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THE CHUBB CORPORATION LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (2004)

Executive Compensation Plan Agreement

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Title: THE CHUBB CORPORATION LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (2004)
Governing Law: New Jersey     Date: 3/9/2005
Industry: INSPPY     Sector: FINANC

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Exhibit 10

Exhibit 10.5

 

THE CHUBB CORPORATION
LONG-TERM STOCK
INCENTIVE PLAN (2004)

 

Performance Share Award Agreement

 

This PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARD AGREEMENT, dated as of March 3, 2005, is by and between The Chubb Corporation (the “Corporation”) and [              ] (the “Participant”), pursuant to The Chubb Corporation Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (2004) (the “Plan”).  Capitalized terms that are not defined herein shall have the same meanings given to such terms in the Plan.  If any provision of this Agreement conflicts with any provision of the Plan (as either may be interpreted from time to time by the Committee), the Plan shall control.

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee has authorized the grant to the Participant of Performance Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Participant and the Corporation desire to enter into this Agreement to evidence and confirm the grant of such Performance Shares on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

NOW THEREFORE, the Participant and the Corporation agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Grant of Performance Shares.  Pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, the Corporation on the date set forth above (the “Grant Date”) has granted and hereby evidences the grant to the Participant, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, of an Award of [            ]  Performance Shares (the “Award”).

 

2.                                       Payment of Earned Performance Shares.

 

(a)                                  Settlement of Performance Shares.  Subject to the provisions of this Section 2, Section 4 and Section 5, the Payment Value of each Performance Share covered by the Award which the Committee determines, in writing, to be earned pursuant to Section 3 shall be paid by the Corporation on a date (the “vesting date”) as soon as administratively practicable after (but no later than 2½ months after the calendar year end coincident with) the end of the Performance Cycle described in Section 3(a).  Payments hereunder shall be made in cash, shares of Stock, or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.  Notwithstanding the aforementioned, the vesting date shall be the last day of the Performance Cycle if (i) the Participant experiences a Qualified

 

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Termination of Employment on or after December 31, 2005 or (ii) the Committee determines, in its discretion, pursuant to Section 4(b), that the Participant will not forfeit his or her rights to Performance Shares upon his or her termination of employment for other reasons; in either case, provided the Committee determines, in writing, that Performance Shares are to be awarded hereunder.

 

(b)                                 Voluntary Deferral.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2(a), the Participant may elect, by election filed with the Corporation under its Key Employee Deferred Compensation Plan (2005) (or any successor plan or program), and on a form acceptable to the Committee, not later than June 30, 2007 and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may specify, to have any payment that may become due in respect of Performance Shares covered by the Award deferred until such later time as shall be specified in such election.

 

3.                                       Vesting Criteria Applicable to Performance Shares.

 

(a)                                  Performance Cycle.  The Performance Cycle for this Award shall commence on May 1, 2005, and shall end on December 31, 2007.

 

(b)                                 Performance Goal.  The Performance Goal for the Performance Cycle is the total return per share of Stock to the Corporation’s shareholders, inclusive of dividends paid (regardless of whether paid in cash or property, which dividends shall be deemed reinvested in Stock), during the Performance Cycle in comparison to the total return per share of stock, inclusive of dividends paid (regardless of whether paid in cash or property, which dividends shall be deemed reinvested in stock), achieved by the companies (i) which are in the Standard & Poors 500 Index (the “S&P 500”) on the date the Performance Cycle begins and (ii) which continue to file public reports pursuant to the Act for the entirety of the Performance Cycle (such companies, the “Comparison Companies”).  For the avoidance of doubt, a company included in the S&P 500 on the date the Performance Cycle commences that is not included in the S&P 500 at the conclusion of the Performance Cycle will be a Comparison Company as long as it files public reports pursuant to the Act for the entire Performance Cycle (and any company first included in the S&P 500 after the start of the Performance Cycle would not be a Comparison Company).

 

(c)                                  Comparison of Total Shareholder Return.  Except as provided in Section 5, the Performance Shares covered by the Award shall be deemed earned based on where the Corporation’s total shareholder return during the Performance Cycle ranks in relation to the total shareholder returns of the Comparison Companies during such period.  For purposes of calculating the total shareholder return of the Corporation and the Comparison Companies during the Performance Cycle, the value of each such company’s stock at the beginning and end of the Performance Cycle shall be established based on the average of the averages of

 

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the high and low trading prices of the applicable stock on the principal exchange on which the stock trades for the 15 trading days occurring immediately prior to the beginning or end of the Performance Cycle, as the case may be.  Such averages for each such company (including the Corporation) shall be referred to herein as the “Beginning Average Value” and the “Ending Average Value.”  As soon as practicable after the completion of the Performance Cycle, the total shareholder returns of the Comparison Companies will be calculated and ranked from highest to lowest.  The Corporation’s total shareholder return will then be ranked in terms of which percentile it would have placed in among the Comparison Companies.  In calculating the total shareholder return with respect to either the Corporation or any of the Comparison Companies, the Committee shall make or shall cause to be made such appropriate adjustments to the calculation of total shareholder return for such entity (including, without limitation, adjusting the Beginning Average Value) as shall be necessary or appropriate to avoid an artificial increase or decrease in such return as a result of a stock split (including a reverse stock split), recapitalization or other similar event affecting the capital structure of such entity that does not involve the issuance of the entity’s securities in exchange for money, property or other consideration.

 

(d)                                 Percentage of Performance Shares Earned.  The extent to which Performance Shares shall become earned on the vesting date described in Section 2(a) shall be determined according to the following schedule:

 

Relative
Performance
Level Percentile

 

Percent of
Performance
Shares Earned

 

85th or higher

 

200

%

50th

 

100

%

25th

 

50

%

Under 25th

 

0

%

 

To the extent that the Corporation’s total shareholder return ranks in a percentile between the 25th and the 50th percentile, or between the 50th and the 85th percentile, of comparative performance, then the number of Performance Shares earned on the vesting date shall be determined by multiplying the relative percentile of comparative performance achieved by the Corporation by two (e.g., if the Corporation’s total shareholder return would have placed in the 40th percentile, then 80% of the Performance Shares covered by the Award become earned on the vesting date; if the Corporation’s total shareholder return would search for free browse for free learn more