UGI CORPORATION
2004 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
PERFORMANCE UNIT GRANT LETTER
This PERFORMANCE UNIT GRANT, dated
January 1, 2009 (the “Date of Grant”), is
delivered by UGI Corporation (“UGI”) to
(the “Participant”).
The UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity
Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) provides for the grant
of performance units (“Performance Units”) with respect
to shares of common stock of UGI (“Shares”). The
Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board of
Directors of UGI (the “Committee”) has decided to grant
Performance Units to the Participant.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Grant
Letter, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as
follows:
1.
Grant of Performance Units . Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Grant Letter and in the Plan, the
Committee hereby grants to the Participant
Performance Units. The number of Performance Units set forth above
is the target award of Performance Units. The Performance Units are
contingently awarded and will be earned and payable if and to the
extent that the performance goals and other conditions of the Grant
Letter are met. The Performance Units are granted with Dividend
Equivalents (as defined in Section 9).
(a) The Participant shall earn the right to
payment of the Performance Units if the performance goals described
in subsection (b) below are met for the measurement period,
and if the Participant continues to be employed by, or provide
service to, the Company (as defined in Section 9) through
December 31, 2011. The measurement period is the period
beginning January 1, 2009 and ending December 31,
2011.
(b) The target award level of Performance
Units and Dividend Equivalents will be payable if UGI’s Total
Shareholder Return (TSR) equals the median TSR of a peer group
for the measurement period. The peer group is the group of
companies that comprises the S&P Utilities Index during the
measurement period. The actual amount of the award of Performance
Units may be higher or lower than the target award, or even zero,
based on UGI’s TSR percentile rank relative to the companies
in the S&P Utilities Index, as follows:
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UGI’s TSR
Rank (Percentile)
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Percentage of Target Award
Earned
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200
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%
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175
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%
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150
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%
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125
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%
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100
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%
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50
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%
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0
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The target
award percentage earned will be interpolated between each of the
measuring points.
(c) TSR shall be calculated by UGI using
the comparative returns methodology used by Bloomberg L.P. or its
successor at the time of the calculation. The share price used for
determining TSR at the beginning and the end of the measurement
period will be the average price for the 90-day period preceding
the beginning of the measurement period (i.e., the 90-day period
ending on December 31, 2008) and the 90-day period ending on
the last day of the measurement period (i.e., the 90-day period
ending on December 31, 2011).
(d) The target award is the number of
Performance Units set forth in Section 1 above, which is the
amount designated for 100% (50th TSR rank) performance. The
Participant can earn up to 200% of the target award if UGI’s
TSR rank exceeds the 50th TSR rank, according to the foregoing
schedule.
(e) At the end of the measurement period,
the Committee will determine whether and to what extent the
performance goals have been met and the amount to be paid with
respect to the Performance Units. Except as described in
Section 3 below, the Participant must be employed by, or
providing service to, the Company on December 31, 2011 in
order for the Participant to receive payment with respect to the
Performance Units.
3.
Termination of Employment or Service .
(a) Except as described below, if the
Participant’s employment or service with the Company
terminates on or before December 31, 2011, the Performance
Units and all Dividend Equivalents credited under this Grant Letter
will be forfeited.
(b) If the Participant terminates
employment or service on account of Retirement (as defined in
Section 9), Disability (as defined in Section 9) or
death, the Participant will earn a pro-rata portion of the
Participant’s outstanding Performance Units and Dividend
Equivalents, if the performance goals and the requirements of this
Grant Letter are met. The prorated portion will be determined as
the amount that would otherwise be paid after the end of the
measurement period, based on achievement of the performance goals,
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
calendar years during the measurement period in which the
Participant has been employed by, or provided service to, the
Company and the denominator of which is three. For purposes of the
proration calculation, the calendar year in which the
Participant’s termination of employment or service on account
of Retirement, Disability, or death occurs will be counted as a
full year.
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(c) In the event of termination of
employment or service on account of Retirement, Disability or
death, the prorated amount shall be paid after the end of the
measurement period, pursuant to Section 5 below.
4.
Coordination with Severance Plan . Notwithstanding anything
in this Grant Letter to the contrary, if the Participant receives
severance benefits under a Severance Plan (as defined in
Section 9) and the terms of such benefits require that
severance compensation payable under the Severance Plan be reduced
by benefits payable under this Plan, any amount payable to the
Participant with respect to Performance Units and Dividend
Equivalents after the Participant’s termination of employment
or service shall be reduced by the amount of severance compensation
paid to the Participant under the Severance Plan, as required by,
and according to the terms of, the Severance Plan.
5.
Payment with Respect to Performance Units . If the Committee
determines that the conditions to payment of the Performance Units
have been met, the Company shall pay to the Participant, between
January 1, 2012 and March 15, 2012, (i) Shares equal
to the number of Performance Units to be paid according to
achievement of the performance goals, up to the target award
specified in Section 1 above (“Target Award”),
provided that the Company may withhold Shares to cover required tax
withholding in an amount equal to the minimum statutory tax
withholding requirement in respect of the Performance Units earned
up to the Target Award, and (ii) cash in an amount equal to
the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the number of
Shares equal to the Performance Units to be paid in excess of the
Target Award.
6.
Dividend Equivalents with Respect to Performance Units
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(a) Dividend Equivalents shall accrue with
respect to Performance Units and shall be payable subject to the
same performance goals and terms as the Performance Units to which
they relate. Dividend Equivalents shall be credited with respect to
the target award of Performance Units from the Date of Grant until
the payment date. If and to the extent that the underlying
Performance Units are forfeited, all related Dividend Equivalents
shall also be forfeited.
(b) While the Performance Units are
outstanding, the Company will keep records in a bookkeeping account
for the Participant. On each payment date for a dividend paid by
UGI on its common stock, the Company shall credit to the
Participant’s account an amount equal to the Dividend
Equivalents associated with the target award of Performance Units
held by the Participant on the record date for the dividend. No
interest will be credited to any such account.
(c) The target amount of Dividend
Equivalents (100% of the Dividend Equivalents credited to the
Participant’s account) will be earned if UGI’s TSR rank
is at the 50th TSR rank for the measurement period. The Participant
can earn up to 200% of the target amount of Dividend Equivalents if
UGI’s TSR rank exceeds the 50th TSR rank, according to the
schedule in Section 2 above. Except as described in Section
3(b) above, if the Participant’s employment or service with
the Company terminates on or before December 31, 2011, all
Dividend Equivalents will be forfeited.
(d) Dividend Equivalents will be paid in
cash at the same time as the underlying Performance Units are paid,
after the Committee determines that the conditions to payment have
been met. Notwithstanding anything in this Grant Letter to the
contrary, the Participant may not accrue Dividend Equivalents in
excess of $750,000 during any
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