Exhibit
10.30
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
CHANGE OF CONTROL
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
AMONG
THE ALLSTATE
CORPORATION,
ALLSTATE INSURANCE
COMPANY
AND
[NAME OF
EXECUTIVE]
(Tier Two)
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I.
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CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS
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ARTICLE II.
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POST-CHANGE
PERIOD
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2.1
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Position and
Duties
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2.2
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Compensation
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2.3
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Stock Incentive
Awards
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2.4
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Unfunded Deferred
Compensation
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ARTICLE III.
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TERMINATION OF
EMPLOYMENT
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3.1
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Disability
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3.2
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Death
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3.3
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Cause
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3.4
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Good Reason
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ARTICLE IV.
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COMPANY’S
OBLIGATIONS UPON A TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
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4.1
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If by Executive for Good
Reason or by the Company Other Than for Cause or
Disability
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4.2
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If by the Company for
Cause
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4.3
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If by Executive Other
Than for Good Reason
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4.4
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If by the Company for
Disability
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4.5
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If Upon Death
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4.6
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Amount
Contested
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ARTICLE V.
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CERTAIN ADDITIONAL
PAYMENTS BY THE COMPANY
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5.1
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Gross-up for Certain
Taxes
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5.2
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Determination by
Executive
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5.3
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Additional Gross-up
Amounts
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5.4
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Gross-up
Multiple
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5.5
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Opinion of
Counsel
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5.6
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Amount Increased or
Contested
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5.7
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Limitations on Gross-Up
Payments
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5.8
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Refunds
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ARTICLE VI.
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EXPENSES AND
INTEREST
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6.1
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Legal and Other
Expenses
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6.2
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Interest
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ARTICLE VII.
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NO SET-OFF OR
MITIGATION
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7.1
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No Set-off by
Company
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7.2
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No Mitigation
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ARTICLE VIII.
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RESTRICTIVE
COVENANTS
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8.1
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Non-Competition
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8.2
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Non-Solicitation
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8.3
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Reasonableness of
Restrictive Covenants
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8.4
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Right to Injunction;
Survival of Undertakings
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8.5
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Non-Disparagement
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ARTICLE IX.
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NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF
RIGHTS
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9.1
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Waiver of Certain Other
Rights
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9.2
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Other Rights
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ARTICLE X.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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10.1
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No
Assignability
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10.2
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Successors
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10.3
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Payments to
Beneficiary
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10.4
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Non-Alienation of
Benefits
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10.5
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No Deference
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10.6
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Severability
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10.7
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Amendments
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10.8
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Notices
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10.9
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Counterparts
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10.10
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Governing Law
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10.11
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Captions
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10.12
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Number and
Gender
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10.13
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Tax
Withholding
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10.14
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No Waiver
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10.15
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Joint and Several
Liability
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10.16
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No Rights Prior to
Effective Date
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10.17
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Six-month
Delay
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10.18
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Interpretation to Avoid
409A Penalties
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10.19
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Entire
Agreement
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ii
THE ALLSTATE
CORPORATION
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
CHANGE OF CONTROL
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
The Allstate Corporation,
a Delaware corporation (“ Allstate ”), Allstate
Insurance Company, an Illinois insurance company (“
AIC ”), and
(“
Executive ”) are parties to a Change of Control
Employment Agreement originally entered into on
(the “Agreement Date”). To comply with the
provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code so as to
avoid the imposition of excise taxes and penalties on the Executive
under Section 409A and to amend certain provisions of the original
Agreement, this Amended and Restated Agreement is entered into, to
be effective as of December 31, 2008.
PURPOSES
On February 12, 1999
Allstate originally adopted Change of Control Employment
Agreements, and on November 13, 2007 approved certain changes to
the terms of such Agreements. Allstate has determined that it is in the
best interests of Allstate and its stockholders to assure that the
Company will have the continued service of Executive.
Allstate also believes it is imperative to reduce the distraction
of Executive that would result from the personal uncertainties
caused by a pending or threatened change of control of Allstate, to
encourage Executive’s full attention and dedication to the
Company, and to provide Executive with compensation and benefits
arrangements upon a change of control that will satisfy the
expectations of Executive and be competitive with those of
similarly situated corporations. This Agreement is intended
to accomplish these objectives.
ARTICLE I.
CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS
As used in this
Agreement, the terms specified below shall have the following
meanings:
1.1
“ Accrued Annual Bonus ” means the amount of any
Annual Bonus earned and due to be paid but not yet paid to
Executive as of the Executive’s Termination Date, other than
amounts that Executive has elected to defer.
1.2
“ Accrued Base Salary ” means the amount of
Executive’s Base Salary that is accrued but unpaid as of the
Executive’s Termination Date, other than amounts that
Executive has elected to defer.
1.3
“ Accrued LTIP Bonus ” means the amount of any
LTIP Bonus earned and due to be paid but not yet paid to Executive
as of the Executive’s Termination Date, other than amounts
that Executive has elected to defer.
1.4
“ Accrued Obligations ” means, as of any date,
the sum of Executive’s Accrued Base Salary, Accrued Annual
Bonus, Accrued LTIP Bonus, any accrued but unpaid vacation pay, and
any other amounts and benefits that are then due to be paid or
provided to Executive by the Company (other than pursuant to
Sections 2.4 or 4.1(b) or any defined benefit or defined
contribution plan of the Company, whether or not qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code), but have not yet been paid or provided
(as applicable).
1.5
“ Agreement Date ” — see the introductory
paragraph of this Agreement.
1.6
“ Agreement Term ” means the period commencing
on the Agreement Date and ending on the third anniversary of the
Agreement Date or, if later, such later date to which the
Agreement Term is extended pursuant to the following
sentence. Commencing on the second anniversary of the
Agreement Date, the Agreement Term shall automatically be
extended each day by one day to create a new one-year term until,
at any time after the second anniversary of the Agreement Date, the
Company delivers written notice (an “ Expiration
Notice ”) to Executive that the Agreement shall
expire on a date specified in the Expiration Notice (the “
Expiration Date ”) that is not less than 12 months
after the date the Expiration Notice is delivered to Executive;
provided, however, that if an Effective Date or an Imminent
Control Change Date occurs before the Expiration Date specified in
the Expiration Notice, then such Expiration Notice shall be void
and of no further effect. “ Imminent Control Change
Date ” means (i) any date on which a proposal or offer
for a Change of Control is presented to Allstate’s
stockholders generally or to any of Allstate’s directors or
executive officers or is publicly announced (whether by
advertisement, press release, press interview, public statement,
SEC filing or otherwise) or (ii) any subsequent date as of
which such proposal or offer for a Change of Control remains
effective and has not expired or been revoked.
1.7
“ AIC ” — see the introductory paragraph
of this Agreement.
1.8
“ Allstate ” — see the introductory
paragraph of this Agreement.
1.9
“ Annual Bonus ” — see Section
2.2(b).
1.10 “
Annual Performance Period ” — see Section
2.2(b).
1.11 “
Article ” means an article of this
Agreement.
1.12 “
Base Salary ” — see Section 2.2(a).
1.13 “
Beneficiary ” — see Section 10.3.
1.14 “
Board ” means the Board of Directors of Allstate or,
from and after the Effective Date of a Change of Control that gives
rise to a Surviving Corporation, the Board of Directors of such
Surviving Corporation.
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1.15 “
Bonus Plan ” — see Section 2.2(b).
1.16 “
Cause ” — see Section 3.3(b).
1.17 “
CEO ” means Chief Executive Officer.
1.18 “
Change of Control ” means, except as otherwise
provided at the end of this Section, the occurrence of any one or
more of the following:
(a) (
Voting Power) any Person or group (as such term is
defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)), other
than a Subsidiary or any employee benefit plan (or any related
trust) of Allstate or any of its Subsidiaries, acquires or has
acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most
recent acquisition by such Person of Persons, ownership of stock of
Allstate possessing 30% or more of the combined voting power of all
Voting Securities of Allstate (such a Person or group that is not a
Similarly Owned Company (as defined below), a “ More than
30% Owner ”), except that no Change of Control shall be
deemed to have occurred solely by reason of such ownership by a
corporation with respect to which both more than 70% of the common
stock of such corporation and Voting Securities representing more
than 70% of the combined voting power of the Voting Securities of
such corporation are then owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Persons who were the direct or indirect owners of the common stock
and Voting Securities of Allstate immediately before such
acquisition in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership, immediately before such acquisition, of the common stock
and Voting Securities of Allstate, as the case may be (a “
Similarly Owned Company ”); or
(b)
(Majority Ownership) any Person or group (as such term is
defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)), other
than a Subsidiary or any employee benefit plan (or any related
trust) of Allstate or any of its Subsidiaries, acquires ownership
of more than 50% of the voting power of all Voting Securities of
Allstate or of the total fair market value of the stock of Allstate
(such a Person or group that is not a Similarly Owned Company, a
“ Majority Owner ”), except that no Change of
Control shall be deemed to have occurred solely by reason of such
ownership by a Similarly Owned Company ; or
(c)
(Board Composition) a majority of the members of the Board
is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose
appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the
members of the Board before the date of the appointment or election
( “ Board Turnover ” ); or
(d)
(Reorganization) the consummation of a merger,
reorganization, consolidation, or similar transaction, or of
a plan or agreement for the sale or other disposition of all
or substantially all of the consolidated assets of Allstate, or a
plan of liquidation of Allstate (any of the foregoing, a “
Reorganization Transaction ”) that, does
not qualify as an Exempt Reorganization Transaction.
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Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, no transaction or event shall
constitute a Change of Control for purposes of this Agreement
unless the transaction or event constituting the Change of Control
also constitutes a change in the ownership of a corporation (as
defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)), a change
in effective control of a corporation (as defined in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi)) or a change in the ownership
of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation (as defined
in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii)).
1.19 “
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. Any reference to any section of the Code shall also
refer to any successor provision.
1.20 “
Company ” means Allstate, AIC and each of
Allstate’s other Subsidiaries.
1.21 “
Company Certificate ” — see Section
5.1(b).
1.22 “
Company Counsel Opinion ” — see Section
5.5.
1.23 “
Competitive Business ” means as of any date (including
during the one-year period commencing on the Termination Date) any
corporation or other Person (and any branch, office or operation
thereof) that engages in, or proposes to engage in:
(a) the
underwriting, reinsurance, marketing or sale of (i) any form of
insurance of any kind that the Company as of such date does, or
proposes to, underwrite, reinsure, market or sell (any such form of
insurance, an “ Allstate Insurance Product ”) or
(ii) any other form of insurance that is marketed or sold in
competition with any Allstate Insurance Product, or
(b) any
other business that as of such date is a direct and material
competitor of the Company;
and that is located
(i) anywhere in the United States, or (ii) anywhere
outside of the United States where the Company is then engaged in,
or proposes to engage in, any of such activities.
1.24 “
Consummation Date ” means the date on which a
Reorganization Transaction is consummated.
1.25 “
Disability ” -- see Section 3.1(b).
1.26 “
Disability Effective Date ” — see Section
3.1.
1.27 “
Effective Date ” means the date on which a Change of
Control first occurs during the Agreement Term.
1.28 “
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
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1.29 “
Excise Taxes ” — see Section 5.1.
1.30 “
Executive Counsel Opinion ” — see Section
5.5.
1.31 “
Executive’s Gross-Up Determination ” — see
Section 5.2(a).
1.32 “
Exempt Reorganization Transaction ” means a
Reorganization Transaction that fails to result in (a) any Person
or group becoming a More than 30% Owner or a Majority Owner, (b)
Board Turnover, or (c) a sale or disposition of the assets of
Allstate that have a total Gross Fair Market Value (as defined
below) equal to at least forty percent (40%) of the total Gross
Fair Market Value of all of the assets of Allstate immediately
before such transaction. “ Gross Fair Market
Value” means the value of the assets of Allstate, or the
value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to
any liabilities associated with such assets.
1.33 “
Good Reason ” -- see Section 3.4(b).
1.34 “
Gross-up Multiple ” — see Section
5.4.
1.35 “
Gross-up Payment ” -- see Section 5.1.
1.36 “
including ” means including without
limitation.
1.37 “
IRS ” means the Internal Revenue Service.
1.38 “ IRS
Claim ” — see Section 5.6.
1.39 “
Legal and Other Expenses ” — see Section
6.1(a).
1.40 “
LTIP ” means the Allstate Long-Term Executive
Incentive Compensation Plan (or any successor plan).
1.41 “
LTIP Award ” means an incentive compensation
opportunity granted under the LTIP.
1.42 “
LTIP Bonus ” means the amount paid or earned in
respect of an LTIP Award.
1.43 “
LTIP Performance Period ” means any performance period
designated in accordance with any LTIP approved by the Board or any
committee of the Board.
1.44 “
LTIP Target Award ” means, in respect of any LTIP
Award, the amount that Executive would have been
entitled to receive for the LTIP Performance Period
corresponding to such LTIP Award if the performance goals
established pursuant to such LTIP Award were achieved at the 100%
level as of the end of the LTIP Performance
Period.
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1.45 “
Lump Sum Value ” of an annuity payable pursuant to a
defined benefit plan means, as of a specified date, the present
value of such annuity, as determined, as of such date, under
generally accepted actuarial principles using (i) the applicable
interest rate, mortality tables and other methods and assumptions
under Code Section 417(e) as published by the IRS and used for
determining the value of an immediate annuity on the
Termination Date or (ii) if such interest rate and mortality
assumptions are no longer published by the IRS, the interest rate
and mortality assumptions determined in a manner as similar as
practicable to the manner by which the Code Section 417(e) interest
rate and mortality assumptions were determined immediately prior to
the IRS’s cessation of publication of such assumptions;
provided, however, that if such defined benefit plan provides for a
lump sum distribution and such lump-sum distribution either (x) is
the only payment method available under such plan or (y) provides
for a greater amount than the Lump Sum Value of the Maximum Annuity
available under such plan, then “Lump Sum Value” shall
mean such lump sum amount.
1.46 “
Maximum Annuity ” means, in respect of a defined
benefit plan (whether or not qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Code), an annuity computed in whatever manner permitted under such
plan (including frequency of annuity payments, attained age
(whether determined as of a current date or as of a future date
upon the commencement of annuity payments), and nature of
surviving spouse benefits, if any) that yields the greatest Lump
Sum Value.
1.47 “More
than 30 % Owner ” — see paragraph (a) of the
definition of “Change of Control.”
1.48 “
Notice of Consideration ” — see Section
3.3(c).
1.49 “
Non-Qualified Plan ” — see Section
2.4.
1.50 “
Notice of Termination ” means a written notice given
in accordance with Section 10.8 that sets forth (i) the
specific termination provision in this Agreement relied on by the
party giving such notice, (ii) in reasonable detail the
specific facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for
such Termination of Employment, and (iii) if the Termination
Date is other than the date of receipt of such Notice of
Termination, the Termination Date.
1.51 “
Person ” means any individual, sole proprietorship,
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust,
unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution,
public benefit corporation, entity or government
instrumentality, division, agency, body or department.
1.52 “
Plans ” means plans, programs, or Policies of the
Company.
1.53 “
Policies ” means policies, practices or procedures of
the Company.
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1.54 “
Post-Change Period ” means the period commencing on
the Effective Date and ending on the second anniversary of the
Effective Date.
1.55 “
Potential Parachute Payments ” — see Section
5.1.
1.56 “
Pro-rata Annual Bonus ” means, in respect of the
Company’s fiscal year during which the Termination Date
occurs, an amount equal to the product of Executive’s Target
Annual Bonus (determined as of the Termination Date) multiplied by
a fraction, the numerator of which equals the number of days from
and including the first day of such fiscal year through and
including the Termination Date, and the denominator of which equals
365.
1.57 “
Pro-rata LTIP Bonus ” means an amount equal to the sum
of each of the following amounts: for each LTIP Performance
Period that is in effect as of a Termination Date,
Executive’s LTIP Target Award for such LTIP Performance
Period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which equals the
number of days from and including the beginning of such LTIP
Performance Period through and including the Termination Date, and
the denominator of which equals the aggregate number of days in
such LTIP Performance Period.
1.58 “
Refund Claim ” — see Section 5.6.
1.59 “
Reorganization Transaction ” — see clause (d) of
the definition of “Change of Control.”
1.60 “
Restricted Shares ” means shares of restricted stock,
restricted stock units or similar awards.
1.61 “
SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
1.62 “
Section ” means, unless the context otherwise
requires, a section of this Agreement.
1.63 “
SERP ” means a supplemental executive retirement Plan
that is a Non-Qualified Plan.
1.64 “
Stock Options ” means stock options, stock
appreciation rights (including limited stock appreciation rights),
or similar awards.
1.65 “
Subsidiary ” means any corporation, business trust,
limited liability company or partnership with respect to which
Allstate owns, directly or indirectly, Voting Securities
representing more than 50% of the aggregate voting power of the
then-outstanding Voting Securities.
1.66 “
Surviving Corporation ” means the corporation
resulting from a Reorganization Transaction or, if securities
representing at least 50% of the aggregate Voting Power of
such
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resulting corporation are
directly or indirectly owned by another corporation, such other
corporation.
1.67 “
Target Annual Bonus ” as of any date means the amount
equal to the product of Base Salary determined as of such date
multiplied by the percentage of such Base Salary to
which Executive would have been entitled
immediately prior to such date under any Bonus Plan for the
Annual Performance Period for which the Annual Bonus is
awarded if the performance goals established pursuant to such
Bonus Plan were achieved at the 100% level as of the end of the
Annual Performance Period.
1.68 “
Taxes ” means federal, state, local and other income,
employment and other taxes.
1.69 “
Termination Date ” means the date of the receipt of
the Notice of Termination by Executive (if such Notice is given by
the Company) or by the Company (if such Notice is given by
Executive), or any later date, not more than 15 days after the
giving of such Notice, specified in such Notice; provided, however,
that:
(a) if
Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death or
Disability, the Termination Date shall be the date of
Executive’s death or the Disability Effective Date (as
defined in Section 3.1(a)), as applicable; and
(b) if
no Notice of Termination is given, the Termination Date shall be
the last date on which Executive is employed by the
Company.
1.70 “
Termination of Employment ” means any termination of
Executive’s employment with the Company, whether such occurs
by reason of (a) the initiative of any Company or Executive or
(b) the death of Executive; provided that such termination is
also a “separation from service” within the meaning of
Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h).
1.71 “
Voting Securities ” of a corporation means securities
of such corporation that are entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors of such corporation.
ARTICLE II.
POST-CHANGE
PERIOD
2.1
Position and Duties .
(a)
During the Post-Change Period, (x) Executive’s authority,
responsibilities (not including reporting responsibilities),
and duties shall be at least commensurate in all material respects
with the most significant of those held, exercised and assigned at
any time during the 90-day period immediately before the
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Effective Date and
(y) Executive’s services shall be performed at the
location where Executive was employed immediately before the
Effective Date or any other location which does not constitute a
material geographic change from the former location.
(b)
During the Post-Change Period (except during any periods of
vacation to which Executive is entitled and any authorized sick,
disability or other leave of absence), Executive shall devote
Executive’s full attention and time to the business and
affairs of the Company and, to the extent necessary to
discharge the duties assigned to Executive in accordance with
this Agreement, to use Executive’s best efforts to perform
such duties. During the Post-Change Period, Executive may
(i) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or
committees, (ii) deliver lectures, fulfill speaking
engagements or teach at educational institutions and
(iii) manage personal investments, so long as such
activities are consistent with the Policies of the Company at the
Effective Date and do not significantly interfere with the
performance of Executive’s duties under this
Agreement. To the extent that any such activities have been
conducted by Executive immediately prior to the Effective Date and
were consistent with the Policies of the Company at the
Effective Date, the continued conduct of such activities (or
activities similar in nature and scope) after the Effective Date
shall not be deemed to interfere with the performance of
Executive’s duties under this Agreement.
2.2
Compensation .
(a)
Base Salary . During the Post-Change Period, the
Company shall pay or cause to be paid to Executive an annual base
salary in cash, which shall be paid in a manner consistent with the
Company’s payroll practices in effect immediately
before the Effective Date, at an annual rate not less than 12 times
the highest monthly base salary paid or payable to Executive by the
Company in respect of the 12-month period immediately before the
Effective Date (such annual rate salary, the “ Base
Salary ”). During the Post-Change Period, the Base
Salary shall be reviewed at least annually and shall be increased
at any time and from time to time as shall be substantially
consistent with increases in base salary awarded to other peer
executives of the Company. Any increase in Base Salary shall
not limit or reduce any other obligation of the Company to
Executive under this Agreement. After any such
increase, the Base Salary shall not be reduced and “Base
Salary” shall thereafter refer to the increased
amount.
(b)
Annual Bonus . The Company shall also pay or cause to
be paid to Executive a bonus (the “ Annual Bonus
”), which shall not be less than the Target Annual Bonus
determined as of the Effective Date, for each Annual
Performance Period that ends during the Post-Change
Period. “ Annual Performance Period ”
means each period designated in accordance with any annual bonus
arrangement or Plan (a “ Bonus Plan ”) that is
based on performance and approved by the Board or any committee of
the Board, or in the absence of any Bonus Plan or any such
designated period of time, each calendar year.
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(c)
LTIP Bonus . The Company shall also:
(i)
pay or cause to be paid to Executive an LTIP Bonus equal to the
LTIP Target Award for each LTIP Award for which an LTIP Performance
Period is in effect as of the Effective Date; and
(ii)
throughout the Post-Change Period, grant LTIP Awards to Executive
as follows:
(1)
LTIP Awards shall be granted no less frequently than is
contemplated by the terms of the LTIP and the Company’s
practices thereunder, as such terms and practices are in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Date;
(2)
each such LTIP Award shall provide for the payment of a percentage
of Executive’s Base Salary in effect at the beginning of the
Performance Period applicable to such LTIP Award that is no less
than the average of the Target LTIP Percentages (as defined below)
for all of Executive’s LTIP Awards outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Date; and
(3) the
target performance goals established for each such LTIP Award shall
be substantially comparable to the target performance goals
under Executive’s LTIP Awards outstanding on the Effective
Date;
“ Target LTIP
Percentage ” means, in respect of any LTIP Award,
the percentage of Executive’s Base Salary
(determined as of the beginning of the applicable LTIP Performance
Period) that Executive would be entitled to receive after the
completion of the applicable LTIP Performance Period if the
performance goals applicable to such LTIP Award as of the date
immediately prior to the Effective Date were achieved at the
100% level.
(d)
Incentive, Savings and Retirement Plans . Executive
shall also be entitled to participate during the Post-Change Period
in all cash and equity incentive (including long-term incentives),
savings and retirement Plans applicable to other peer executives of
the Company, but in no event shall such Plans provide Executive
with incentive (including long-term incentives), savings and
retirement benefits during the Post-Change Period that are
materially less valuable or have terms materially less favorable,
in the aggregate, than the most valuable and favorable of those
provided by the Company for Executive under such Plans as in effect
at any time during the 90-day period immediately before the
Effective Date.
(e)
Welfare Benefit Plans . During the Post-Change
Period, Executive and Executive’s family shall be
eligible to participate in, and receive all benefits under,
welfare
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benefit Plans provided by
the Company (including medical, prescription, dental, disability,
salary continuance, individual life, group life, dependent life,
accidental death and travel accident insurance Plans) and
applicable to other peer executives of the Company and their
families, but in no event shall such Plans provide benefits during
the Post-Change Period that are materially less favorable, in
the aggregate, than the most favorable of those provided to
Executive under such Plans as in effect at any time during the
90-day period immediately before the Effective Date.
(f)
Fringe Benefits . During the Post-Change Period,
Executive shall be entitled to fringe benefits in accordance with
the most favorable Plans applicable to peer executives of the
Company, but in no event shall such Plans provide fringe benefits
that are materially less favorable, in the aggregate, than
the most favorable of those provided by the Company to Executive
under such Plans in effect at any time during the 90-day period
immediately before the Effective Date.
(g)
Expenses . During the Post-Change Period, Executive
shall be entitled to prompt reimbursement of all reasonable
employment-related expenses incurred by Executive upon the
Company’s receipt of accountings in accordance with the most
favorable Policies applicable to peer executives of the Company,
but in no event shall such Policies be materially less favorable,
in the aggregate, than the most favorable of those provided by the
Company for Executive under such Policies in effect at any time
during the 90-day period immediately before the Effective
Date.
(h)
Office and Support Staff . During the Post-Change
Period, Executive shall be entitled to an office or offices of a
size and with furnishings and other appointments, and to
secretarial and other assistance in accordance with the most
favorable Policies applicable to peer executives of the
Company, but in no event shall such Policies be materially
less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of those
provided by the Company for Executive under such Policies in effect
at any time during the 90-day period immediately before the
Effective Date.
(i)
Vacation . During the Post-Change Period, Executive
shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the most
favorable Policies applicable to peer executives of the Company,
but in no event shall such Policies be materially less favorable,
in the aggregate, than the most favorable of those provided by the
Company for Executive under such Policies in effect at any time
during the 90-day period immediately before the Effective
Date.
2.3
Stock Incentive Awards . On the Effective Date of a
Change of Control (i) all of Executive’s unvested Stock
Options then outstanding (whether granted before or after the
Agreement Date) shall immediately become fully vested and
exercisable, and (ii) all of Executive’s Restricted Shares
then outstanding shall immediately become fully vested and
nonforfeitable. This Section amends all award agreements
dated as of any date before the Agreement Date. Accordingly,
all provisions of such award agreements relating to a change of
control of the
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Company, including all
grants of limited stock appreciation rights, are hereby cancelled
effective as of the Agreement Date.
2.4
Unfunded Deferred Compensation . On the Effective Date
of a Change of Control, Executive shall become fully vested in all
benefits previously accrued under any deferred compensation
Plan (including a SERP) that is not qualified under Section 401(a)
of the Code (a “ Non-Qualified Plan ”).
Within five business days after the Effective Date of a
Change of Control, the Company shall pay to Executive a lump-sum
cash amount equal to:
(a) the
sum of the Lump-Sum Values of all Maximum Annuities that are
payable pursuant to all defined benefit Non-Qualified Plans,
plus
(b) the
sum of Executive’s account balances under all defined
contribution Non-Qualified Plans.
To the extent that, if,
for any reason, any portion of such Non-Qualified Plan benefit is
not so paid, the Company shall pay Executive in lieu thereof a
lump-sum cash payment equal to such unpaid portion within the
five-business day period specified in the preceding
sentence.
ARTICLE III.
TERMINATION OF
EMPLOYMENT
3.1
Disability .
(a)
During the Post-Change Period, the Company may terminate
Executive’s employment because of Executive’s
Disability by giving Executive or his legal representative, as
applicable, (i) written notice in accordance with
Section 10.8 of the Company’s intention to terminate
Executive’s employment pursuant to this Section and
(ii) a certification of Executive’s Disability by a
physician selected by the Company or its insurers, subject to the
consent of Executive or Executive’s legal
representative, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed. Executive’s employment shall
terminate effective on the 30th day (the “ Disability
Effective Date ”) after Executive’s receipt of such
notice unless, before the Disability Effective Date, Executive
shall have resumed the full-time performance of Executive’s
duties.
(b)
“ Disability ” means any medically determinable
physical or mental impairment of an Executive that:
(i)
has lasted for a continuous period of not less than (x) six
months or (y) such longer period, if any, that is available to
Executive under the Company’s Policies relating to the
continuation of employee status after the onset of disability, as
such Policies are in effect when Disability is determined, but in
no event shall such Policies be materially less favorable to the
Executive than the most favorable
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of such Policies in
effect for peer executives at any time during the 90-day period
immediately before the Effective Date,
(ii)
can be expected to be permanent or of indefinite duration,
and
(iii) renders
Executive unable to perform the duties required under this
Agreement.
3.2
Death . Executive’s employment shall terminate
automatically upon Executive’s death during the Post-Change
Period.
3.3
Cause .
(a)
During the Post-Change Period, the Company may terminate
Executive’s employment for Cause solely in accordance with
all of the substantive and procedural provisions of this
Section.
(b)
“ Cause ” means any one or more of the
following:
(i)
Executive’s conviction of a felony or other crime involving
fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude;
(ii)
Executive’s willful or reckless material misconduct in the
performance of Executive’s duties;
(iii)
Executive’s habitual neglect of duties; or
(iv)
Executive’s willful or intentional breach of this
Agreement;
provided, however, that
for purposes of clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), Cause shall not
include any one or more of the following:
(1) bad
judgment or negligence;
(2) any
act or omission believed by Executive in good faith to have been in
or not opposed to the interest of the Company (without intent of
Executive to gain, directly or indirectly, a profit to which
Executive was not legally entitled);
(3) any
act or omission with respect to which a determination could
properly have been made by the Board that Executive had satisfied
the applicable standard of conduct for indemnification or
reimbursement under Allstate’s by-laws, any applicable
indemnification agreement, or applicable law, in each case as in
effect at the time of such act or
omission; or
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(4) any
act or omission with respect to which Executive receives a Notice
of Consideration (as defined below) more than six months
after the earliest date on which any member of the Board, not a
party to the act or omission, knew or should have known of such act
or omission; and
further provided, that if
a breach of this Agreement involved an act or omission based on
Executive’s good faith and reasonable belief that
Executive’s act or omission was in the best interests of the
Company or was required by applicable law or a
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