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Exhibit
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EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
(the “Agreement”) dated July 1, 2008 is made by
and between ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP. (the
“Company”) and PAUL KEGLEVIC (the
“Executive”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Company desires
to employ Executive and Executive desires to accept such employment
commencing on the Effective Date (as defined herein);
and
WHEREAS, the parties wish to
enter into this Agreement establishing certain terms and conditions
related to Executive’s employment.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and obligations
contained herein, the Company and Executive agree as
follows:
1. Term of Employment
. Subject to the provisions of Section 8 of this Agreement,
this Agreement and Executive’s employment hereunder shall be
effective as of July 1, 2008 (“Effective Date”)
and shall continue until the third anniversary of the Effective
Date (the “Initial Term”). Subject to the provisions of
Section 8 of this Agreement, the Initial Term shall be
extended as follows: (i) this Agreement shall automatically
renew for an additional one (1) year period commencing
immediately following the last day of the Initial Term and each one
(1) year period thereafter (each, a “Renewal
Term”), unless, the Company or Executive provides the other
party written notice of non-renewal at least sixty (60) days
prior to the end of the applicable term. The period during which
Executive is employed by the Company hereunder is hereinafter
referred to as the “Employment Term”.
2. Positions
.
a. During the Employment
Term, Executive shall serve as Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company. In such position, Executive shall
have such duties, authority and responsibilities as shall be
determined from time to time by the board of directors of the
Company (the “Board”), which duties, authority and
responsibilities shall be customary for Executive’s position
in a business of a similar size, type and nature to that of the
Company. Executive shall report to the Chief Executive Officer and
President of the Company with respect to his responsibilities to
the Company.
b. During the Employment
Term, Executive will devote Executive’s full business time
and best efforts to the performance of his duties hereunder and
will not engage in any other business, profession or occupation for
compensation or otherwise which would conflict or interfere with
the rendition of such services either directly or indirectly,
without the prior written consent of the Board; provided ,
however , that nothing herein shall preclude Executive from
serving on the outside board of directors of one other company and,
subject to the prior approval of the Board, which approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld, from accepting appointment to or
continuing to serve on such additional boards of directors or
trustees of any other business, corporation or charitable
organization; provided , further , that, in each
case, such activities do not conflict or interfere with the
performance of Executive’s duties hereunder or conflict with
Section 9.
3. Base Salary and Sign On
Bonus . During the Employment Term, the Company shall pay
Executive a base salary at the annual rate of $600,000, payable in
regular installments in accordance with the Company’s usual
payment practices. Executive shall be entitled to such increases,
if any, in his base salary as may be determined from time to time
in the sole discretion of the Board, in accordance with the
Company’s normal annual review process for executives.
Executive’s annual base salary, as in effect from time to
time, is hereinafter referred to as the “Base Salary”.
Additionally, Executive shall be entitled to $550,000 in sign on
bonuses, less applicable withholdings and deductions, payable as
follows: (a) $250,000 payable on or before Executive’s
second pay period of employment; (b) $150,000 payable on the
first pay period following Executive’s first anniversary of
employment; and (c) $50,000 payable on the first pay period
following Executive’s second, third, and fourth anniversaries
of employment.
4. Annual Bonus . With
respect to each full fiscal year during the Employment Term,
Executive shall have the opportunity to earn an annual bonus award
(the “Annual Bonus”) of 75% of his Base Salary
(“Annual Bonus Target”), as in effect at the beginning
of the applicable fiscal year, based upon the achievement of annual
performance targets established by the Board; provided ,
however , if Executive achieves superior performance targets
as established by the Board, then Executive shall be eligible to
receive a bonus award constituting 200% of his Annual Bonus Target.
The Annual Bonus, if any, shall be paid to Executive within two and
one half (2.5) months after the end of the applicable fiscal
year.
5. Stock Compensation;
Employee Benefits; Perquisites; Fringe Benefits .
a. Upon, or as soon as
practicable after the Effective Date, the Company shall grant
Executive: (i) an option to purchase 2,500,000 shares of
Company common stock (“Common Stock”) on terms and
conditions set forth in the Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement in
substantially the form attached as Exhibit I (such award, the
“Option Award”). The Option Award shall be subject to
the further terms and conditions of the Management
Stockholder’s Agreement and the Sale Participation Agreement
each in substantially the form attached as Exhibit III and IV,
respectively; and (ii) deferred share units (“Deferred
Share Units”) representing the right to receive 225,000
shares of Stock on terms and conditions set forth in the Deferred
Share Agreement in substantially the form attached as Exhibit II.
In addition, upon or as soon as practicable after the Effective
Date, Executive shall have the option to purchase an aggregate
number of shares of Stock with a fair market value of up to
$1,000,000. These awards shall be subject to the further terms and
conditions of the Management Stockholder’s Agreement and the
Sale Participation Agreement each in substantially the form
attached as Exhibit III and IV, respectively.
b. During the Employment
Term, Executive shall be entitled to participate in the
Company’s group health, life, disability and other active
employee and retiree welfare benefit plans and arrangements, and
tax qualified and nonqualified savings and pension benefit plans,
as in effect from time to time (collectively “Employee
Benefits”), on a basis which is no less favorable than is
provided to other similarly situated executives of the Company, to
the extent consistent with applicable law and the terms of the
applicable plans and standard perquisites.
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c. During the Employment
Term, Executive shall be entitled to fringe benefits consistent
with the practices of the Company. Fringe benefits shall be
provided to Executive to the extent the Company provides similar
benefits to other similarly situated Company executives.
6. Business Expenses .
Subject to the Company’s standard policies and procedures
with respect to expense reimbursement as applied to its executive
employees generally, the Company shall reimburse Executive for, or
pay on behalf of Executive, reasonable and appropriate expenses
incurred by Executive for business related purposes.
7. Relocation Expenses
. The Company shall reimburse Executive for all reasonable
relocation expenses directly related to Executive’s
relocation from the metropolitan Chicago, Illinois, area to the
metropolitan Dallas, Texas area in accordance with terms of the
Company’s relocation policy and as otherwise provided in
Appendix A hereto. To the extent the Company’s payment or
reimbursement of such expenses are required to be included in the
Executive’s income for income tax purposes or as wages for
employment tax purposes, the Company shall pay to the Executive an
amount necessary to “gross up” Executive for state and
federal income and employment tax purposes (and for such taxes on
such gross-up payment), which gross up amount shall be paid to
Executive no later than the end of the applicable calendar year in
which the expenses were incurred.
8. Termination . The
Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be
terminated by either the Company or Executive at any time and for
any reason; provided that, unless otherwise provided herein, either
party will be required to give the other party at least sixty
(60) days advance written notice of any termination of
Executive’s employment. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 8 shall
exclusively govern Executive’s rights upon termination of
employment with the Company and its Affiliates (as defined in
Section 9(c) below).
a. By the Company For
Cause or By Executive Due to Voluntary Resignation Without Good
Reason .
(i) The Employment Term and
Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the
Company for Cause (as defined below) or by Executive’s
voluntary resignation without Good Reason (as defined below). If
Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for
Cause, or if Executive resigns without Good Reason, Executive shall
be entitled to receive:
(A) within ten
(10) business days following the date of termination, accrued,
but unpaid Base Salary and unused vacation, earned through the date
of termination;
(B) accrued, but unpaid
Annual Bonus, earned for any previously completed fiscal year, paid
in accordance with Section 4 (except to the extent payment is
otherwise deferred pursuant to any applicable deferred compensation
arrangement with the Company);
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(C) reimbursement, within
sixty (60) days following submission by Executive to the
Company, as applicable, of appropriate supporting documentation,
for any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by
Executive in accordance with the Company’s policies prior to
the date of Executive’s termination; provided claims for such
reimbursement (accompanied by appropriate supporting documentation)
are submitted to the Company within ninety (90) days following
the date of Executive’s termination of employment;
(D) such Employee Benefits
and stock compensation, if any, as to which Executive may be
entitled under the employee benefit plans of the Company or any
agreement between the Company and Executive; and
(E) any amounts payable or
that may become payable pursuant to Section 8(e)(ii) and
Section 10(g) (the amounts described in clauses
(A) through (E) hereof being referred to as the
“Accrued Rights”).
Following such termination of
Executive’s employment by the Company for Cause or voluntary
resignation by Executive without Good Reason, except as set forth
in this Section 8(a)(i) and for any rights to indemnification
and claims for liability insurance coverage under officer and
director policies, Executive shall have no further rights to any
compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
(ii) For purposes of this
Agreement, the terms:
(A) “ Cause
” shall mean (i) if, in carrying out his duties to the
Company, Executive engages in conduct that constitutes (a) a
material breach of his fiduciary duty to the Company or its
shareholders (including, without limitation, a material breach or
attempted breach of the provisions under Section 9),
(b) gross neglect or (c) gross misconduct resulting in
material economic harm to the Company, provided that any such
conduct described in (a), (b) or (c) is not cured within
ten (10) business days after Executive receives from the
Company written notice thereof, or (ii) Executive’s
conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for,
a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude.
(B) “ Good
Reason ” shall mean (i) a reduction in
Executive’s Base Salary or Executive’s annual incentive
compensation opportunity (other than a general reduction in base
salary or annual incentive compensation opportunities that affects
all salaried employees of the Company equally); (ii) a
transfer of Executive’s primary workplace by more than
thirty-five (35) miles from the current workplace;
(iii) a substantial adverse change in Executive’s duties
or responsibilities; (iv) any material breach of this
Agreement; or (v) an adverse change in Executive’s line
of reporting to superior officers pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement; provided , however , that any isolated,
insubstantial and inadvertent failure by the Company that is not in
bad faith and is cured within ten (10) business days after
Executive gives the Company written notice of any such event set
forth above, shall not constitute Good Reason.
b. Disability or Death
.
(i) The Employment Term and
Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate upon
Executive’s death and may be terminated by the Company if
Executive has
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a Disability as hereinafter defined.
Upon termination of Executive’s employment hereunder for
either Disability or death, Executive or Executive’s estate
(as the case may be) shall be entitled to receive:
(A) the Accrued Rights;
and
(B) a pro-rata portion of the
Annual Bonus Target, if any, that Executive would have been
entitled to receive pursuant to Section 4 hereof for the
fiscal year of termination, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the number of days during which Executive was employed
by the Company in the fiscal year of Executive’s termination,
and the denominator of which is 365 (the “Pro-Rata
Bonus”), with such Pro-Rata Bonus payable to Executive
pursuant to Section 4 as if Executive’s employment had
not terminated.
Following Executive’s termination
of employment due to death or Disability, except as set forth in
this Section 8(b)(i) and for any rights to indemnification and
claims for liability insurance coverage under officer and director
policies, Executive shall have no further rights to any
compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
(ii) “Disability”
shall mean Executive’s physical or mental incapacitation and
consequent inability, with reasonable accommodation, for a period
of six consecutive months to perform Executive’s duties;
provided, however, in the event the Company temporarily replaces
Executive, or transfers Executive’s duties or
responsibilities to another individual, on account of
Executive’s mental or physical impairment for a period of
time which is covered by the Company’s short term disability
plan, Executive’s employment shall not be deemed terminated
by the Company and Executive shall not be able to resign with Good
Reason. Any question as to the existence of the Disability of
Executive as to which Executive and the Company cannot agree shall
be determined in writing by a qualified independent physician
mutually acceptable to Executive and the Company. If Executive and
the Company cannot agree as to a qualified independent physician,
each shall appoint a physician and those two physicians shall
select a third who shall make such determination in writing. The
determination of Disability made in writing to the Company and
Executive shall be final and conclusive for all purposes of the
Agreement and any other agreement with Executive that incorporates
this definition of “Disability”.
c. By the Company Without
Cause; Resignation by Executive for Good Reason . The
Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be
terminated by the Company without Cause (other than by reason of
death or Disability) or upon Executive’s resignation for Good
Reason. If Executive’s employment is terminated by the
Company without Cause (other than by reason of death or Disability)
or Executive resigns for Good Reason (except as otherwise provided
in Section 8(e)), Executive shall be entitled to
receive:
(i) the Accrued
Rights;
(ii) provided Executive
(x) does not violate the restrictions set forth in
Section 9 of this Agreement and (y) executes, delivers
and does not revoke a general release of claims against the
Company, its subsidiaries and its stockholders (excluding claims
for indemnification, claims for coverage under officer and director
policies, and claims as a stockholder of the Company):
(A) for a termination
occurring on or prior to the second anniversary of the Effective
Date, a lump sum payment equal to two (2) times the sum of:
(1) Executive’s annualized Base Salary and
(2) Executive’s Annual Bonus Target, payable as soon as
practicable but no later than the earlier of:
(i) March 15 following the calendar year in which
termination occurs or (ii) ninety (90) days following
termination; or
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(B) for a termination
occurring after the second anniversary of the Effective Date, a
lump sum payment of an amount equal to: (1) two (2) times
Executive’s Base Salary, (2) the Pro-Rata Bonus, and
(3) the matching contributions which would have been made on
behalf of Executive pursuant to the Company’s Salary Deferral
Program had Executive continued his participation in such plan as
in effect on the date of such termination for an additional twelve
(12) months, payable as soon as practicable but no later than
the earlier of: (i) March 15 following the calendar year
in which termination occurs or (ii) ninety (90) days
following termination.
(C) Executive, his spouse and
eligible dependents (to the extent covered immediately prior to
such termination) shall continue to be eligible to participate in
all of the Company’s group health plans on the same terms and
conditions as active employees of the Company until the earlier of
(x) two (2) years from the date of termination of
Executive’s employment (the “Severance Period”),
to the extent that Executive was eligible to participate in such
plans immediately prior to the date of termination, or
(y) until Executive is, or becomes, eligible for comparable
coverage under the group health plans of a subsequent employer,
provided that, if Executive continues to receive benefits pursuant
to this Section 8(c)(ii)(C) during a period of time during
which, in the absence of the benefits provided in this
Section 8(c)(ii)(C), Executive would not otherwise be entitled
to continuation coverage under Section 4980B of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”),
Executive shall receive reimbursement for all medical expenses on
the date no later than the end of the calendar year immediately
following the calendar year in which the applicable expenses have
been incurred. The COBRA health care continuation coverage period
under Section 4980B of the Code, or any replacement or
successor provision of United States tax law, shall run
concurrently with the Severance Period.
Following Executive’s termination
of employment by the Company without Cause (other than by reason of
Executive’s death or Disability) or upon Executive’s
resignation for Good Reason, except as set forth in this
Section 8(c) or otherwise provided in Section 8(e) and
for any rights to indemnification and claims for liability
insurance coverage under officer and director policies, Executive
shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other
benefits under this Agreement.
d. Expiration of
Employment Term .
(i) In the event Executive
elects not to extend the Employment Term pursuant to
Section 1, unless Executive’s employment is earlier
terminated pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b), (c), or (e) of
this Section 8, the Employment Term shall expire
and
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Executive’s employment hereunder
shall terminate on the close of business on the day immediately
preceding the commencement of a subsequent Renewal Term, and
Executive shall be entitled to receive the Accrued Rights and the
rights set forth in Section 8(d)(ii) below.
(ii) In the event the Company
elects not to extend the Employment Term pursuant to
Section 1, unless Executive’s employment is earlier
terminated pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b), (c), or (e) of
this Section 8, the Employment Term shall expire and
Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate on the close
of business on the day immediately preceding the commencement of a
subsequent Renewal Term, and Executive shall be entitled to receive
the payments and benefits applicable to a termination of
Executive’s employment without Cause pursuant to
Section 8(c) or Section 8(e), as applicable. Except as
set forth in this Section 8(d)(ii) and for any rights to
indemnification and claims for liability insurance coverage under
officer and director policies, Executive shall have no further
rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this
Agreement.
e. Change in Control
.
Notwithstanding any provision
contained herein, if Executive’s employment is terminated by
the Company without Cause (other than by reason of death or
Disability) or if Executive resigns for Good Reason, in either
case, within twenty-four (24) months following a Change in
Control (as defined in the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan for Key
Employees of Energy Future Holdings Corp. and its Affiliates),
Executive shall be entitled to receive:
(i) the Accrued
Rights;
(ii) provided Executive
(x) does not violate the restrictions set forth in
Section 9 of this Agreement and (y) executes, delivers
and does not revoke a general release of claims against the
Company, its subsidiaries and its stockholders (excluding claims
for indemnification, claims for coverage under officer and director
policies, and claims as a stockholder of the Company), a lump sum
payment equal to two times the sum of: (1) Executive’s
annualized Base Salary and (2) Executive’s Annual Bonus
Target payable as soon as practicable but no later than the earlier
of: (i) March 15 following the calendar year in which
termination occurs or (ii) ninety (90) days following
termination; and
(iii) provided Executive
(x) does not violate the restrictions set forth in
Section 9 of this Agreement and (y) executes, delivers
and does not revoke a general release of claims against the
Company, its subsidiaries and its stockholders (excluding claims
for indemnification, claims for coverage under officer and director
policies, and claims as a stockholder of the Company), Executive,
his spouse and eligible dependents (to the extent covered
immediately prior to such termination) shall continue to be
eligible to participate in all of the Company’s group health
plans on the same terms and conditions as active employees of the
Company until the earlier of (x) termination of the Severance
Period, to the extent that Executive was eligible to participate in
such plans immediately prior to the date of termination, or
(y) until Executive is, or becomes, eligible for comparable
coverage under the group health plans of a subsequent employer,
provided that, if Executive continues to receive benefits pursuant
to this Section 8(e)(i)(C) during a period of time during
which, in the absence of the
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benefits provided in this
Section 8(e)(i)(C) Executive would not otherwise be entitled
to continuation coverage under Section 4980B of the Code,
Executive shall receive reimbursement for all medical expenses on
the date no later than the end of the calendar year immediately
following the calendar year in which the applicable expenses have
been incurred. The COBRA health care continuation coverage period
under Section 4980B of the Code, or any replacement or
successor provision of United States tax law, shall run
concurrently with the Severance Period.
Following Executive’s termination
of employment without Cause (other than by reason of
Executive’s death or Disability) or upon Executive’s
resignation for Good Reason, in either case, within twenty-four
(24) months following a Change in Control, except as set forth
in this Section 8(e) and for any rights to indemnification and
claims for liability insurance coverage under officer and director
policies, Executive shall have no further rights to any
compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
f. Notice of
Termination . Any purported termination of employment by the
Company or by Executive (other than due to Executive’s death)
shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other
party hereto in accordance with Section 10(j) hereof. For
purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination”
shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination
provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in
reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a
basis for termination of employment under the provision so
indicated.
g. Section 4999 .
If, by reason of, or in connection with, any transaction that
occurs after the Effective Date, Executive would be subject to the
imposition of the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the
Code related to Executive’s employment with or Company or
Holdings, whether before or after termination of Executive’s
employment, but the imposition of such tax could be avoided by
approval of shareholders described in Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of
the Code, then Executive may cause the Company or Holdings to seek
such approval, in which case the Company and Holdings will use
their reasonable best efforts to cause such approval to be obtained
and Executive will cooperate and execute such waivers as may be
necessary so that such approval avoids imposition of any excise tax
under Section 4999. If Executive fails to cause the Company or
Holdings to seek such approval, or if Executive does cause the
Company or Holdings to seek such approval, but fails to cooperate
and execute such waivers as may be necessary in the approval
process, Exhibit V shall not apply and Executive shall not be
entitled to any gross-up payment for any resulting tax under
Section 4999. If such approval, even if sought and obtained,
would not avoid imposition of the excise tax imposed under
Section 4999, then the provisions of Exhibit V attached hereto
shall apply without any precedent obligation of Executive to seek
such approval.
9. Restrictive
Covenants .
a. In consideration of the
Company entering into this Agreement with Executive and hereby
promising and committing itself to provide Executive with
Confidential Information and/or specialized training after
Executive executes this Agreement, Executive shall not, directly or
indirectly:
(i) at any time during or
after the Employment Term, disclose any Confidential Information
pertaining to the business of the Company, the Sponsor Group, or
any of their respective Affiliates, except when required to perform
his duties to the Company or one of its Affiliates, or by law or
judicial process, provided that Executive gives the Company
reasonable notice of any legal or judicial proceeding requiring
Executive to disclose Confidential Information and an opportunity
to challenge the disclosure of any such information, and Executive
agrees to provide such reasonable notice in writing to:
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General Counsel
Energy Future Holdings
Corp.
1601 Bryan
Street, 6 th Floor
Dallas, Texas
75201
(214) 812-6032
(facsimile);
(ii) at any time during the
Employment Term and for a period of eighteen (18) months
thereafter (the “Non-Compete Period”), directly or
indirectly, act as a proprietor, investor, director, officer,
employee, substantial stockholder, consultant, or partner in any
Competing Business in Texas or any other geographic area in which
Texas Energy Future Holdings Limited Partnership, the Company or
any of their respective subsidiaries operates or conducts business;
or
(iii) at any time during the
Employment Term and for a period of eighteen (18) months
thereafter, directly or indirectly (A) solicit customers or
clients of the Company or any of its Affiliates to terminate their
relationship with the Company or any of its Affiliates or otherwise
solicit such customers or clients to compete with any business of
the Company or any of its Affiliates, or (B) solicit or offer
employment to any person who is, or has been at any time during the
twelve (12) months immediately preceding the termination of
Executive’s employment, employed by the Company or any of its
Affiliates;
provided that in each of (ii) and
(iii) above, such restrictions shall not apply with respect to
any member of the Sponsor Group or any of its Affiliates that is
not engaged in any business that competes, directly or indirectly,
with the Company or any of its subsidiaries in any geographic area
where they operate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purposes
of Section 9(a), (A) Executive may, directly or
indirectly own, solely as an investment, securities of any Person
engaged in the business of the Company or its Affiliates which are
publicly traded on a national or regional stock exchange or
quotation system or on the over-the-counter market if Executive
(I) is not a controlling person of, or a member of a group
which controls, such person and (II) does not, directly or
indirectly, own 5% or more of any class of securities of such
Person, and (B) the Non-Compete Period shall not be triggered
by any exercise of tag-along rights under the Sale Participation
Agreement entered into between Executive and Texas Energy Future
Holdings Limited Partnership (the “Sale Participation
Agreement”) or Drag Transaction (as defined in the Sale
Participation Agreement) that may occur after the date
hereof.
b. Notwithstanding clause
(a) above, if at any time a court holds that the restrictions
stated in such clause (a) are unreasonable or otherwise
unenforceable under circumstances then existing, the parties hereto
agree that the maximum period, scope or geographic area determined
to be reasonable under such circumstances by such court will
be
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substituted for the stated period, scope
or area. Because Executive’s services are unique and because
Executive has had access to Confidential Information, the parties
hereto agree that money damages will be an inadequate remedy for
any breach of this Agreement. In the event of a breach or
threatened breach of this Agreement, the Company or its successors
or assigns may, in addition to other rights and remedies existing
in their favor, apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for
specific performance and/or injunctive relief in order to enforce,
or prevent any violations of, the provisions hereof (without the
posting of a bond or other security). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event Executive breaches the covenants set forth
in Section 9(a), the Company’s rights and remedies with
respect Executive’s Options, Option Stock, and Stock and
payments related thereto, as those terms are defined in the
Management Stockholder’s Agreement between Executive and the
Company (the “MSA”), shall be limited to those set
forth in Section 22(c) of the MSA.
c. For purposes of this
Agreement, the terms listed below shall be defined as
follows:
(i) Affiliate shall
mean with respect to any Person, any entity directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
Person; provided, however, for purposes of this Agreement, Texas
Energy Future Co-Invest, LP shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate
of the Sponsor Group or any member of the Sponsor Group.
(ii) Competing
Business shall mean any business that directly or indirectly
competes, at the relevant determination date, with one or more of
the businesses of the Company or any of its Affiliates in any
geographic area where Texas Energy Future Holdings Limited
Partnership, the Company, or any of their respective subsidiaries
operates.
(iii) Confidential
Information shall mean information: (i) disclosed to or
known by Executive as a consequence of or through his employment
with the Company or any Affiliate; (ii) not publicly available
or not generally known outside the Company or any Affiliate; and
(iii) that relates to the business and development of the
Company or any Affiliate. Any information that does not meet each
of the criteria listed above (in subsections (i) –
(iii)) shall not constitute Confidential Information. By way of
example, Confidential Information shall include but not be limited
to the following: all non-public information or trade secrets of
the Company or any Affiliate that gives the Company or any
Affiliate a competitive business advantage or the opportunity of
obtaining such advantage, or disclosure of which might be
detrimental to the interests of the Company or any Affiliate;
information regarding the Company’s or any Affiliate’s
business operations, such as financial and sales data (including
budgets, forecasts, and historical financial data), operational
information, plans, and strategies; business and marketing
strategies and plans for various products and services; rate and
regulatory strategy and plans; information regarding suppliers,
consultants, employees, and contractors; technical information
concerning products, equipment, services, and processes;
procurement procedures; pricing and pricing techniques; information
concerning past, current and prospective customers, investors, and
business affiliates; plans or strategies for expansion or
acquisitions; budgets; research; trading methodologies and terms;
communications information; evaluations, opinions, and
interpretations of information and data; marketing and
merchandising techniques; electronic databases; models;
specifications; computer programs; contracts; bids or proposals;
technologies and methods; training methods and processes;
organizational structure;
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personnel information; payments or rates
paid to consultants or other service providers; and the
Company’s or any Affiliate’s files, physical or
electronic documents, equipment, and proprietary data or material
in whatever form including all copies of all such materials. By way
of clarification (but not limitation), information that Executive
conceived or developed during his employment with the Company or
learned from other employees or contractors of the Company that
meets the definition of Confidential Information shall be treated
as such.
(iv) Person shall mean
“person,” as such term is used for purposes of
Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (or any successor thereto).
(v) Restricted Group
shall mean, collectively the Company, its subsidiaries, the members
of the Sponsor Group and their respective Affiliates.
(vi) Sponsor Group
shall mean Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., TPG Capital
L.P., and Goldman, Sachs & Co.
10. Miscellaneous
.
a. Governing Law .
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Texas without regard to conflicts of
laws principles thereof.
b. Entire Agreement .
Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement contains the
entire understanding of the parties with respect to the employment
of Executive by the Company and/or its Affiliates and supersedes
all prior agreements and understandings. There are no restrictions,
agreements, promises, warranties, covenants or undertakings between
the parties with respect to the subject matter herein other than
those expressly set forth herein.
c. No Waiver . The
failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of
this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver of
such party’s rights or deprive such party of the right
thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any
other term of this Agreement.
d. Severability . In
the event that any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement
shall be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected
thereby.
e. Assignment . This
Agreement, and all of Executive’s rights and duties
hereunder, shall not be assignable or delegable by Executive. Any
purported assignment or delegation by Executive in violation of the
foregoing shall be null and void ab initio and of no force and
effect. This Agreement may be assigned by the Company to a person
or entity which is an Affiliate or a successor in interest to
substantially all of the business operations of the Company,
provided that the assignee expressly assumes all of the
Company’s obligations under this Agreement and all other
related agreements to which Executive and the Company are parties.
Upon such assignment, the rights and obligations of the Company
hereunder shall become the rights and obligations of such Affiliate
or successor person or entity.
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f. Set Off; Mitigation
. The Company’s obligation to pay Executive the amounts
provided and to make the arrangements provided hereunder shall not
be subject to setoff, counterclaim or recoupment of amounts owed by
Executive to the Company or its Affiliates. Executive shall not be
required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for
pursuant to this Agreement by seeking other employment and, except
as expressly provided herein, no amount payable hereunder shall be
reduced by any payments or benefits received from such subsequent
employment.
g. Compliance with
Section 409A of the Code . Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, if, at the time of Executive’s termination
of employment with the Company, the Company has securities which
are publicly traded on an established securities market, and
Executive is a “specified employee” (as defined in
Section 409A of the Code), and the deferral of the
commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable pursuant
to Section 8 as a result of such termination of employment is
necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax
under Section 409A of the Code, then, to the extent permitted
by Section 409A of the Code, the Company will defer the
commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits
hereunder (without any reduction in such payments or benefits
ultimately paid or provided to Executive) until the date that is
six (6) months following Executive’s termination of
employment with the Company (or the earliest date as is permitted
under Section 409A of the Code), provided that amounts which
do not exceed the limits set forth in Section 402(g)(1)(B) of
the Code in the year of such termination shall be payable
immediately upon termination. If any payments or benefits are
deferred due to such requirements, such amounts will be paid in a
lump sum to Executive at the end of such six (6) month period.
The Company shall consult with Executive in good faith regarding
the implementation of the provisions of this
Section 10(g).
h. Indemnity . The
Company, Texas Energy Future Holdings Limited Partnership and Texas
Energy Future Merger Sub Corp. shall indemnify and hold Executive
harmless for all acts and omissions occurring during his employment
or service as a member of the Board of the Company and of such
other companies (as applicable), or both, to the maximum extent
provided under each of the Company’s and such other
companies’ charters, certificates of formation, limited
partnership agreements, by-laws and applicable law. During the
Employment Term and for a term of six (6) years thereafter,
the Company, or any successor to the Company, and such other
companies, above, and their successors, shall purchase and
maintain, at their own expense, directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance providing coverage for
Executive in the same amount as for members of the
Board.
i. Successors; Binding
Agreement . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon personal or legal representatives, executors,
administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and
legatees. In the event of Executive’s death before receiving
all amounts and benefits due to him hereunder, such amounts shall
be payable to Executive’s estate or as otherwise provided
under applicable benefit plans or arrangements.
j. Notice . For the
purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications
provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight
courier or three (3) days after it has been mailed by United
States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
addressed to
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the respective addresses set forth below
in this Agreement, or to such other address as either party may
have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith,
except that notice of change of address shall be effective only
upon receipt.
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Energy Future Holdings Corp.
1601 Bryan Street
Dallas, Texas 75201-3411
Attention: Chief Executive
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k. Executive
Representation . Executive hereby represents to the Company
that the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Executive and
the performance by Executive of Executive’s duties hereunder
shall not constitute a breach of, or otherwise contravene, the
terms of any employment agreement, separation agreement or other
agreement or policy to which Executive is a party or otherwise
bound.
l. Captions; Section
References . The captions included herein are for convenience
of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or
interpretation hereof. All references to sections of statutes,
regulations or rules shall be deemed to be references to any
successor sections.
m. Further Assurances
. The parties shall, with reasonable diligence, do all things and
provide all reasonable assurances as may be required to complete
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and each party
shall provide such further documents or instruments required by any
other party as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to give
effect to this Agreement and carry out its provisions.
n. Cooperation . For a
period of six (6) years after his termination, Executive shall
provide Executive’s reasonable cooperation in connection with
any action or proceeding (or any appeal from any action or
proceeding) which relates to events occurring during
Executive’s employment hereunder, provided that the Company
shall use reasonable efforts to avoid material interference with
Executive’s business or personal activities. The Company
shall pay all of Executive’s reasonable expenses incurred in
connection with providing such cooperation.
o. Withholding Taxes .
The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this
Agreement such Federal, state and local taxes as may be required to
be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or
regulation.
p. Counterparts . This
Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and
hereto were upon the same instrument.
q. Amendments . This
Agreement may not be altered, modified, or amended except by
written instrument signed by the parties hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and
year first above written.
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Exhibit I
Non-Qualified Stock Option
Agreement
Paul
Keglevic
THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of
July 1, 2008 (the “ Grant Date ”) is made
by and between Energy Future Holdings Corp., a Texas corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the “ Company ”),
and the individual whose name is set forth on the signature page
hereof, who is an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary or
Affiliate of the Company, hereinafter referred to as the “
Optionee ”. Any capitalized terms herein not otherwise
defined in Article I shall have the meaning set forth in the 2007
Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of Energy Future Holdings
Corp. and its Affiliates (the “ Plan
”).
WHEREAS, the Company wishes
to carry out the Plan, the terms of which are hereby incorporated
by reference and made a part of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Compensation
Committee of the Board of the Company (or, if no such committee is
appointed, the Board or another duly authorized committee thereof)
(the “ Committee ”) has determined that it would
be to the advantage and best interest of the Company and its
shareholders to grant the Option provided for herein to the
Optionee as an incentive for increased efforts during his term of
office with the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, and has
advised the Company thereof and instructed the undersigned officers
to issue said Option;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other
good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever the following terms
are used in this Agreement, they shall have the meaning specified
below unless the context clearly indicates to the
contrary.
Section 1.1 Cause
“Cause” shall
mean “Cause” as such term may be defined in any
employment agreement or change-in-control agreement in effect at
the time of termination of employment between the Optionee and the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or, if there is
no such employment or change-in-control agreement,
“Cause” shall mean, with respect to an Optionee:
(i) if, in carrying out his duties to the Company, the
Optionee engages in conduct that constitutes (a) a material
breach of his fiduciary duty to the Company or its shareholders
(including, without limitation a material breach or attempted
breach of the restrictive covenants under the Management
Stockholder’s Agreement), (b) gross neglect or
(c) gross misconduct resulting in material economic harm to
the Company, provided that any such conduct described in (a),
(b) or (c) is not cured within ten (10) business
days after the Optionee receives from the Company written notice
thereof, or (ii) Optionee’s conviction of, or entry of a
plea of guilty or nolo contendere for, a felony or other crime
involving moral turpitude.
Section 1.2. Closing
“Closing” shall
mean the time of the closing of the transactions contemplated by
the Merger Agreement.
Section 1.3. Closing
Date
“Closing Date”
shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in the Merger
Agreement.
Section 1.4. Disability
“Disability”
shall mean “Disability” as such term is defined in any
employment agreement between the Optionee and the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, or, if there is no such employment agreement,
“Disability” shall mean the Optionee’s physical
or mental incapacitation and consequent inability for a period of
six consecutive months to perform the Optionee’s duties;
provided , however , in the event the Company
temporarily replaces the Optionee, or transfers the
Optionee’s duties or responsibilities to another individual,
on account of the Optionee’s mental or physical impairment
for a period of time which is covered by the Company’s short
term disability plan, the Optionee’s employment shall not be
deemed terminated by the Company and the Optionee shall not be able
to resign with Good Reason.
Section 1.5 Extended Exercise
Date
“Extended Exercise
Date” shall mean the earlier of: (i) the tenth
anniversary of the Grant Date; or (ii) the later of the date:
(A) one hundred and eighty (180) days following the date
of an Optionee’s termination of employment with the Company
and all Service Recipients and (B) thirty (30) days
following the first date on which the Optionee could exercise the
Option and immediately resell the Shares acquired upon such
exercise for cash consideration. A
Section 1.6 Fair Market
Value
“Fair Market
Value” shall mean, for the purposes of the Plan and this
Agreement and notwithstanding the definition contained in the Plan:
(i) if there is a public market for the Shares on such date,
the average of the high and low closing bid prices of the shares of
Common Stock on such stock exchange on which the Shares are
principally trading on the date in question, or, if there were no
sales on such date, on the closest preceding date on which there
were sales of Shares or, (ii) if there is no public market for
the Shares, on a per Share basis, the fair market value of the
Common Stock on any given date, as determined reasonably and in
good faith by the Board, which shall not take into account any
minority interest discount and shall not take into account a
discount for illiquidity of shares of Common Stock held by an
Optionee in excess of any illiquidity discount applicable to shares
of Common Stock generally; provided that if the Board’s
determination under this clause (ii) is not based on a
valuation completed by an independent valuation firm within the 6
months preceding the Board’s determination, the Optionee may
require the Company to retain an independent valuation firm to
determine the fair market value (and the Company will bear the cost
of such appraisal, unless the appraised value is 110% or less of
the fair market value as determined by the Board, in which case the
Optionee will bear the cost of such appraisal).
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Section 1.7 Fiscal Year
“Fiscal Year”
shall mean each of the 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 fiscal years
of the Company.
Section 1.8 Good Reason
“Good Reason”
shall mean “Good Reason” as such term may be defined in
any employment agreement or change-in-control agreement in effect
at the time of termination of employment between the Optionee and
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or, if there
is no such employment or change-in-control agreement, “Good
Reason” shall mean (i) a reduction in the
Optionee’s base salary or the Optionee’s annual
incentive compensation opportunity (other than a general reduction
in base salary or annual incentive compensation opportunities that
affects all salaried employees of the Company equally); (ii) a
transfer of the Optionee’s primary workplace by more than
thirty-five (35) miles from the current workplace;
(iii) a substantial adverse change in the Optionee’s
duties and responsibilities; (iv) any material breach by the
Company of this Agreement, the Management Stockholder’s
Agreement, or the Optionee’s employment agreement; or
(v) an adverse change in the Optionee’s line of
reporting to superior officers pursuant to the terms of his
employment agreement or change-in-control agreement;
provided , however , removal of the Optionee from the
position of chief financial officer of the Company upon the hiring
of a successor, or any isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent
failure by the Company that is not in bad faith and is cured within
ten (10) business days after the Optionee gives the Company
written notice of any such event set forth above, shall not
constitute Good Reason.
Section 1.9 Job
Elimination
“Job Elimination”
shall mean the termination of an Optionee’s employment
without Cause by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates in either of Fiscal Year 2011 or 2012 due to the
elimination of the Optionee’s job position, to the extent
determined by the Chief Executive Officer and approved by the
Committee.
Section 1.10 Liquidity
Event
“Liquidity Event”
shall mean the first to occur of any transaction or completion of a
series of transactions that results, directly or indirectly, in the
Sponsor Group or their Affiliates realizing in respect of their
Shares cash and/or publicly traded securities (includes shares of
Common Stock held by the Sponsor Group or their Affiliates, if then
publicly traded and freely marketable securities) having a market
value that at least equals the Sponsor Return or the Sponsor IRR,
provided that if more than 25% of the aggregate amount realized is
in the form of publicly traded securities, no portion of such
excess may be taken into account in determining the Sponsor Return
or Sponsor IRR until such securities are sold for cash in
accordance with Section 3.1(d).
Section 1.11 Management
Stockholder’s Agreement
“Management
Stockholder’s Agreement” shall mean that certain
Management Stockholder’s Agreement between the Optionee and
the Company.
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Section 1.12 Marketable
Securities
“Marketable Securities”
shall mean (i) prior to a public offering, the equity
securities of any acquiring entity that gains control of the
Company or (ii) the registered Shares of the Company following
a public offering.
Section 1.13 Measurement
Date
“Measurement Date” shall
mean any date upon which a Liquidity Event occurs.
Section 1.14. Merger
Agreement
“Merger Agreement” shall
mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among TXU Corp., Texas
Energy Future Holdings Limited Partnership, and Texas Energy Future
Merger Sub Corp., dated February 25, 2007.
Section 1.15 Option
“Option” shall
mean the aggregate of the Time Option and the Performance Option
granted under Section 2.1 of this Agreement.
Section 1.16 Parent
“Parent” shall
mean Texas Energy Future Holdings Limited Partnership, a Delaware
Limited Partnership.
Section 1.17 Performance
Option
“Performance
Option” shall mean the right and option to purchase, on the
terms and conditions set forth herein, all or any part of an
aggregate of the number of shares of Common Stock set forth on the
signature page hereof opposite the term Performance
Option.
Section 1.18 Retirement
“Retirement”
shall mean the Optionee’s retirement at age 55 or over after
having been employed by the Company or a Subsidiary or Parent for
at least ten (10) consecutive years (with at least five
consecutive years of employment following the Closing
Date).
Section 1.19 Secretary
“Secretary” shall
mean the Secretary of the Company.
Section 1.20 Sponsor IRR
“Sponsor IRR”
shall mean an amount equal to a pretax compounded annual internal
rate of return of at least 20% on the aggregate amount paid by the
Sponsor Group for all of their Shares. For the avoidance of doubt,
(a) any calculation of Sponsor IRR will take into account cash
dividends or other cash distributions paid on Shares, as well as
the value of the Shares if and when they become publicly traded,
and (b) Sponsor IRR will not be calculated taking into account
the receipt by the Sponsor Group or any of their Affiliates of any
management, monitoring, transaction or other fees payable to such
parties by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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Section 1.21 Sponsor
Return
“Sponsor Return” shall mean,
on any given date, an amount equal to the product of 3.0 (3.5 in
respect of Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017) times the aggregate amount
paid by the Sponsor Group for all of their Shares. For the
avoidance of doubt, (a) any calculation of Sponsor Return will
take into account cash dividends or other cash distributions paid
on Shares, as well as the value of the Shares if and when they
become publicly traded, and (b) Sponsor Return will not be
calculated taking into account the receipt by the Sponsor Group or
any of their Affiliates of any management, monitoring, transaction
or other fees payable to such parties by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
Section 1.22 Time Option
“Time Option”
shall mean the right and option to purchase, on the terms and
conditions set forth herein, all or any part of an aggregate of the
number of shares of Common Stock set forth on the signature page
hereof opposite the term Time Option.
ARTICLE II
GRANT OF
OPTIONS
Section 2.1 – Grant of
Options
For good and valuable
consideration, on and as of the date hereof the Company irrevocably
grants to the Optionee the following Stock Options: (a) the
Time Option and (b) the Performance Option, in each case on
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
Section 2.2 – Exercise
Price
Subject to Section 2.4,
the exercise price of the shares of Common Stock covered by the
Option (the “Exercise Price”) shall be equal to $5.00
per Share.
Section 2.3 – No Guarantee of
Employment
Nothing in this Agreement or
in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee any right to continue in
the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate or shall
interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and
its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, which are hereby expressly
reserved, to terminate the employment of the Optionee at any time
for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause, subject to the
applicable provisions of, if any, the Optionee’s employment
agreement with the Company or offer letter provided by the Company
to the Optionee.
Section 2.4 – Adjustments to
Option
The Option shall be subject
to the adjustment provisions of Sections 8 and 9 of the Plan,
provided , however , that in the event of the payment
of an extraordinary dividend by the Company to its stockholders,
then: the Exercise Price of the Option shall be reduced by the
amount of the dividend paid, but only to the extent the Committee
determines it to be permitted under applicable tax laws and not
have adverse tax consequences to the Optionee under
Section 409A of the Code; and, if such reduction cannot be
fully effected due to such tax laws without adverse tax
consequences to the Optionee, then the Company shall pay to the
Optionee a cash payment, on a per Share basis, equal to the balance
of the
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amount of the dividend not permitted to
be applied to reduce the Exercise Price of the applicable Option as
follows: (a) for each Share subject to a vested Option,
immediately upon the date of such dividend payment; and (b), for
each Share subject to an unvested Option, on the date on which such
Option becomes vested and exercisable with respect to such
Share.
ARTICLE III
PERIOD OF
EXERCISABILITY
Section 3.1 – Commencement of
Exercisability
(a) So long as the Optionee
continues to be employed by the Company or any other Service
Recipients, the Option shall become exercisable pursuant to the
following schedules:
(i) Time Option . The
Time Option shall become vested and exercisable with respect to 20%
of the Shares subject to such Option on each of the first five
anniversaries of the Closing Date.
(ii) Performance
Option . The Performance Option shall be eligible to become
vested and exercisable as to 20% of the Shares subject to such
Option at the end of each of the five Fiscal Years if the Company,
on a consolidated basis, achieves its annual EBITDA targets as set
forth in Schedule A attached hereto (each an “
EBITDA Target ”) for the given Fiscal Year.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that an EBITDA Target
is not achieved in a particular Fiscal Year, then that portion of
the Performance Option that was eligible to vest but failed to vest
due to the Company’s failure to achieve its EBITDA Target
shall nevertheless vest and become exercisable at the end of either
of the two immediately subsequent Fiscal Years if the
applicable two- or three-year cumulative EBITDA Target (each a
“ Cumulative EBITDA Target ”) set forth on
Schedule A attached hereto is achieved on a cumulative basis
at the end of either of the two immediately subsequent Fiscal Years
with respect to a Fiscal Year completed no more than two years
prior to the then completed Fiscal Years; provided that, in the
event that an EBITDA Target is not achieved in either of Fiscal
Years 2011 or 2012, then that portion of the Performance Option
that was eligible to vest but failed to vest due to the
Company’s failure to achieve its EBITDA Target or the
applicable Cumulative EBITDA Target shall nevertheless vest and
become exercisable at the end of either of the two immediately
subsequent fiscal years of the Company if the budgeted
EBITDA target set by the Board and the Committee in respect of such
Fiscal Year of the Company is achieved and the excess over such
budgeted amount is sufficient to satisfy the shortfall from Fiscal
Year 2011 or 2012.
(b) Notwithstanding any of
Section 3.1(a) above, upon the occurrence of a termination of
employment without Cause, termination of employment on account of
the Company or other applicable Service Recipient’s failure
to renew the Optionee’s existing employment agreement, or a
resignation by the Optionee for Good Reason following the
occurrence of a Change in Control, the Time Option shall become
immediately exercisable as to 100% of the shares of Common Stock
subject to such Option immediately prior to the Change of Control;
and
(c) Notwithstanding any of
Section 3.1(a) above, upon the occurrence of a Liquidity
Event, subject to the Optionee’s employment on the date of
the event, the Performance Option shall become immediately
exercisable as to 100% of the shares of Common Stock subject to
such Option immediately prior to the Liquidity Event (but only to
the extent such Option has not otherwise terminated or become
exercisable). If immediate exercisability as to 100% of the shares
of Common Stock subject to the Option pursuant to the preceding
sentence would cause the Sponsor IRR and Sponsor Return not to be
achieved, “100%” in the preceding sentence shall be
replaced with the maximum percentage so that either the Sponsor IRR
or Sponsor Return is achieved.
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(d) In the event that the
Sponsor Group receives Marketable Securities in an event
constituting a Measurement Date (including, following a public
offering, shares of Common Stock) in excess of more than 25% of the
aggregate amount realized in such event, (1) Sponsor IRR and
Sponsor Return shall be initially calculated at the time of the
Measurement Date without regard to the value of such Marketable
Securities so received and such resulting Sponsor Return and
Sponsor IRR shall be used to determine vesting of Shares of Common
Stock subject to Performance Options in accordance with
Section 3.1(c) above; and (2) if the Sponsor Return
and/or Sponsor IRR as calculated in (1) above do not result in
100% vesting of the outstanding exercisable Shares of Common Stock
subject to such Option immediately prior to the Measurement Date,
Sponsor Return and Sponsor IRR shall be recalculated upon each
direct or indirect disposition of such Marketable Securities by the
Sponsor Group for cash, discounting the cash received to determine
its present value at the time of the Measurement Date. If such
recalculated Sponsor IRR and/or Sponsor Return would have resulted
in 100% vesting of all Shares of Common Stock subject to
Performance Options at the time of the Measurement Date, then all
such Options shall immediately vest; provided ,
however , that any Optionee whose employment is terminated
without Cause by the Company or as a result of the Company or other
applicable Service Recipient’s failure to renew his
employment agreement, or who terminates his employment with Good
Reason, such Optionee’s Performance Options having been
forfeited or cancelled between the occurrence of the Measurement
Date and the subsequent vesting of such Performance Options, in
accordance with this Section 3.1(d), shall be entitled to the
difference between the price per Share paid on the Measurement Date
and the strike price of the Performance Options that were so
cancelled or forfeited.
(e) Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no Option shall become exercisable as to any additional
shares of Common Stock following the termination of employment of
the Optionee for any reason and any Option, which is unexercisable
as of the Optionee’s termination of employment, shall
immediately expire without payment therefor.
Section 3.2 – Expiration of
Option
Except as otherwise provided
in Section 5 or 6 of the Management Stockholder’s
Agreement, the Optionee may not exercise the Option to any extent
after the first to occur of the following events:
(a) The tenth anniversary of
the Grant Date so long as the Optionee remains employed with the
Company or any Service Recipient through such date;
(b) The first anniversary of
the date of the Optionee’s termination of employment with the
Company and all Service Recipients, if the Optionee’s
employment is terminated by reason of death or
Disability;
(c) Immediately upon the date
of an Optionee’s termination of employment by the Company and
all Service Recipients for Cause;
(d) Thirty (30) days
after the date of an Optionee’s resignation from employment
with the Company and all Service Recipients without Good Reason
(except due to death or Disability);
(e) One hundred and eighty
(180) days after the date of: (i) an Optionee’s
resignation from employment with the Company and all Service
Recipients for Good Reason; (ii) an Optionee’s
Retirement; or (iii) an Optionee’s termination of
employment by the Company and all Service Recipients
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without Cause (for any reason other than
as set forth in Sections 3.2(b) or 3.2(g)), including upon
nonrenewal of Optionee’s existing employment agreement by the
Company or other applicable Service Recipient, in the event such
termination listed in (i), (ii), or (iii) occurs prior to the
fifth anniversary of the Closing Date;
(f) The Extended Exercise
Date in the event of (i) an Optionee’s resignation from
employment with the Company and all Service Recipients for Good
Reason; (ii) an Optionee’s Retirement; or (iii) an
Optionee’s termination of employment by the Company and all
Service Recipients without Cause (for any reason other than as set
forth in Sections 3.2(b) or 3.2(g)), including upon nonrenewal of
Optionee’s existing employment agreement by the Company or
other applicable Service Recipient, and any such termination listed
in (i), (ii), or (iii) occurs on or after the fifth
anniversary of the Closing Date;
(g) The Extended Exercise
Date in the event of an Optionee’s Job
Elimination;
(h) Immediately upon the date
of an Optionee’s breach of the provisions
Section 22(a)(ii) of the Management Stockholder’s
Agreement; or
(i) At the discretion of the
Company, if the Committee so determines pursuant to Section 9
of the Plan.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the time periods set forth in this Section 3.2
shall not begin to run with respect to Performance Options that
vest in accordance with Section 3.1(a)(ii) above until the
time at which the Board certifies the financial statements for the
Company for the Fiscal Year immediately preceding the Fiscal Year
in which, or for the Fiscal Year in which, termination of
employment occurs.
ARTICLE IV
EXERCISE OF OPTION
Section 4.1. – Person
Eligible to Exercise
During the lifetime of the
Optionee, only the Optionee (or his duly authorized legal
representative) may exercise an Option or any portion thereof.
After the death of the Optionee, any exercisable portion of an
Option may, prior to the time when an Option becomes unexercisable
under Section 3.2, be exercised by his personal representative
or by any person empowered to do so under the Optionee’s will
or under the then applicable laws of descent and
distribution.
Section 4.2 – Partial
Exercise
Any exercisable portion of an
Option or the entire Option, if then wholly exercisable, may be
exercised in whole or in part at any time prior to the time when
the Option or portion thereof becomes unexercisable under
Section 3.2; provided , however , that any
partial exercise shall be for whole shares of Common Stock
only.
Section 4.3 – Manner of
Exercise
An Option, or any exercisable
portion thereof, may be exercised solely by delivering to the
Secretary or his office all of the following prior to the time when
the Option or such portion becomes unexercisable under
Section 3.2:
(a) Notice in writing signed
by the Optionee or the other person then entitled to exercise the
Option or portion thereof, stating that the Option or portion
thereof is thereby exercised, such notice complying with all
applicable rules established by the Committee;
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(b) (i) Full payment (in
cash, by check, or by a combination thereof or through tender of
previously owned Shares (any such Shares valued at Fair Market
Value on the date of exercise) that the Participant has held for at
least six months (or such other period as may be required by the
Company’s accountants but only to the extent required to
avoid liability accounting under FAS 123(R) or any successor
standard thereto)) for the shares with respect to which such Option
or portion thereof is exercised or (ii) indication that the
Optionee elects to have the number of Shares that would otherwise
be issued to the Optionee reduced by a number of Shares having an
equivalent Fair Market Value to the payment that would otherwise be
made by the Optionee to the Company pursuant to clause (i) of
this subsection (b);
(c)(i) Full payment (in cash
or by check or by a combination thereof) to satisfy the minimum
withholding tax obligation with respect to which such Option or
portion thereof is exercised; (ii) notice in writing that the
Optionee elects to have the number of Shares that would otherwise
be issued to the Optionee reduced by a number of Shares having an
equivalent Fair Market Value to the payment that would otherwise be
made by the Optionee to the Company pursuant to clause (i) of
this subsection (c);
(d) A bona fide written
representation and agreement, in a form satisfactory to the
Committee, signed by the Optionee or other person then entitled to
exercise such Option or portion thereof, stating that the shares of
Common Stock are being acquired for his own account, for investment
and without any present intention of distributing or reselling said
shares or any of them except as may be permitted under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act
”), and then applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and
that the Optionee or other person then entitled to exercise such
Option or portion thereof will indemnify the Company against and
hold it free and harmless from any loss, damage, expense or
liability resulting to the Company if any sale or distribution of
the shares by such person is contrary to the representation and
agreement referred to above; provided , however ,
that the Committee may, in its reasonable discretion, take whatever
additional actions it deems reasonably necessary to ensure the
observance and performance of such representation and agreement and
to effect compliance with the Act and any other federal or state
securities laws or regulations; and
(e) In the event the Option
or portion thereof shall be exercised pursuant to Section 4.1
by any person or persons other than the Optionee, appropriate proof
of the right of such person or persons to exercise the
Option.
Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Committee may require an opinion of counsel
acceptable to it to the effect that any subsequent transfer of
shares acquired on exercise of an Option does not violate the Act,
and may issue stop-transfer orders covering such shares. Share
certificates evidencing stock issued on exercise of this Option
shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the provisions of
subsection (d) above and the agreements herein. The written
representation and agreement referred to in subsection
(d) above shall, however, not be required if the shares to be
issued pursuant to such exercise have been registered under the
Act, and such registration is then effective in respect of such
shares.
Section 4.4 – Conditions to
Issuance of Stock Certificates
The shares of stock
deliverable upon the exercise of an Option, or any portion thereof,
may be either previously authorized but unissued shares or issued
shares, which have then been reacquired by the Company. Such shares
shall be fully paid and nonassessable. The Company shall
not
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be required to issue or deliver any
certificate or certificates for shares of stock purchased (if
certified, or if not certified, register the issuance of such
shares on its books and records) upon the exercise of an Option or
portion thereof prior to fulfillment of all of the following
conditions.
(a) The obtaining of approval
or other clearance from any state or federal governmental agency
which the Committee shall, in its reasonable and good faith
discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable;
(b) The execution by the
Optionee of the Management Stockholder’s Agreement and a Sale
Participation Agreement; and
(c) The lapse of such
reasonable period of time following the exercise of the Option as
the Committee may from time to time establish for reasons of
administrative convenience or as may otherwise be required by
applicable law.
Section 4.5 – Rights as
Stockholder
Except as otherwise provided
in Section 2.4 of this Agreement, the holder of an Option
shall not be, nor have any of the rights or privileges of, a
stockholder of the Company in respect of any shares purchasable
upon the exercise of the Option or any portion thereof unless and
until certificates representing such shares shall have been issued
by the Company to such holder or the Shares have otherwise been
recorded in the records of the Company as owned by such
holder.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.1 –
Administration
The Committee shall have the
power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such
rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the
Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any
such rules. All actions taken and all interpretations and
determinations made by the Committee shall be final and binding
upon the Optionee, the Company and all other interested persons. No
member of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action,
determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to
the Plan or the Option. In its absolute discretion, the Board may
at any time and from time to time exercise any and all rights and
duties of the Committee under the Plan and this
Agreement.
Section 5.2 – Option Not
Transferable
Neither the Option nor any
interest or right therein or part thereof shall be liable for the
debts, contracts or engagements of the Optionee or his successors
in interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer,
alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any
other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or
by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or
any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy),
and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of
no effect; provided , however , that this
Section 5.1 shall not prevent transfers by will or by the
applicable laws of descent and distribution.
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Section 5.3 –
Notices
Any notice to be given under
the terms of this Agreement to the Company shall be addressed to
the Company in care of its Secretary, and any notice to be given to
the Optionee shall be addressed to him at the address given beneath
his signature hereto. By a notice given pursuant to this
Section 5.3 either party may hereafter designate a different
address for notices to be given to him. Any notice, which is
required to be given to the Optionee, shall, if the Optionee is
then deceased, be given to the Optionee’s personal
representative if such representative has previously informed the
Company of his status and address by written notice under this
Section 5.3. Any notice shall have been deemed duly given when
(i) delivered in person, (ii) enclosed in a properly
sealed envelope or wrapper addressed as aforesaid, deposited (with
postage prepaid) in a post office or branch post office regularly
maintained by the United States Postal Service, or
(iii) enclosed in a properly sealed envelope or wrapper
addressed as aforesaid, deposited (with fees prepaid) in an office
regularly maintained by FedEx, UPS, or comparable non-public mail
carrier.
Section 5.4 – Titles;
Pronouns
Titles are provided herein
for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for
interpretation or construction of this Agreement. The masculine
pronoun shall include the feminine and neuter, and the singular the
plural, where the context so indicates.
Section 5.5 – Applicability
of Plan, Management Stockholder’s Agreement and Sale
Participation Agreement
The Option and the shares of
Common Stock issued to the Optionee upon exercise of the Option
shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan,
the Management Stockholder’s Agreement and a Sale
Participation Agreement, to the extent applicable to the Option and
such Shares.
Section 5.6 –
Amendment
Subject to Section 10 of
the Plan, this Agreement may be amended only by a writing executed
by the parties hereto, which specifically states that it is
amending this Agreement.
Section 5.7 – Governing
Law
The laws of the State of
Texas shall govern the interpretation, validity and performance of
the terms of this Agreement regardless of the law that might be
applied under principles of conflicts of laws.
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Section 5.8 –
Arbitration
In the event of any
controversy among the parties hereto arising out of, or relating
to, this Agreement which cannot be settled amicably by the parties,
such controversy shall be finally, exclusively and conclusively
settled by mandatory arbitration conducted expeditiously in
accordance with the American Arbitration Association rules, by a
single independent arbitrator. Such arbitration process shall take
place within the Dallas, Texas metropolitan area. The decision of
the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon all parties hereto
and shall be rendered pursuant to a written decision, which
contains a detailed recital of the arbitrator’s reasoning.
Judgment upon the award rendered may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction thereof. Each party shall bear its own legal fees and
expenses, unless otherwise determined by the arbitrator.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this
Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties
hereto.
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Option Grants:
Aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock for which the Time Option granted hereunder is
exercisable: 1,250,000
Aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock for which the Performance Option granted
hereunder is exercisable: 1,250,000
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OPTIONEE: |
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[Signature Page of Stock
Option Agreement]
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Exhibit II
Deferred Share
Agreement
This Deferred Share
Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2008 (this “
Agreement ”) by and among Energy Future Holdings Corp.
(“ EFH Corp. ”) and Paul Keglevic (the “
Executive ”).
WHEREAS, the Executive is
employed by EFH Corp. , pursuant to an employment agreement
dated July 1, 2008 (the “ Employment Agreement
”);
WHEREAS, in connection with
Executive’s continued employment with EFH Corp., EFH Corp.
has agreed to deliver 225,000 shares of common stock, no par value,
of EFH Corp. (“ Shares ”) under the terms of
this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement,
and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree
as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFERRED SHARE
AWARD
1.1 Number of Shares .
Subject to the vesting requirements under Section 1.2(a), EFH
Corp. shall deliver 225,000 Shares to the Executive on the
Distribution Date; provided, however, that if, after the date
hereof and prior to the Distribution Date, there is a merger,
spin-off, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, stock
split or other similar event that results in an adjustment to an
outstanding Share, the number of Shares to be delivered on the
Distribution Date pursuant to this Section 1.1 shall be
adjusted by the Board of Directors of EFH Corp. (or a committee
thereof) in a manner which is necessary to reflect the effect of
such event on the Shares, consistent with the treatment of
stockholders of EFH Corp.
1.2 Distribution Date
.
(a) Provided the Executive is
employed on the third anniversary of the Effective Date (as defined
by the Employment Agreement) of Executive’s Employment
Agreement with EFH Corp., the Shares shall vest and become
nonforfeitable as to (i) 112,500 of the Shares on the date
that is the third anniversary date of this Agreement and
(ii) provided Executive is employed on the fifth anniversary
of the Effective Date of Executive’s Employment, the
remaining 112,500 of the Shares shall vest and become
nonforfeitable on the date that is the fifth anniversary date of
this Agreement; provided that any shares not yet
vested shall become 100% vested and become nonforfeitable upon the
first to occur of (x) immediately prior to a Change of Control
(as defined in the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of
EFH Corp.) or (y) a termination of Executive’s
employment by EFH Corp. without Cause, by Executive for Good Reason
or due to Executive’s death or Disability
(“Cause,” “Good Reason” and
“Disability” are defined as provided in the Employment
Agreement). The Shares shall be delivered to the Executive on the
“ Distribution Date ”, which, subject to
Section 3.3 below, shall be the earliest of the following
dates:
(1) the occurrence of
Executive’s separation of service for any reason, or, if
necessary to meet the distribution requirement of Section 409A
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “
Code ”), the date that is six months and one day
following such separation; and
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(2) the occurrence of a
change in the ownership or effective control of EFH Corp., or in
the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of EFH Corp.,
occurring prior to Executive’s separation from service;
and
(3) the 90 th day following the fifth anniversary date
of the Agreement.
in each case within the meaning of, and
interpreted in a manner consistent with regulations under,
Section 409A of the Code.
(b) In the event of the
Executive’s death, any distribution to which the Executive
would be entitled shall be made to the Executive’s estate or
in accordance with the Executive’s will, the designated
beneficiary.
1.3 Dividends . If
there is any dividend or distribution in respect of outstanding
Shares, the Executive shall be entitled to receive a payment in
respect of the Shares in the amount and form, and at the time, that
such payment would have been made had the Executive actually held
the underlying Shares, subject to applicable withholding
taxes.
1.4 Right to Diversify
. If, prior to the Distribution Date, any of the Shares, had they
been delivered to the Executive, would be released from the
transfer restrictions contained in the Management Stockholders
Agreement and could have been sold by the Executive without
violation of applicable law or EFH Corp.’s trading policy,
then upon and following the time of such release, the Executive
shall have the right (a “ Diversification Right
”), exercisable by written notice to EFH Corp. and subject to
reasonable administrative limitations, to convert his right to
receive any or all of the Shares on the Distribution Date into a
right to receive cash on the Distribution Date. In addition, the
Executive shall have a Diversification Right with respect to any
Shares that he would have been permitted to sell under the Sale
Participation Agreement had he actually owned the Shares. In the
event the Executive exercises a Diversification Right with respect
to any Shares, the cash to be delivered to him on the Distribution
Date shall equal the Fair Market Value (as defined in the
Management Stockholders Agreement) of the Shares as to which the
Diversification Right was exercised on the date of such exercise,
as subsequently credited with investment returns based on notional
investments as selected by the Executive from time to time
following exercise of the Diversification Right from among those
that EFH Corp. shall make available from among those notional
investments under any nonqualified deferred compensation plan then
maintained by EFH Corp. (or, if no such notional investments are
made available, with compound annual interest equal to the
prevailing prime rate plus 2 percentage points, but in no event
shall it exceed EFH Corp.’s borrowing rate).
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ARTICLE
II
ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
2.1 Additional
Agreements . Simultaneously with the execution of this
Agreement, the parties shall execute a Management Stockholders
Agreement and a Sale Participation Agreement each of which shall
apply to the Shares subject to this Agreement.
2.2 Special Put Right
. If the Executive’s employment with EFH Corp. terminates for
any reason prior to July 1, 2013, other than for Cause or
without Good Reason (as defined in the Employment Agreement), he
shall have the right (but not the obligation) to sell to EFH Corp.
all (but not less than all) of the Shares delivered pursuant to
Section 1.2 for a purchase price of $3,200,000 (the “
Special Put Right ”). In the event the Executive
intends to exercise the Special Put Right, he shall send written
notice, postmarked on or prior to the sixtieth day following
termination of his employment, to EFH Corp. of his intention to
sell the Shares in exchange for the applicable purchase price
(“ Put Option Notice ”). The completion of the
purchase shall take place at the principal office of EFH Corp. no
later than the twentieth business day (such date to be determined
by EFH Corp.) after the giving of the Put Option Notice. The
applicable purchase price shall be paid by delivery to the
Executive of a check payable to the order of the Executive against
delivery of duly executed stock powers transferring the
Shares.
ARTICLE
III
TAX
MATTERS
3.1 Tax Withholding and
Reporting . Upon any Distribution Date, EFH Corp. shall be
entitled to withhold from any payment or distribution to the
Executive an amount necessary to satisfy applicable withholding
taxes that become due by reason of such payment or distribution.
EFH Corp. acknowledges that for income tax purposes, the Executive
will not include into income any amount payable on the Distribution
Date until payment is actually made on the Distributio
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