EX-10.2



 





Exhibit 10.2




PROCENTURY CORPORATION




ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN




Amended and Restated

Effective November 14, 2007




 









 





TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1.	 	ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE	 	 	1	 
	SECTION 2.	 	DEFINITIONS	 	 	1	 
	 

	 	 	2.1	 	 	DEFINITIONS
	 	 	1	 
	SECTION 3.	 	ADMINISTRATION	 	 	5	 
	 

	 	 	3.1	 	 	POWERS AND AUTHORITY
	 	 	5	 
	 

	 	 	3.2	 	 	DETERMINATIONS
	 	 	5	 
	 

	 	 	3.3	 	 	DELEGATION
	 	 	5	 
	 

	 	 	3.4	 	 	BOOKS AND RECORDS
	 	 	5	 
	 

	 	 	3.5	 	 	INDEMNIFICATION
	 	 	6	 
	SECTION 4.	 	PARTICIPATION	 	 	6	 
	 

	 	 	4.1	 	 	PARTICIPATION
	 	 	6	 
	 

	 	 	4.2	 	 	CONTINUING PARTICIPATION
	 	 	6	 
	SECTION 5.	 	TARGET INCENTIVE AWARDS, INCENTIVE AWARDS AND
PERFORMANCE GOALS	 	 	6	 
	 

	 	 	5.1	 	 	IN GENERAL
	 	 	6	 
	 

	 	 	5.2	 	 	CRITERIA FOR PERFORMANCE GOALS
	 	 	6	 
	 

	 	 	5.3	 	 	LIMIT ON INCENTIVE AWARDS
	 	 	7	 
	SECTION 6.	 	VALUATION AND PAYMENT OF INCENTIVE AWARDS	 	 	7	 
	 

	 	 	6.1	 	 	AMOUNT OF AWARD
	 	 	7	 
	 

	 	 	6.2	 	 	ADJUSTMENTS TO AMOUNT OF AWARD
	 	 	7	 
	SECTION 7.	 	MANNER OF PAYMENT	 	 	8	 
	SECTION 8.	 	FORFEITURE	 	 	9	 
	SECTION 9.	 	AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF PLAN	 	 	9	 
	SECTION 10.	 	MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS	 	 	9	 
	 

	 	 	10.1	 	 	BENEFITS NOT GUARANTEED
	 	 	9	 
	 

	 	 	10.2	 	 	NO RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE
	 	 	9	 
	 

	 	 	10.3	 	 	UNIFORMITY
	 	 	9	 
	 

	 	 	10.4	 	 	EMPLOYMENT RIGHT
	 	 	9	 
	 

	 	 	10.5	 	 	ASSIGNMENT
	 	 	10	 
	 

	 	 	10.6	 	 	UNFUNDED PLAN
	 	 	10	 
	 

	 	 	10.7	 	 	TAX WITHHOLDING
	 	 	10	 
	 

	 	 	10.8	 	 	NOTICES
	 	 	10	 






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	 	 	10.9	 	 	SEVERABILITY
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	 	 	10.10	 	 	GOVERNING LAW
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	 	 	10.11	 	 	EFFECTIVE DATE
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PROCENTURY CORPORATION

ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN

(Amended and Restated Effective November 14, 2007)




SECTION 1.




ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE




     The purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests of ProCentury and its shareholders by
providing certain of its corporate officers and key employees with annual incentive compensation
which is tied to the achievement of pre-established and objective performance goals. The Plan is
intended to provide Participants with annual incentive compensation which is not subject to the
deduction limitation rules prescribed under Section 162(m) of the Code and should be construed to
the extent possible as providing for remuneration which is “qualified performance-based
compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated
thereunder. The Plan is intended to qualify for an exemption from the deferred compensation plan
rules prescribed under Section 409A of the Code as a short-term deferral arrangement. The Plan is
amended and restated effective November 14, 2007, in order to comply with the requirements of
Section 409A of the Code.



SECTION 2.




DEFINITIONS




     2.1 DEFINITIONS. The following terms shall have the following meanings as used in this Plan:




	 	(a)	 	“ACCOUNTING DATE” means the last day of a Performance Period.
	 
	 	(b)	 	“ANNUAL PAYMENT DATE” means the 15th day of the third calendar
month next following the end of each Performance Period.
	 
	 	(c)	 	“BASE SALARY” means, with respect to any Participant for any
Performance Period, the annual rate of salary of the Participant in effect at
the time the Target Incentive Award was established and approved for the
Participant for that Performance Period.
	 
	 	(d)	 	“BENEFICIARY” means each person, trust or entity designated by
the Participant, on the form provided by the Company, to receive any amount
payable under the Plan in the event of a Participant’s death, or in the absence
of such a designation, the Participant’s estate.
	 
	 	(e)	 	“BOARD” means the Company’s Board of Directors or, to the
extent it delegates authority to the Committee, the Committee.
	 
	 	(f)	 	“CEO” means at any time the person serving or acting at such
time as the chief executive officer of ProCentury.




 









 












	 	(g)	 	“CODE” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
	 
	 	(h)	 	“COMMITTEE” means the compensation committee, if any, or other
committee of the Board duly appointed to administer the Plan and having such
powers as shall be specified by the Board. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Plan, if the Company is subject to Section 162(m) of
the Code, the Committee shall be composed of, or otherwise any determination
regarding any Award with respect to any person constituting a “covered
employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code shall be made by,
not less than two directors, each of whom is intended to be an “outside
director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and a “non-employee
director” under Rule16b-3 of the Exchange Act.
	 
	 	(i)	 	“COMPANY” means ProCentury, each of its Subsidiaries, and
successors, and assigns of each of the foregoing.
	 
	 	(j)	 	“DISABILITY” shall have the same meaning as defined in the
Company’s long-term disability plan as in effect from time to time or, if there
is no such plan in effect at the applicable time, a Participant’s inability to
discharge his/her responsibilities to the Company by reason of physical or
mental illness or incapacity, whether arising out of sickness, accident or
otherwise, which shall be evidenced by the written determination of a qualified
medical doctor selected by the Company specifying the date upon which such
disability commenced and that it has continued uninterrupted for at least one
hundred eighty (180) days. For this purpose, any person who qualifies for a
credit against income taxes under Section 22 of the Code shall be considered
disabled.
	 
	 	(k)	 	“EXECUTIVE” means the corporate officers of the Company and
such other key employees designated by the Committee and approved by the Board.
	 
	 	(l)	 	“FAIR MARKET VALUE” means, as of any date, the value of a share
of Stock or other property as determined by the Board, in its sole discretion,
or by ProCentury, in its sole discretion, if such determination is expressly
allocated to ProCentury herein, subject to the following:






	 	(1)	 	If there is a trading market for the Stock, the
Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be the daily trading price
as of the close of market (or, if there is no such closing price, the
mean of the closing bid and asked prices) on such date quoted by Nasdaq
or such other national or regional securities exchange or market system
constituting the primary market for the Stock, as reported in The Wall
Street Journal or such other source as ProCentury deems reliable. If
the relevant date does not fall on a day on which the Stock was traded,
Fair Market Value shall be such closing price




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	 	 	 	(or the mean of the closing bid and asked prices) quoted for the most
recent day prior to such date on which the Stock was so traded.






	 	(2)	 	If there is no public market for the Stock, the
Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be as determined by the
Board without regard to any restriction other than a restriction which,
by its terms, will never lapse.






	 	(m)	 	“FOR CAUSE” means, with respect to any Participant: (1) being
convicted of, pleading guilty to, or confessing to any act of fraud,
misappropriation or embezzlement against the Company or being convicted of or
pleading guilty to a felony; (2) willfully, other than pursuant to the advice
of Company legal counsel, violating or causing the Company to violate a law
which, in the opinion of Company legal counsel, is reasonable grounds for civil
or criminal penalties against the Company or its Board; (3) not correcting
within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice any act or omission that, in
the opinion of the Company’s legal counsel, gives rise to a cause of action by
the Company or its Board personally against the employee to specifically
enforce or restrain some action for purpose of avoiding some loss or damage, or
to recover losses or damages, for an amount in excess of $10,000; (4) not
correcting within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice any act of
dishonesty against the Company; (5) failing within thirty (30) days after
receipt of notice to cure any violations of any covenants of the employee to
maintain confidentiality of Company information, properly use and return when
required Company property, not compete with Company business, or not solicit
Company agents, employees or customers contained in any employment or other
agreement with the Company.
	 
	 	(n)	 	“INCENTIVE AWARD” means the amount awarded and paid to a
Participant during a Performance Period that is based upon the Target Incentive
Award and the degree of achievement of Performance Goals for the Performance
Period.
	 
	 	(o)	 	“PARTICIPANT” means an Executive of the Company who is
designated by the Committee and approved by the Board for participation in the
Plan for a Performance Period.
	 
	 	(p)	 	“PERFORMANCE GOALS” means any one or more criteria and
objectives established by the Committee in accordance with Section 5.2, which
shall be approved by the Board and the Company’s shareholders (to the extent
required by Section 162(m) of the Code), and which must be satisfied during a
Performance Period as a condition of the Participant’s receipt of an Incentive
Award for such Performance Period.




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	 	(q)	 	“PERFORMANCE PERIOD” means the then-current fiscal year of
ProCentury.
	 
	 	(r)	 	“PLAN” shall mean ProCentury Corporation Annual Incentive Plan.
	 
	 	(s)	 	“PROCENTURY” shall mean the ProCentury Corporation.
	 
	 	(t)	 	“QUALIFIED RETIREMENT” means at any time, unless otherwise
defined in the notice of a Target Incentive Award of the Participant,
termination of a Participant’s Service after the sum of the Participant’s (1)
years of Service and (2) years of age equals or exceeds seventy-five (75).
	 
	 	(u)	 	“SERVICE” means a Participant’s employment or service with the
Company in the capacity of an Executive. The Participant’s Service shall not
be deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in
which the Participant renders Service to the Company or a change in the form of
organization of ProCentury or any Subsidiary for which the Participant renders
such Service; provided, however, the Service of a Participant shall be deemed
to have terminated if the Participant is demoted so that the Participant’s
employment status is no longer that of an Executive. Furthermore, a
Participant’s Service shall not be deemed to have terminated if the Participant
takes any military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence
approved by ProCentury or, if applicable, the Subsidiary, provided, however,
that if any such leave exceeds ninety (90) days, on the ninety-first (91st) day
of such leave the Participant’s Service shall be deemed to have terminated
unless the Participant’s right to return to Service with the Company is
guaranteed by statute or contract. The Participant’s Service shall be deemed
to have terminated either upon an actual termination of Service or, if the
Service is with a Subsidiary, upon that organization’s ceasing to be a
“Subsidiary” within the meaning of this Plan. Subject to the foregoing,
ProCentury, in its sole discretion, shall determine whether the Participant’s
Service has terminated and the effective date of such termination.
	 
	 	(v)	 	“STOCK” means, at any date, the Common Shares of ProCentury, as
adjusted from time to time through such date for any change in the capital
structure of ProCentury, such as stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock
split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification or similar change.
	 
	 	(w)	 	“SUBSIDIARY” means, at any time, any organization, corporate or
noncorporate, in an unbroken chain of organizations beginning with the Company
if, at the time, each of the organizations to the last organization in the
chain owns 50 percent or more of the total combined voting power of all
classes’ capital stock or other beneficial interests of such organization.




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	 	(x)	 	“TARGET INCENTIVE AWARD” means the target award established by
the Committee and approved by the Board for each Participant for an applicable
Performance Period. The target bonus will be expressed as a percentage of a
Participant’s base salary, based upon such criteria as may be established by
the Committee, or otherwise as the Committee may determine appropriate with
input from the CEO, and which shall be approved by the Company’s shareholders
(to the extent required by Section 162(m) of the Code).





SECTION 3.




ADMINISTRATION




     3.1 POWERS AND AUTHORITY. Except as specifically provided elsewhere in this Plan, the Plan
shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall administer the Plan in accordance with
any rules, policies, or procedures which it deems appropriate. Subject to the provisions of the
Plan, the Committee shall have full and complete authority to: (a) construe, interpret and
implement the Plan; (b) prescribe, amend and rescind rules relating to the Plan; (c) exercise all
of the powers granted to it under the Plan; (d) make any factual determination which it believes
necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan; (e) determine the conditions subject to
which the Incentive Awards may be made or payable; and (f) make any other determinations which it
believes necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.



     3.2 DETERMINATIONS. All determinations made by the Committee shall be final and binding upon
all persons (subject only to the overall authority of Board), including any Participant or
Beneficiary or other person claiming through or on behalf of such Participant. Such determinations
need not be uniform and may be made selectively among persons who receive, or are eligible to
receive, Incentive Awards under the Plan. The Committee is intended to have final authority
(subject to the overall authority of the Board) to determine which Executives are Participants for
each Performance Period under Section 4 and the Target Incentive Awards, the applicable Performance
Goals and the criteria and objectives for determining Performance Goals for such Performance
Periods under Section 5. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Plan, if the
Company is subject to Section 162(m) of the Code, any determination regarding any Incentive Award
with respect to any person constituting a “covered employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m)
of the Code shall be made by the Committee.



     3.3 DELEGATION. The Committee may delegate to one or more of its members or to any other
person or persons such ministerial duties as it may deem advisable. The Committee may also employ
attorneys, consultants, accountants or other professional advisors and shall be entitled to rely
upon the advice, opinions or valuations of any such advisors.



     3.4 BOOKS AND RECORDS. The Committee and others to whom the Committee has delegated such
duties shall keep a record of all their proceedings and actions and shall maintain all such books
of account, records and other data as shall be necessary for the proper administration of the Plan.



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     3.5 INDEMNIFICATION. The Committee shall not be personally liable for any action,
interpretation or determination made with respect to the Plan or Incentive Award made thereunder,
and the Committee shall be indemnified and protected by the Company with respect to any liability
he or she may incur with respect to any such action, interpretation or determination, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.



SECTION 4.




PARTICIPATION




     4.1 PARTICIPATION. Prior to the commencement of each Performance Period, the Committee shall
designate, subject to approval of the Board, the Executives of the Company who are Participants for
the Performance Period. Only those Executives so approved shall be Participants for such
Performance Period.



     4.2 CONTINUING PARTICIPATION. The designation or approval of an Executive as a Participant
for any Performance Period shall not entitle the Executive to be a Participant for any subsequent
Performance Period unless designated and approved for that Performance Period.



SECTION 5.




TARGET INCENTIVE AWARDS,

INCENTIVE AWARDS AND PERFORMANCE GOALS




     5.1 IN GENERAL. Prior to the commencement of each Performance Period or as soon as possible
thereafter (but in no event later than ninety (90) days after the commencement of the Performance
Period), the Committee shall establish, subject to approval of the Board, for each Participant the
Target Incentive Awards for such Performance Period, the applicable Performance Goals for such
Performance Period, and the amount of Incentive Award payable under the Plan based on the degree of
achievement of the applicable Performance Goals. The Performance Goals established by the
Committee and approved by the Board may be different for each Performance Period. As soon as
possible after the establishment of the Target Incentive Awards and Performance Goals, each
Participant shall be notified in writing of the Target Incentive Awards and the corresponding
Performance Goals.



     5.2 CRITERIA FOR PERFORMANCE GOALS. The Committee shall establish, subject to approval of the
Board, for each Performance Period the Performance Goals upon which the Target Incentive Awards
will be based. For each Performance Period, the Committee shall specify the criteria and
objectives used to determine the Performance Goals, including but not limited to the price of the
Stock; market share; sales; units sales volume; return on equity; assets, capital or sales;
economic profit; total shareholder return; costs; margins; earning(s) per share; cash flow;
customer satisfaction; pre-tax profit; operating profit; earnings before interest and taxes;
earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; debt/capital ratio; revenues from
new product development; percentage of revenues derived from designated lines of business; and any
combination of the foregoing. The Committee may establish minimum Performance Goals that must be
satisfied before an Incentive Award will be payable to a Participant. The intent is that Target
Incentive Awards will not, to the extent possible, result in



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loss of a deduction by the Company under Section 162(m) of the Code, and to the extent that
the Company is subject to such Section 162(m), the terms and amounts of Target Incentive Awards for
employees constituting “covered employees” within the meaning of Section 162(m) shall take into
account the limits on deduction of that Section.



     5.3 LIMIT ON INCENTIVE AWARDS. In no event may a Participant’s Incentive Award actually
determined for any Performance Period exceed 150 percent of the Participant’s Target Incentive
Award for that Performance Period without express approval by the Board of such Incentive Award
after determination of the actual amount thereof, and unless the Board otherwise determines,
payment of the amount of any Incentive Award in excess of 150 percent of the Participant’s Target
Incentive Award shall be in shares of Stock or other property having a Fair Market Value equal to
such excess.



SECTION 6.




VALUATION AND PAYMENT OF INCENTIVE AWARDS




     6.1 AMOUNT OF AWARD. A Participant shall be eligible to receive payment of a Target Incentive
Award only to the extent that the Performance Goals for such Target Incentive Award are achieved
and the Target Incentive Award, as applied against such Performance Goals, determines that all or
some portion of such Participant’s Target Incentive Award has been earned for the Performance
Period. As soon as practicable after the end of a Performance Period, the Committee shall meet to
review and certify in writing whether, and to what extent, the Performance Goals for the
Performance Period have been achieved and, if so, to calculate and certify in writing that amount
of the Target Incentive Award earned by each Participant for such Performance Period based upon
such Participant’s Target Incentive Award. The Committee shall then determine, or under its
direction determine, with input from the CEO, the amount of the Incentive Award payable to each
Participant and in so doing may use discretion to decrease the Incentive Award based on the degree
of achievement of the applicable Performance Goals for each Performance Period, subject to any
limitations of any applicable provision of law, including Section 162(m) of the Code.



     6.2 ADJUSTMENTS TO AMOUNT OF AWARD. Except as otherwise provided, below, a Participant shall
not be entitled to receive an Incentive Award for any Performance Period unless in the Service of
the Company for the entire Performance Period through its Accounting Date:




	 	(a)	 	QUALIFIED RETIREMENT, DISABILITY, OR DEATH. Unless otherwise
provided in the Participant’s employment agreement with the Company or the
Committee otherwise provides with respect to the Target Incentive Award at the
time it is established for the Participant, a Participant whose Service ceases
before the end of a Performance Period because of Qualified Retirement,
Disability, or Death shall receive an Incentive Award after the end of the
Performance Period equal to the Incentive Award that the Participant would have
received if the Participant had been a Participant during the entire
Performance Period, prorated by multiplying such Incentive Award by the ratio
of the number of calendar




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	 	 	 	months of Service (disregarding fractions of less than a full calendar
month) completed by the Participant during the Performance Period to the
total number of calendar months in that Performance Period.






	 	(b)	 	CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT STATUS. Unless otherwise provided in the
Participant’s employment agreement with the Company or the Committee otherwise
provides with respect to the Target Incentive Award at the time it is
established for the Participant, a Participant whose Service is deemed
terminated prior to the end of the Performance Period because of a demotion so
that the Participant’s employment status is no longer that of an Executive or
because of a leave exceeding ninety (90) days shall receive an Incentive Award
after the end of the Performance Period equal to the Incentive Award that the
Participant would have received if the Participant had been a Participant
during the entire Performance Period, prorated by multiplying such Incentive
Award by the ratio of the number of calendar months of Service (disregarding
fractions of less than a full calendar month) completed by the Participant
during the Performance Period to the total number of calendar months in that
Performance Period.
	 
	 	(c)	 	NEW EXECUTIVES. In the case of an Executive recently hired by
Company, the Committee shall have discretion, subject to approval of the Board,
to allow such Executive to participate in the Plan on a prorated basis.





SECTION 7.




MANNER OF PAYMENT




     Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, payment of each Incentive Award will be made in a
cash lump sum payment or, at the discretion of the Committee, in Stock equal to the Fair Market
Value of the amount of the Incentive Award. Payment shall be made as soon as administratively
possible after each Accounting Date, but in no event later than the Annual Payment Date. Deposit
of any sum in any financial institution to the credit of any Participant or Beneficiary shall
constitute payment into the hands of that Participant or Beneficiary.



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SECTION 8.




FORFEITURE




     Unless otherwise provided in the Participant’s employment agreement with the Company or the
Committee otherwise provides with respect to the Target Incentive Award at the time it is
established for the Participant, any Participant shall forfeit each Incentive Award for all
Performance Periods if required by applicable law or if the Participant is terminated For Cause as
determined by the Committee; and in such event, neither the forfeiting Participant nor any
Beneficiary shall be entitled to payment of any Incentive Award that is unpaid with respect to any
prior Performance Period or to any Incentive Award for any current or future Performance Period.



SECTION 9.




AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF PLAN




     The Board may, at any time in its sole discretion, terminate or amend the Plan, provided that
no termination or amendment shall be made that will impair the right of a Participant to receive an
Incentive Award for any Performance Period ending prior to the year in which the termination or
amendment is adopted, or if later, effective. No amendment adopted after the start of a
Performance Period may directly or indirectly increase the amount of the Incentive Award or alter
the performance criteria in a manner which will increase any Incentive Award for such Performance
Period.



SECTION 10.




MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS




     10.1 BENEFITS NOT GUARANTEED. No Participant is guaranteed that an Incentive Award will be
payable under the Plan as a result of the establishment and maintenance of this Plan and such
Participant’s participation in the Plan.



     10.2 NO RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE. No Executive or other person shall have any claim or right to
participate in or otherwise be granted an Incentive Award under the Plan. The adoption of the Plan
shall not constitute a contract between the Company and a Participant. No designation of an
Executive as a Participant for all or any part of a Performance Period shall create a right to an
Incentive Award under the Plan for any other Performance Period.



     10.3 UNIFORMITY. Determinations under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made
selectively among persons who receive, or are eligible to receive, awards under the Plan, whether
or not such persons are similarly situated.



     10.4 EMPLOYMENT RIGHT. No Executive or other person shall have any claim or right to be
granted an Incentive Award under the Plan. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall
be construed as giving any Executive any right to be retained in the employ of



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the Company or to be entitled to any remuneration or benefits not set forth in the Plan or
interfere with or limit the right of the Company to terminate the Participant’s employment at any
time.



     10.5 ASSIGNMENT. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, no Incentive Award granted under this
Plan may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, encumbered or otherwise alienated or
hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Payment of any amount
due or to become due under this Plan shall not be subject to the claims of creditors of the
Participant or to execution or garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceeding or process.



     10.6 UNFUNDED PLAN. The Plan shall at all times be unfunded, and no provision shall at any
time be made with respect to segregating assets of the Company for payment of any benefits
hereunder. No Participant or Beneficiary shall have any interest in any particular assets of the
Company by reason of the right to receive a benefit under the Plan, and any such Participant shall
have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Company. Nothing contained in the
Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a
trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant or
Beneficiary.



     10.7 TAX WITHHOLDING. The Company shall have the right to deduct from all amounts paid
pursuant to the Plan any federal, state or local income or payroll taxes required by law to be
withheld with respect to such awards.



     10.8 NOTICES. Any notice or filing required or permitted to be give a Participant shall be
sufficient if in writing and sent through the U.S. Postal Service, certified mail, return receipt
requested, to the Participant or Participant’s legal representative at the Participant’s last known
mailing address.



     10.9 SEVERABILITY. In the event that any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or
invalid for any reason, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the
Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision has not
been included.



     10.10 GOVERNING LAW. The Plan, and all agreements hereunder, shall be governed by the laws of
the state of Ohio.



     10.11 EFFECTIVE DATE. The Plan shall be effective only upon the approval by the shareholders
of the Company in a manner consistent with the shareholder approval requirements of Section 162(m)
of the Code, and shall remain effective until such time as it may be terminated pursuant to Section
9.



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ProCentury has adopted this amendment and restatement of the Plan this                      
day of                                          , 2007.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	PROCENTURY CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	Its:  	 	 



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PROCENTURY CORPORATION

ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN

BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION



To: Committee, the administrator of the ProCentury Corporation Annual Incentive Plan



Pursuant to the ProCentury Corporation Annual Incentive Plan, the undersigned hereby designates the
following Beneficiary or Beneficiaries to receive any benefits which may be payable under the Plan
upon the undersigned’s death:




	 	 	 
	(1)
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	(2)

	 	If the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries named in (1) above is or are not living when benefits
become payable, then to:
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 




This Beneficiary Designation revokes all prior designations made by the undersigned and is subject
to all the terms of the Plan.




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:

	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Participant	 	 







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