Exhibit 10.3

 

RADIAN VOLUNTARY DEFERRED

COMPENSATION PLAN FOR DIRECTORS

 

Amended and Restated December 12, 2005

 

ARTICLE I - Definitions

 

“Account” shall mean a bookkeeping record of the accumulated contributions
determined for each Participant, including any earnings credited to or debited
from such contributions. Each Participant’s Account shall be fully vested and
nonforfeitable at all times.

 

“Benefit Commencement Date” means the date irrevocably elected by the
Participant pursuant to Section 2.04.

 

“Board” means the Board of Directors of Radian Group Inc.

 

“Company” means Radian Group Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its corporate
successors and assigns, and any Subsidiary which is authorized by the Board to
adopt this Plan by action of its board of directors or other governing body.

 

“Committee” means the Stock Option and Compensation Committee of the Board.

 

“Compensation” means the annual fee, meeting fees and any chairmanship fees
payable to Participants during the Plan Year.

 

“Contingent deferred obligation” means the total amount of the Company’s
contingent liability for payment of deferred benefits under the Plan.

 

“Deferred Compensation” means the amount of Compensation that a Participant has
irrevocably elected to defer under the terms of this Plan.

 

“Director” means a director of the Company.

 

“Disabled” and “Disability” shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the Company’s disability plan.

 

“Participant” means a Director who elects to participate in the Plan, and
further differentiated as follows:

 

(i) “Active Participant”: A Participant who is a Director at the time in
question.

 

(ii) “Inactive Participant”: A Participant who is not a Director at the time in
question.

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“Plan” means this Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan as it may be amended from
time to time.

 

“Plan Year” means the calendar year during which a Participant’s Compensation is
earned.

 

“Subsidiary” means a company of which the Company owns, directly or indirectly,
at least a majority of the shares having voting power in the election of
directors.

 

ARTICLE II - Designation of Participants and Payment of Account

 

Section 2.01. Each individual who is eligible to participate in the Plan shall
complete such forms and provide such data as are reasonably required by the
Committee as a precondition to Plan participation.

 

Section 2.02. Each Participant must fully complete the deferral election form
provided by the Company, irrevocably electing to reduce their Compensation by an
amount equal to between 10% and 100% in increments of 1% only. By making such
election, the Participant shall for all purposes be deemed conclusively to have
consented to the provisions of the Plan and to all subsequent amendments
thereto. For the first Plan Year (i.e., 1999), such forms must be filed prior to
January 1, 2000. With respect to all Plan Years other than the first Plan Year,
such forms must be filed prior to January 1 of such Plan Year or at such earlier
time as may be set by the Committee in its sole discretion. A separate deferral
election must be filed for each Plan Year.

 

Section 2.03. A Participant may elect to receive a single sum payment or annual
installment payments over a term of ten years.

 

Section 2.04. A Participant may elect to receive payments in January of any year
which is at least two (2) years following the Plan Year for such election. The
Benefit Commencement Date specified in the Participant’s deferral election shall
be accelerated upon the Participant’s death, Disability or departure from the
Company’s Board.

 

Section 2.05. For amounts deferred in 2004 or earlier, a Participant shall have
the option of postponing an elected Benefit Commencement Date by making an
irrevocable election to roll over such election prior to the year in which such
benefit is payable. Such redeferral shall be for at least two (2) years from the
year of the original Benefit Commencement Date. A Participant shall make such
election on a form designated by the Committee. (For the avoidance of doubt, an
amount deferred in 2004 or earlier and any earnings thereon shall always be
deemed to be “an amount deferred in 2004 or earlier” for the purposes of this
section regardless of how many times or when such amount was redeferred as long
as such amount was redeferred in accordance with the terms of the Plan in
existence on October 3, 2004.)

 

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Section 2.06. For amounts deferred after 2004, a Participant shall have the
option of postponing an elected Benefit Commencement Date by making an
irrevocable election to roll over such election at least one (1) year prior to
the year in which such benefit is payable. Such redeferral shall be for at least
five (5) years from the year of the original Benefit Commencement Date. A
Participant shall make such election on a form designated by the Committee.

 

ARTICLE III - Contingent Future Payments, Earnings, Investments and Forfeitures

 

Section 3.01. The Committee shall cause an Account to be kept in the name of
each Participant which shall reflect the value of the deferred contingent
benefits payable to such Participant or beneficiary under the Plan. Each Account
shall be maintained for bookkeeping purposes only. Neither the Plan nor any of
the Accounts established under the Plan shall hold any actual funds or assets.

 

Section 3.02. As soon as practicable after each year, each Active Participant’s
Account shall be credited with earnings and debited with losses in accordance
with the annual rate of return option elected by the Participant on their
deferral election form. The annual rate of return election is irrevocable. The
annual rate of return options available under the Plan are:

 

(a) 200 basis points in excess of the average yield on 30-year U.S. Treasuries
on the last business day of each month of the year,

 

(b) the Company’s reported return on equity (positive or negative) for the year,
using (i) the Company’s net income or loss after excluding expenses associated
with transactions that, in the opinion of the Committee, are extraordinary and
non-recurring, divided by (ii) the average of the common stockholders equity
calculated as the first day of the year and the last day of the year, and

 

(c) the change in the value of the Company’s Common Stock (positive or negative)
for the year.

 

In the event the Participant elects return option (c) above with regard to any
deferred amount, such deferred amount shall be increased by 20%. (For example,
if in a given year, the Participant defers $100,000 and elects return option
(c) above with regard to such amount, their Account shall be credited with
$120,000 and the Common Stock return shall be applied to the full $120,000.)

 

Section 3.03 As soon as practicable after each year, each Inactive Participant’s
Account shall be credited with earnings based upon the average yield on 5-year
U.S. Treasuries on the last business day of each month of such year plus 100
basis points. A Participant who ceases being a Director shall have the rate of
return they selected in accordance with Section 3.02 applied to their Deferred
Compensation until the date they terminated their status as a Director; the rate
of return for Inactive Participants provided under this Section 3.03

 

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shall be applied to their Deferred Compensation from that date until such
compensation is distributed.

 

Section 3.04. Each Participant’s account shall be credited with the amount of
Deferred Compensation for such Plan Year as of the date such Deferred
Compensation would have been paid to the Participant had it not been deferred in
accordance with this Plan. All earning or losses thereon shall be prorated
accordingly.

 

Section 3.05. Title to and beneficial ownership of any assets, whether cash or
investments, which the Company may set aside or earmark to meet its contingent
deferred obligation hereunder, shall at all times remain in the Company. All
Plan Participants and beneficiaries are general unsecured creditors of the
Company with respect to the benefits due hereunder and the Plan constitutes an
agreement by the Company to make benefit payments in the future. It is the
intention of the Company that the Plan be considered unfunded for tax purposes.

 

Section 3.06. In order to meet its contingent deferred obligations hereunder,
funds may be set aside or earmarked by the Company. These funds may be kept in
cash, or invested and reinvested, in the discretion of the Committee. The
Company may, but is not required to, establish a grantor trust which may be used
to hold assets of the Company which are maintained as reserves against the
Company’s unfunded, unsecured obligations hereunder. Such reserves shall at all
times be subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors. To the extent such
trust or other vehicle is established, and assets contributed, for the purpose
of fulfilling the Company’s obligation hereunder, then such obligation of the
Company shall be reduced to the extent such assets are utilized to meet its
obligations hereunder.

 

ARTICLE IV - Death Benefits

 

Section 4.01. In the event that a Participant dies prior to their Benefit
Commencement Date, the Participant’s Account shall accrue annual earnings
thereafter in accordance with Section 3.03 until such time as the Account is
distributed. The beneficiary of such Participant shall receive as a death
benefit a single sum equal to the entire value of the Account in January of the
year immediately following the Participant’s death.

 

Section 4.02. In the event that a Participant dies after their Benefit
Commencement Date, the beneficiary of such Participant shall receive as a death
benefit a single sum equal to the entire value of the Account.

 

ARTICLE V - Payment of Benefits

 

Section 5.01. A Participant’s Account shall become payable to the Participant as
soon as administratively practical following the Benefit Commencement Date
specified in their deferral election. If the Participant has elected to receive
their Account in annual installments, the Participant’s Account will continue to
be credited with earnings or losses

 

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calculated in accordance with their elections. Each annual payment shall be
calculated by dividing the remaining value of the Account (or portion thereof)
by the number of remaining annual installment payments to be made to the
Participant.

 

Section 5.02. A Participant’s death benefit shall be payable to their
beneficiary as set forth in Article IV.

 

Section 5.03. A Participant shall be paid the value of their Account (or portion
thereof) beginning at the Benefit Commencement Date in a single sum or in
periodic installment payments payable annually for ten years as irrevocably
elected by the Participant.

 

Section 5.04. If a Participant or beneficiary entitled to receive any benefits
hereunder is a minor or is determined to be legally incapable of giving valid
receipt and discharge for such benefits, benefits will be paid to such person as
the Committee may designate for the benefit of such Participant or beneficiary.
Such payments shall be considered a payment to such Participant or beneficiary
and shall, to the extent made, be deemed a complete discharge of any liability
for such payments under the Plan.

 

Section 5.05. The Committee shall make all reasonable attempts to determine the
identity and/or whereabouts of a Participant or a Participant’s beneficiary
entitled to benefits under the Plan, including the mailing by certified mail of
a notice to the last known address shown on the Company’s or the Committee’s
records. If the Committee is unable to locate such a person entitled to benefits
hereunder, or if there has been no claim made for such benefits, the Company
shall continue to hold the benefit due such person, subject to any applicable
statute of escheats.

 

Section 5.06. In the event of the Participant’s Disability prior to their
selected Benefit Commencement Date, the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date
shall be adjusted to the January following the three month period following the
Participant’s Disability. In the event of the Participant’s departure from the
Company’s Board prior to their selected Benefit Commencement Date, the
Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date shall be adjusted to the January
following the six month period following the Participant’s departure from the
Company’s Board. In either case, the Participant’s Account shall be paid in the
manner prescribed on the Participant’s election form, except with regard to the
Participant’s originally selected Benefit Commencement Date.

 

Section 5.07. For amounts deferred after 2004, a Participant may elect to be
paid all or any part of such amounts plus earnings thereon in the event such
funds are needed in connection with an “unforseeable emergency” (as determined
by the Committee in accordance with applicable law).

 

Section 5.08. Any claim by a Participant or their beneficiary (hereafter the
“Claimant”) for benefits shall be submitted in writing to the Committee.

 

(a) The Committee shall be responsible for deciding whether such claim is
payable, or the claimed relief otherwise is allowable, under the provisions and
rules of the Plan (a

 

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“Covered Claim”). The Committee otherwise shall be responsible for providing a
full review of the Committee’s decision with regard to any claim, upon a written
request.

 

(b) Each Claimant or other interested person shall file with the Committee such
pertinent information as the Committee may specify, and in such manner and form
as the Committee way specify; and, such person shall not have any rights or be
entitled to any benefits, or further benefits, hereunder, as the case may be,
unless the required information is filed by the Claimant or on behalf of the
Claimant. Each Claimant shall supply, at such times and in such manner as may be
required, written proof that the benefit is covered under the Plan. If it is
determined that a Claimant has not incurred a Covered Claim or if the Claimant
shall fail to furnish such proof as is requested, no benefits, or no further
benefits, hereunder, as the case may be, shall be payable to such Claimant.

 

(c) Notice of any decision by the Committee with respect to a claim generally
shall be furnished to the Claimant within ninety (90) days following the receipt
of the claim by the Committee (or within ninety (90) days following the
expiration of the initial ninety (90) day period in any case where, there are
special circumstances requiring extension of time for processing the claim). If
special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim,
written notice of the extension shall be furnished by the Committee to the
Claimant.

 

(d) Commencement of benefit payments shall constitute notice of approval of a
claim to the extent of the amount of the approved benefit. If such claim shall
be wholly or partially denied, such notice shall be in writing. If the Committee
fails to notify the Claimant of the decision regarding their claim in accordance
with this section, the claim shall be “deemed” denied, and the Claimant then
shall be permitted to proceed with the claims review procedure provided for
herein.

 

(e) Within sixty (60) days following receipt by the Claimant of notice of the
claim denial, or within sixty (60) days following the date of a deemed denial,
the Claimant may appeal denial of the claim by filing a written application for
review with the Committee. Following such request for review, the Committee
shall fully review the decision denying the claim. The decision of the Committee
then shall be made within sixty (60) days following receipt by the Committee of
a timely request for review (or within one hundred and twenty (120) days after
such receipt, in a case where there are special circumstances requiring an
extension of time for reviewing such denied claim). The Committee shall deliver
its decision to the Claimant in writing. If the decision on review is not
furnished within the prescribed time, the claim shall be deemed denied on
review.

 

(f) For all purposes under the Plan, the decision with respect to a claim (if no
review is requested) and the decision with respect to a claims review (if
requested), shall be final, binding and conclusive on all Participants,
beneficiaries and other interested parties, as to all matters relating to the
Plan and Plan benefits. Further, each claims determination under the Plan shall
be made in the absolute and exclusive discretion and authority of the Committee.

 

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Section 5.09. A Participant may elect at any time to be paid an amount equal to
the entire amount they currently have in their Account less ten percent, in
which case the Participant shall be paid such amount as soon as practicable and
the Participant shall no longer have any right to participate in the Plan.

 

ARTICLE VI - Beneficiary Designation

 

Section 6.01. A Participant may designate a beneficiary and a contingent
beneficiary as part of their deferral election. Any beneficiary designation
hereunder shall remain effective until changed or revoked.

 

Section 6.02. A beneficiary designation may be changed by the Participant at any
time, or from time to time, by filing a new designation in writing with the
Company.

 

Section 6.03. If the Participant dies without having designated a beneficiary or
if the Participant dies and the beneficiary so named by the Participant has
predeceased the Participant, then the Participant’s estate shall be deemed to be
their beneficiary.

 

ARTICLE VII - Administration

 

Section 7.01. The books and records to be maintained for the purpose of the Plan
shall be maintained by the officers and employees of the Company at its expense
and subject to the supervision and control of the Committee. The Company shall
pay all expenses of administering the Plan either from funds set aside or
earmarked under the Plan or from other funds.

 

Section 7.02. To the extent permitted by law, the right of any Participant or
any beneficiary in any benefit or to any payment hereunder shall not be subject
in any manner to attachment or other legal process for the debts of such
Participant or beneficiary; and any such benefit or payment shall not be subject
to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment or encumbrance.

 

Section 7.03. No member of the Board or of the Committee and no officer or
employee of the Company shall be liable to any person for any action taken or
omitted in connection with the administration of this Plan unless attributable
to their own fraud or willful misconduct; nor shall the Company be liable to any
person for any such action unless attributable to fraud or willful misconduct on
the part of a director, officer or employee of the Company.

 

Section 7.04. The Committee shall be the agent for service of process on the
Plan.

 

Section 7.05. Benefit payments hereunder shall be subject to withholding, to the
extent required (as determined by the Company) by applicable tax or other laws.

 

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Section 7.06. The Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Company, its successors and assigns, and the Participant and their heirs,
executors, administrators and legal representatives.

 

Section 7.07. If any provision of this Plan is held invalid or unenforceable to
the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Plan, its invalidity or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of the Plan and the Plan
shall be construed and enforced as if such provisions had not been included
therein.

 

ARTICLE VIII - Amendment or Termination of Plan

 

Section 8.01. The Board may terminate the Plan or amend the Plan in whole or in
part, effective as of any date specified. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event of a “Change in Control” of the Company, as such term is defined in the
Company’s Equity Compensation Plan, the Plan may not be amended in any manner
whatsoever that would diminish the value of a Participant’s interest in or
ultimate benefits under the Plan or accelerate any payment to a Participant.

 

ARTICLE IX - Further Deferral of Deferred Stock Units

 

Section 9.01. Each Director may further defer the vesting of any deferred stock
units (“DSUs”) that they were granted by the Company in consideration for their
service as a director and that vest upon their departure from the Company’s
Board. Such further deferral of DSUs: (i) must be made in writing at least one
year before a Director’s departure from the Company’s Board and (ii) shall be
for a period of at least two years beyond such date of such departure.

 

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