SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2015-07-30

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<a name="scdc85f552d41424faf8493e6764fcd00"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;text-indent:720px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Exhibit 10. 1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">OFFICER SPECIAL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Officer Special Severance Agreement (this &#8220;Agreement&#8221;), effective on ______________, 20__ (the &#8220;Effective Date&#8221;), is made between Rogers Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation, (herein referred to as the &#8220;Company&#8221;) and __________________ (the &#8220;Officer&#8221;). The Company and the Officer are collectively referred to herein as the &#8220;Parties&#8221; and individually referred to as a &#8220;Party.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">WITNESSETH THAT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, the Officer is employed by the Company or provides services directly or indirectly to the Company as a senior executive of the Company or one, or more than one, of the Company&#8217;s subsidiaries; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) has determined that the Company should provide certain compensation and benefits to the Officer in the event that the Officer&#8217;s employment is terminated on or after a change in the ownership or control of the Company under certain circumstances on the terms set forth below.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Purpose</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. The Company considers a sound and vital management team to be essential. Management personnel who become concerned about the possibility that the Company may undergo a Change in Control (as defined in Paragraph 2 below) may terminate employment or become distracted. Accordingly, the Board has determined to extend this Agreement to minimize the distraction the Officer may suffer from the possibility of a Change in Control.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Change in Control</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. The term &#8220;Change in Control&#8221; for purposes of this Agreement shall mean the earliest to occur of the following events during the Term (as defined in Paragraph 3(d) below):</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(a)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">closing of the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis to an unrelated person or entity,</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="ve