Exhibit 10.7.1
June 16, 2008
PERSONAL &
CONFIDENTIAL
BY HAND DELIVERY
David P. Shea
24 East Maple Street
New Canaan, Connecticut 06840
Dear David:
This
letter agreement describes the terms of your separation without
cause, including the terms of your severance benefits, from
Security Capital Assurance Ltd (the “Company”). The
terms of your separation and benefits provided hereunder are in
addition to the terms of your separation and benefits provided
under your Employment Agreement, dated May 28, 2008, with the
Company (the “Employment Agreement”).
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Your last day of employment with
the Company will be June 12, 2008 (the “Termination
Date”).
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You will become vested in and
receive a $300,000 cash payment within 10 days after the expiration
of the statutory revocation period (the “Revocation
Period”) set forth in the release attached hereto as Exhibit
A (the “Shea Release”). This payment represents the
value of your unvested long term incentive cash award granted to
you on March 15, 2006, under the Company’s Long Term
Incentive Plan, which the Board of Directors, in its sole
discretion, determined to become vested.
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You will receive a cash payment
of $96,250 within 10 days after the expiration of the Revocation
Period. This payment represents the second quarterly installment of
your retention award under the Company’s retention program
and you will forfeit all other unpaid installments of the retention
award.
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You will receive tax and
financial advisory services for your 2008 taxes, as provided to
similarly situated executive officers of the Company.
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You will receive a cash payment
of $9,625, representing six (6) days of accrued and unused vacation
days. Such payment will be made to you within 10 days after the
expiration of the Revocation Period.
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For the removal of doubt, you
will receive, at the times and in the manner provided for in
Section 8(d)(ii) of the Employment Agreement, the sums and benefits
provided thereunder.
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You will receive six (6) months
of outplacement services, in accordance with the Company’s
outplacement policy.
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For the removal of doubt, and
without limiting any of your rights, you will be entitled to legal
representation in connection with the three class action lawsuits
filed against the Company in the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York in December 2007 and January
2008, in accordance with, and subject to, the terms of the
Company’s certificate of incorporation, by-laws and other
such organic documents and any applicable directors and officers
liability insurance policies.
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As more specifically provided in
Section 8(d)(ii)(E) of the Employment Agreement, for a period of
twenty-four months (or, if earlier, until the date you become
eligible to receive medical benefits from a new employer) following
the termination of your employment, you will be entitled to
coverage under the Company’s medical benefit plan, at the
Company subsidized premium rate in effect at such time.
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The Company, which may include a
member of the Board of Directors of the Company, as designated by
the Chairman, will, if asked, provide you (or, at your request,
directly to prospective employers) with positive employment
references. All requests for references shall be directed to the
attention of Orlando Rivera.
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You understand and agree that the
payments and benefits described in Paragraphs 2 through 9 are
contingent upon your ( i ) cooperation in effecting an
orderly transition of your responsibilities at the Company, (
ii ) compliance with your obligations set forth in this
letter agreement; and ( iii ) executing and not revoking the
Shea Release (which the parties acknowledge is being executed and
delivered simultaneously with the execution and delivery
hereof).
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You agree not to disparage in any
form, including by making any disparaging remarks or sending any
disparaging communications, the Company and its affiliates and the
reputation of the business, officers, directors and employees of
the Company and each of its affiliates. The Company agrees to
refrain from making any disparaging remarks about you by press
release or other formal
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communication or taking any other
action with respect to you which is reasonably expected to result,
or does result in, damage to your reputation (it being understood
that comments or actions by an individual will not be treated as
comments or actions by the Company unless such individual both has
authority to act on behalf of the Company and purports to act on
behalf of the Company).
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You agree, at our request, to
cooperate with, and provide truthful testimony in, any judicial or
regulatory proceeding involving the Company and/or each of its
affiliates, officers, directors or employees. To the extent the
Company requests your cooperation or testimony, the Company shall
promptly, after your submission of reasonable vouchers therefor,
reimburse you for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by
you in connection with such cooperation and testimony.
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The parties acknowledge, for the
removal of doubt, the provisions of the Employment Agreement that
are applicable following your termination of employment shall
survive your termination of employment (
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