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EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

Equity Incentive Plan Agreement

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Title: EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 9/19/2008
Industry: Insurance (Prop. and Casualty)     Sector: Financial

EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS, Parties: allstate corporation
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EXHIBIT 10.5

 

THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION

 

EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

 

As Amended and Restated effective as of September 15, 2008

 

I.                                        Purpose.

 

The purpose of The Allstate Corporation Equity Incentive Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “ Plan ”) is to promote the interests of The Allstate Corporation (the “ Company ”) by providing an inducement to obtain and retain the services of qualified persons as members of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) and to align more closely the interests of such persons with the interests of the Company’s stockholders by providing a significant portion of the compensation provided to such persons in the form of equity securities of the Company.

 

II.                                    Administration.

 

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee.  The Committee shall have full power to construe and interpret the Plan and Shares, RSUs and Options granted hereunder, to establish and amend rules for its administration and to correct any defect or omission and to reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Share, RSU or Option granted hereunder to the extent the Committee deems desirable to carry the Plan or any Share, RSU or Option granted hereunder into effect.  Any decisions of the Committee in the administration of the Plan shall be final and conclusive.  The Committee may authorize any one or more of its members, the secretary of the Committee or any officer of the Company to execute and deliver documents on behalf of the Committee.  Each member of the Committee, and, to the extent provided by the Committee, any other person to whom duties or powers shall be delegated in connection with the Plan, shall incur no liability with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection with the Plan and shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the advice of counsel, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law.

 

III.                               Eligibility.

 

Each Non-Employee Director shall be eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

IV.                                Limitation on Aggregate Shares.

 

A.                                    Maximum Number of Shares .  The aggregate maximum number of Shares that may be granted pursuant to the Plan or delivered upon settlement of RSUs or upon exercise of Options granted pursuant to the Plan shall be 580,000 Shares.  Such maximum number of Shares is subject to adjustment under the provisions of Section IV.B.  The Shares to be granted pursuant to the Plan or delivered upon settlement of RSUs or upon exercise of Options may be either (i) authorized but unissued Shares or (ii) Shares previously issued which have been reacquired by

 

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the Company (“Treasury Shares”); provided, however, that on or after June 1, 2001, only Treasury Shares shall be granted pursuant to the Plan or delivered upon settlement of RSUs or exercise of Options (other than upon exercise of Options granted prior to such date).  In the event any RSU, Option or Reload Option shall, for any reason, terminate or expire or be surrendered without having been exercised in full or without all Shares subject thereto having been delivered, the Shares subject to such RSU, Option or Reload Option but not delivered or purchased thereunder shall be available for future RSUs, Options or Reload Options to be granted under the Plan.

 

B.                                      Adjustment .  The maximum number of Shares referred to in Section IV.A of the Plan, the number of RSUs granted pursuant to Section VI of the Plan, the number of Shares subject to outstanding RSUs granted under Section VI of the Plan, the number of Options granted pursuant to Section VII of the Plan, and the option price and the number of Shares which may be purchased under any outstanding Option granted under Section VII of the Plan shall be proportionately adjusted for (i) any increase or decrease in the number of issued and outstanding Shares as the result of (a) the declaration and payment of a dividend payable in Common Stock, or the division of the Common Stock outstanding at the date hereof (or the date of the grant of any such outstanding Option or RSU, as applicable) into a greater number of Shares without the receipt of consideration therefore by the Company, or any other increase in the number of such Shares of the Company outstanding at the date hereof (or the date of the grant of any such outstanding Option or RSU, as applicable) which is effective without the receipt of consideration therefore by the Company (exclusive of any Shares granted by the Company to employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries without receipt of separate consideration by the Company), or (b) the consolidation of the Shares outstanding at the date hereof (or the date of the grant of any such outstanding Option or RSU, as applicable) into a smaller number of Shares without the payment of consideration thereof by the Company, or any other decrease in the number of such Shares outstanding at the date hereof (or the date of the grant of any such outstanding Option or RSU, as applicable) effected without the payment of consideration by the Company or (ii) to the extent not addressed in (i), any equity restructuring (within the meaning of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004)) that causes the per share value of the Common Stock to change; provided , however , that the total option price for all Shares which may be purchased upon the exercise of any Option granted pursuant to the Plan (computed by multiplying the number of Shares originally purchasable thereunder, reduced by the number of such Shares which have theretofore been purchased thereunder, by the original option price per share before any of the adjustments herein provided for) shall not be changed.

 

In the event of a change in the Common Stock as presently constituted which is limited to a change of the Company’s authorized shares with a par value into the same number of shares with a different par value or without par value, the shares resulting from any such change will be deemed to be the Common Stock within the meaning of this Plan and no adjustment will be required pursuant to this Section IV.B.

 

The foregoing adjustments shall be made by the Committee, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive.  Except as expressly provided in this Section IV.B,

 

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a Non-Employee Director shall have no rights by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of shares of stock of any class or the payment of any stock dividend or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of stock of any class.

 

V.                                   Definitions.

 

The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below when used herein:

 

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 the Company 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 or Persons, ownership of stock of the Company possessing 30% or more of the combined voting power of all Voting Securities of the Company (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 the Company immediately before such acquisition in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately before such acquisition, of the common stock and Voting Securities of the Company, 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 the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, acquires ownership of more than 50% of the voting power of all Voting Securities of the Company or of the total fair market value of the stock of the Company (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 the Company, or a plan of liquidation of the Company (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:  (i)  no transaction or event shall constitute a Change of Control for purposes of this Plan 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)); and (ii) no sale or disposition of one or more Subsidiaries (“Sale Subsidiary”) or the assets thereof shall constitute a Change of Control for purposes of this Plan if the investments in and advances by the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than the Sale Subsidiaries) to such Sale Subsidiary as of immediately prior to the sale or disposition determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) (but after intercompany eliminations and net of the effect of intercompany reinsurance) are less than 51% of the Consolidated Total Shareholders’ Equity of the Company as of immediately prior to the sale or disposition.  Consolidated Total Shareholders’ Equity means, at any date, the total shareholders’ equity of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such date, as reported in the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Committee ” means the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, any successor committee of the Board performing similar functions or, in the absence of such a committee, the Board.

 

Common Stock ” means the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company.

 

Disability ” means a condition which renders a Non-Employee Director disabled within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(C).

 

Dividend Equivalent Right ” means an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay a cash amount equal to the regular cash dividends that would be paid on a Share of Common Stock underlying a Restricted Stock Unit if such Share had been delivered pursuant to the Restricted Stock Unit award.

 

Election Shares ” means any Shares issued to a Non-Employee Director pursuant to the election of such person to receive such Shares in lieu of cash compensation made in accordance with Section VIII.B.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Exempt Reorganization Transaction ” means a Reorganization Transaction (as that term is defined in subpart (d) of the definition of Change of Control) that fails to result in (a) any Person or group (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B))

 

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becoming a More than 30% Owner (as that term is defined in subpart (a) of the definition of Change of Control) or a Majority Owner (as that term is defined in subpart (b) of the definition of Change of Control), (b) Board Turnover (as that term is defined in subpart (c) of the definition of Change of Control), or (c) a sale or disposition to any Person or group (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)) of the assets of the Company that have a total Gross Fair Market Value equal to at least forty percent (40%) of the total Gross Fair Market Value of all of the assets of the Company immediately before such transaction.

 

Fair Market Value ” means the price at which a share of the Stock was last sold in the principal United States market for the Stock as of the date for which fair market value is being determined.

 

Gross Fair Market Value ” means the value of the assets of the Company, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets.

 

Initial Election Date ” means, for each Non-Employee Director, the later to occur of (i) the date the Plan is approved and adopted by the Company’s stockholders pursuant to Section XIII of the Plan, and (ii) the date of such member’s initial election or appointment to the Board.

 

Non-Employee Director ” means each member of the Board who is not an officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Option ” means an option to purchase shares of Common Stock.

 

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.

 

Restricted Stock Unit ” or “RSU” means a restricted stock unit award, which represents an unfunded and unsecured promise to deliver a Share of Common Stock in accordance with Article VI.

 

Shares ” means shares of Common Stock.

 

Subsidiary ” means any partnership, corporation, association, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization or other business entity of which (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of the Company or a combination thereof, or (ii) if a partnership, association, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization or other business entity, a majority of the partnership or other similar equity ownership interest thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly,

 

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by the Company or one or more Subsidiaries of the Company or a combination thereof.  For purposes hereof, the Company or a Subsidiary shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a partnership, association, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization or other business entity if the Company or such Subsidiary shall be allocated a majority of partnership, association, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control the managing director, the trustee, the manager or the general partner of such partnership, association, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization or other business entity.

 

Voting Securities ” means securities of a corporation that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of such corporation.

 

VI.                                 Formula Restricted Stock Unit Grants for Non-Employee Directors.

 

A.                                  Annual Grant of Restricted Stock Units .  Beginning December 1, 2004, on December 1 of each year 2,000 RSUs shall automatically be granted to each Non-Employee Director serving on the Board on such date who has served in such capacity since June 1 of such year.  If any person serving as a Non-Employee Director on June 1 of 2004 or any subsequent year ceases to serve as a director of the Company prior to December 1 of such year, such director shall be automatically granted on his or her last day of service a number of RSUs equal to (i) 2,000 multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of full calendar months such Non-Employee Director has served on the Board during the period beginning on such June 1 and ending on such director’s last date of service and the denominator of which is 6.

 

B.                                    Grant for Newly Appointed Directors .  If after June 1, 2004 a Non-Employee Director is initially elected or appointed to the Board effective on any date other than June 1, such Non-Employee Director shall automatically be granted, on the June 1 following the date he or she joins the Board (or such earlier dat


 
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