SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2018-02-15

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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.40</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TRAVELERS</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PERFORMANCE SHARES AWARD NOTIFICATION AND AGREEMENT</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(This award must be accepted within 90 days after the Grant Date shown below or it will be forfeited. Refer below to Section&nbsp;18.)</font></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Number of Performance Shares: &nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b>&#147;GRANTED&#148;</p> </td>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Performance Period:&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b>XXXXX XX, 20XX to XXXXX XX, 20XX</p> </td>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>Grant of Performance Shares.</b> This performance shares award is granted pursuant to The Travelers Companies,&nbsp;Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Stock Incentive Plan, as it may be amended from time to time (the &#147;Plan&#148;), by The Travelers Companies,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) to you (the &#147;Participant&#148;) as an employee of the Company or an affiliate of the Company (together, the &#147;Travelers Group&#148;). The Company hereby grants to the Participant as of the Grant Date an award (&#147;Award&#148;) for the initial number of performance shares set forth above pursuant to the Plan, as it may be amended from time to time, and subject to the terms, conditions, and restrictions set forth herein, including, without limitation, the conditions set forth in Section&nbsp;7.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </