Document:

Exhibit 10.39

 

THE ST. PAUL TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC.

SEVERANCE PLAN

(effective April 1, 2004)

 

I.              PURPOSE
AND APPLICATION

 

I.1           Purpose:  The purpose of the Plan is to provide
severance payments to certain employees of the Company and of those Affiliates
that have adopted this Plan in the event such employees’ employment is
terminated in specified circumstances.

 

I.2           Application:  The Plan as set forth herein applies to
Employees who are terminated on or after April 1, 2004. Eligibility,
entitlement to payment of benefits and the amount of benefits, if any, of any
person who received Written Notice of Termination prior to April 1, 2004 shall be determined under the terms of The St. Paul
Companies, Inc. Severance Plan or the Travelers Separation Pay Plan in effect
as of the date such person received Written Notice of Termination. This Plan
document supersedes and replaces any severance plan, program or policy (other
than The St. Paul Companies, Inc. Special Severance Policy) maintained by an
Employer prior to April 1, 2004.

 

II.            DEFINITIONS

 

The following words and phrases, when used
herein, unless their context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the
following respective meanings.

 

II.1          “Administrator”
means the Company, acting through the person, persons or committee delegated
administrative authority pursuant to Article V.

 

II.2          “Affiliate”
means an entity on whose board of directors or other governing body the Company
(directly or indirectly through one or more subsidiaries) has representation by
virtue of its ownership of capital stock or other interest. However, under no
circumstances does the term include any venture capital company in which the
Company or an Affiliate may, from time to time, have invested.

 

II.3          “Company”
means The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. or any successor corporation by
merger, consolidation or purchase or otherwise which elects to adopt the Plan.

 

II.4          “Conduct Harmful or Prejudicial to the
Company” means any act or omission whether or not
occurring during the course of employment, that the Administrator, in its sole
discretion, determines to be detrimental to the interests of the Company or an
Affiliate, including, but not limited to, violation of any Employer policy
relating to illegal drugs, discrimination, sexual or other discriminatory
harassment, alcohol, misconduct, gambling, firearms or possession of weapons,
theft, destruction or misuse of company property, conflicts of interest, use of
insider information, use or disclosure of confidential information, bribes and harming
or threatening to cause harm to coworkers or business associates.

 

II.5          “Employee”
means a common law employee who, as of the date of Termination of Employment,
is employed by an Employer as a non-temporary, Regular Status Full-Time
Employee or Regular Status Part-Time Employee under classifications established
and uniformly applied by the Employer, provided that the Employee is employed
by an Employer or an Affiliate on or after April 1,
2004. The term Employee shall not include any individual who performs services
for the Company or an Affiliate (i) through, and is paid by, a third party
(including but not limited to an employee leasing or staffing agency), or (ii)
pursuant to a contract or agreement (whether written or verbal) which provides
that such individual is an independent contractor or consultant, even if such
individual is subsequently determined to be a common law employee of an Employer.

 

 

II.6          “Employer”
means the Company and each Affiliate that, with the approval of the Senior Vice
President, Human Resources of the Company, has adopted the Plan. In the event
an Employer ceases to be an Affiliate for any reason (including, but not
limited to, the sale or disposition of the stock of the Employer by the Company
or an Affiliate), the Employer shall immediately cease to be an Employer.

 

II.7          “Specified Employee”
means an Employee who is a key employee, as that term is defined in Internal
Revenue Code (“Code”) Section 416(i), without regard to Code section 416(i)(5).
An Employee is a Specified Employee for the twelve (12)-month period beginning
April 1 and ending the following March 31 if he/she was a key employee any time
during the twelve (12)-month period ending on the December 31 preceding such
April 1.

 

II.8          “Offer of Continued Employment” means
a job offer to an Employee by the Company or an Affiliate prior to the Employee’s
Termination of Employment (or, in the case of a sale or transfer of all or any
portion of the business operation of the Company or an Affiliate, an offer by
the purchaser or transferee or any affiliate of such purchaser or transferee,
or, in the case of the outsourcing of a job function to a third-party service
provider, an offer by the third-party service provider or an affiliate of such
provider) for a position (i) with base compensation equal to or greater than
the Employee’s current base compensation; and (ii) which allows the Employee to
work at his/her then current work site or within thirty (30) miles of his/her
current work site (or, in the case of virtual office employees, within thirty
(30) miles from the office to which the Employee is assigned) or at a location
that is closer to the Employee’s current residence than is the Employee’s current
work site. In the case of a sale or transfer of all or any portion of the
business operation of the Company or an Affiliate (by means of a stock or asset
disposition, or similar transaction), the sale or transfer agreement may
explicitly or implicitly modify the definition of “Offer of Continued Employment”
for purposes of this Plan.

 

II.9          “Reduction in Force” or “RIF”
means a Termination of Employment initiated by an Employer solely due to a
reduction in force or the elimination of an Employee’s position. An Employee
will not be treated as having had a Termination of Employment due to a RIF if:
(i) the Employee’s employment is terminated due to inadequate job performance
or for Conduct Harmful or Prejudicial to the Company, even if the Employer
chooses not to replace such Employee or fill the Employee’s position or (ii)
the Employee declines an Offer of Continued Employment by the Company or an
Affiliate prior to the Employee’s Termination of Employment, whether that Offer
of Continued Employment was made before or after Written Notice of Termination
was provided to the Employee. An Employee who is on a disability leave at the
time of a RIF will be treated as having had a Termination of Employment due to
a RIF if (a) the Employee recovers from his/her disability and provides the
Employer with written notice of his/her intent to return to work for the
Company or an Affiliate, along with a physician’s certification that the
Employee is able to return to work, prior to his/her Termination of Employment
(both the notice must be given, and the Employee must be able to return to work,
prior to Termination of Employment), and (b) the Employee does not receive an
Offer of Continued Employment by the Company or an Affiliate within sixty (60)
days after the date the Employer receives written notice of the Employee’s
intent to return to work.

 

II.10        “Regular Status, Full-Time Employee”
means a common-law employee who works a regular schedule of hours which is at
least the customary number of hours per week assigned by his/her office.

 

II.11        “Regular Status, Part-Time Employee”
means a common-law employee who works a regular schedule of hours which is less
than the customary number of hours per week assigned by his/her office.

 

II.12        “Severance Payments” or “Severance
Benefits” means the benefits payable to an Employee
who, in accordance with Article III, is eligible for such benefits in the
amount and form set forth in the appropriate Severance Payment Schedule.

 

II.13        “Severance Payment Schedule” or “Schedule”
means the schedules attached hereto and incorporated herein, as amended from
time to time, which set forth the amount, form of, and additional conditions
for entitlement to Severance Benefits payable under this Plan.

 

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II.14        “Termination of Employment”
means, for purposes of determining an Employee’s entitlement to Severance
Payments under this Plan, a complete severance of an Employee’s employment
relationship with the Company and all Affiliates. Accordingly, a transfer of an
Employee’s employment between the Company and an Affiliate, or among
Affiliates, will not constitute a Termination of Employment. In the event of an
authorized leave of absence (including a disability leave), a Termination of
Employment will be deemed to have occurred during or at the end of such leave
in accordance with the employment policies of the Employer in effect and as
amended from time to time.

 

An Employee who, in conjunction with a sale
or transfer of all or any portion of the business operation of the Company or
an Affiliate (by means of a stock or asset disposition, or similar
transaction), transfers employment to the purchaser or transferee or to any
affiliate of such purchaser or transferee, or is given an Offer of Continued
Employment by the purchaser or transferee or any affiliate of such purchaser or
transferee, shall not be treated as having incurred a Termination of Employment
for purposes of this Plan. In addition, an Employee shall not be treated as
having incurred a Termination of Employment merely because such Employee’s Employer
ceases to be an Employer and/or an Affiliate under this Plan.

 

An Employee who, in connection with the
outsourcing of a job function to a third-party service provider, transfers
employment to the third-party service provider or an affiliate of such
provider, or is given an Offer of Continued Employment by the third-party
service provider or an affiliate of such provider, shall not be treated as
having incurred a Termination of Employment for purposes of this Plan.

 

II.15        “Voluntary Termination”
means a Termination of Employment initiated by the Employee.

 

An Employee whose employment is involuntarily
terminated in conjunction with a sale or transfer of all or any portion of the
business operation of the Company or an Affiliate or the sale or transfer of
substantially all of the assets used in a trade or business of an Employer or
Affiliate, shall be deemed to have incurred a Voluntary Termination if the Employee
declines an Offer of Continued Employment with the purchaser or transferee or
with an affiliate of such purchaser or transferee.

 

Also, an Employee who has a Termination of
Employment for any reason and who declines an Offer of Continued Employment by
the Company or an Affiliate, shall be deemed to have a Voluntary Termination.

 

II.16        “Waiver and Release”
means a general release and waiver of claims, ordinarily in the form of a
confidential separation agreement, executed by an Employee within the time
limits established by the Employer in form and substance satisfactory to the
Employer. Such general release and waiver of claims shall include a
non-solicitation clause, pursuant to which the Employee agrees not to solicit
certain people or groups of people to discontinue their business and/or
employment relationship with the Company for a period of time to be specified
in the Waiver and Release.

 

II.17        “Written Notice of Termination” means
a formal, written communication from an Employer to the Employee informing the
Employee that his/her employment will be terminated on a date certain in the
future.

 

II.18        “Year of Service”
means each of an Employee’s twelve (12)-month periods of continuous employment
with the Company or an Affiliate, commencing with the Employee’s most recent
date of employment with the Company or an Affiliate (while it is an Affiliate)
or with Travelers Property Casualty Corp. or any subsidiary of Travelers
Property Casualty Corp. An Employee will not receive pro-rated credit for any
partial year worked.

 

An Employee’s employment is continuous if it
is without an interruption that lasts 365 days or more. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if an Employee received Severance Benefits for a previous period of
employment, that Employee will be eligible only for Severance Benefits with
respect to Years of Service commencing with the Employee’s most recent date of
employment with the Company or an Affiliate (while it is an Affiliate). For
purposes of the preceding sentence, retirement benefits paid with respect to
any previous period of employment shall not be considered Severance Benefits.

 

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III.           ELIGIBILITY
FOR SEVERANCE PAYMENTS

 

III.1         Reduction in Force:  If, in the discretion of the Administrator,
an Employee experiences a Termination of Employment due to a Reduction in Force
and, except as otherwise provided in Schedule A, the Employee executes a Waiver
and Release, the Employee will be eligible for the Severance Payments specified
in Schedule A.

 

III.2         Termination for Conduct Harmful or
Prejudicial to the Company:  An Employee who has a Termination of
Employment for Conduct Harmful or Prejudicial to the Company shall not be
entitled to any severance payment hereunder.

 

III.3         Voluntary Termination:  An Employee who experiences a Voluntary
Termination or who has a Termination of Employment due to his death or disability
shall not be entitled to any severance payment hereunder.

 

III.4         Employment or Other Agreements:  For an Employee whose employment is
terminated under circumstances that entitle that Employee to receive payments
upon separation of employment pursuant to a written employment or other
separation agreement, no payments will be made under this Plan.

 

III.5         Termination for Unsatisfactory
Performance. An Employee who is terminated for
unsatisfactory performance, as determined within the sole discretion of the
Company, shall not be entitled to any severance payment hereunder.

 

III.6         Termination due to Death After
Receiving Written Notice of Termination But Before Executing Waiver and Release.
An Employee who dies after receiving Written Notice of
Termination but before executing a Waiver and Release shall not be entitled to
any severance payment hereunder.

 

III.7         Other Terminations:  An Employee shall
not be entitled to Severance Benefits if the severance of his/her employment
relationship with the Company and its Affiliates is not considered a
Termination of Employment for purposes of this Plan; further, an Employee whose
Termination of Employment is not described in Section III.1 shall not be
entitled to Severance Benefits even if the Termination of Employment is not
excluded under Sections III.2., III.3., III.4., III.5 or III.6.

 

III.8         Modified Severance Benefits:  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Article III or the provisions of any Severance Payment Schedule to the
contrary, an Employer may, in its sole discretion, provide severance benefits
less than or in excess of the Severance Benefits, if any, otherwise payable
under this Plan to an Employee who has a Termination of Employment. An Employer
shall have no obligation to provide additional benefits to any Employee under
this Section III.8 and need not make benefit grants under this Section on a
uniform basis to similarly-situated Employees.

 

III.9         Statutory or Other Severance Pay
Benefits:  If
any Employee is entitled to a statutory severance benefit pursuant to federal,
state, local or other applicable law, or to any amounts payable pursuant to any
other plan, policy of, or agreement with, the Company on account of Employee’s
termination of employment, the severance pay benefit under this Plan shall be
reduced by the amount of such statutory or other severance benefit.

 

IV.           PAYMENT
AND CLAIMS PROCEDURES

 

IV.1        Withholding:  The Employer shall withhold from the
Severance Benefits paid hereunder all federal and state income and FICA taxes
and any other amounts required to be withheld.

 

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IV.2        Death of Employee:  If an Employee dies after receiving Written
Notice of Termination, executing a Waiver and Release, and before receiving
full payment of Severance Benefits, the Employer shall pay the remaining
amounts due to the Employee’s estate, unless the Employee designates a
different payee on a form and in such manner as is prescribed by the
Administrator. Any payee will be required to execute a Waiver and Release similar
to that required of the Employee, as if the Employee had not died, in order to
receive payment of Severance Benefits not otherwise required to be paid by law.

 

IV.3        Effect on Other Benefits:

 

(a)                                  Severance
Payment Not Compensation

 

The period for which Severance Payments may be computed and the
payments provided under this Plan shall not constitute employment or
compensation or salary for purposes of determining participation in or the
benefits under this or any other benefit plan of the Company or an Affiliate;
except as otherwise expressly provided under the terms of such benefit plan.

 

(b)                                  No
Duplication of Severance Payments

 

An Employee who is entitled to payments and receives such payments
under The St. Paul’s Special Severance Policy shall not be entitled to any
payment under this Plan. However, an Employee’s entitlement to other types of
benefits upon Termination of Employment (e.g., retirement benefits, stay pay,
etc.) will not affect an Employee’s entitlement to, or the amount of, Severance
Benefits hereunder, except as expressly provided by the governing plan or by
agreement.

 

IV.4        Reduction for Debt:  Consistent with applicable law, the amounts
payable to an Employee under an applicable Severance Payment Schedule are
subject to reduction for any amounts the Employee owes to the Company or an
Affiliate as determined by the Administrator.

 

IV.5        Severance Claim Procedure:

 

(a)                                  Written
Notice of Amount of Severance Benefits

 

No later than ten (10) days after an Employee’s Termination of
Employment due to a Reduction in Force, or such other point in time as
determined by the Administrator, the Administrator will provide the Employee
with a written notice (“Notice”) of the amount of Severance Benefits payable to
the Employee under the Plan and what conditions the Employee must meet to
receive payment of Severance Benefits (e.g., execution of a Waiver and
Release).

 

(b)                                  Claim
for Benefits

 

If an Employee is denied Severance Benefits or objects to the amount of
benefits provided, the Employee may file a written claim for benefits with the
Administrator objecting to the denial of benefits or the amount of benefits payable
under the Plan.

 

Not later than ninety (90) days after receipt of such claim, the
Administrator will render a written decision on the claim to the Employee. If
the claim is denied in whole or in part, such decision will include: the
reasons for the denial; a description of any additional material or information
necessary for the Employee to perfect the claim; an explanation as to why such
information or material is necessary; and an explanation of the Plan’s claim
procedure.

 

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(c)                                  Appeal
of Administrative Committee’s Determination

 

No later than sixty (60) days after receiving the Administrator’s
written decision, if the Employee disagrees with the decision and wants to
pursue the matter further, the Employee or the Employee’s representative must
file with the Administrator a written request for review of the Administrator’s
decision, and the Employee or the Employee’s representative may thereafter
review Plan documents that relate to the claim and submit written comments to
the Administrator. No later than sixty (60) days after the Administrator’s
receipt of the request for review, the Administrator should render a written
decision on the claim, which decision will include the specific reasons for the
decision, including references to specific Plan provisions where appropriate.

 

The Administrator may extend the ninety (90)- and sixty (60)- day
periods during which the Administrator should respond to the claimant by up to
an additional ninety (90) or sixty (60) days, respectively, if special
circumstances so require and if notice of such extension is given to the
Employee prior to the expiration of the initial ninety (90)- or sixty (60)- day
period. Failure on the part of the Employee to respond to an Administrator’s
written decision on a timely basis as described above, will be regarded by the
Employer as a waiver of any continued rights under the Severance Claim
Procedures described in this Section.

 

Any failure by the Administrator to respond to a written request for
review shall be deemed a denial of the request, based on the same grounds
identified in the initial written decision of the Administrator.

 

IV.6        Statute of Limitations

 

The claims procedure in Sec. IV.5 is
mandatory. If an Employee has completed the entire claims procedure and still
disagrees with the outcome of the Employee’s claim, the Employee may commence a
civil action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended (“ERISA”). The Employee must commence such civil action within one year
of the date of the final denial under Sec. IV.5(d) above. If the Employee does
not commence such civil action within one year of the date of the final denial,
the Employee will waive all rights to relief under ERISA.

 

V.            PLAN
ADMINISTRATION

 

V.1          Administration:  The Company, in its capacity as Administrator
of the Plan, shall have overall responsibility for the administration and
operation of the Plan, including the authority and discretion to:

 

(a)                                  construe and
interpret this document (or any form or other document established for use in
the administration of the Plan);

 

(b)                                 determine all
questions, whether legal or factual, arising in the administration,
interpretation and application of the Plan, including, but not limited to the
entitlement of any Employee to Severance Payments and, subject to the Employer’s
exercise of discretion under Section III.8, the amount of Severance Payments to
be made to any Employee, and the decisions of the Administrator shall be final
and binding upon the Employee and the Employer;

 

(c)                                  communicate the Plan
and its eligibility requirements to Employees;

 

(d)                                 prepare and furnish to
Employees all information required under Federal law or provisions of the Plan
to be furnished to them;

 

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(e)                                  have prepared and
filed all reports or other information required under Federal law to be provided
to any governmental entity; and

 

(f)                                    hear, review and
determine claims for benefits.

 

The Company, in its capacity as sponsor of the Plan (or any other
Employer under the circumstances described in Section VI.1, and in its capacity
as sponsor of the Plan), is responsible for determining the form and substance
of any Waiver and Release required as a condition to the receipt of Severance
Benefits under the Plan. Such Waiver and Release, to the extent it provides
Severance Benefits to the Employee, will be deemed to form part of the Plan
once executed by the Employee, and Company, as Administrator of the Plan, will
have the authority and discretion specified above with respect to such Waiver
and Release.

 

V.2          Delegation of Authority:  The Company, by action of its board of
directors, may delegate authority to a person, persons or committee to act on
behalf of the Company in its capacity as Administrator of the Plan. In the
absence of such delegation, the officer of the Company having direct
responsibility for human resources shall act on behalf of the Company in its
capacity as Administrator of the Plan. Any person or committee with authority
delegated by the Company (including a delegation pursuant to the default
provision of the prior sentence) may further delegate, from time to time,
authority to such person or persons as he/she/it deems advisable and may revoke
any such delegation of authority. Any action by a delegate in the exercise of
delegated authority shall be action on behalf of the Administrator and shall
have the same force and effect as if such action was taken by the Company in
its capacity as Administrator of the Plan.

 

V.3          Exercise of Authority:  The Company, in its capacity as Administrator
of the Plan, and any person or committee who acts on behalf of the
Administrator, may exercise authority in its/his/her full discretion, subject
only to the duties imposed under ERISA. This discretionary authority includes,
but is not limited to, the authority specified in Section V.1. The exercise of
authority will be binding upon all persons; and it is intended that the exercise
of authority be given deference in all courts of law to the greatest extent
allowed under law, and that it not be overturned or set aside by any court of
law unless found to be arbitrary and capricious.

 

VI.           MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS

 

VI.1        Amendment and Termination:  The Company, in its capacity as sponsor of
the Plan, may at any time and without prior notice, amend or terminate this
Plan or any Severance Payment Schedule. Any amendment or termination of this
Plan or Severance Payment Schedule shall be by written instrument signed by the
Company’s Senior Vice President, Human Resources.

 

Any Affiliate may, with the approval of the Company’s Senior Vice
President, Human Resources, adopt this Plan and become an Employer hereunder or
withdraw from the Plan. Each Employer under this Plan may, in its capacity as
sponsor of the Plan and with the approval of the Company’s Senior Vice
President, Human Resources, design, adopt and amend its own Severance Payment
Schedule and Waiver and Release. The adoption, amendment or termination of a
Schedule by an Employer hereunder shall be by written instrument signed by an
officer of the Employer and the Company’s Senior Vice President, Human
Resources. By adopting the Plan, each Employer consents to:

 

(a)                                  administration of the
Plan by the Company; and

 

(b)                                 any amendment adopted
by the Company, except as provided above with respect to its own Severance
Payment Schedule or Waiver and Release.

 

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The Company by amendment or termination of
the Plan, or any Employer by amendment of its Severance Payment Schedule, or by
withdrawal from the Plan, may reduce or eliminate any Severance Benefits that
have not been fully paid prior to the date the amendment, termination or
withdrawal is executed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, an amendment,
termination or withdrawal may not reduce or eliminate any Severance Benefits
that are conditioned upon execution of a Waiver and Release after the Employee
has been provided a copy of the Waiver and Release for his/her signature.

 

VI.2        Source of Payment:  Severance Benefits payable under this Plan to
any Employee shall be paid directly out of the general assets of such Employee’s
Employer. An Employer is not responsible for (and has no contractual obligation
with respect to) Severance Benefits payable to an Employee who is or was
employed with another Employer. If an Employee is concurrently employed with
two or more Employers, each will be responsible for the Severance Benefit
attributable to employment with that Employer.

 

VI.3        Governing Law:  This Plan, to the extent not preempted by
ERISA or any other federal law, shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of Minnesota. The Plan is intended to be an employee
welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA.

 

VI.4        Interests Not Transferable:  Except as to withholding of any tax under the
laws of the United States or any state or locality, no Severance Benefits
payable at any time under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to
alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, attachment, or other legal
process, or encumbrance of any kind. Any attempt to alienate, sell, transfer,
assign, pledge or otherwise encumber any such Severance Benefits, whether
currently or thereafter payable, shall be void. No person shall, in any manner,
be liable for or subject to the debts or liabilities of any person entitled to
such benefits. If any person shall attempt to, or shall alienate, sell,
transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber his Severance Benefits under the
Plan, or if by any reason of his bankruptcy or other event happening at any
time, such benefits would devolve upon any other person or would not be enjoyed
by the person entitled thereto under the Plan, then the Administrator, in its
sole discretion, may terminate the interest in any such benefits of the person
entitled thereto under the Plan and hold or apply them for or to the benefit of
such person entitled thereto under the Plan or such person’s spouse, children
or other dependents, or any of them, in such manner as the Administrator may
deem proper.

 

VI.5        Employment Rights:  Establishment of the Plan shall not be
construed to in any way modify the parties’ at-will employment relationship, or
to give any Employee the right to be retained in the Company’s or any Affiliate’s
service or to any benefits not specifically provided by the Plan. The right of
an Employer to terminate the employment relationship of an Employee (or to
accelerate the termination date) will not in any way be affected by the terms
of this Plan or any Waiver and Release.

 

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VI.6        Severability:  Any provision herein that may be
unenforceable will be deemed severed from the remainder hereof, with such
remaining provisions being given full force and effect.

 

VI.7        Gender and Number:  Words in the masculine gender shall include
the feminine, and the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall
include the plural.

 

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THE ST.
PAUL TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC.

SEVERANCE
PLAN

(effective
April 1, 2004)

 

Severance
Payment Schedule A

 

Effective For
Terminations From

The St. Paul
Travelers Companies

 

This Schedule
A applies to Terminations of Employment due to a Reduction in Force (“RIF”). Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Schedule A, in order to be eligible for
the Severance Benefits scheduled below, the Employee must first execute a
Waiver and Release of all claims against the Employer in the form provided to
the Employee by the Employer.

 

I.                                         This Section I
of Schedule A applies to Terminations of Employment due to a RIF of any former
Travelers Property Casualty Corporation Employee, employed as a Regular Status,
Full-Time Employee immediately prior to April 1, 2004, who receives a Written
Notice of Termination on or after April 1, 2004 and before April 1, 2006 provided, however, that any Employee who is eligible for
Severance Benefits under Schedule B will receive such benefits in lieu of the
Severance Benefits under this Schedule A.

 

A.            Amount of
Severance Payment

 

The Employee will be eligible to receive a
Severance Benefit in an amount equal to two (2) weeks of his/her base salary as
of the date of termination for each full Year of Service with a minimum payment
equal to four (4) weeks of base salary and a maximum payment equal to fifty-two
(52) weeks of base salary.

 

The Employee will receive this Severance
Benefit in bi-weekly or semi-monthly payments beginning as soon as reasonably
practicable following the later of:  (i)
the date on which the Employee has a Termination of Employment due to a RIF; or
(ii) twenty-five (25) days after the Employee executes the Waiver and Release
in the form provided to the Employee by the Employer.

 

If the Employee is re-employed by the Company
or an Affiliate at a date subsequent to the payment of Severance Benefits under
this Schedule, as a condition of re-employment, any payments outstanding under
the terms of this Plan will cease.

 

B.            Continued Welfare
Benefits

 

The Employee (and dependents as applicable)
will be eligible to receive continuing medical, dental and life insurance
coverage for a period of one year following the date of termination. Coverage
will generally be on the same terms as apply to active employees. Employee will
share the cost of such coverage in the same proportion as a similarly-situated
active employee. Employee’s share of the cost of continued benefit coverage will
be deducted on a pre-tax basis from Employee’s bi-weekly severance payments. If
Employee’s bi-weekly severance payments end before the one year Continued
Welfare Benefits period, Employee will receive a monthly invoice from the
Company for Employee’s share of the cost of coverage on an after-tax basis. Employee
must timely remit payment or Continued Welfare Benefit coverage will end. If
Employee becomes reemployed and is eligible to receive medical and/or dental
and/or life insurance benefits from the new employer, Employee will cease
receiving such benefits from The St. Paul Travelers.

 

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C.            Possible
Reduction in Severance Benefits and Adjustment in Separation Date

 

If, after being informed of his/her Termination
of Employment, an Employee engages in insubordinate conduct, is disruptive in
the workplace, engages in conduct that otherwise damages the morale of his/her
work unit or the office as a whole, produces a significantly or consistently
inferior work product or abandons his/her job by taking repeated unapproved absences,
the Employer has the right to terminate the Employee immediately and accelerate
the Employee’s date of Termination of Employment, even if Employee has already
executed his/her Waiver and Release. Where the Employer invokes this right, the
Employee will be provided with an accelerated Termination of Employment date
and will be removed from the payroll and the Employer’s benefit plans as of the
new, earlier Termination of Employment date. In addition, the Employer will
have the right to reduce the Employee’s Severance Benefits consistent with the
earlier Termination of Employment date and, depending on the seriousness of the
performance issues, the Employer may also terminate entitlement to Severance
Benefits.

 

If, after being informed of his/her
Termination of Employment, an Employee accelerates his/her Termination of
Employment date due to death or Voluntary Termination, the Employer will have
the right to reduce the Employee’s Severance Benefits consistent with the
earlier Termination date and, except in the case of a Termination due to the
Employee’s death, the Employer may also terminate entitlement to Severance
Benefits.

 

D.            Relocation

 

An Employee who has relocated to his/her
current work site at the request of the Employer or as part of an initial Offer
of Employment and who, within twenty four (24) months of such relocation, or,
in the case of an initial Offer of Employment, within twenty-four (24) months
of such Offer of Employment, has a Termination of Employment due to a RIF, will
receive relocation benefits corresponding to the current St. Paul Travelers’
employee relocation plan that is closest to the plan originally provided to
Employee, provided that: (i) the Employee relocates within three (3) months of
the date of Termination of Employment; and (ii) in the latest relocation, the
Employee moves to a primary residence in one of the forty eight (48) contiguous
states within the United States of America. An Employee will be considered to
have relocated on the date on which he/she has actually physically relocated to
a new location. Proof of a rental or lease agreement or of an Offer of Purchase
for property in the new location may be required.

 

E.            Outplacement
Services

 

An Employee who has a Termination of
Employment due to a RIF will receive, at the Employer’s expense, professional
outplacement services. The cost, duration and content of these services shall
be determined by the Employer and may be modified from time to time without
notice to the general Employee population. The Employee will not be required to
sign a Waiver and Release as a condition to receiving such outplacement
services. An Employee who has a Voluntary Termination after receiving Written
Notice of Termination, but before the Termination of Employment date specified
in the Notice, will receive no additional outplacement services.

 

No other benefits are available under this Section I of Schedule A on
account of an Employee’s Termination of Employment.

 

II.                                     This Section II of
Schedule A applies to Terminations of Employment due to a RIF of any Employee
of The St. Paul Travelers who was (1) employed as a Regular Status, Part-Time
Employee by The St. Paul Companies, Inc., or Travelers Property Casualty Corporation
immediately prior to April 1, 2004; or (2) was hired as a Regular Status,
Full-Time Employee or Regular Status, Part-Time Employee by The St. Paul
Travelers Companies, Inc., on or after April 1, 2004; and who (3) receives a
Written Notice of Termination on or after April 1, 2004 provided,
however, that any Employee who is eligible for Severance Benefits
under Schedule B will receive such benefits in lieu of the Severance Benefits
under this Schedule A..

 

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A.                                   Amount
of Severance Payment

 

The Employee will be eligible to receive a
Severance Benefit in an amount equal to two (2) weeks of his/her base salary as
of the date of termination for each full Year of Service with a minimum payment
equal to four (4) weeks of base salary and a maximum payment equal to fifty-two
(52) weeks of base salary.

 

The Employee will receive this Severance
Benefit in bi-weekly or semi-monthly payments beginning as soon as reasonably
practicable following the later of:  (i)
the date on which the Employee has a Termination of Employment due to a RIF; or
(ii) twenty-five (25) days after the Employee executes the Waiver and Release
in the form provided to the Employee by the Employer.

 

If the Employee is re-employed by the Company
or an Affiliate at a date subsequent to the start of payment of Severance
Benefits under this Schedule, as a condition of re-employment, any payments
outstanding under the terms of this Plan will cease.

 

B.                                     Possible
Reduction in Severance Benefits and Adjustment in Separation Date

 

If, after being informed of his/her
Termination of Employment, an Employee engages in insubordinate conduct, is
disruptive in the workplace, engages in conduct that otherwise damages the morale
of his/her work unit or the office as a whole, produces a significantly or
consistently inferior work product or abandons his/her job by taking repeated
unapproved absences, the Employer has the right to terminate the Employee
immediately and accelerate the Employee’s date of Termination of Employment,
even if Employee has already executed his/her Waiver and Release. Where the
Employer invokes this right, the Employee will be provided with an accelerated
Termination of Employment date and will be removed from the payroll and the
Employer’s benefit plans as of the new, earlier Termination of Employment date.
In addition, the Employer will have the right to reduce the Employee’s
Severance Benefits consistent with the earlier Termination of Employment date
and, depending on the seriousness of the performance issues, the Employer may
also terminate entitlement to Severance Benefits.

 

If, after being informed of his/her
Termination of Employment, an Employee accelerates his/her Termination of
Employment date due to death or Voluntary Termination, the Employer will have
the right to reduce the Employee’s Severance Benefits consistent with the
earlier Termination of Employment date and, except in the case of a Termination
of Employment due to the Employee’s death, the Employer may also terminate
entitlement to Severance Benefits.

 

C.                                     Relocation

 

An Employee who has relocated to his/her
current work site at the request of the Employer or as part of an initial Offer
of Employment and who, within twenty-four (24) months of such relocation, or,
in the case of an initial Offer of Employment, within twenty-four (24) months
of such Offer of Employment, has a Termination of Employment due to a RIF, will
receive relocation benefits corresponding to the current St. Paul Travelers’
employee relocation plan that is closest to the plan originally provided to
Employee, provided that: (i) the Employee relocates within three (3) months of
the date of Termination of Employment; and (ii) in the latest relocation, the
Employee moves to a primary residence in one of the forty-eight (48) contiguous
states within the United States of America. An Employee will be considered to
have relocated on the date on which he/she has actually physically relocated to
a new location. Proof of a rental or lease agreement or of an Offer of Purchase
for property in the new location may be required.

 

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D.                                    Outplacement
Services

 

An Employee who has a Termination of
Employment due to a RIF will receive, at the Employer’s expense, professional
outplacement services. The cost, duration and content of these services shall
be determined by the Employer and may be modified from time to time without
notice to the general Employee population. The Employee will not be required to
sign a Waiver and Release as a condition to receiving such outplacement
services. An Employee who has a Voluntary Termination after receiving Written
Notice of Termination, but before the Termination of Employment date specified
in the Notice, will receive no additional outplacement services.

 

No other benefits are available under this Section II of Schedule A on
account of an Employee’s Termination of Employment.

 

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THE ST.
PAUL TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC.

SEVERANCE
PLAN

(effective
April 1, 2004)

 

Severance
Payment Schedule B

 

Executive
Severance Policy

 

This Schedule B applies to Terminations of
Employment due to a Reduction in Force (“RIF”) that occur on or after September
28, 2005 with respect to any Employee who is serving the Employer in a position
of Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President. In order
to be eligible for the Severance Benefits described below, the Employee must
first execute a Waiver and Release of all claims against the Employer in the
form provided to the Employee by the Employer.

 

For purposes of this Schedule B, “total
monthly cash compensation” equals one twelfth (1/12) of the Employee’s annual
base salary in effect at the time of his/her Termination of Employment plus one
twelfth (1/12) of the average of his/her two most recent cash payments under
the annual incentive compensation plan of the Company.

 

I.                                         This
Section I of Schedule B applies to Terminations of Employment due to RIF by
Employees who are Executive Vice Presidents.

 

The Employee will be eligible to receive a Severance Benefit in an
amount equal to the number of months specified in the chart below (determined
based on his/her Years of Service at Termination of Employment) multiplied by
his/her total monthly cash compensation:

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  Years of Service

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Less than 5

  	
   

  	
  5 but less than 10

  	
   

  	
  10 or more

  	
   

  
	
  Months of Severance Benefit

  	
   

  	
  18

  	
   

  	
  21

  	
   

  	
  24

  	
   

  

 

The Severance Benefit will be paid as follows:

 

A.                                 No amount will be paid
until the first day of the seventh month following the Employee’s Termination
of Employment.

 

B.                                   On the first day of
the seventh month following the Employee’s Termination of Employment, or as
soon as administratively practicable thereafter, the Employee will receive a
single lump-sum payment equal to one-half of his/her annual base salary in
effect at Termination of Employment.

 

C.                                   Starting with the
seventh month following the Employee’s Termination of Employment and continuing
for a total of six (6) months, the Employee will receive a monthly amount (paid
in accordance with the Company’s payroll practices) equal to one twelfth (1/12)
of his/her annual base salary in effect at the time of his/her Termination of Employment

 

D.                                  On the first day of
the month following the one year anniversary of the Employee’s Termination of
Employment, or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, the Employee
will receive a single lump-sum payment equal to his/her total Severance Benefit
calculated above, reduced by the previous payments made to the Employee under
A., B., and C.

 

II.                                     This
Section II of Schedule B applies to Terminations of Employment due to RIF by
Employees who are Senior Vice Presidents.

 

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The Employee will be eligible to receive a Severance Benefit in an
amount equal to the number of months specified in the chart below (determined
based on his/her Years of Service at Termination of Employment) multiplied by
his/her total monthly cash compensation:

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  Years of Service

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Less than 5

  	
   

  	
  5 but less than 10

  	
   

  	
  10 or more

  	
   

  
	
  Months of Severance Benefit

  	
   

  	
  12

  	
   

  	
  15

  	
   

  	
  18

  	
   

  

 

The Severance Benefit will be paid as follows:

 

A.                                 No amount will be paid
until the first day of the seventh month following the Employee’s Termination
of Employment.

 

B.                                   On the first day of
the seventh month following the Employee’s Termination of Employment, or as
soon as administratively practicable thereafter, the Employee will receive a
single lump-sum payment equal to one-half of his/her annual base salary in
effect at Termination of Employment.

 

C.                                   Starting with the seventh
month following the Employee’s Termination of Employment and continuing for a
total of six (6) months, the Employee will receive a monthly amount (paid in
accordance with the Company’s payroll practices) equal to one twelfth (1/12) of
his/her annual base salary in effect at the time of his/her Termination of Employment

 

D.                                  On the first day of
the month following the one year anniversary of the Employee’s Termination of
Employment, or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, the Employee
will receive a single lump-sum payment equal to his/her total Severance Benefit
calculated above, reduced by the previous payments made to the Employee under
A., B., and C.

 

III.                                 This
Section III of Schedule B applies to Terminations of Employment due to RIF by
Employees who are Vice Presidents.

 

The Employee will be eligible to receive a Severance Benefit in an
amount equal to the number of months specified in the chart below (determined
based on his/her Years of Service at Termination of Employment) multiplied by
his/her total monthly cash compensation:

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  Years of Service

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Less than 5

  	
   

  	
  5 but less than 10

  	
   

  	
  10 or more

  	
   

  
	
  Months of Severance Benefit

  	
   

  	
  6

  	
   

  	
  9

  	
   

  	
  12

  	
   

  

 

The Severance Benefit will be paid as follows:

 

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A.                                 In the case of an
Employee who is not a Specified Employee, such Employee will receive a monthly
amount (paid in accordance with the Company’s payroll practices) equal to one
twelfth (1/12) of his/her annual base salary in effect at the time of his/her
Termination of Employment, with payments commencing as soon as administratively
practicable following the later of (i) the date of the Employee’s Termination
of Employment; or (ii) twenty-five (25) days after the Employee executes the
Waiver and Release in the form provided to the Employee by the Employer. Such
payments will continue until the total payments to the Employee equal the full
Severance Benefit calculated above (with the final payment being equal to the
full Severance Benefit minus all prior monthly payments) or until twelve (12)
monthly payments have been made, whichever occurs first.

 

B.                                   If a Severance
Benefit remains after the monthly payments have been made under A., then, on
the first day of the month following the last such monthly payment, the
Employee will receive a single lump-sum payment equal to his/her total Severance
Benefit calculated above, reduced by the previous payments to the Employee made
under A.

 

In the case of an Employee who is a Specified Employee, such Employee’s
Severance Benefit will be paid as follows:

 

A.                                 No amount will be paid
until the first day of the seventh month following the Employee’s Termination
of Employment.

 

B.                                   On the first day of
the seventh month following the Employee’s Termination of Employment, or as
soon as administratively practicable thereafter, the Employee will receive a
single lump-sum payment equal to one-half of his/her annual base salary in
effect at Termination of Employment.

 

C.                                   Starting with the
seventh month following the Employee’s Termination of Employment, the Employee
will receive a monthly amount (paid in accordance with the Company’s payroll
practices) equal to one twelfth (1/12) of his/her annual base salary in effect
at the time of his/her Termination of Employment. Such payments will continue
until the total payments to the Employee made under B. and C. equal the full
Severance Benefit calculated above (with the final payment being equal to the
full Severance Benefit minus all prior payments made under B. or C.) or until
six (6) monthly payments have been paid, whichever occurs first.

 

D.                                  If a Severance
Benefit remains after the payments have been made under B. and C., then, on the
first day of the month following the last such monthly payment, the Employee
will receive a single lump-sum payment equal to his/her total Severance Benefit
calculated above, reduced by the previous payments to the Employee made under B
and C.

 

16Relm Exhibit 10.1

Exhibit 10.1

RELM WIRELESS CORPORATION

Form of Stock Option Agreement 

for 1997 Stock Option Plan

This Stock Option Agreement (this "Agreement"), dated as of ______ ___, 200__ (the "Grant Date"), is made between RELM Wireless Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), and ___________ (the "Optionee").  All capitalized terms used herein, but not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Stock Option Plan (as defined below).

RECITALS

A.

In accordance with the terms of the Company’s 1997 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the “Stock Option Plan”), the Committee has granted to the Optionee an Option as specified below, subject to the terms and conditions of the Stock Option Plan and this Agreement; and 

B.

The Optionee desires to accept the grant of the Options, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement.

Agreement

1.

Grant of Option.  Subject to the terms and conditions provided in this Agreement and in the Plan, the Company, as of the Grant Date, hereby grants to the Optionee an Option to purchase up to _________ (______) shares of common stock of the Company (the "Shares").  The Optionee shall be permitted to purchase the vested portion (as determined in accordance with Section 4 below) of the Optionee's Shares at any time after the Grant Date.  The terms of this Option shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the intent of the Company and the Optionee that the Option qualify as an Incentive Stock Option under Section 422 of the Code.  If any provision of the Stock Option Plan or this Agreement shall be impermissible in order for the Option to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, then the Option shall be construed and enforced as if such provision had never been included in the Stock Option Plan or the Option.  If and to the extent that the Option exceeds the limitations contained in Section 422 of the Code on the value of Shares with respect to which this Option may qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, this Option shall be a Non-Qualified Stock Option under Section 83 of the Code to the extent so required.

2.

Exercise Price.  The exercise  price for the Shares (the "Exercise Price") shall be $_____ per Share, which has been determined to be the fair market value of one Share as of the Grant Date.  The method of payment of the Exercise Price and of any applicable withholding or employment taxes shall consist of:

(a)

cash;

(b)

certified or official bank check;

(c)

money order;

(d)

shares of the Company’s common stock that have been held by the Optionee for at least six (6)  months (or held such other period of time the Committee determines will not cause the Company to recognize for financial accounting purposes a charge for compensation expense); 

(e)

the withholding of Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option; 

(f)

pursuant to broker-assisted “cashless exercise” procedure, by delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together with such other documentation, and subject to such guidelines, as the Committee shall require to effect an exercise of the Option and delivery to the Company by a licensed broker acceptable to the Company of proceeds from the sale of Shares or a margin loan sufficient to pay the exercise price and any applicable income or employment taxes;

(g) a promissory note; 

(h) a personal check; or

(i) any combination of the above.

3.

Term of Option.  Except as provided below, this Option shall expire, at the very latest, on ___________, 20__.  However, in the event the employment of the Optionee by the Company shall terminate (for a reason other than disability or death) prior to ____________, 20___, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, the Option shall expire as of the earlier of _____________, 20__ or sixty (60) days after the Optionee's effective date of termination.  In the event the Optionee's termination of employment is due to the Optionee's disability, as defined in the Plan, the Option shall expire as of the earlier of ______, 20___ or one hundred eighty (180) days after the Optionee's termination of employment due to disability.  Finally, in the event the Optionee shall die prior to the exercise of the Option, such Option shall expire as of the earliest of ___________, _____ or one hundred eighty (180) days after the Optionee's death.

4.

Vesting.  The Optionee may exercise the Option only to the extent that the Option shall have become vested at the time of exercise.  Subject to the Employee's being employed by the Company on such date, the Option shall become vested in accordance with the table set forth below.

Vesting Date

ISO Shares

Non-ISO Shares

_______, 20__

_______

_____

_______, 20__

_______

_____

_______, 20__

_______

_____

____________

_______

_____

In addition to the foregoing, and subject to the Employee's being employed by the Company on such date, as of the date immediately prior to a consummation of the sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets or a merger of the Company in which a majority in interest of the Company's then outstanding securities shall have been transferred to or issued to the other party thereto or the stockholders of such other party (a "Change of Control Event"), the vesting schedule set forth above shall be accelerated so that all of the remaining Option which has not then otherwise become vested shall become vested as of the date of such Change of Control Event.

5.

Options Non-Transferable.  The Option may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any manner other than by the Optionee's last will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and may be exercised during the Optionee's lifetime, only by the Optionee or the Beneficiary thereof.

6.

Right to Terminate Employment.  Nothing in the Stock Option Plan or this Agreement, or in any agreement entered into pursuant to the Stock Option Plan, shall confer upon the Optionee the right to continue in the employ or service of the Company or effect any right which the Company may have to terminate the employment or service of the Optionee regardless of the effect of such termination of employment or service on the rights of the Optionee under the Stock Option Plan or this Agreement.

7.

Restrictions on Certain Shares.  The Shares issued to the Optionee pursuant to the Stock Option Plan shall be subject to any and all federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations generally applicable to the common stock of the Company, including without limitation, any restrictions on the sale or other transfer of the Shares.  Any certificate representing such Shares shall contain a restrictive legend evidencing the existence of any such restrictions.

8.

Notification of Disposition. The Optionee hereby agrees to give prompt written notice to the Company of any disposition or other transfer of any of the Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of the Option under this Agreement if such disposition or transfer is made (a) within two (2) years from the Grant Date of the Option or (b) within one (1) year after the Optionee acquired the Shares by exercising the Option. Such notice shall specify the date of such disposition or other transfer and the amount realized, in cash, other property, assumption of indebtedness or other consideration, by the Optionee in such disposition or other transfer.

9.

Copy of Stock Option Plan.  The Optionee acknowledges the receipt of a copy of the Stock Option Plan, and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Stock Option Plan, the terms and conditions of which are incorporated herein by reference.

COMPANY:

OPTIONEE:

RELM WIRELESS CORPORATION

By:____________________________

_________________________

Name:

Title:

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