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UGI CORPORATION 2004 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN PERFORMANCE UNIT GRANT LETTER

Equity Incentive Plan Agreement

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Title: UGI CORPORATION 2004 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN PERFORMANCE UNIT GRANT LETTER
Governing Law: Pennsylvania     Date: 5/8/2009
Industry: Natural Gas Utilities     Sector: Utilities

UGI CORPORATION 2004 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN PERFORMANCE UNIT GRANT LETTER, Parties: ugi corporation
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Exhibit 10.2

Utilities Employees

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”).

RECITALS

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).

2.  Performance Goals .

(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:

 

 

 

 

 

UGI’s TSR Rank (Percentile)

 

Percentage of Target Award Earned

 

 

Highest

 

 

200

%

90th

 

 

175

%

75th

 

 

150

%

60th

 

 

125

%

50th

 

 

100

%

40th

 

 

50

%

less than 40th

 

 

0

%

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 .

(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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