Document:

Exhibit 4.19

Exhibit 4.19

Execution Copy

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of September 27, 2010, between LIBERTY PROPERTY LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, a Pennsylvania limited partnership (the “Company”), having its principal offices at
500 Chesterfield Parkway, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a
national banking association organized under the laws of the United States of America, as trustee
(the “Trustee”), having its Corporate Trust Office at Two Liberty Place, 50 S. 16th Street, Suite
2000, Mail Station: Ex-PA-WBSP, Philadelphia, PA 19102.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered its Base Indenture (the “Base Indenture”), dated
as of September 22, 2010, to the Trustee to issue from time to time for its lawful purposes debt
securities evidencing its unsecured indebtedness.

WHEREAS, the Base Indenture provides that by means of a supplemental indenture, the Company
may create one or more series of its debt securities and establish the form and terms and
conditions thereof.

WHEREAS, the Company intends by this First Supplemental Indenture to (i) create a series of
debt securities to be issued from time to time in an unlimited principal amount entitled “Liberty
Property Limited Partnership 4.75% Senior Notes due 2020” (the “Notes”); and (ii) establish the
form and the terms and conditions of such Notes.

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of Liberty Property Trust (the “Trust”), the general partner of
the Company, has approved the creation of the Notes and the form, terms and conditions thereof.

WHEREAS, the consent of Holders to the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental
Indenture is not required, and all other actions required to be taken under the Base Indenture with
respect to this First Supplemental Indenture have been taken.

NOW, THEREFORE IT IS AGREED:

ARTICLE ONE

Definitions, Creation, Form and Terms and Conditions of the Debt Securities

SECTION 1.01 Definitions. (a) Capitalized terms used in this First Supplemental
Indenture and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Base Indenture.
In addition, the following additional terms shall have the following meanings to be equally
applicable to both the singular and the plural forms of the terms defined:

“Closing Date” means September 27, 2010.

“Global Note” means a single fully-registered global note in book entry form, without coupons,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

“Indenture” means the Base Indenture as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

 

 

“Intercompany Debt” means Debt to which the only parties are the Trust, any of its
subsidiaries, the Company and any Subsidiary, or Debt owed to the Trust arising from routine cash
management practices, but only so long as such Debt is held solely by any of the Trust, any of its
subsidiaries, the Company and any Subsidiary.

“Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the Base Indenture and shall include Liberty
Property Development Corp, Liberty Property Development Corp.-II and Liberty UK Development Corp.

(b) The following term, which is defined in the Base Indenture, is amended and restated as
follows:

“Reinvestment Rate” means the yield on Treasury securities at a constant maturity
corresponding to the remaining life (as of the date of redemption, and rounded to the nearest
month) to Stated Maturity of the principal being redeemed (the “Treasury Yield”), plus 0.35%. For
purposes hereof, the Treasury Yield shall be equal to the arithmetic mean of the yields published
in the Statistical Release under the heading “Week Ending” for “U.S. Government Securities —
Treasury Constant Maturities” with a maturity equal to such remaining life; provided, that if no
published maturity exactly corresponds to such remaining life, then the Treasury Yield shall be
interpolated or extrapolated on a straight-line basis from the arithmetic means of the yields for
the next shortest and next longest published maturities. For purposes of calculating the
Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to the date of determination
of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used. If the format or content of the Statistical Release
changes in a manner that precludes determination of the Treasury Yield in the above manner, then
the Treasury Yield shall be determined in the manner that most closely approximates the above
manner, as reasonably determined by the Company.

SECTION 1.02 Creation of the Debt Securities. In accordance with Section 301 of the
Base Indenture, the Company hereby creates the Notes as a separate series of its debt securities
issued pursuant to the Indenture. The Notes shall be issued in an aggregate principal amount
initially limited to $350,000,000.

The Company may issue, in addition to the Notes originally issued on the Closing Date,
additional Notes. The Notes originally issued on the Closing Date and any additional Notes
originally issued subsequent to the Closing Date shall be a single series for all purposes under
the Indenture.

SECTION 1.03 Form of the Debt Securities. The Notes will be represented by one or
more fully-registered global notes in book-entry form, without coupons, registered in the name of
the nominee of DTC. The Notes shall be in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto and the terms set
forth in such form shall be incorporated herein. So long as DTC, or its nominee, is the registered
owner of a Global Note, DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner
or holder of the Notes represented by such Global Note for all purposes under the Indenture.
Ownership of beneficial interests in the Global Note
will be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effected only through, records maintained by
DTC (with respect to beneficial interests of participants) or by participants or persons that hold
interests through participants (with respect to beneficial interests of beneficial owners).

 

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SECTION 1.04 Terms and Conditions of the Debt Securities. The Notes shall be governed
by all the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental
Indenture, and in particular, the following provisions shall be the terms of the Notes:

(a) Optional Redemption. At any time prior to July 1, 2020, the Issuer may redeem the
Notes at its option, in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the
Redemption Price.

At any time on or after July 1, 2020, the Notes will be redeemable at the option of the
Issuer, in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal
amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date.

If notice of redemption has been given as provided in the Indenture and funds for the
redemption of the Notes called for redemption shall have been made available on the Redemption Date
referred to in such notice, such Notes will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for such
redemption specified in such notice and the only right of the Holders of such Notes from and after
the Redemption Date will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon surrender of such Notes
in accordance with such notice.

Notice of any optional redemption of any Notes will be given to Holders at their addresses, as
shown in the Security Register for the Notes, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to
the date fixed for redemption. The notice of redemption will specify, among other items, the
Redemption Price and the principal amount of the Notes held by such Holder to be redeemed.

If all or less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at the option of the Issuer, the
Issuer will notify the Trustee at least 45 days prior to giving notice of redemption (or such
shorter period as is satisfactory to the Trustee) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be
redeemed and their Redemption Date. The Issuer shall give the Trustee notice of the Make-Whole
Amount promptly after the calculation thereof and if the Issuer has requested that the Trustee give
to the Holders the notice of redemption required by Section 1104 of the Base Indenture, such notice
from the Issuer shall be given to the Trustee at such time as shall permit the Trustee to include
notice of the Make-Whole Amount in such notice of redemption. The Trustee shall have no
responsibility for calculating the Make-Whole Amount. The Trustee shall select, in such manner as
it shall deem fair and appropriate, no less than 60 days prior to the date of redemption, the Notes
to be redeemed in part.

Neither the Issuer nor the Trustee shall be required to: (i) issue, register the transfer of
or exchange Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection
of Notes to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of mailing the relevant
notice of redemption; or (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Note, or
portion thereof, called for redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being
redeemed in part.

 

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(b) Maturity; Payment of Principal and Interest. The principal amount of the Notes
shall be payable on October 1, 2020, subject to the provisions of the Indenture and the Notes.
Interest will accrue from September 27, 2010. The Notes will bear interest at 4.75% per annum,
payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on April 1, 2011.
Principal and interest payments on interests represented by a Global Note will be made to DTC or
its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of such Global Note. All payments of
principal and interest in respect of the Global Note will be made by the Issuer in immediately
available funds. The principal of the Notes payable on the Maturity Date or upon redemption will
be paid against presentation and surrender of the Notes at the corporate trust office of the
Trustee at 60 Livingston Avenue, 1st Floor, Bond Drop Window, St. Paul, MN, 55107, in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public or private debt.

(c) Applicability of Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The provisions of Article 14
of the Base Indenture shall apply to the Notes.

ARTICLE TWO

Additional Covenants

The Notes shall be governed by all the covenants contained in the Base Indenture, as
supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture. In addition, this First Supplemental Indenture
amends and restates Section 1004 of the Base Indenture to read as follows:

“SECTION 1004. Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than
Intercompany Debt, that is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes, if, immediately after
giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 60% of the sum of: (i) the
Company’s Adjusted Total Assets as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter prior to the
incurrence of such additional Debt; and (ii) the increase in Adjusted Total Assets since the end of
such quarter (including any increase resulting from the incurrence of additional Debt).

(b) The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt if the ratio
of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Service Charge on the date on which
such additional Debt is to be incurred, on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to the incurrence
of such Debt and to the application of the proceeds thereof would have been less than 1.5 to 1.

(c) The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt secured by any
mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest of any kind upon any of the
properties of the Company or any Subsidiary (“Secured Debt”), whether owned at the date hereof or
hereafter acquired, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of
such Secured Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount
of all outstanding Secured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis is
greater than 40% of the sum of: (i) the Company’s Adjusted Total Assets as of the end of the most
recent fiscal quarter prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt; and (ii) the increase in
Adjusted Total Assets since the end of such quarter (including any increase resulting from the
incurrence of additional Debt).

 

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(d) The Company will at all time maintain an Unencumbered Total Asset Value in an amount not
less than 150% of the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding unsecured Debt of the Company
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

For purposes of the foregoing provisions regarding the limitation on the incurrence of Debt,
Debt shall be deemed to be “incurred” by the Company or a Subsidiary whenever the Company or such
Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof.

ARTICLE THREE

Trustee

SECTION 3.01 Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever
for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or the due
execution thereof by the Company. The recitals of fact contained herein shall be taken as the
statements solely of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness
thereof.

ARTICLE FOUR

Miscellaneous Provisions

SECTION 4.01 Ratification of Original Indenture. This First Supplemental Indenture is
executed and shall be construed as an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture, and as
supplemented and modified hereby, the Base Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and
the Base Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one
and the same instrument.

SECTION 4.02 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 4.03 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this First
Supplemental Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed
or not.

SECTION 4.04 Separability Clause. In case any one or more of the provisions contained
in this First Supplemental Indenture shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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SECTION 4.05 Governing Law. This First Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. This First
Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, that are
required to be part of this First Supplemental Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions.

SECTION 4.06 Counterparts. This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts, and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of
the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	LIBERTY PROPERTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 	 
	 	By:  	Liberty Property Trust,
 	 
	 	 	as its sole General Partner 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                      /s/ William P. Hankowsky
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	William P. Hankowsky 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President and Chief Executive Officer 	 

Attest:

	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ James J. Bowes	 	 
	 	 	 
	Name:

	 	James J. Bowes	 	 
	Title:

	 	Secretary, General Counsel	 	 

Supplemental Indenture

 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ George J. Rayzis
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	George J. Rayzis 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 

Attest:

	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Ralph E. Jones	 	 
	 	 	 
	Name:

	 	Ralph E. Jones	 	 
	Title:

	 	Vice President	 	 

Supplemental Indenture

 

 

 

Exhibit A

[FACE OF NOTE]

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO. UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A
NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS
IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO
SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR
OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED
OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM,
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY A
NOMINEE THEREOF TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF
DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR.

	 	 	 	 	 
	REGISTERED

	 	REGISTERED

	 
	 	 	 	 
	NO. 1

	 	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

	 
	 	 	 	 
	CUSIP NO. 53117C AM4

	 	 	$350,000,000

LIBERTY PROPERTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

4.75% Senior Note due 2020

September 27, 2010

Liberty Property Limited Partnership, a Pennsylvania limited partnership (the “Issuer,” which
term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of Three Hundred
and Fifty Million Dollars ($350,000,000) on October 1, 2020 (the “Maturity Date”), and to pay
interest thereon from September 27, 2010 (or from the most recent interest payment date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for), semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of
each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on April 1, 2011, and on the Maturity
Date, at the rate of 4.75% per annum, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly
provided for.

 

 

 

The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest
Payment Date and on the Maturity Date will be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the “Record Date” for
such payment, which will be the 15th day (regardless of whether such day is a Business Day (as
defined below)) of the month preceding such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case
may be. Any interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such record date, and shall be paid to the Person in whose name this Note
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a subsequent
record date for the payment of such defaulted interest (which shall be not more than 15 days and
not less than 10 days prior to the date of the payment of such defaulted interest) established by
notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Holders of the Securities of this series
not less than 10 days preceding such subsequent record date. Interest on this Note will be computed
on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date or upon redemption will be paid
against presentation and surrender of this Note at the corporate trust office of the Trustee at 60
Livingston Avenue, 1st Floor, Bond Drop Window, St. Paul, MN, 55107, in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public or private debt.

Interest payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, as the
case may be, will be the amount of interest accrued from and including the immediately preceding
Interest Payment Date (or from and including September 27, 2010, in the case of the initial
Interest Payment Date) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date,
as the case may be. If any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or the Maturity Date falls on a
day that is not a Business Day (as defined below), the required payment of interest or principal or
both, as the case may be, will be made on the next Business Day with the same force and effect as
if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest will accrue on the amount so
payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or the Maturity
Date, as the case may be. “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday, that is
neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in Chicago or the City of New York
are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

Payments of principal and interest in respect of this Note will be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time
of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof.
Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at
this place.

This Note shall not be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture referred to on the reverse
hereof or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication
hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under such Indenture.

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by
facsimile by its authorized officers as of the date first set forth above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	LIBERTY PROPERTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,

    as Issuer

 	 
	 	By:  	LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST,
 	 
	 	 	as its sole General Partner 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Signature Page to Note

 

 

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

 

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[REVERSE OF NOTE]

LIBERTY PROPERTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

4.75% Senior Note due 2020

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes, bonds, or other
evidences of indebtedness of the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Securities”) of the series
hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of
September 22, 2010 (herein called the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any
successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of Securities of which this Note
is a part), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto relating to this security
reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations,
duties, and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer, and the Holders of the Securities,
and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The
Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various
aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different
rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), and may otherwise vary as
provided in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto. This Security is one of a series
designated as the 4.75% Notes due 2020 of the Issuer.

In case an Event of Default with respect to this Security shall have occurred and be
continuing, the principal hereof and Make Whole Amount, if any, may be declared, and upon such
declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect, and subject to the
conditions provided in the Indenture.

The Issuer may redeem this Security at any time at the option of the Issuer, in whole or from
time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of this
Security being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the
Make-Whole Amount, if any, with respect to this Security. Notice of any optional redemption of any
Securities of this series will be given to Holders thereof at their addresses, as shown in the
Security Register for the Securities of this series, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior
to the date fixed for redemption. The notice of redemption will specify, among other items, the
Redemption Price and the principal amount of the Securities of this series held by such Holder to
be redeemed.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of
the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding
Securities affected, evidenced as provided in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the
Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
the Securities of each series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall,
without the consent of the Holder of each Security so affected, (i) change the Stated Maturity of
the principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) or any installment of interest on,
any such Security, (ii) reduce the principal amount of, or the rate or amount of interest on, or
any premium payable on redemption of the Notes,

 

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or adversely affect any right of repayment of the Holder of any Securities; (iii) change the place of
payment, or the coin or currency, for payment of principal or premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities; (iv) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with
respect to the Securities on or after the stated maturity of any such Security; (v) reduce the
above-stated percentage in principal amount of outstanding Securities, the extent of whose Holders
is necessary to modify or amend the Indenture, for any waiver with respect to the Securities or to
waive compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or certain defaults and consequences
thereunder or to reduce the quorum or voting requirements set forth in the Indenture; or (vi)
modify any of the foregoing provisions or any of the provisions relating to the waiver of certain
past defaults or certain covenants, except to increase the required percentage to effect such
action or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture may not be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each Security. It is also provided in the Indenture that,
with respect to certain defaults or Events of Default regarding the Securities of any series, the
Holders of a majority in principal amount outstanding of the Securities of such series may on
behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any such past default or Event of
Default and its consequences, or, subject to certain conditions, may rescind a declaration of
acceleration and its consequences with respect to such Securities. Any such consent or waiver by
the Holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Security and any Securities
that may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation
thereof is made upon this security or such other securities.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of and any Make-Whole Amount and interest on this Security in the manner, at the
respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000
and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Securities may be exchanged for a like
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of other authorized denominations at the
office or agency of the Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in the manner and
subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, but without the payment of any service charge
except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of Securities at the office or agency of the
Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, one or more new Securities of the same
series of authorized denominations in an equal aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without
charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

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Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the
Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name this
Security is registered as the owner of this Security (whether or not this security shall be overdue
and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose
of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and Make-Whole Amount, if any,
and subject to the provisions on the face hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and
neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Indenture and each Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York.

Capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto relating to this
Security.

 

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LIBERTY PROPERTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

ISSUER

TO

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

TRUSTEE

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

4.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2020

SUPPLEMENT TO INDENTURE,

DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 22, 2010, BETWEEN

LIBERTY PROPERTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONExhibit 10.07

Exhibit 10.07

The Hartford

Senior Executive Officer Severance Pay Plan

(Tier 1)

This document describes your benefits under The Hartford Senior Executive Officer Severance Pay

Plan, and includes the text of the Plan and other important information.

February 2011

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	1. Purpose
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2. Application of Plan
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3. Covered Employees
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4. Severance Pay Upon Termination of Employment
	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5. Schedule of Severance Pay
	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	6. Pro-Rata Annual Bonus and Treatment of Long Term Incentives
	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	7. Notice or Pay in Lieu of Notice
	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	8. Payment of Severance Pay and Pro-Rata Annual Bonus
	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	9. Employee Benefit Plan Coverage While Receiving Severance Pay
	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	10. Sale, Divestiture, Outsourcing, Closure or Relocation
	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	11. Severance Pay in the Event of a Change of Control
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	12. Separation and Release Agreement
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	13. Offset
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	14. Administration of Plan
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	15. Termination or Amendment
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	16. Miscellaneous.
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	17. Other Important Information
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	(A) Notice
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THE HARTFORD SENIOR EXECUTIVE

OFFICER SEVERANCE PAY PLAN

	1.	 	Purpose

The purpose of The Hartford Senior Executive Officer Severance Pay Plan (the “Plan”) is to
assist in occupational transition by providing severance pay for Tier 1 executives covered
by this Plan whose employment is terminated under conditions set forth in this Plan.

	2.	 	Application of Plan

This Plan is effective February 22, 2011. Any termination of employment of a Covered
Employee (as defined in Section 3 below) that has an Effective Date (as defined in Section 3
below) while this Plan is in effect shall be governed exclusively by the terms of this Plan
and by no other plan, policy, practice or arrangement, except where a preexisting individual
written employment contract or other written agreement with the Company that provides for
the payment of severance pay is in effect. To the extent that any such employment contract
or other written agreement is in effect, no amount shall be payable hereunder, and the
provisions of this Plan will not apply to any person who is party to such a contract or
agreement.

	3.	 	Covered Employees

You are a Covered Employee under this Plan if, on your last day actively at work (the
“Effective Date”), you are an “Employee” (as defined below) who (1) qualifies as an
“Eligible Employee” (as described in Section 4 below), (2) is paid on a salaried basis, and
(3) is identified as a Tier 1 executive whom the Plan Administrator has approved for
participation in this Plan. A person who is on an authorized leave of absence, paid or
unpaid (including medical leave of absence), of not more than twenty-six (26) weeks and who
would otherwise qualify as a Covered Employee, but for being on leave of absence, will be
considered a Covered Employee for purposes of this Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Section 3, you will be an Eligible Employee hereunder only if you have
agreed to such non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disparagement and other restrictive
covenants as are required to be executed by the Plan Administrator.

For purposes of the Plan, “Employee” means any person regularly employed on the United
States payroll by The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc, Hartford Fire Insurance
Company, or any of their designated subsidiaries or affiliates which have adopted this Plan
with respect to their employees (collectively, the “Company”), but shall not include any
person who performs services for the Company as an independent contractor or under any
other non-employee classification, or who is classified by the Company as, or determined by
the Company to be, an independent contractor.

 

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	4.	 	Severance Pay Upon Termination of Employment

If you are a Covered Employee and the Company terminates your employment and you sign a
Separation and Release Agreement, as described in Section 12, acceptable to the Company, you
will be eligible to receive severance benefits in accordance with the terms of this Plan
except if:

(1) you are terminated for misconduct or other disciplinary action, which by way of
example may include, but is not limited to, the following: serious violations of
Company policies; violation of the Company’s Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, or
any confidentiality agreement or other similar policy or undertaking of the Company;
statements by you, either oral or written, that are false or misleading or that
damage or have the potential to damage the Company; violation of any covenant or
restriction applicable to you; or any Company-initiated termination for cause or for
actions that the Company deems to be immoral, unethical, inimical to the best
interests of the Company, or illegal;

(2) provided that the Effective Date is prior to a Change of Control as defined in
Section 11, you are under investigation, at the time severance pay would otherwise
be due, for misconduct deemed by management to be a serious violation of the
Company’s policies or its Code of Ethics and Business Conduct;

(3) you refuse a Comparable Position offered as alternative employment with the
Company. For purposes of this Plan, “Comparable Position” shall mean a position
with materially the same base salary rate and annual incentive opportunity with
similar duties, or having different duties that, in management’s judgment, you are
able to perform and are consistent with your experience, and that either is located
within a 50-mile radius of the previous position’s location or does not entail a
substantially longer commute from your home;

(4) you terminate employment with the Company prior to the date selected by the
Company as your last day of active employment;

(5) you are terminated while on an approved leave of absence (paid or unpaid) after
26 weeks of such leave (note: there are no unapproved leaves);

(6) you are terminated following acceptance or refusal of employment or continued
employment in connection with any sale, divestiture or outsourcing described in
Section 10;

(7) you remain covered by a prior individual written employment contract or other
written agreement with the Company that provides for the payment of
severance benefits (in which case severance benefits, if any, shall be determined in
accordance with that agreement);

(8) except as provided in subparagraph (3) above or in Section 11 with respect to a
Termination for Good Reason, you initiate termination of employment for any reason,
including resigning, retiring or failing to return to work immediately following the
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(9) your employment terminates as a result of your death, or as a result of your Disability.
For this purpose, a termination as a result of Disability is (i) a termination of your
employment by the Company as a result of a determination by the Board or the appropriate
committee thereof that you are incapable of substantially fulfilling your positions, duties,
responsibilities and obligations on account of physical, mental or emotional incapacity
resulting from injury, sickness or disease for a period of (A) at least four consecutive
months, or (B) more than six months in any twelve month period, or (ii) a termination of
your employment on account of total disability that results in your qualifying for benefits
under the Company’s Long Term Disability Plan for Salaried Employees; or

(10) your employment terminates due to your mandatory retirement at or after your
65th birthday, provided that such mandatory retirement would not violate any
applicable provision of the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as
amended.

	5.	 	Schedule of Severance Pay

You will be eligible to receive severance benefits under this Section if you are a Covered
Employee and the Company terminates your employment other than in any of the circumstances
described in subparagraphs (1) through (10) of Section 4. In such circumstances, but
subject to your entering into (and not revoking) a Separation and Release Agreement, as
described in Section 12, you will receive severance benefits equal to two times the sum of
your Base Pay plus Target Bonus.

“Base Pay” means your annual base salary at the Effective Date, excluding all bonus and
incentive compensation and any special remuneration.

“Target Bonus” means your annual bonus opportunity at the target level of payout as in
effect at the Effective Date.

The severance payment provided shall be in addition to any Base Pay earned, but unpaid, for
services rendered to the Company on or prior to the Effective Date, plus any paid time off
accrued as of such date.

	6.	 	Pro-Rata Annual Bonus and Treatment of Long Term Incentives 

If you receive severance pay in accordance with Section 5, you will also be eligible to
receive a pro-rata annual bonus under the applicable Company annual incentive plan for the
year in which the Effective Date occurs, payable as described in Section 8. The amount of the
pro-rata annual bonus shall be determined at the Company’s discretion, based on Company and
individual performance for the year in which the Effective Date occurs, provided that, in
respect of a Termination for Good Reason or an involuntary termination by the Company
pursuant to Section 11, in no event shall the pro-rata annual bonus be less than a pro-rata
bonus payable at the same percentage of the target level of payout as is generally
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If you receive severance pay in accordance with Section 5, you will also vest pro-rata in
any outstanding unvested long term incentives, including stock options, performance shares,
performance units, restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards, provided that at least
one full year of the performance or restriction period of the applicable award has elapsed
as of the Effective Date and such vesting is not prohibited by applicable law, including
guidance under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, as amended, applicable to
entities that received financial assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
The timing of the payment of such awards will be as set forth in the 2010 Incentive Stock
Plan or other applicable long term incentive plan or the applicable award agreement under
such plan. The vesting of any such awards will be determined in accordance with the terms
of the applicable long term incentive plan or the administrative rules thereunder, if such
plan or rules provide for more favorable vesting than described herein.

	7.	 	Notice or Pay in Lieu of Notice

Except as provided in this Plan, you shall not be entitled to any notice of termination or
pay in lieu thereof. At the sole discretion of the Company, notice may be provided.

	8.	 	Payment of Severance Pay and Pro-Rata Annual Bonus

Any severance pay provided to you under this Plan shall be paid in a lump sum. Severance
pay shall be paid within 60 days of the Effective Date.

Any pro-rata annual bonus payable in accordance with Section 6 shall be paid no later than
the same time as similar awards are paid to other executives participating in the plans or
programs under which the awards are paid, but in no event later than March 15 of the
calendar year following the calendar year in which the Effective Date occurs, provided
that, if you would have been a “covered employee” as defined in Section 162(m) of the
Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) for the calendar year in which the Effective Date occurs
but for the termination of your employment, the pro-rata annual bonus shall be payable to
you only if, when, and to the extent that the Compensation and Management Development
Committee of the Board of Directors of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.,
certifies that the performance goals applicable to the annual bonus, as preestablished by
such Committee in accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code, have been attained.

As provided in Section 4(2), prior to a Change of Control as defined in Section 11, any
severance pay or pro rata annual bonus that would otherwise be payable in accordance with
Section 5 or 6 shall not be payable under the Plan to an employee who is under investigation
for any such misconduct at the time payment would otherwise be due.

In the event of your death after the Effective Date but prior to your receipt of severance
pay, the payment that would otherwise have been due to you shall be paid within 30 days of
your death, subject to applicable law, to your spouse, if any, or if you are not married, to
your estate.

 

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	9.	 	Employee Benefit Plan Coverage While Receiving Severance Pay

Except as may otherwise be specifically provided by the applicable employee benefit plan, as
it may be amended from time to time, severance pay and a pro-rata annual bonus and any other
payment made by the Company after the Effective Date shall not be taken into account for any
purpose under any employee benefit plan of the Company, including but not limited to The
Hartford Investment and Savings Plan, The Hartford Excess Savings Plan, The Hartford
Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees and The Hartford Excess Pension Plan II.

If you receive severance pay under Section 5, then, provided that the following provision is
not deemed discriminatory under applicable law, until the end of the month in which the
one-year anniversary of the Effective Date occurs, the Company will reimburse you for the
cost of COBRA continuation coverage for you and your eligible dependents under the medical
and dental benefit plans of the Company or its affiliates in which you and such dependents
were participating as of the Effective Date. The reimbursement will be for the excess of
the amount that you pay for such COBRA continuation coverage over the amount that you would
pay for such coverage if you were still in the employ of the Company; provided that the
reimbursement will be paid only so long as you otherwise continue to be eligible for such
COBRA continuation coverage in accordance with the terms of the Company’s medical and dental
benefit plans and are not eligible for comparable coverage under the plan of a subsequent
employer. An initial reimbursement shall be made during the 10 calendar days following six
months from the Effective Date for payments made through that date; a second and final
reimbursement, if necessary, shall be made within 10 days following the one-year anniversary
of the Effective Date for any additional reimbursement due; provided that for purposes of
this sentence, the Effective Date shall be deemed to occur at such time as you have also had
a separation from service, as determined in accordance with any policies or practices that
the Company shall adopt in accordance with, or as otherwise determined pursuant to, Section
409A of the Code and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.

If you receive severance pay under Section 5, you will also be entitled to outplacement
services, provided by the Company or its designee at the Company’s expense, for a period of
12 months or such lesser period as you may require such services; such outplacement services
to start within three months of the Effective Date.

 

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	10.	 	Sale, Divestiture, Outsourcing, Closure or Relocation

(A) If the Company or a subsidiary, affiliate, division, department, business or function
of the Company or a portion thereof at which you are employed is sold, divested or
outsourced in a transaction that does not qualify as a Change of Control under Section 11
hereof, you are eligible to receive severance benefits under Section 5 and a pro-rata annual
bonus in accordance with Section 6 of this Plan provided that:

(1) you are a Covered Employee at the time of the transaction whose employment with the
Company terminates as a result of the transaction,

(2) you are not offered a Comparable Position with the Company, the acquirer, the vendor or
the divested unit,

(3) you do not decline an interview or an invitation to apply for a Comparable Position or
to determine the availability of a Comparable Position with the Company, the acquirer, the
vendor or the divested unit (except where the Plan Administrator determines that business
circumstances warrant otherwise),

(4) you do not accept a position with the Company, the acquirer, the vendor or the divested
unit, and

(5) you are not otherwise ineligible for severance pay for any of the reasons described in
Section 4 of this Plan.

If you continue employment with the Company or are hired on or immediately following the
Effective Date by the acquirer, vendor or the divested unit, then severance payments and a
pro-rata annual bonus will not be provided under this Plan. If you are hired after the
Effective Date by the acquirer, vendor or the divested unit, then any severance payment or
pro-rata annual bonus will be made only so long as your employment is not related to or in
support of the sold, divested or outsourced business or operations.

The provisions of this Section shall apply to all sales, divestitures and outsourcings
(whether accomplished as sales of assets, sales of corporate entities, service agreements or
any other method), unless such sale, divestiture or outsourcing qualifies as a Change of
Control as defined in Section 11 hereof, in which event the provisions of Section 11 shall
apply.

(B) If the entire Company or the portion of the Company where you are employed is closed or
relocated and you are not offered a Comparable Position by the Company, then you are
eligible to receive severance pay under Section 5 (provided that you are not otherwise
ineligible for severance pay for any of the reasons described in Section 4 of this Plan).
You will not receive severance pay or a pro-rata annual bonus if you are offered a Comparable
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	11.	 	Severance Pay in the Event of a Change of Control

(A) Post-Change of Control Severance Pay. In the event of a Change of Control (as
defined below), if, within the two-year period following such Change of Control, you are a
Covered Employee whom the Plan Administrator has approved for participation in this Plan or
whom the Plan Administrator had approved for participation in this Plan as of immediately
prior to the Change of Control and (i) you are involuntarily terminated by the Company for
any reason other than in a Termination For Cause (as defined below), a termination due to
death or a termination on account of total disability that results in your qualifying for
benefits under the Company’s Long Term Disability Plan for Salaried Employees, or (ii) you
voluntarily terminate employment with the Company in a Termination for Good Reason (as
defined below), then you shall receive severance pay and be eligible for a pro-rata annual
bonus as provided in Sections 5 and 6, payable as described in Section 8. For this
purpose, when determining the amounts under Sections 5 and 6, the Base Pay and bonus
opportunity taken into account shall not be less than your greatest Base Pay and bonus
opportunity in effect at any time since the date immediately prior to the Change of Control.
Following a Change of Control, the term “Company” shall also include any successor in
interest to any of the entities included in the definition of Company immediately prior to
the Change of Control and any affiliate of such successor entity by which a person who was a
Covered Employee immediately prior to the Change of Control is employed.

(B) Reduction of Severance Pay to Reduced Amount in Certain Circumstances.

(i) Determination of Existence of Reduced Amount. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, in the event that Deloitte and Touche or such other nationally
recognized public accounting firm as is designated by the Company prior to the
Change of Control (the “Accounting Firm”) shall determine that your receipt of
payments hereunder would subject you to tax under Section 4999 of the Code, the
Accounting Firm shall determine whether some amount of the aggregate payments meets
the definition of Reduced Amount (defined below). All determinations made by the
Accounting Firm under this Section shall be binding upon the Company and you and
shall be made within 60 days of your termination of employment.

(ii) Consequences of Determination of Existence of Reduced Amount. If the
Accounting Firm determines that there is a Reduced Amount as provided in the
preceding paragraph, then the aggregate severance payments shall be reduced to such
Reduced Amount, provided that the net after-tax amount that the Accounting Firm
projects that you will receive, if such reduction is made, is not less than the net
after-tax amount that the Accounting Firm projects that you will receive if such
reduction is not made.

 

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(iii) Consequences of Overpayment or Underpayment of Amounts. 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 under Section 11(B)(i) hereof, it is
possible that amounts will have been paid or distributed by the Company pursuant to
the Plan that should not have been so paid or distributed (“Overpayment”), or that
additional amounts that will have not been paid or distributed by the Company
pursuant to this Plan that could have been so paid or distributed (“Underpayment”),
in each case, consistent with the calculation of the Reduced Amount hereunder. In
the event that the Accounting Firm, based upon the assertion of a deficiency by the
Internal Revenue Service against either the Company or you that the Accounting Firm
believes has a high probability of success, determines that an Overpayment has been
made, any such Overpayment paid or distributed by the Company shall be deemed for
all purposes to be a loan to you made on the date of receipt of the Overpayment,
which you shall have an obligation to repay to the Company on demand, together with
interest on such amount at the applicable federal rate provided for in Section
7872(f)(2) of the Code. In the event that the Accounting Firm, based upon
controlling precedent or substantial authority, determines that an Underpayment has
occurred, any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company together with
interest at the applicable federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2) of the
Code.

(iv) Fees and Expenses of Accounting Firm. All fees and expenses of the Accounting
Firm in implementing the provisions of this Section 11(B) shall be borne by the
Company.

(C) Definitions.

For purposes of this Section 11:

“Change of Control” means an event that qualifies as a Change of Control
under The Hartford 2010 Incentive Stock Plan, as it may be amended from time to
time.

“Termination For Good Reason” means a termination of your employment due to
the occurrence of any of the following after the occurrence of a Change of Control,
where notice of termination is provided as described below:

(i) (A) the assignment to you of any duties inconsistent in any material adverse
respect with your position, duties, authority or responsibilities, or (B) any other
material adverse change in such position, including titles, authority or
responsibilities;

(ii) a material reduction in your Base Pay or Target Bonus;

(iii) the Company’s requiring you to be based at any office or location more than 50
miles from the location at which you performed your services immediately prior to
the Change of Control (provided that such change of office or location also entails
a substantially longer commute from your home), except for travel reasonably
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(iv) any failure by the Company to obtain the assumption and agreement to perform
the provisions of this Plan by a successor; or

(v) a Termination asserted by the Company to be For Cause that is subsequently
determined in a proceeding pursuant to Section 16(A) hereof not to constitute a
Termination For Cause.

Except with respect to an event described in subclause (v), you must provide written
notice of Termination For Good Reason to the Plan Administrator within 180 days of
your having actual knowledge of the events giving rise to such Termination For Good
Reason, which sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to
provide a basis for Termination For Good Reason, along with the applicable date of
termination if other than the date of receipt of such notice (which date shall not
be more than 15 days after the giving of such notice), provided that your failure to
set forth in the notice of termination any fact or circumstance that contributes to
a showing of Good Reason shall not waive any right you have or preclude you from
asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing your rights hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a termination of your employment shall not be treated
as a Termination For Good Reason if (i) you have consented in writing to the
occurrence of the event giving rise to the claim of Termination For Good Reason, or
(ii) if you have delivered a notice of termination based on a claim of Termination
For Good Reason to the Company, and the facts and circumstances specified therein as
providing a basis for such Termination For Good Reason are cured by the Company
within 10 days of its receipt of such notice of termination.

“Net After-Tax Receipt” means the Present Value of a payment net of all
taxes imposed with respect thereto under Sections 1 and 4999 of the Code, under
applicable state and local laws, and for Social Security, Medicare or other
employment tax purposes, determined by applying the highest marginal rate under
Section 1 of the Code and under state and local laws that applied to your taxable
income for the immediately preceding taxable year, or such other rate(s) as you
shall certify as likely to apply to you in the relevant tax year(s).

“Present Value” means such value as determined in accordance with Sections
280G(b)(2)(A)(ii) and 280G(d)(4) of the Code.

“Reduced Amount” means the smallest amount of Plan payments that (i) has a
Present Value that is less than the Present Value of all Plan payments, and (ii)
results in aggregate Net After-Tax Receipts for all payments that are greater than
the Net After-Tax Receipts for all payments that would result if the aggregate
Present Value of Plan payments were any other amount that is less than the Present
Value of all Plan payments.

 

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“Termination For Cause” For purposes of this Section 11 only, a Termination
For Cause is limited to the following: a termination of your employment due to (1) a
felony conviction; (2) an act or acts of dishonesty or gross misconduct on your part
that result or are intended to result in damage to the Company’s business or
reputation; or (3) repeated violations of your obligations to devote your full
attention during normal business hours to the business and affairs of the Company
and to use your best efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently the
responsibilities assigned to you except for time away from work authorized by
Company policy or state or federal law, which violations are demonstrably willful
and deliberate on your part and which result in damage to the Company’s business or
reputation.

	12.	 	Separation and Release Agreement

You must accept the terms of a separation agreement, including but not limited to a release
of all claims that you may have against the Company, the Company’s directors, officers,
employees and employee benefit plans, in a form provided by the Plan Administrator or
designee (the “Separation and Release Agreement”), as a condition for the payment of any
severance benefits under this Plan. In no event shall the terms and conditions of a
Separation and Release Agreement required following a Change of Control be significantly
less favorable to you than the terms and conditions of the form of Separation and Release
Agreement customarily used by the Company prior to the Change of Control. You have no
vested right to receive severance benefits until you sign the Separation and Release
Agreement and the expiration of any revocation period occurs. You must sign and return the
Separation and Release Agreement no later than the date specified in that Agreement.

	13.	 	Offset

Any severance pay provided to you under this Plan may be offset by reducing such amount by
any severance pay, termination pay or similar pay or allowance that you receive or are
entitled to receive (i) under any other Company plan, policy, practice, program or
arrangement, other than a Company retirement plan; or (ii) by virtue of any law, custom or
practice, excluding any unemployment compensation that you may receive as a state
unemployment award.

Any severance pay provided to you under this Plan shall also be offset by reducing such
severance pay by any severance pay, termination pay or similar pay or allowance you received
as a result of any prior termination of employment with the Company. Any severance pay and any notice pay provided to you under this Plan shall be offset by reducing
such severance pay and notice pay by any payments made to you by the Company pursuant to the
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN”) and any similar federal, state or
local law.

 

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Any severance pay provided to you under this Plan shall be offset by reducing such severance
pay by any payment made or anticipated to be made to you under any Company or statutory
disability plan, policy, practice, program or arrangement after the Effective Date.

Any payment to you is subject to recovery or “clawback” by the Company if the payment is
based on materially inaccurate financial statements or any other materially inaccurate
performance metric criteria, or as otherwise required by applicable law. Prior to a Change
of Control, (1) if the Company determines that you have taken action, or failed to act, in a
manner which is inimical to the best interests of the Company, the Company may, in its sole
discretion, not pay any amount which has not then been paid to you from this Plan and, in
addition, may recover or “clawback” any amount which has already been paid to you in
accordance with this Plan, and (2) any severance pay provided to you under this Plan shall
be offset by reducing such severance pay by any amount that you owe to the Company,
including but not limited to any amounts owed as a result of overpayments of disability
benefits, wages, bonuses or incentive compensation. Additionally, prior to a Change of
Control, any severance pay otherwise due to you may be offset by any costs to the Company in
connection with any sums for which you are personally responsible.

	14.	 	Administration of Plan

Responsibility for administration of this Plan rests with the Company’s Executive Vice
President, Human Resources (or other individual with similar responsibilities) or his or her
designee (“Plan Administrator”).

The Plan Administrator shall have the exclusive right to interpret this Plan, adopt any
rules and regulations for carrying out this Plan as may be appropriate and decide any and
all matters arising under this Plan, including, but not limited to, the right to determine
appeals. Subject to applicable federal and state law, all interpretations and decisions by
the Plan Administrator shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties affected
thereby. Any claim, complaint, dispute, question, contest, controversy or issue for
determination (collectively “claim”) in connection with the operation, interpretation or
administration of this Plan must first be appealed to the Plan Administrator according to
the procedures set forth below. Only if you have exhausted such administrative appeal
process and have received an adverse ruling, in whole or in part, from the Plan
Administrator on one or more claims may you proceed with arbitration pursuant to Section
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If you believe you are entitled to, but do not receive, severance pay, you may make a claim
for severance pay by submitting a written request to the Company’s Senior Vice President, Total Rewards and HR Operations within 60 days after your Effective Date. If your claim is
denied, in whole or in part, the Senior Vice President, Total Rewards and HR Operations or
his or her designee will notify you of the Plan’s denial not later than 90 days after your
claim was received, unless the Senior Vice President, Total Rewards and HR Operations or his
or her designee determines that special circumstances require an extension of time for
processing the claim. If the Senior Vice President, Total Rewards and HR Operations or his
or her designee determines that special circumstances require an extension of time for
processing your claim, you will receive written notice of the extension prior to the end of
the initial 90-day period. In no event will such extension end later than 90 days from the
end of the initial period. You will be notified of the special circumstances requiring an
extension of time and the date by which the Plan expects to render the benefit
determination. If your claim is denied, you will receive notification from the Senior Vice
President, Total Rewards and HR Operations or his or her designee, which will include: (i)
the specific reason or reasons why the claim was denied, (ii) reference to the specific plan
provisions on which the determination is based; (iii) a description of any additional
material or information necessary for you to perfect your claim and an explanation of why
such material or information is necessary; and (iv) a description of the Plan’s review
procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement of your
right to bring a civil action following a denial on review.

If you wish to appeal a denial of your claim, you must submit a written appeal to the Plan
Administrator within 60 days of the date you receive the denial of your claim. You may
include with your appeal written comments, documents, records, and other information
relating to your claim for severance pay. Additionally, you will be provided, upon request
and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other
information relevant to your claim for benefits. The review of your appeal will take into
account all comments, documents, records, and other information you submit relating to your
claim, regardless of whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial
benefit determination.

The Plan will notify you, within 60 days after it receives your request for review of the
denial, of the Plan’s benefit determination on review. If the Plan Administrator determines
that an extension of time for processing is required, written notice of the extension will
be furnished to you prior to the end of the initial 60-day period. In no event will such
extension end later than 60 days from the end of the initial period. You will be notified
of the special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the Plan
expects to render the determination on review.

If your appeal is denied, the notification the Plan Administrator provides to you will
include: (i) the specific reason or reasons why the appeal was denied, (ii) reference to the
specific Plan provisions on which the determination is based; (iii) a description of any
additional material or information necessary for you to perfect the claim and an explanation
of why such material or information is necessary; (iv) a description of the Plan’s review
procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement of your right to
bring a civil action under ERISA following an adverse determination on review.

 

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	15.	 	Termination or Amendment

The Plan Administrator shall have the power to make amendments to the Plan that do not
involve a material cost to the Company or are required by applicable law. Any other
amendments to the Plan shall be made by the Board of Directors of The Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc., or the Compensation and Management Development Committee thereof. The
Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate, suspend, amend or modify
this Plan (“Plan Change”) in whole or in part at any time without prior notice.
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, the Plan shall not be amended,
modified, suspended or terminated following a Change of Control or during the period in
which a Change of Control (as defined in The Hartford 2010 Incentive Stock Plan, as it may
be amended from time to time) is threatened, except that the Plan Administrator may amend
this Plan during such period or following a Change of Control, or at any other time, in such
manner as the Plan Administrator deems necessary or advisable, in his or her reasonable
judgment, (i) to comply with a change in law or to avoid any payments hereunder being
subject to an additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, or (ii) so long as such
amendment does not adversely affect (A) the eligibility of any Eligible Employee to receive
benefits hereunder or (B) the amount or type of benefits that might become, or the time at
which such benefits would be, payable hereunder to any such Eligible Employee. This Plan is
intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code, and no action taken by the Company shall
be construed in a manner that would result in the imposition of an additional tax on
executives under Section 409A of the Code. For purposes of this Section, a Change of
Control shall be deemed to be threatened for the period beginning on the date of any
Potential Change of Control (as defined in The Hartford 2010 Incentive Stock Plan, as it may
be amended from time to time), and ending upon the earlier of: (i) the second anniversary of
the date of such Potential Change of Control, (ii) the date a Change of Control occurs, or
(iii) the date the Board of Directors of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., or the
appropriate committee thereof determines in good faith that a Change of Control is no longer
threatened

	16.	 	Miscellaneous.

(A) Arbitration. Any claim arising under or in connection with this Plan that,
following exhaustion of the administrative appeal process referenced in Section 14 hereof,
has yet to be resolved in whole or in part, shall be resolved exclusively by binding
arbitration. Such arbitration shall be held in the city of Hartford, Connecticut, and shall
be conducted in accordance with the Employment Arbitration Rules then pending of the
American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), and otherwise in accordance with the principles
that would be applied by a court of law or equity. The arbitrator shall be acceptable to both you and the Company. If you and the Company cannot agree on an
acceptable arbitrator, the claim shall be heard by a panel of three arbitrators, with one
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rendered by the arbitrator (or arbitrators) will be final and determinative as to
any and all issues submitted for arbitration, and a judgment may be entered on any award by
any state or federal court having jurisdiction over the parties or their respective
property. You and the Company shall be jointly and equally responsible for all arbitration
fees assessed by the AAA, and you and the Company shall each be responsible for your
respective attorney’s fees and related expenses; provided that, should the claim relate to
circumstances occurring on or after the date of a Change of Control, if the arbitrator (or
arbitrators) shall in the award determine one or more material issues in dispute in your
favor, then the Company shall pay your share of any expenses of the arbitration and your
reasonable attorney’s fees and related expenses (or cause such fees and expenses to be
paid), upon presentation of proof of such fees and expenses in a form acceptable to the
Company, and as to any reasonable fees and related expenses that you have already paid, the
Company shall add to the reimbursement payment an amount for simple interest thereon from
the date such expense was paid by you at the 90-day United States Treasury Bill rate as in
effect from time to time, compounded annually.

(B) Unfunded. Benefits under this Plan are paid for entirely by the Company from
its general assets.

(C) Withholding. Any payments provided for herein shall be reduced by any amounts
required to be withheld by the Company from time to time under applicable Federal, State or
local income or employment tax laws or similar statutes or other provisions of law then in
effect.

(D) Section Headings. The section headings contained in this Plan are included
solely for convenience of reference and shall not in any way affect the meaning of any
provision of this Plan.

	17.	 	Other Important Information

(A) Notice

This Plan is not a contract of employment. It does not guarantee your employment for any
specified period and does not limit the right of the Company to terminate your employment at
any time for any reason. Employment with the Company is terminable at will.

Except as otherwise provided in a written agreement with the Company, any employee retains
the right to terminate his or her employment at any time, with or without notice, and with
or without cause. Likewise, the Company can terminate the employment of any employee at any
time, with or without notice, and with or without cause, subject to applicable law.

No supervisor or manager has any authority to enter into an employment agreement, written or
oral, or to make any agreement or representations contrary to the preceding paragraph,
unless it is authorized by the Chairman of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., and
such agreement is in writing. Further no document, communication or publication of The
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., the Company, or any affiliate of either of the
foregoing should be understood as, or construed as, making such an agreement or extending
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