FORM OF RELEASE Reference is hereby made to the Employment Agreement, dated as of ___, 200___(the “Employment Agreement”), by and between ___(the “Executive”) and Selective Insurance Group, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Employment Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Employment Agreement and in consideration of the payments to be made to the Executive by the Company, which Executive acknowledges are in excess of what Executive would otherwise be entitled to receive, the Executive hereby releases and forever discharges and holds the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company Parties” and each a “Company Party”), and the respective officers, directors, employees, partners, stockholders, members, agents, affiliates, successors and assigns and insurers of each Company Party, and any legal and personal representatives of each of the foregoing, harmless from all claims or suits, of any nature whatsoever (whether known or unknown), past, present or future, including those arising from the law, being directly or indirectly related to the Executive’s employment by or the termination of such employment by any Company Party, including, without limiting the foregoing, any claims for notice, pay in lieu of notice, wrongful dismissal, severance pay, bonus, overtime pay, incentive compensation, interest or vacation pay for the Executive’s service as an officer or director to any Company Party through the date hereof. The Executive also hereby agrees not to file a lawsuit asserting any such claims. This release (this “Release”) includes, but is not limited to, claims growing out of any legal restriction on any Company Party’s right to terminate its employees and claims or rights under federal, state, and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination (including, but not limited to, claims or rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990, and the laws of the State of New Jersey against discrimination, or any other federal or state statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of age, sex, race, color, handicap, religion, national origin, and sexual orientation, or any other federal, state or local employment law, regulation or other requirement) which arose before the date this Release is signed, excepting only claims in the nature of workers’ compensation, claims for vested benefits, and claims to enforce this agreement. The Executive acknowledges that because this Release contains a release of claims and is an important legal document, he has been advised to consult with counsel before executing it, that he may take up to [twenty-one (21)]1 [forty-five (45)]2 days to decide 1 Delete brackets and use text enclosed therewith if 45 days is not otherwise required by Section 7(f)(1)(F) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and/or 29 C.F.R. Part 1625. If 45 days is so required, delete bracketed text in its entirety. whether to execute it, and that he may revoke this Release by delivering or mailing a signed notice of revocation to the Company at its offices within seven (7) days after executing it. If Executive executes this Release and does not subsequently revoke the release within seven (7) days after executing it, then this Release shall take effect as a legally binding agreement between Executive and the Company. If Executive does not deliver to the Company an original signed copy of this Release by ___, or if Executive signs and revokes this Release within seven (7) days as set forth above, the Company will assume that Executive rejects the Release and Executive will not receive the payments referred to herein. The Executive acknowledges that there is a risk that after signing this Release he may discover losses or claims that are released under this Release, but that are presently unknown to him. The Executive assumes this risk and understands that this Release shall apply to any such losses and claims. The Executive understands that this Release includes a full and final release covering all known and unknown, injuries, debts, claims or damages which have arisen or may have arisen from Executive’s employment by or the termination of such employment by any Company party. The Executive acknowledges that by accepting the benefits and payments set forth in the Employment Agreement, he assumes and waives the risks that the facts and the law may be other than as he believes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Release does not release, and the Executive continues to be entitled to, (i) any rights to exculpation or indemnification that the Executive has under contract or law with respect to his service as an officer or director of any Company Party and (ii) receive the payments to be made to him by the Company pursuant to Section 3.3 and/or 3.4 of the Employment Agreement (including any plan, agreement or other arrangement that is referenced in or the subject of the applicable Section), subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3.5 of the Employment Agreement, (iii) any right the Executive may have to obtain contribution as permitted by law in the event of entry of judgment against him as a result of any act or failure to act for which he and any Company party are jointly liable, and (iv) any claim in respect of any insurance policy with any Company party entered into outside of the employment relationship. This Release constitutes the release referenced in Section 3.5 of the Employment Agreement. The undersigned Executive, having had the time to reflect, freely accepts and agrees to the above Release. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that no Company representative has made any representation to or agreement with the Executive relating to this Release which is not contained in the express terms of this Release. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the execution and delivery of this Release is based upon the 2 Delete brackets and use text enclosed therewith if 45 days is required by Section 7(f)(1)(F) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and/or 29 C.F.R. Part 1625. If 45 days is not so required, delete bracketed text in its entirety. Executive’s independent review of this Release, and the Executive hereby expressly waives any and all claims or defenses by the Executive against the enforcement of this Release which are based upon allegations or representations, projections, estimates, understandings or agreements by the Company or any of its representatives or any assumptions by the Executive that are not contained in the express terms of this Release. EXECUTIVE Date: [Attach disclosures required by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, if required]
Form of Notes The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Notes shall be substantially in the respective forms set forth in Exhibit A, the terms and provisions of which shall constitute, and are hereby expressly incorporated in and made a part of this Indenture. To the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. In the case of any conflict between this Indenture and a Note, the provisions of this Indenture shall control and govern to the extent of such conflict. Any Global Note may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture as may be required by the Custodian or the Depositary, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Notes may be listed or traded or designated for issuance or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject. Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends or endorsements as the Officer executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to usage or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject. Each Global Note shall represent such principal amount of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect redemptions, repurchases, cancellations, conversions, transfers or exchanges permitted hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in such manner and upon instructions given by the Holder of such Notes in accordance with this Indenture. Payment of principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, a Global Note shall be made to the Holder of such Note on the date of payment, unless a record date or other means of determining Holders eligible to receive payment is provided for herein.
