During the period you are serving as Executive Chairman, you will continue to be an officer and employee of the Company, and your duties and responsibilities in that role will be as follows: (i) oversight of the Company’s government affairs activities, (ii) counsel with respect to strategic initiatives, (iii) oversight and advice on the Company’s innovation initiatives, (iv) coordination and scheduling of corporate airplane use, (v) chairing and oversight of the activities of the Protective Life Foundation and (vi) continued active involvement as the Company’s representative to the Board of Directors of the American Council of Life Insurers. Additionally, the Company’s CEO will report to you and interface through you to the Board, provided that this reporting arrangement is not intended to diminish or impair in any way the Company’s CEO’s authority over, or ultimate responsibility for, the management, operations and financial results of the Company or ability to communicate with members of the Company’s Board.