Form of Change of Control Employment Agreement



 Exhibit 10.1 
  
 CHANGE OF CONTROL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
  
 AGREEMENT by and between LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the
“Company”), and              (the “Executive”), dated as of the              day of
                    . 
  
 The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its
shareholders to assure that the Company will have the continued dedication of the Executive, notwithstanding the possibility, threat or occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Company. The Board believes it is imperative to
diminish the inevitable distraction of the Executive by virtue of the personal uncertainties and risks created by a pending or threatened Change of Control and to encourage the Executive’s full attention and dedication to the Company currently
and in the event of any threatened or pending Change of Control, and to provide the Executive with compensation and benefits arrangements upon a Change of Control which ensure that the compensation and benefits expectations of the Executive will be
satisfied and which are competitive with those of other corporations. Therefore, in order to accomplish these objectives, the Board has caused the Company to enter into this Agreement. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 
  
 1. Certain Definitions. 
  
 (a) The “Effective Date” shall mean the first date
during the Change of Control Period (as defined in Section 1(b)) on which a Change of Control (as defined in Section 2) occurs. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if a Change of Control occurs and if the Executive’s
employment with the Company is terminated prior to the date on which the Change of Control occurs, and if it is reasonably demonstrated by the Executive that such termination of employment (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps
reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change of Control, then for all purposes of this Agreement the “Effective Date” shall mean the date immediately prior to
the date of such termination of employment. 
  
 (b) The “Change of Control Period” shall mean the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on December 31, 2006. 
  
 (c) “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation that is directly, or indirectly though one or more intermediaries, controlled by the
Company. 
  
 2. Change of Control. For the
purpose of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall mean: 
  
 (a) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange 







 Act”)) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated
under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (i) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (ii) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the
Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (a), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of
Control: (i) any acquisition directly from the Company, (ii) any acquisition by the Company, (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company or
(iv) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (c) of this Section 2; or 
  
 (b) Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at
least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of
the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an
actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; or 
  
 (c) Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation
or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who
were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the
then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination
(including, without limitation a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions
as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii) no Person (excluding any corporation resulting from such Business
Combination or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common
stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination and (iii)
at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board,
providing for such Business Combination; or 
  

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 (d) Approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution
of the Company. 
  
 Notwithstanding the foregoing,
for purposes of subsection (a) of this Section 2, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to have taken place if, as a result of an acquisition by the Company which reduces the Outstanding Company Common Stock or the Outstanding Company Voting
Securities, the beneficial ownership of a Person increases to 20% or more of the Outstanding Company Common Stock or the Outstanding Company Voting Securities; provided, however, that if a Person shall become the beneficial owner of 20% or more of
the Outstanding Company Common Stock or the Outstanding Company Voting Securities by reason of share purchases by the Company and, after such share purchases by the Company, such Person becomes the beneficial owner of any additional shares of the
Outstanding Company Common Stock or the Outstanding Company Voting Stock, for purposes of subsection (a) of this Section 2, a Change of Control shall be deemed to have taken place. 
  
 3. Employment Period. If the Executive is employed by the Company and/or a Subsidiary on the
Effective Date, the Company hereby agrees to continue to employ and to cause such Subsidiary to continue to employ the Executive, and the Executive hereby agrees to remain in the employ of the Company and/or such Subsidiary, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, for the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the third anniversary of such date (the “Employment Period”). For purposes of this Agreement, unless expressly limited to LandAmerica Financial
Group, Inc., “Company” hereinafter shall mean each of LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. and/or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliated companies that employ the Executive. As used in this Agreement, the term “affiliated companies”
shall include any company controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Company. 
  
 4. Terms of Employment. 
  
 (a) Position and Duties. 
  
 (i) During the Employment Period, (A) the Executive’s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties and responsibilities shall be at least
commensurate in all material respects with the most significant of those held, exercised and assigned at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date and (B) the Executive’s services shall be performed at the
location where the Executive was employed immediately preceding the Effective Date or any office or location less than 35 miles from such location. 
  
 (ii) During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive
agrees to devote reasonable attention and time during normal business hours to the business and affairs of the Company and, to the extent necessary to discharge the responsibilities assigned to the Executive hereunder, to use the Executive’s
reasonable best efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently such responsibilities. During the Employment Period it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the Executive to (A) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees,

  

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 (B) deliver lectures, fulfill speaking engagements or teach at educational institutions and (C) manage
personal investments, so long as such activities do not significantly interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities as an employee of the Company in accordance with this Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed that
to the extent that any such activities have been conducted by the Executive prior to the Effective Date, the continued conduct of such activities (or the conduct of activities similar in nature and scope thereto) subsequent to the Effective Date
shall not thereafter be deemed to interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities to the Company. 
  
 (b) Compensation. 
  
 (i) Base Salary. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall receive an annual base salary (“Annual Base Salary”),
which shall be paid at a monthly rate, at least equal to 12 times the highest monthly base salary paid or payable, including any base salary which has been earned but deferred, to the Executive by the Company in respect of the 12-month period
immediately preceding the month in which the Effective Date occurs. During the Employment Period, the Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed no more than 12 months after the last salary increase awarded to the Executive prior to the Effective Date and
thereafter at least annually. Any increase in Annual Base Salary shall not serve to limit or reduce any other obligation to the Executive under this Agreement. Annual Base Salary shall not be reduced after any such increase and the term Annual Base
Salary as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to Annual Base Salary as so increased. 
  
 (ii) Annual Bonus. In addition to Annual Base Salary, the Executive shall be awarded, for each fiscal year ending during the Employment Period, an annual bonus (the “Annual
Bonus”) in cash at least equal to the Executive’s highest bonus under annual incentive plans of the Company or any comparable bonus under any predecessor or successor plan, for the last three full fiscal years prior to the Effective Date
(annualized in the event that the Executive was not employed by the Company for the whole of such fiscal year) (the “Recent Annual Bonus”). Each such Annual Bonus shall be paid no later than the end of the third month of the fiscal year
next following the fiscal year for which the Annual Bonus is awarded, unless the Executive shall elect to defer the receipt of such Annual Bonus. 
  
 (iii) Incentive, Savings and Retirement Plans. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all
incentive, savings and retirement plans, practices, policies and programs applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company, but in no event shall such plans, practices, policies and programs provide the Executive with incentive
opportunities (measured with respect to both regular and special incentive opportunities, to the extent, if any, that such distinction is applicable), savings opportunities and retirement benefit opportunities, in each case, less favorable, in the
aggregate, than the most favorable of those provided by the Company and its affiliated companies for the Executive under such plans, practices, policies and programs as in effect at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the
Effective Date or if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company. 
  

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 (iv) Welfare Benefit Plans. During the Employment Period, the Executive and/or
the Executive’s family, as the case may be, shall be eligible for participation in and shall receive all benefits under welfare benefit plans, practices, policies and programs provided by the Company (including, without limitation, medical,
prescription, dental, disability, employee life, group life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans and programs) to the extent applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company, but in no event shall such plans, practices,
policies and programs provide the Executive with benefits which are less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of such plans, practices, policies and programs in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period
immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company. 
  
 (v) Expenses. During the Employment Period the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt
reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Executive in accordance with the most favorable policies, practices and procedures of the Company in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the
Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company. 
  
 (vi) Fringe Benefits. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to fringe benefits, including, without
limitation, tax and financial planning services, payment of club dues, and, if applicable, use of an automobile and payment of related expenses, in accordance with the most favorable plans, practices, programs and policies of the Company and its
affiliated companies in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer
executives of the Company. 
  
 (vii) Office
and Support Staff. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to an office or offices of a size and with furnishings and other appointments, and to exclusive personal secretarial and other assistance, at least equal to the
most favorable of the foregoing provided to the Executive by the Company and its affiliated companies at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as provided generally at any
time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company. 
  
 (viii) Vacation. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the most favorable plans, policies, programs and practices of the Company and its affiliated
companies as in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of
the Company. 
  

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 5. Termination of Employment. 
  
 (a) Death or Disability. The Executive’s
employment shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s death during the Employment Period. If the Company determines in good faith that the Disability of the Executive has occurred during the Employment Period (pursuant to the definition
of Disability set forth below), it may give to the Executive written notice in accordance with Section 12(b) of this Agreement of its intention to terminate the Executive’s employment. In such event, the Executive’s employment with the
Company shall terminate effective on the 30th day after receipt of such notice by the Executive (the “Disability Effective Date”), provided that, within the 30 days after such receipt, the Executive shall not have returned to full-time
performance of the Executive’s duties. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean that the Executive is unable, by reason of physical or mental incapacity, to perform Executive’s duties to the Company on a full-time
basis for a period longer than 3 consecutive months or more than 6 months in any consecutive 12-month period. The existence of a Disability shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, based upon due consideration of the opinion of
the Executive’s personal physician or physicians and of the opinion of any physician or physicians selected by the Board of Directors for these purposes. If the Executive’s personal physician disagrees with the physician retained by the
Company, the Board of Directors will retain an impartial physician selected by the Executive’s personal physician and the Company’s physician and the opinion of the impartial physician shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive.
The Executive shall submit to examination by any physician or physicians so selected by the Board of Directors, and shall otherwise cooperate with the Board of Directors in making the determination contemplated hereunder, such cooperation to
include, without limitation, consenting to the release of information by any such physician(s) to the Board of Directors. 
  
 (b) Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for Cause. For purposes of this
Agreement, “Cause” shall mean: 
  
 (i)
the willful and continued failure of the Executive to perform substantially the Executive’s duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), after a written demand for
substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company which specifically identifies the manner in which the Board or Chief Executive Officer believes that the Executive has not substantially
performed the Executive’s duties, or 
  
 (ii) the willful engaging by the Executive in illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company. 
  
 For purposes of this provision, no act or failure to act, on the part of the Executive, shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or
omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Executive’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution
duly adopted by the Board or upon the instructions of the Chief Executive Officer or a senior officer of the Company or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively 
  

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 presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of
the Company. The cessation of employment of the Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than
three-quarters of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Executive and the Executive is given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard
before the Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, the Executive is guilty of the conduct described in subparagraph (i) or (ii) above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. 
  
 (c) Good Reason; Window Period. The Executive’s
employment may be terminated (i) during the Employment Period by the Executive for Good Reason or (ii) during the Window Period by Executive without any reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Window Period” shall mean the 30-day period
immediately following the first anniversary of the Effective Date. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean: 
  
 (i) the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent in any respect with the Executive’s position (including status,
offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by Section 4(a) of this Agreement, or any other action by the Company which results in a diminution in such position, authority, duties or
responsibilities, excluding for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive; 
  
 (ii) any failure by the Company to comply with any of the
provisions of Section 4(b) of this Agreement, other than an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent failure not occurring in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive; 

 
 (iii) the Company’s requiring the Executive to be
based at any office or location other than as provided in Section 4(a)(i)(B) hereof or the Company’s requiring the Executive to travel on Company business to a substantially greater extent than required immediately prior to the Effective Date;

  
 (iv) any purported termination by the Company
of the Executive’s employment otherwise than as expressly permitted by this Agreement; or 
  
 (v) any failure by the Company to comply with and satisfy Section 11(c) of this Agreement. 
  
 For purposes of this Section 5(c), any good faith determination of “Good Reason” made by the Executive shall be conclusive. 
  
 (d) Notice of Termination. Any termination by the
Company for Cause, or by the Executive during the Window Period or for Good Reason, shall be communicated by Notice 
  

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 of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with Section 12(b) of this Agreement. For
purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” means a written notice which (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and
circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the Date of Termination (as defined below) is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the
termination date (which date shall be not more than thirty days after the giving of such notice). The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good
Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company, respectively, hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company, respectively, from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the
Company’s rights hereunder. 
  
 (e) Date
of Termination. “Date of Termination” means (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, or by the Executive during the Window Period or for Good Reason, the date of receipt of the Notice of
Termination or any later date specified therein, as the case may be, (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the Company notifies the
Executive of such termination and (iii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date of death of the Executive or the Disability Effective Date, as the case may be.

  
 6. Obligations of the Company upon
Termination. 
  
 (a) During the Window
Period. If, during the Employment Period, the Executive shall terminate employment without any reason during the Window Period: 
  
 (i) the Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination the sum of (1) the
Executive’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid and (2) the product of (x) the higher of (I) the Recent Annual Bonus and (II) the Annual Bonus paid or payable, including any bonus or portion
thereof which has been earned but deferred (and annualized for any fiscal year consisting of less than twelve full months or during which the Executive was employed for less than 12 full months), for the most recently completed fiscal year during
the Employment Period, if any (such higher amount being referred to as the “Highest Annual Bonus”) and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current fiscal year through the Date of Termination, and the
denominator of which is 365, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in clauses (1) and (2) shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Accrued Obligations”); and 
  
 (ii) the amount equal to the sum of (x) the Executive’s
Annual Base Salary and (y) the Highest Annual Bonus; and 
  
 (iii) for three years after the Executive’s Date of Termination, or such longer period as may be provided by the terms of the appropriate plan, program, practice or 
  

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 policy, the Company shall continue benefits to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family at least
equal to those which would have been provided to them in accordance with the plans, programs, practices and policies described in Section 4(b)(iv) of this Agreement if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated or, if more favorable to
the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies and their families, provided, however, that if the Executive becomes reemployed with another employer and
is eligible to receive medical or other welfare benefits under another employer provided plan, the medical and other welfare benefits described herein shall be secondary to those provided under such other plan during such applicable period of
eligibility. For purposes of determining eligibility (but not the time of commencement of benefits) of the Executive for retiree benefits pursuant to such plans, practices, programs and policies, the Executive shall be considered to have remained
employed until 3 years after the Date of Termination and to have retired on the last day of such period; and 
  
 (iv) to the extent not theretofore paid or provided, the Company shall timely pay or provide to the Executive any other amounts or
benefits required to be paid or provided or which the Executive is eligible to receive under any plan, program, policy or practice or contract or agreement of the Company and its affiliated companies (such other amounts and benefits shall be
hereinafter referred to as the “Other Benefits”). 
  
 (b) Good Reason; Other Than for Cause, Death or Disability. If, during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate the Executive’s employment other than for Cause, Death or Disability or the
Executive shall terminate employment for Good Reason: 
  
 (i) the Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination the aggregate of the following amounts: 
  

A. the Accrued Obligations; and 
  
 B. the amount equal to the product of (1) [two or three times, per attached Schedule] and (2) the sum of (x) the
Executive’s Annual Base Salary and (y) the Highest Annual Bonus; and 
  
 C. an amount equal to the excess of (a) the actuarial equivalent of the benefit under the qualified defined benefit retirement plan of the Company or any of its affiliated companies (the “Retirement Plan”)
(utilizing actuarial assumptions no less favorable to the Executive than those in effect under the Retirement Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date), and any excess or supplemental retirement plan of the Company or any of its affiliated
companies in which the Executive participates (together, the “BRP”) which the Executive would receive if the Executive’s employment continued for 3 years after the Date of Termination assuming for this purpose that all accrued
benefits are fully vested, and, assuming that the Executive’s compensation in each of the three years is that required by Section 4(b)(i) and Section 4(b)(ii), over (b) the actuarial equivalent of the Executive’s actual benefit (paid or
payable), if any, under the Retirement Plan and the BRP as of the Date of Termination; 
  

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 (ii) for three years after the Executive’s Date of Termination, or such longer
period as may be provided by the terms of the appropriate plan, program, practice or policy, the Company shall continue benefits to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family at least equal to those which would have been provided to them in
accordance with the plans, programs, practices and policies described in Section 4(b)(iv) of this Agreement if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time
thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and their families, provided, however, that if the Executive becomes reemployed with another employer and is eligible to receive medical or other welfare benefits under another employer
provided plan, the medical and other welfare benefits described herein shall be secondary to those provided under such other plan during such applicable period of eligibility. For purposes of determining eligibility (but not the time of commencement
of benefits) of the Executive for retiree benefits pursuant to such plans, practices, programs and policies, the Executive shall be considered to have remained employed until 3 years after the Date of Termination and to have retired on the last day
of such period; 
  
 (iii) the Company shall, at
its sole expense as incurred, provide the Executive with outplacement services the scope and provider of which shall be selected by the Executive in his sole discretion; and 
  
 (iv) to the extent not theretofore paid or provided, the Company shall timely pay or provide to the
Executive any other amounts or benefits required to be paid or provided or which the Executive is eligible to receive under any plan, program, policy or practice or contract or agreement of the Company and its affiliated companies (such other
amounts and benefits shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Other Benefits”). 
  
 (c) Death. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s death during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations
to the Executive’s legal representatives under this Agreement, other than for payment of Accrued Obligations and the timely payment or provision of Other Benefits. Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the Executive’s estate or beneficiary,
as applicable, in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination. With respect to the provision of Other Benefits, the term Other Benefits as utilized in this Section 6(c) shall include, without limitation, and the Executive’s
estate and/or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive, benefits at least equal to the most favorable benefits provided by the Company to the estates and beneficiaries of peer executives of the Company under such plans, programs, practices and
policies relating to death benefits, if any, as in effect with respect to other peer executives and their beneficiaries at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive’s
estate and/or the Executive’s beneficiaries, as in effect on the date of the Executive’s death with respect to other peer executives of the Company and their beneficiaries. 
  
 (d) Disability. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s
Disability during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive, other than for payment of Accrued Obligations and the timely payment or provision of Other Benefits. Accrued Obligations shall be
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 Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination. With respect to the provision
of Other Benefits, the term Other Benefits as utilized in this Section 6(d) shall include, and the Executive shall be entitled after the Disability Effective Date to receive, disability and other benefits at least equal to the most favorable of
those generally provided by the Company to disabled executives and/or their families in accordance with such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to disability, if any, as in effect generally with respect to other peer executives and
their families at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as in effect at any time thereafter generally with respect to other peer
executives of the Company and their families. 
  
 (e) Cause; Other than for Good Reason. If the Executive’s employment shall be terminated for Cause during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive other than the
obligation to pay to the Executive (x) Executive’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, (y) the amount of any compensation previously deferred by the Executive, and (z) Other Benefits, in each case to the extent theretofore
unpaid. If the Executive voluntarily terminates employment during the Employment Period, excluding a termination for Good Reason, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive, other than for Accrued Obligations and the
timely payment or provision of Other Benefits. In such case, all Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination. 
  
 7. Non-exclusivity of Rights. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive’s
continuing or future participation in any plan, program, policy or practice provided by the Company and for which the Executive may qualify, nor, subject to Section 12(f), shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive
may have under any contract or agreement with the Company. Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of or any contract or agreement with the Company at or
subsequent to the Date of Termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program or contract or agreement except as explicitly modified by this Agreement. 
  
 8. Full Settlement. The Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement
and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Company may have against the Executive or others. In no event shall the Executive be
obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement and such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Executive obtains other
employment. The Company agrees to pay as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses which the Executive may reasonably incur as a result of any contest (regardless of the outcome thereof) by the Company, the Executive
or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to this
Agreement), plus in each case interest on any delayed payment at the applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). 
  

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 9. Certain Additional Payments by the Company. 
  
 (a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding and except as set forth below, in the event it shall be determined that any payment or distribution by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement or otherwise, but determined without regard to any additional payments required under this Section 9) (a “Payment”) would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest or penalties are
incurred by the Executive with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive an
additional payment (a “Gross-Up Payment”) in an amount such that after payment by the Executive of all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including, without limitation, any income taxes (and any
interest and penalties imposed with respect thereto) and Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the Payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Section 9(a), if it shall be determined that the Executive is entitled to a Gross-Up Payment, but that the Payments do not exceed 110% of the greatest amount that could be paid to the Executive such that the receipt of Payments
would not give rise to any Excise Tax (the “Reduced Amount”), then no Gross-Up Payment shall be made to the Executive and the Payments, in the aggregate, shall be reduced to the Reduced Amount. 
  
 (b) Subject to the provisions of Section 9(c), all
determinations required to be made under this Section 9, including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by a
nationally recognized certified public accounting firm as may be designated by the Executive (the “Accounting Firm”) which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive within 15 business days of the
receipt of notice from the Executive that there has been a Payment, or such earlier time as is requested by the Company. In the event that the Accounting Firm is serving as accountant or auditor for the individual, entity or group effecting the
Change of Control, the Executive shall appoint another nationally recognized accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder (which accounting firm shall then be referred to as the Accounting Firm hereunder). All fees and expenses of
the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. Any Gross-Up Payment, as determined pursuant to this Section 9, shall be paid by the Company to the Executive within 5 days of the receipt of the Accounting Firm’s determination. Any
determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is
possible that Gross-Up Payments which will not have been made by the Company should have been made (“Underpayment”), consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event that the Company exhausts its remedies
pursuant to Section 9(c) and the Executive thereafter is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm shall determine the amount of the 

  

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Underpayment that has occurred and any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive. 
  
 (c) The Executive shall notify the Company in writing of any
claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require the payment by the Company of the Gross-Up Payment. Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later than 10 business days after the Executive is informed
in writing of such claim and shall apprise the Company of the nature of such claim and the date on which such claim is requested to be paid. The Executive shall not pay such claim prior to the expiration of the 30-day period following the date on
which it gives such notice to the Company (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such claim is due). If the Company notifies the Executive in writing prior to the expiration of such period that it
desires to contest such claim, the Executive shall: 
  
 (i) give the Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such claim, 
  
 (ii) take such action in connection with contesting such claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time,
including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company, 
  
 (iii) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order effectively to contest such claim, and 
  
 (iv) permit the Company to participate in any proceedings
relating to such claim; provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties), incurred in connection with such contest and shall indemnify and hold the Executive
harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest and penalties with respect thereto) imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses. Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of
this Section 9(c), the Company shall control all proceedings taken in connection with such contest and, at its sole option, may pursue or forgo any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing authority in
respect of such claim and may, at its sole option, either direct the Executive to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the claim in any permissible manner, and the Executive agrees to prosecute such contest to a determination before
any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Company shall determine; provided, however, that if the Company directs the Executive to pay such claim and sue for a refund, the Company
shall advance the amount of such payment to the Executive, on an interest-free basis and shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest or penalties with respect thereto)
imposed with respect to such advance or with respect to any imputed income with respect to such advance; and further provided that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year of the Executive with
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 such contested amount. Furthermore, the Company’s control of the contest shall be limited to issues
with respect to which a Gross-Up Payment would be payable hereunder and the Executive shall be entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any other issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority. 
  
 (d) If, after the receipt by the Executive of an amount
advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 9(c), the Executive becomes entitled to receive any refund with respect to such claim, the Executive shall (subject to the Company’s complying with the requirements of Section 9(c)) promptly pay to
the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto). If, after the receipt by the Executive of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 9(c), a determination is made
that the Executive shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to such claim and the Company does not notify the Executive in writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund prior to the expiration of 30 days after such determination,
then such advance shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid and the amount of such advance shall offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of Gross-Up Payment required to be paid. 
  
 10. Restrictive Covenants. 
  
 (a) Confidential Information. The Executive shall
hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company, and their respective businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Executive during the
Executive’s employment by the Company and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Executive’s
employment with the Company, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to anyone other than the
Company and those designated by it. 
  
 (b)
Nonraiding of Employees. The Executive covenants that during Executive’s employment hereunder and for a period of 2 years immediately following the date of termination of Executive’s employment, but only if said termination is
voluntary or for Cause, Executive will not solicit, induce or encourage for the purposes of employing or offering employment to any individuals who, as of the date of termination of the Executive’s employment, are employees of the Company, nor
will Executive directly or indirectly solicit, induce or encourage any of the Company’s employees to seek employment with any other business, whether or not the Executive is then affiliated with such business. 
  
 In no event shall an asserted violation of the provisions of this Section 10
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 11. Successors. 
  
 (a) This Agreement is personal to the Executive and without the prior written consent of the Company shall
not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s legal representatives. 
  
 (b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. 
  
 (c) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and
agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. 
  
 12. Miscellaneous. 
  
 (a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of
Virginia without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise than by a written agreement
executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives. 
  
 (b) All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, addressed as follows: 
  
 If to the Executive: 
  
 __________________________ 
  
 __________________________ 
  
 __________________________ 
  
 __________________________ 
  
  
 If to the Company: 
  
 LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. 
 101 Gateway Centre Parkway 
 Gateway One 
 Richmond, Virginia 23235-5153 
  
 Attention: Chief Executive Officer 
  

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 or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance
herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee. 
  
 (c) The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. 
  
 (d) The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under
this Agreement such federal, state, local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. 
  
 (e) The Executive’s or the Company’s failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or the
failure to assert any right the Executive or the Company may have hereunder, including, without limitation, the right of the Executive to terminate employment for Good Reason pursuant to Section 5(c)(i)-(v) of this Agreement, shall not be deemed to
be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement. 
  
 (f) The Executive and the Company acknowledge that, except as may otherwise be provided under any other written agreement between the Executive and the Company, the employment of the Executive by
the Company is “at will” and, subject to Section 1(a) hereof, prior to the Effective Date, the Executive’s employment and/or this Agreement may be terminated by either the Executive or the Company at any time prior to the Effective
Date, in which case the Executive shall have no further rights under this Agreement. From and after the Effective Date, this Agreement shall become effective, and shall replace and supercede any existing Employment Agreement between the Company and
the Executive, to the extent its terms are more advantageous to the Executive, except that any covenants contained in any prior agreement between Executive and the Company restricting Executive’s ability to compete with or to solicit the
employees, clients or customers of the Company, or to use or disclose any Confidential Information (as that term is defined in any such agreement), shall remain in full force and effect. 
  
 (g) If the Executive is a party to any of the following agreements: the Senior Executive Severance Agreement
dated June 24, 1991 with the Company; the Change of Control Employment Agreement dated November 15, 1994 with the Company; the Change of Control Employment Agreement dated November 15, 1994 with Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company; the Change of Control Employment Agreement dated March 1, 1998 with the Company (each, a “Former Agreement”), then the Executive hereby acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement is intended to replace and
supersede such Former Agreement and that the Former Agreement is terminated as of the date hereof. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set the Executive’s hand and,
pursuant to the authorization from its Board of Directors, the Company has caused these presents to be executed in its name on its behalf, all as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 LANDAMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	  


	 	 	 Charles H. Foster, Jr., Chairman and

	 	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	  
  


	 [Name of Executive]



  

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 LANDAMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 
  
 Schedule 
 to 
 Change of Control Employment Agreement 
 (Executive Officers) 
  

					
	 Name

	 	 Date of Agreement

	 	 Section 6(b)(i)(B) Multiplier


	 Melissa A. Hill
	 	 October 27, 2004
	 	2X
	 Glyn J. Nelson
	 	 October 27, 2004
	 	2X