AMERIGROUP CORPORATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED CHANGE IN CONTROL BENEFIT
POLICY
Section 1. Purpose of Policy.
The
name of this policy is the AMERIGROUP Corporation Amended and
Restated Change in Control Benefit Policy (the
“Policy”). The purposes of the Policy are as follows:
(1) to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and
dedication of members of the Company’s management to their
assigned duties without the distraction arising from the
possibility of a change in control of the Company; (2) to
enable and encourage the Company’s management to focus their
attention on obtaining the best possible transaction for the
Company’s stockholders and to make an independent evaluation
of all possible transactions, without being diverted by their
personal concerns regarding the possible impact of various
transactions on the security of their jobs and benefits; and
(3) to provide severance benefits to certain Participants (as
defined below) who incur a termination of employment under the
circumstances described herein within a certain period following a
Change in Control (as defined below).
For
purposes of the Policy, the following terms shall be defined as set
forth below:
(a)
“ Affiliate ” means any corporation or
other entity 50% or more of the voting power of the outstanding
voting securities of which is owned by the Company or its
Subsidiaries or by any other Affiliate.
(b)
“ Award ” means all payments to a
Participant under the Policy, including to the extent applicable,
the payment upon a Change in Control under Section 5(a), the
Severance Payment under Section 5(b) and the Gross-Up Payment
under Section 5(d).
(c)
“ Board ” means the Board of Directors of
the Company.
(d)
“ Cause ” means, unless a Participant is
a party to a written employment agreement with the Company,
Subsidiary or Affiliate which contains a definition of
“cause,” “termination for cause,” or any
other similar term or phrase, in which case “Cause”
shall have the meaning set forth in such agreement, conduct
involving one or more of the following: (i) the substantial
and continuing failure of the Participant to render services to the
Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate in accordance with the
Participant’s obligations and position with the Company,
Subsidiary or Affiliate, after 30 day’s notice from the
President of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, such
notice setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such
failure, and in the event the Participant fails to cure such breach
or failure within 30 days of notice from the Company or any
Subsidiary or Affiliate, if such breach or failure is capable of
cure; (ii) dishonesty, gross negligence, breach of fiduciary duty;
(iii) the commission by the Participant of an act of fraud or
embezzlement, as found by a court of competent jurisdiction;
(iv) the conviction of the Participant of a felony; or a
(v) material breach of the terms of an agreement with the
Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, provided that the Company
or any Subsidiary or Affiliate provides the
Participant
with adequate notice of such breach and the Participant fails to
cure such breach, if the breach is reasonably curable, within
thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice.
(e)
“ Change in Control ” means (1) in
the case of any Award that is subject to Section 409A of the
Code, any event that constitutes, within the meaning of Section
409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code, (i) a change in the ownership of
the Company, (ii) a change in the effective control of the
Company, or (iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial
portion of the Company’s assets, or (2) in the case of
any other Award, the first to occur of any one of the events set
forth in the following paragraphs:
(i)
any Person is or becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the
securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any securities
acquired directly from the Company) representing 25% or more of the
Company’s then outstanding securities, excluding any Person
who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a
transaction described in clause (A) of paragraph
(iii);
(ii)
the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a
majority of the number of directors then serving: individuals who,
on the Effective Date of the Policy, constitute the Board of
Directors and any new director (other than a director whose initial
assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened
election contest, including but not limited to a consent
solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company)
whose appointment or election by the Board of Directors or
nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was
approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of
the directors then still in office who either were directors on the
Effective Date of the Policy or whose appointment, election or
nomination for election was previously so approved or
recommended;
(iii)
there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company with
any other corporation other than (A) a merger or consolidation
which results in the directors of the Company immediately prior to
such merger or consolidation continuing to constitute at least a
majority of the board of directors of the Company, the surviving
entity or any parent thereof, or (B) a merger or consolidation
effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar
transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner,
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including
in the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any securities
acquired directly from the Company) representing 25% or more of the
combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding
securities; or
(iv)
the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there is consummated
an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or
substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than a sale
or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets to an entity at least a majority of the
board of directors of which comprises individuals who were
directors of the Company immediately prior to such sale or
disposition.
(f)
“ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended from time to time.
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(g)
“ Committee ” means the Compensation
Committee of the Board or, to the extent so provided by the Board,
any other person, committee or entity the Board may appoint to
administer the Policy.
(h)
“ Company ” means AMERIGROUP Corporation,
a Delaware corporation, and, except in determining under Section
2(e) hereof whether or not any Change in Control of the Company has
occurred, shall include any successor to its business and/or
assets.
(i)
“ Date of Termination ” with respect to
any purported termination of a Participant’s employment
(other than by reason of the Participant’s death or
Disability), means the date specified in the Notice of Termination
(which shall be within thirty (30) days from the date such
Notice of Termination is given).
(j)
“ Disability ” means the condition of a
Participant who is either (i) unable to engage in any
substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to
result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period
of not less than twelve (12) months; or (ii) by reason of
any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can
be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months,
receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than
three (3) months under an accident and health plan covering
employees of the Company.
(k)
“ Eligible Recipient ” means an employee,
officer or director (including a non-employee director) of the
Company or of any Subsidiary or Affiliate.
(l)
“ Enhancement Amount ” means an
additional LTI Award amount that a Participant may have the
opportunity to earn with respect to the first calendar year of a
performance cycle under the LTI Plan.
(m)
“ Equity Plan ” means the AMERIGROUP
Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, or any successor stock
incentive plan, as amended from time to time.
(n)
“ Excise Tax ” means the excise tax
imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, together with any
interest or penalties imposed with respect to that tax.
(o)
“ Good Reason ” means, without the
consent of the Participant, (i) any changes in the duties and
responsibilities of the Participant which are materially
inconsistent with the duties and responsibilities of the
Participant within the Company immediately prior to the Change in
Control, (ii) any 10% or greater reduction of the
Participant’s target annual compensation in effect
immediately prior to the change of control, (iii) any required
relocation of the Participant’s office beyond a 50 mile
radius from the location of the Participant’s office
immediately prior to the Change in Control, or (iv) any
failure by the Company to obtain the assumption of the Policy by a
successor of the Company.
(p)
“ LTI Award ” means a long-term incentive
compensation award granted pursuant to the LTI Plan.
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(q)
“ LTI Plan ” means the Company’s
Long Term Incentive Program, or any successor long-term cash
incentive plan, as amended from time to time, which is a component
of the Company’s 2007 Cash Incentive Plan, as
amended.
(r)
“ Multiple ” means a number for each
Participant, selected by the Committee, ranging from one
(1) to three (3). Unless otherwise specified in writing by the
Committee, the following multiples shall be used: (i) three
(3) for the Chief Executive Officer; (ii) two
(2) for the President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief
Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President and any Regional
Chief Executive Officer; and (iii) one (1) for the
Company’s Health Plan Chief Executive Officers (which
includes the Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s Senior
& Special Services Organization) and any other Participant not
specifically listed herein or assigned a different Multiple by the
Committee. In the event a Participant holds more than one officer
position listed in this definition and the Multiples differ between
such officer positions, only the higher Multiple attributable to
such positions shall apply.
(s)
“ Notice of Termination ” means a notice
which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this
Policy relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the
facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination
of the Participant’s employment under the provision so
indicated.
(t)
“ Participant ” means any Eligible
Recipient selected by the Committee pursuant to the
Committee’s authority in Section 4(a) hereof. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, for (i) Awards payable under
Sections 5(a), 5(b) and 5(d), the Participants shall include
the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief
Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice
President, any Regional Chief Executive Officer and the
Company’s Health Plan Chief Executive Officers (which
includes the Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s Senior
& Special Services Organization), and any other Participants
designated by the Committee, and (ii) for Awards payable under
Sections 5(a) and 5(d), the Participants shall include those
Company employees who are eligible for an annual cash bonus and/or
a long term incentive cash award, as applicable, as of the date of
a Change in Control
(u)
“ Payment ” means any payment or
distribution in the nature of compensation (within the meaning of
Section 280G(b)(2)(A) of the Code) to or for the benefit of a
Participant, whether paid or payable pursuant to this Agreement or
otherwise pursuant to any plan, agreement or understanding between
the Participant and the Company, which within the meaning of
Section 280G(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Code, is contingent on a change in
the ownership or effective control of the Company, or in the
ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the
Company.
(v)
“ Protected Period ” shall mean the
period beginning on the date of a Change in Control and ending on
the date which is two (2) years after the date of such Change
in Control.
(w)
“ Separation from Service ” means a
Participant’s “separation from service” with the
Company within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the
Code.
(x)
“ Subsidiary ” means any corporation or
other entity (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of
entities beginning with the Company, if each of the entities (other
than the last entity) in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing
50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of
securities in one of the other entities in the chain.
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(y)
“ Target Amount ” means an amount
determined under the LTI Plan that might be earned by a Participant
in three annual installments during a performance cycle of the LTI
Plan.
Section 3. Effective Date.
The
effective date of the Policy shall be February 12, 2007, as
amended and restated July 30, 2008 (the “Effective
Date”).
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