SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2018-11-08

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<div><a name="s36E0D40109825E407785D4C8DB988EBE"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">L14 <br>PERF</font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Under the W. R. Berkley Corporation 2018 Stock Incentive Plan</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of _______ __, 2018, by and between W. R. BERKLEY CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), and grantee as set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Grantee</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;). Important jurisdiction-specific modifications to this Agreement are contained in Exhibit B hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">W</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">I</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">T</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">N</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">E</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">S</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">S</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">E</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">T</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">H</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, the Grantee is an employee of the Company or subsidiary thereof, and the Company wishes to grant the Grantee a notional interest in shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock, par value $0.20 per share (the&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Stock</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), in the form of restricted stock units, subject to certain restrictions and on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, through the grant of these restricted stock units, the Company hopes to incentivize and retain the services of Grantee and encourage stock ownership by Grantee in order to give Grantee a proprietary interest in the Company&#8217;s success and align Grantee&#8217;s interest with those of the stockholders of the Company; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, the Restricted Stock Units (as defined below) awarded Grantee hereunder vest based on the Company&#8217;s performance during the applicable Performance Period (as defined below), however, the issuance of the Stock after vesting is generally deferred until ninety (90) days following Grantee&#8217;s &#8220;separation from service&#8221; (as such term is used in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Code</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;)); and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, the Company and Grantee recognize that if Grantee engages in certain activities during or, in certain instances, following the termination of