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THE CHUBB CORPORATION LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (2004) Performance Share Award Agreement

Performance Unit Award Agreement

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

 

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Title: THE CHUBB CORPORATION LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (2004) Performance Share Award Agreement
Governing Law: New Jersey     Date: 3/9/2005
Industry: Insurance (Prop. and Casualty)     Sector: Financial

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

 

Performance Share Award Agreement, Parties: the chubb corporation
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Exhibit 10.3

 

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 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

 

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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 (or, if applicable, the date determined pursuant to Section 2(c)).

 

(c)                                                   Mandatory Deferral of Payment of Earned Performance Shares .  Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 2(a) or 2(b) to the contrary (unless the payment date elected pursuant to Section 2(b) is later than the payment date specified herein, in which case Section 2(b) shall control), if the Corporation’s Ending Average Value is less than the Corporation’s Beginning Average Value (as such terms are defined in Section 3(c)), no settlement shall be made in respect of any Performance Shares earned in accordance with Section 3 until the earlier of ( i ) the first date on or before March 10, 2009 on which the average of the averages of the highest and lowest sales prices of the Stock reported for consolidated trading of issues listed on the New York Stock Exchange for the 15 trading days prior to such date exceeds the Beginning Average Value and ( ii ) the first date on which the Participant has both reached age 60 and terminated employment with the Corporation and all other members of the Corporation’s controlled group of entities.  Once either of the conditions described in the immediately preceding sentence has been satisfied, settlement shall occur as soon as practicable thereafter (and in the case of condition ( i ), not later than March 15, 2009) in cash, shares of Stock or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.  If the Participant experiences a Qualified Termination of Employment on or after December 31, 2005, or if 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, settlement shall not occur until the first date on which the Participant has attained age 60 (or, in the case of the Participant’s death, would have attained age 60).  If a Participant terminates employment after reaching age 60, is a “specified employee” (as that term is defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code) at the time he or she terminates employment, and is scheduled to have his or her Performance Shares settled pursuant to condition (ii), no settlement shall be made until at least six months after such termination of employment, or the Participant’s death, if earlier.

 

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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 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

 

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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

 

85 th or higher

 

200

%

50 th

 

100

%

25 th

 

50

%

Under 25 th

 

0

%

 

To the extent that the Corporation’s total shareholder return ranks in a percentile between the 25 th and the 50 th percentile, or between the 50 th and the 85 th percentile, of comparative performance, then the number of Performance Shares earned on the vesting date sh


 
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