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Equity Incentive Plan Agreement

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Title: FORM OF DIRECTOR STOCKHOLDER'S AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Texas     Date: 3/3/2009
Law Firm: Simpson Thacher;Baker McKenzie    

FORM OF DIRECTOR STOCKHOLDER'S AGREEMENT, Parties: oncor delivery company llc , oncor electric delivery company llc , oncor management investment llc
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Exhibit 10(l)

FORM OF

DIRECTOR STOCKHOLDER’S AGREEMENT

Oncor Management Investment LLC

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC

This Stockholder’s Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is effective as of             , among Oncor Management Investment LLC (the “ Company ”), a Delaware limited liability company, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Oncor ”), and the undersigned person (the “ Stockholder ”) (the Company, Oncor and the Stockholder being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “ Parties ”). All capitalized terms not immediately defined are hereinafter defined in Section 5(b) of this Agreement.

WHEREAS, in consideration for the services that Stockholder will provide to the Company and Oncor, the managing member of the Company, as a member of the board of directors of Oncor (the “ Board ”), the Company and Oncor agreed, among other things, to allow the Stockholder (i) to be permitted to transfer to the Company cash in exchange for Class B Membership Interests (the “ Management Units ”) in the Company (the “ Purchased Units ”), such Purchased Units issued pursuant to the terms set forth below and the terms of the 2008 Equity Interests Plan for Key Employees of Oncor Delivery Company LLC and its Affiliates; and/or (ii) to receive the right to certain payments from Oncor corresponding to appreciation of the Oncor Units (the “ Stock Appreciation Rights ”) pursuant to the terms set forth below and the terms of the Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC Director Stock Appreciation Rights Plan (the “ Stock Appreciation Rights Plan ”) and any Award Letter entered into by and between Oncor and the Stockholder (the “ Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, this Agreement is one of several other agreements which concurrently with the execution hereof or in the future will be entered into between the Company and other individuals who are or will be directors or key employees of the Company or one of its subsidiaries;

NOW THEREFORE, to implement the foregoing and in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, the Parties agree as follows:

1. Issuance of Purchased Units and Stock Appreciation Rights .

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Stockholder hereby subscribes for and shall purchase, as of the date hereof, and the Company shall issue and deliver to the Stockholder as of the date hereof, the number of Purchased Units, in each case as set forth on Schedule I hereto at a $10.00 per unit purchase price (the “ Base Price ”), which Base Price is equal to the effective per unit fair market value of the Purchased Units, taking into account the concurrent issuance of membership interests in Oncor to Texas Transmission Investment LLC pursuant to the Contribution and Subscription Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2008, between Oncor and Texas Transmission Investment LLC (the “ Minority Sale ”), as determined in good faith by the Managing Member of the Company (the “ Managing Member ”).


(b) Subject to certain terms and conditions, including those hereinafter set forth and as set forth in the Stock Appreciation Rights Plan, which may include the Stockholder’s acquisition of the Purchased Units, Oncor may grant Stock Appreciation Rights, based on a determination by the Organization and Compensation Committee of the Board, to the Stockholder, at an initial exercise price equal to the Base Price, to participate in the economic equivalent of the appreciation of the Oncor Units as set forth in the Stock Appreciation Rights Plan.

(c) The Company shall have no obligation to sell any Purchased Units to any person who (i) is a resident or citizen of a state or other jurisdiction in which the sale of the Purchased Units to him or her would constitute a violation of the securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdiction or (ii) is not an officer, director or employee of the Company or Oncor (or any Affiliate of Oncor (the material assets of which consist only of its direct or indirect interest in Oncor, or the assets of Oncor) used for the purposes of effecting a Public Offering of the vehicle holding the assets of Oncor (an “ IPO Vehicle ”)).

2. Stockholder’s Representations, Warranties and Agreements .

(a) The Company and Oncor each acknowledge and agree that the Stockholder may directly or indirectly, offer, transfer, sell, assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of (any of the foregoing acts being referred to herein as a “ Transfer ”) any (x) Purchased Units, or (y) equity interests in Oncor (or any IPO Vehicle) issued in respect of Stock Appreciation Rights or distributed to the Stockholder by the Company (“ Oncor Units ”, together with all equity interests in the Company, equity interests in Oncor or equity interests in any IPO Vehicle otherwise acquired and/or held by the Stockholder Entities, as of or after the date hereof, and any successor security of any of the foregoing, “ Units ”) without restriction; provided that, prior to the earlier of (A) a Qualified Public Offering, (B) five years from the date hereof or (C) the occurrence of a Change in Control, Stockholder shall have first complied with the terms of Section 3 hereof, unless such transfer is a Permitted Transfer, and provided further that, in the case of a Transfer referenced in clause (iii) or (iv) of the definition of Permitted Transfer, such transfer shall be made expressly subject to this Agreement and the transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions hereof as a “Stockholder” with respect to the representations and warranties and other obligations of this Agreement. No Transfer of any Units in violation hereof shall be made or recorded on the books of the Company and any such Transfer shall be void ab initio and of no effect. If the Stockholder is an Affiliate of the Company or Oncor, the Stockholder also agrees and acknowledges that he or she will not transfer any Units unless:

(i) the Transfer is pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations in effect thereunder (the “ Act ”), and in compliance with applicable provisions of state securities or “blue sky” laws; or

(ii) (A) counsel for the Stockholder (which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable) shall have furnished the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, with an opinion or other advice, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, that no such registration is required because of the availability of an exemption from registration under the Act and (B) if the Stockholder is a citizen or resident of any country other than the United States, or the Stockholder desires to effect any Transfer in any such country, counsel for the Stockholder (which

 

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counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable) shall have furnished the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, with an opinion or other advice reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, to the effect that such Transfer will comply with the securities laws of such jurisdiction.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and Oncor acknowledge and agree that any of the following Transfers of Units are deemed to be in compliance with the Act and this Agreement (including without limitation any restrictions or prohibitions herein), and no opinion of counsel is required in connection therewith: (1) a Transfer made pursuant to Sections 4 or 7 hereof, (2) a Transfer (x) upon the death or Disability of the Stockholder to the Stockholder’s Estate or (y) to the executors, administrators, testamentary trustees, legatees, immediate family members or beneficiaries of a person who has become a holder of Units in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided that it is expressly understood that any such transferee shall be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and if requested such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions hereof as a “Stockholder” with respect to the representations and warranties and other obligations of this Agreement, (3) a Transfer made in compliance with the federal securities laws to a Stockholder’s Trust; provided that such Transfer is made expressly subject to this Agreement and that the transferee agrees in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions hereof as a “Stockholder” with respect to the representations and warranties and other obligations of this Agreement; and provided further that it is expressly understood and agreed that if such Stockholder’s Trust at any point includes any person or entity other than the Stockholder, his spouse (or ex-spouse) or his lineal descendants (including adopted children) such that it fails to meet the definition thereof as set forth in Section 5(b) hereof, such Transfer shall no longer be deemed in compliance with this Agreement and shall be subject to Section 2(a)(i), and (4) a Transfer made by the Stockholder, with the Managing Member’s or the Board’s, or the board of directors of the IPO Vehicle’s, as applicable, approval, to the Company or Oncor, as applicable, or their designee. No Transfer of any Units shall be permitted or effected if such transfer would cause the Company to be required to register the Units pursuant to Section 12(g)(1) of the Exchange Act or register under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

(b) The certificate (or certificates) representing the Units, if any, shall bear the following legend:

“THE UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE STOCKHOLDER’S AGREEMENT AMONG ONCOR MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT LLC (THE “COMPANY”), ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC (“ONCOR”) AND THE STOCKHOLDER NAMED ON THE FACE HEREOF OR THE SALE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT AMONG SUCH STOCKHOLDER, ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC, IN EACH CASE DATED AS OF                     , 20     (COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF ONCOR) AND ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.”

 

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(c) The Stockholder acknowledges that he or she has been advised that (i) the Units are characterized as “restricted securities” under the Act inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle in a transaction not involving a Public Offering and that under the Act (including applicable regulations) the Units may be resold without registration under the Act only in certain limited circumstances, (ii) a restrictive legend in the form heretofore set forth shall be placed on the certificates (if any) representing the Units and (iii) a notation shall be made in the appropriate records of the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, indicating that the Units are subject to restrictions on Transfer and appropriate stop transfer restrictions will be issued to the Company’s, Oncor’s or the IPO Vehicle’s, as applicable, transfer agent with respect to the Units.

(d) If any Units are to be disposed of in accordance with Rule 144 under the Act or otherwise, the Stockholder shall promptly notify the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, of such intended disposition and shall deliver to the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, at or prior to the time of such disposition such documentation as the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, may reasonably request in connection with such sale and, in the case of a disposition pursuant to Rule 144, shall deliver to the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, an executed copy of any notice on Form 144 required to be filed with the SEC.

(e) The Stockholder represents and warrants that (i) with respect to the Units and Stock Appreciation Rights, the Stockholder has received and reviewed the available information relating to such Units and Stock Appreciation Rights, including a Preliminary Confidential Private Placement Memorandum and any supplements thereto, including having received and reviewed the documents related thereto, certain of which documents set forth the rights, preferences and restrictions relating to the Units and the Stock Appreciation Rights and (ii) the Stockholder has been given the opportunity to obtain any additional information or documents, and to ask questions and receive answers about such information and documents, regarding the Company, Oncor and the business and prospects of the Company and Oncor which the Stockholder deems necessary to evaluate the merits and risks related to the Stockholder’s investment in the Units and any Stock Appreciation Rights and to verify the information contained in the information received as indicated in this Section 2(e), and the Stockholder has relied solely on such information.

(f) The Stockholder further represents and warrants that (i) the Stockholder’s financial condition is such that the Stockholder can afford to bear the economic risk of holding his or her Units for an indefinite period of time and has adequate means for providing for the Stockholder’s current needs and personal contingencies, (ii) the Stockholder can afford to suffer a complete loss of his or her investment in the Units, (iii) the Stockholder understands and has taken cognizance of all risk factors related to the purchase of the Units, (iv) the Stockholder’s knowledge and experience in financial and business matters are such that the Stockholder is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the Stockholder’s purchase of the Units as contemplated by this Agreement, (v) with respect to the Purchased Units, such Purchased Units are being acquired by the Stockholder for his or her own account, not as nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof in violation of the Act, and the Stockholder has no present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the Purchased Units in violation of the Act, and (vi) the Stockholder is

 

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an “accredited investor” 1 within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act that is willing and able to conduct an independent investigation of the risks of investing in the Company.

3. Right of First Offer .

(a) Prior to the earlier of (i) a Qualified Public Offering, (ii) the occurrence of a Change in Control and (iii) five years from the date hereof, any Transfer of Units by Stockholder (other than pursuant to a Permitted Transfer) shall be subject to a right of first offer pursuant to, and Stockholder must first comply with the provisions of, this Section 3. In the event Stockholder proposes to Transfer any Units (the “ Offer ”), then Stockholder shall furnish to the Company, in the case of Management Units, or Oncor, in the case of Oncor Units, a written notice of such proposed Transfer (an “ Offer Notice ”).

(b) The Offer Notice shall include:

(i) (A) the number of Units proposed to be Transferred by Stockholder (the “ Offered Units ”), (B) the per Offered Units purchase price in cash at which Stockholder is prepared to Transfer such Offered Units (the “ Offer Price ”) and (C) all other material terms and conditions, if any, in connection with such proposed Transfer; and

(ii) an irrevocable offer to sell the Offered Units to the Company or Oncor, as applicable, or their assignee or designee at the Offer Price.

(c) If the Company, in the case of Management Units, or Oncor, in the case of Oncor Units, wishes to purchase the Offered Units pursuant to its right of first offer, it must elect to purchase at the Offer Price within twenty (20) Business Days following the date of delivery of the Offer Notice (the “ Option Period ”) by delivering an irrevocable notice (the “ Purchase Notice ”) to Stockholder indicating its desire to exercise its rights under this Section 3 and specifying the number of Offered Units (not to exceed the aggregate number of Offered Units specified in the Offer Notice) it desires to purchase for cash at the Offer Price. If the Company, in the case of Management Units, or Oncor, in the case of Oncor Units, does not deliver a Purchase Notice in compliance with the above requirements, including the time period, it shall be deemed to have waived all of its rights with respect to the offer contained in the Offer Notice. After receipt of the Purchase Notice, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to enter into an agreement with respect to such Transfer for fifteen (15) Business Days. The Company, in the case of Management Units, or Oncor, in the case of Oncor Units, shall have the right to assign its rights under this Section 3 in respect of any Offer to Oncor, the Company, any Affiliate or any other designee.

 

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“Accredited Investors” include persons who come within the meaning of any of the following categories at the time of sale of the Units:

 

 

 

any director or executive officer of Oncor;

 

 

 

any natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person’s spouse, at the time of purchase exceeds $1 million; or

any natural person who for the two most recent years had an individual income in excess of $200,000, or joint income with that person’s spouse in excess of $300,000 and has a reasonable expectation of reaching that same level of income in the current year.

 

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(d) If the aggregate number of Offered Units offered to be purchased by Oncor or the Company, as applicable, as set forth in the Purchase Notice does not equal the number of the Offered Units which Stockholder desires to Transfer, then Stockholder may not later than one hundred and twenty (120) days after the date of the Offer Notice, as such period may be extended to obtain any required regulatory approvals, Transfer all (but not less than all) of the Offered Units to any other Person on terms no less favorable to Stockholder than those set forth in the Offer Notice, including at a purchase price in cash equal to or greater than the Offer Price, and, if any other material terms and conditions are identified in the Offer Notice, on those terms and conditions (or those terms and conditions modified in a manner which are no less favorable to Stockholder), without any further obligation to Oncor or the Company pursuant to this Section 3. If, at the end of such period, as such period may be extended to obtain any required regulatory approvals, Stockholder has not completed the Transfer of the Offered Units in accordance with the foregoing, the obligations to Oncor and the Company pursuant to this Section 3 shall again be in effect with respect to such Units.

4. Rights on Certain Liquidity Events .

(a) In the event that at any time on or after the date hereof Parent or any member of the Sponsor Group proposes to sell directly for cash or any other consideration any shares of EFH Common Stock owned by Parent or 50% or more of the outstanding limited partnership units of Parent in any transaction (other than an offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (or similar forms) or a sale, directly or indirectly, to an Affiliate of Parent or any member of the Sponsor Group), in which management members of EFH Corp. (“ EFH Management ”) are permitted to sell shares of EFH Common Stock pursuant to any “tag rights” or “piggy-back rights” under a sale participation agreement, registration rights agreement or similar agreement with EFH Corp. or Parent (“ EFH Management Sale ”), then, unless Parent or a member of the Sponsor Group is entitled to and does exercise the drag-along rights pursuant to an EFH Drag Transaction (as defined below), at the option of the Stockholder, the Stockholder shall have the right, subject to any terms, conditions, limitations or adjustments imposed on any EFH Management Sale and on completion of such EFH Management Sale, to offer for redemption Management Units to the Company, Oncor Units to Oncor or successor common equity of the IPO Vehicle (“ IPO Stock ”) to the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, and the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, shall be required to repurchase (subject to any legal or contractual limitations on liquidity at the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle), on one occasion, a number of Management Units, Oncor Units or shares of IPO Stock, as applicable, held by the Stockholder equal to (x) the total number of Management Units, Oncor Units or IPO Stock, as applicable, held by the Stockholder multiplied by (y) the EFH Sale Percentage, at a per unit price equal to the Fair Market Value as determined as of the date that the price to be received by Parent or member of the Sponsor Group, as applicable, is determined. The “ EFH Sale Percentage ” shall mean the fraction, expressed as a percentage, determined by (i) with respect to sales of EFH Common Stock, dividing the number of shares of EFH Common Stock to be purchased from Parent pursuant to the applicable transaction that would cause the provisions contained in Sections 4(a) or 4(b) hereof to take effect, by the total number of shares of EFH Common Stock owned by Parent, or (ii) with respect to sales of limited partnership units of Parent, dividing the number of limited partnership units of Parent to be purchased from members of the Sponsor Group pursuant to the applicable transaction that would cause the provisions contained in Sections 4(a) or 4(b) hereof to take effect, by the total number of limited partnership units of Parent owned by such selling members of the Sponsor Group.

 

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(b) If Parent or a member of the Sponsor Group proposes to sell, directly or indirectly (without duplication) (whether by means of a merger, consolidation, reorganization or recapitalization, sale, transfer or otherwise), a number of shares of EFH Common Stock or limited partnership units of Parent equal to 50% or more of the outstanding EFH Common Stock or limited partnership units of Parent, as applicable (such Person, the “ EFH Drag-Along Purchaser ”), then, if requested by Parent or a member of the Sponsor Group, each Stockholder shall be required to offer for redemption a number of Units to the Company or Oncor or IPO Stock to the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, equal to the aggregate number of Units held by the Stockholder, multiplied by the EFH Sale Percentage (such transaction, an “ EFH Drag Transaction ”), subject to any terms, conditions, limitations or adjustments imposed on any EFH Management Sales, at a per unit price equal to the Fair Market Value as determined as of the date that the price to be received by Parent or member of the Sponsor Group, as applicable, is determined.

(c) In the event of any EFH Management Sale or EFH Drag Transaction under this Section 4, the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, will provide the Stockholder with notice substantially similar to any notice provided to EFH Management upon receiving notice of such transactions from EFH Corp or a member of the Sponsor Group.

(d) In the event that at any time prior to a Public Offering of Oncor Units or IPO Stock, a Related Entity proposes to sell directly for cash or any other consideration any Oncor Units owned by a Related Entity in any transaction (other than an offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (or similar forms) or in connection with the initial Public Offering of Oncor Units or IPO Stock pursuant to a registration statement under the Act which has been declared effective by the SEC or a sale, directly or indirectly, to an Affiliate of such Related Entity), then, unless such Related Entity is entitled to and does exercise the drag-along rights pursuant to an Oncor Drag Transaction (as defined below), at the option of the Stockholder, the Stockholder shall have the right, subject to any terms, conditions, limitations or adjustments imposed on the sale by such Related Entity and on completion of such sale, to offer for redemption Management Units to the Company, and the Company shall be required to repurchase (subject to any legal or contractual limitations on liquidity at the Company), on one occasion, a number of Management Units held by the Stockholder Entity equal to (x) the total number of Management Units held by the Stockholder Entity multiplied by (y) the Oncor Sale Percentage, at a per unit price equal to the Fair Market Value as determined as of the date that the price to be received by such Related Entity is determined. The “ Oncor Sale Percentage ” shall mean the fraction, expressed as a percentage, determined by dividing the number of Oncor Units to be purchased from the relevant Related Entity pursuant to the applicable transaction that would cause the provisions contained in Sections 4(d) or 4(e) hereof to take effect, by the total number of Oncor Units owned by such Related Entity.

(e) If a Related Entity proposes to sell, directly or indirectly (whether by means of a merger, consolidation, reorganization or recapitalization, sale, transfer or otherwise), a number of Oncor Units equal to 50% or more of the outstanding Oncor Units (such Person, the “ Oncor Drag-Along Purchaser ”), then, if requested by such Related Entity, each Stockholder shall be r


 
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