
If the Satisfaction of Chubb Limited of the Performance Goal during the applicable Performance Measurement Period: | The Performance Percentage will be: |
Does not exceed the 25th percentile of the satisfaction of the Performance Goal of the Peer Companies | 0% |
Exceeds the 25th percentile, but does not exceed the 50th percentile, of the satisfaction of the Performance Goal of the Peer Companies | 50%, as increased to the extent, if any, provided pursuant to the following provisions of this paragraph (o) |
Exceeds the 50th percentile of the satisfaction of the Performance Goal of the Peer Companies | 100% |
(p) | Qualifying Termination. The term “Qualifying Termination” means the Participant’s Date of Termination that occurs because the Company and/or any of the Related Companies terminates the Participant’s employment with the Company and/or the Related Companies without Cause. For the avoidance of doubt, the termination of the Participant’s employment due to death or Long-Term Disability, or a voluntary termination of the Participant’s employment by the Participant for any reason (including Good Reason or Retirement) shall not constitute a Qualifying Termination for the purposes of this Agreement. |
(q) | Restrictive Covenant Period. The term “Restrictive Covenant Period” means the twenty-four month period following a Date of Termination due to a Qualifying Termination or a Retirement. |
(r) | 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. |