Exhibit 10.26

Kemper Corporation 2011 Omnibus Equity Plan
TIME-VESTED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

(Installment-Vesting Form)

This TIME-VESTED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made as
of this ______ day of ___________, ____ (“Grant Date”) between KEMPER
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and «name» (the “Award
Holder”) for an Award of an aggregate of «shares» («shares») restricted stock
units (the “RSUs”), each representing the right to receive one share of the
Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement.
SIGNATURES
As of the date set forth above, the parties have accepted the terms of this
Agreement by signing this Agreement by an electronic signature, and each party
agrees that such signature shall not be denied legal effect, validity or
enforceability solely because it was submitted or executed electronically.
KEMPER CORPORATION         AWARD HOLDER
By: «CEO Signature and Title»    By: «name»
                    

RECITALS
A.    The Board of Directors of the Company has adopted the Kemper Corporation
2011 Omnibus Equity Plan (the “Plan”), including all amendments to date, to be
administered by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors
or any subcommittee thereof, or any other committee designated by the Board to
administer the Plan (the “Committee”). Capitalized terms that are not defined
herein shall be defined in accordance with the Plan.
B.    The Plan authorizes the Committee to grant to selected employees,
directors and Third Party Service Providers of the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company awards of various types, including restricted stock units providing
the right to receive shares of Common Stock under specified terms and
conditions.
C.    Pursuant to the Plan, the Committee has determined that it is in the best
interest of the Company and its shareholders to grant the Award Holder an Award
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under the terms and conditions specified in this Agreement as an inducement to
remain in the service of the Company and an incentive for increased effort
during such service.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.    Grant. The Company grants the RSUs to the Award Holder, subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Except as otherwise set forth
herein, the RSUs shall not entitle the Award Holder to any rights of a
shareholder of Common Stock.
2.    Vesting and Forfeiture.
(a)    Restricted Period. The RSUs shall be restricted during a period (the
“Restricted Period”) beginning on the Grant Date and expiring on the date(s)
that they vest in accordance with the next sentence (the “Vesting Date(s)”),
provided that the RSUs have not vested early or been forfeited pursuant to
Section 2(c) below and: (i) the Award Holder is in Service (as hereafter
defined) on the Vesting Date; or (ii) the Award Holder is Retirement Eligible
(as hereafter defined) prior to the date the Award Holder terminates Service and
the Award Holder has not, at any time prior to or on the Vesting Date, become an
employee of a competitor of the Company or any of its Affiliates or otherwise
engaged in any activity that is competitive with the Company or any of its
Affiliates, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion. The Vesting
Dates are, for the first of four equal installments of the RSUs, the six-month
anniversary of the Grant Date (the “Initial Vesting Date”), and for each of the
remaining three installments, respectively, the first, second and third
anniversaries of the Initial Vesting Date.
(b)     Certain Definitions.
(i) “Service” means that the Award Holder is employed by, or a Third Party
Service Provider or member of the board of directors of, the Company or an
Affiliate.
(ii) “Retirement Eligible” means that the Award Holder has either attained age
60 and completed 10 years of Service as an Employee or attained age 65 and
completed 5 years of Service as an Employee.
(iii) “Disability” means that the Award Holder either:
(A) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any
medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to
result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less
than 12 months and, with respect to an Award Holder who is an Employee, is
receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months
under an accident and health plan (e.g. a long term disability plan) covering
Employees of the Company or Affiliate that employs the Award Holder; or
(B) has been determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security
Administration or Railroad Retirement Board.

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(c)    Termination of Service. During the Restricted Period, the RSUs may be
subject to early vesting or forfeiture in accordance with the following
provisions:
(i)    Death or Disability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Vesting Date
shall be the date of the Award Holder’s death or Disability if the Award Holder
dies or becomes Disabled: (a) while in Service; or (b) after terminating Service
if the Award Holder (1) was Retirement Eligible on the date of such termination
of Service, and (2) had not, at any time prior to the date of the Award Holder’s
death or Disability, become an employee of a competitor of the Company or any of
its Affiliates or otherwise engaged in any activity that is competitive with the
Company or any of its Affiliates, as determined by the Company in its sole
discretion. On such Vesting Date, any of the RSUs that were outstanding but not
vested shall immediately vest.
(ii)    Divestiture of Employer. If the Company divests its controlling interest
in an Affiliate, or if its control of such Affiliate otherwise ceases, and the
Award Holder is in Service to such Affiliate and is not in Service to the
Company or another Affiliate, then all unvested RSUs shall be forfeited to the
Company on the date of such divestiture or cessation of control, except if the
Award Holder is Retirement Eligible on such date, in which case the Award Holder
may continue to vest in accordance with Section 2(a).
(iii)     Other Termination of Service. If the Award Holder ceases to be in
Service prior to becoming Retirement Eligible under circumstances other than
those set forth in the foregoing subsections (i) or (ii), or if the Award
Holder’s Service is terminated for Substantial Cause prior to or after becoming
Retirement Eligible, all unvested RSUs held by the Award Holder shall be
forfeited to the Company on the date of such cessation of Service or
termination, notwithstanding any otherwise applicable term of this Agreement
that provided for vesting or non-forfeitability, including (but not limited to)
Section 2(a).
3.     Conversion of RSUs; Issuance of Common Stock. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 8, the Company shall cause one share of Common Stock to be
issued, within the time period provided below, for each RSU that is vesting upon
the applicable Vesting Date.
Any issuance of Common Stock shall be subject to applicable tax withholding
obligations as described in Section 6 and shall be in book-entry form,
registered in the Award Holder’s name (or in the name of the Award Holder’s
Representative, as the case may be), in payment of whole RSUs. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 8, in no event shall the date that Common Stock is
issued to the Award Holder (“Settlement Date”) occur later than the first to
occur of (a) March 15th following the calendar year in which the Vesting Date
occurred, or (b) ninety (90) days following the applicable Vesting Date.
4.     Dividend Equivalents. If a cash dividend is declared and paid by the
Company with respect to the Common Stock during the Restricted Period, the Award
Holder shall be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to the total cash
dividend the Award Holder would have received had the RSUs been actual shares of
Common Stock, subject to applicable tax withholding obligations as described in
Section 6. The cash payment shall be made on the date that the dividends are
payable

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to holders of Common Stock (the “Dividend Payment Date”).  The rules of Treas.
Reg. § 1.409A-3(d) shall be applied in determining whether a cash payment is
made on the Dividend Payment Date.
5.    Fair Market Value of Common Stock. The fair market value (“Fair Market
Value”) of a share of Common Stock shall be determined for purposes of this
Agreement by reference to the closing price of a share of Common Stock as
reported by the New York Stock Exchange (or such other exchange on which the
shares of Common Stock are primarily traded) for the Grant Date or Vesting Date,
as applicable, or if no prices are reported for that day, the last preceding day
on which such prices are reported (or, if for any reason no such price is
available, in such other manner as the Committee in its sole discretion may deem
appropriate to reflect the fair market value thereof).
6.    Withholding of Taxes. The Award Holder acknowledges that the conversion of
the RSUs to Common Stock upon the Vesting Date will result in the Award Holder
being subject to income taxes and payroll taxes, to the extent that payroll
taxes have not previously become due. The Company will deduct from the number of
RSUs that are scheduled to vest on the Vesting Date(s) whole shares of Common
Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount determined by the Company
to satisfy any applicable minimum statutory withholding or other tax obligations
that may arise upon such vesting, and the Award Holder shall remit to the
Company in cash any and all applicable withholding taxes that exceed the amount
available to the Company using whole shares.
The Award Holder further acknowledges that the Award Holder will be subject to
payroll taxes upon becoming Retirement Eligible prior to termination of the
Award Holder’s Service and agrees that the Company or its Affiliate shall
withhold such payroll taxes from any other compensation paid by the Company or
its Affiliate to the Award Holder.
The Company shall withhold from any dividend equivalents paid during the
Restricted Period only the amounts the Company is required to withhold to
satisfy any applicable tax withholding requirements with respect to such
dividend equivalents based on minimum statutory withholding rates for federal
and state tax purposes, including any payroll taxes.
7.    Code Section 409A. The Company intends that the Award hereunder shall
either be exempt from the application of, or compliant with, the requirements of
Section 409A and this Award Agreement shall be interpreted and administered in
accordance with such intent. In no event shall the Company and/or its Affiliates
be liable for any tax, interest or penalties that may be imposed on the Award
Holder (or the Award Holder’s estate) under Code Section 409A.
8.    Shares to be Issued in Compliance with Federal Securities Laws and Other
Rules. No shares of Common Stock issuable in settlement of the RSUs shall be
issued and delivered unless and until there shall have been full compliance with
all applicable requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (whether
by registration or satisfaction of exemption conditions), all applicable listing
requirements of the New York Stock Exchange (or such other exchange(s) or
market(s) on which shares of the same class are then listed) and any other
requirements of law or of any regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over such
issuance and delivery. The Company shall use its best efforts and take all
necessary or appropriate actions to assure that such full compliance on the part
of the Company is made. By signing this Agreement, the Award Holder represents
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warrants that none of the shares to be acquired in settlement of the RSUs will
be acquired with a view towards any sale, transfer or distribution of said
shares in violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any applicable “blue sky”
laws, and that the Award Holder hereby agrees to indemnify the Company in the
event of any violation by the Award Holder of such Act, rules, regulations or
laws. The Company will use its best efforts to complete all actions necessary
for such compliance so that settlement can occur within the period specified in
Section 3; provided that if the Company reasonably anticipates that settlement
within such period will cause a violation of applicable law, settlement may be
delayed provided that settlement occurs at the earliest date at which the
Company reasonably anticipates that such settlement will not cause a violation
of applicable law, all in accordance with Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-2(b)(7)(ii).
9.    No Assignment or Other Transfer. During the Restricted Period, neither
this Agreement, the RSU nor any rights and privileges granted hereby may be
transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated in any way, whether by operation
of the law or otherwise, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, no rights or
privileges granted hereby may be assigned or otherwise transferred during the
Restricted Period to the spouse or former spouse of the Award Holder pursuant to
any divorce proceedings, settlement or judgment. Any attempt to transfer,
assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of this Agreement, the RSUs or
any other rights or privileges granted hereby contrary to the provisions hereof
shall be null and void and of no force or effect.
10.    Certain Adjustments; Change in Control.
(a)    The provisions of Sections 4.4 and 19.2 of the Plan relating to certain
adjustments in the case of stock splits, reorganizations, equity restructurings
and similar matters described therein are hereby incorporated in and made a part
of this Agreement. Any such adjustments shall be made by the Committee, whose
determination as to what adjustments shall be made, and the extent thereof,
shall be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional shares of Common Stock
shall be issued under the Plan on any such adjustment.
(b)    The RSUs may be subject to termination or early vesting in connection
with a Change in Control in accordance with the provisions of Section 18.3 of
the Plan.
11.    Participation by Award Holder in Other Company Plans. Nothing herein
contained shall affect the right of the Award Holder to participate in and
receive benefits under and in accordance with the then current provisions of any
retirement plan or employee welfare benefit plan or program of the Company or of
any Affiliate of the Company, subject in each case, to the terms and conditions
of any such plan or program.
12.    Not an Employment or Service Contract. Nothing herein contained shall be
construed as an agreement by the Company or any of its Affiliates, expressed or
implied, to employ or contract for the services of the Award Holder, to restrict
the right of the Company or any of its Affiliates to discharge the Award Holder
or cease contracting for the Award Holder’s services or to modify, extend or
otherwise affect in any manner whatsoever, the terms of any employment

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agreement or contract for services which may exist between the Award Holder and
the Company or any of its Affiliates.
13.    Agreement Subject to the Plan. The RSUs hereby granted are subject to,
and the Company and the Award Holder agree to be bound by, all of the terms and
conditions of the Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time hereafter
in accordance with the terms thereof, but no such amendment shall adversely
affect the Award Holder’s rights under this Agreement without his or her prior
written consent. To the extent that the terms or conditions of this Agreement
conflict with the terms or conditions of the Plan, the Plan shall govern.
14.    Arbitration. Notwithstanding the terms of any other agreement in effect
between the parties, all disputes related to this Agreement or any RSUs granted
hereunder shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration with the American
Arbitration Association (“AAA”) pursuant to the AAA Employment Arbitration Rules
and Mediation Procedures (“AAA Rules”) as amended from time to time. A copy of
the AAA Rules is available to the Award Holder upon written request to the
Company’s Director of Human Resources at One East Wacker Drive, Chicago,
Illinois 60601 (or such other address as the Company may specify from time to
time), or may be obtained online at: www.adr.org.
To initiate arbitration, either party must file a Demand for Arbitration
(“Demand”) in the manner described in the AAA Rules. After a Demand has been
filed and served, either party may request that the dispute initially be
mediated pursuant to the AAA Rules, in which event such dispute shall be
mediated. If mediation does not fully resolve the dispute or if neither party
requests mediation, then the matter will be subject to arbitration before a
single arbitrator who shall have the power to award any types of legal or
equitable relief (other than punitive damages) available in a court of competent
jurisdiction, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and costs, and all
defenses that would be applicable in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be
available. Unless provided otherwise in the arbitrator’s award, each party will
pay its own attorneys’ fees and costs. To the extent required by law or the AAA
Rules, all administrative costs of arbitration (including reimbursement of
filing fees) and the fees of the arbitrator will be paid by the Company. The
parties agree that no class action proceedings (or joinder or consolidation with
claims of any other person) may be brought in connection with this Agreement
without the written consent of both parties.
15.    Governing Law. This Agreement and any disputes hereunder shall be
governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware, without application of its conflicts of laws principles, and the
Federal Arbitration Act.
16.    Miscellaneous. This Agreement, together with the Plan, is the entire
agreement of the parties with respect to the RSUs granted hereby and may not be
amended except in a writing signed by both the Company and the Award Holder. If
any provision of this Agreement is deemed invalid, it shall be modified to the
extent possible and minimally necessary to be enforceable, and, in any event,
the remainder of this Agreement will be in full force and effect.

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Additional Provisions Applicable to Executive Officers Only:
17.    Clawbacks. Notwithstanding the terms regarding vesting and forfeiture or
any other provision set forth in this Agreement, including (but not limited to)
Section 2 above, the rights, payments, and benefits with respect to this Award
are subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, or recoupment by the Company
if and to the extent required by applicable law, regulation of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, or rule or listing requirement of the New York Stock
Exchange (collectively “Applicable Requirements”) in connection with an
accounting restatement or under such other circumstances as specified in the
Applicable Requirements. Any action taken by the Company under this provision
shall be made pursuant to the Committee’s determination, which shall be final,
binding and conclusive.
18.    Stock Holding Period. The Award Holder agrees to hold the shares of
Common Stock acquired upon the vesting of the RSUs for a minimum of twelve
months following their Vesting Date. This holding period shall not apply to
shares of Common Stock withheld by the Company to settle tax liabilities related
to vesting, and as otherwise may be provided under the Company’s Stock Ownership
Policy.

 

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