FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION 2010 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

EX-10.1 2 dex101.htm FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION 2010 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN First Amendment to The Progressive Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan

Exhibit 10.1

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION

2010 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

WHEREAS, The Progressive Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) was approved by the Board of Directors on January 29, 2010 and will be submitted to shareholders for approval at the Company’s upcoming Annual Meeting of Shareholders; and

WHEREAS, it is deemed desirable to amend the Plan;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:

1. The definition of the term “Performance Goals”, as set forth in Section 1(c) of the Plan, is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“Performance Goals” means the performance goals selected and established by the Committee with respect to any Performance-Based Award, which shall be based on objective criteria relating to one or more of the following measures:

(i) Profitability:

 

   

combined ratio

 

   

target combined ratio

 

   

weighted combined ratio

 

   

variation in combined ratio from a targeted combined ratio

 

   

cohort combined ratio (the expected lifetime combined ratio for a group of policies commencing during a specified time period)

 

   

return on equity, or

 

   

return on revenue;

(ii) Growth:

 

   

policies in force

 

   

vehicles insured

 

   

drivers insured

 

   

earned premiums

 

   

earned premium per policy or per vehicle

 

   

earned car years

 

   

physical damage earned car years, or

 

   

written premiums; and

(iii) Other:

 

   

net income

 

   

net income per share, or

 

   

value of a share of Stock.

Performance goals may be measured on a company-wide, subsidiary or business unit basis, or any combination thereof. Performance goals may reflect absolute entity performance or a relative comparison of entity performance to the performance of a peer group of entities or other external measure.

2. Except as expressly modified hereby, the terms of the Plan shall be unchanged.