Exhibit 10.3
HALLIBURTON ANNUAL PERFORMANCE
PAY PLAN
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2010
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INDEX
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Page
No.
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ARTICLE
I PURPOSE
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1
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ARTICLE
II DEFINITIONS
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2.1 Definitions
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2.2 Number
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4
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2.3 Headings
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ARTICLE
III PARTICIPATION
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3.1 Participants
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3.2 Partial
Plan Year Participation
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3.3 No
Right to Participate
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5
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3.4 Plan
Exclusive
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5
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3.5 Consent
to Dispute Resolution
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5
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ARTICLE
IV ADMINISTRATION
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ARTICLE
V REWARD DETERMINATIONS
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6
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5.1 Performance
Measures
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5.2 Performance
Requirements
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5.3 Reward
Determinations
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5.4 Reward
Opportunities
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5.5 Discretionary
Adjustments
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5.6 Discretionary
Bonuses
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ARTICLE
VI DISTRIBUTION OF REWARDS
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6.1 Form
and Timing of Payment
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6.2 Excess
Remuneration
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6.3 Elective
Deferral
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6.4 Tax
Withholding
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ARTICLE
VII TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
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7.1 Termination
of Service During Plan Year
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7.2 Termination
of Service After End of Plan Year But Prior to the Payment
Date
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ARTICLE
VIII RIGHTS OF PARTICIPANTS AND
BENEFICIARIES
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8.1 Status
of a Participant or Beneficiary
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8.2 Employment
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8.3 Nontransferability
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8.4 Nature
of Plan
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ARTICLE
IX CORPORATE CHANGE
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ARTICLE
X AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
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ARTICLE
XI MISCELLANEOUS
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11.1 Governing
Law
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10
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11.2 Severability
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10
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11.3 Successor
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10
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11.4 Effective
Date
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HALLIBURTON
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PAY
PLAN
The Compensation Committee of Directors of
Halliburton Company, having heretofore established the Halliburton
Annual Performance Pay Plan (formerly known as the Annual Reward
Plan), pursuant to the provisions of Article X of said Plan,
hereby amends and restates said Plan to be effective in accordance
with the provisions of Section 11.4 hereof.
ARTICLE I
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Halliburton Annual
Performance Pay Plan (the “Plan”) is to reward
management and other key employees of the Company and its
Affiliates for improving financial results which drive the creation
of value for shareholders of the Company and thereby, serve to
attract, motivate, reward and retain high caliber employees
required for the success of the Company. The Plan
provides a means to link total and individual cash compensation to
Company performance, as measured by Cash Value Added
(“CVA”), a demonstrated driver of shareholder value,
and, where appropriate, additional performance measures which drive
CVA.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
2.1
Definitions
. Where the following
words and phrases appear in the Plan, they shall have the
respective meanings set forth below, unless their context clearly
indicates to the contrary.
“Administrative Committee” shall
mean administrative committee appointed by the Compensation
Committee to administer certain aspects of the Plan.
“Affiliate” shall mean a Subsidiary
of the Company or a division or designated group of the Company or
a Subsidiary.
“Base Salary” shall mean the
annualized pay rate of a Participant as in effect on January 1 of a
Plan Year, including base pay a Participant could have received in
cash in lieu of (i) contributions made on such
Participant’s behalf to a qualified Plan maintained by the
Company or to any cafeteria plan under Section 125 of the Code
maintained by the Company and (ii) deferrals of compensation
made at the Participant’s election pursuant to a plan or
arrangement of the Company or an Affiliate, but excluding any
Rewards under this Plan and any other bonuses, incentive pay or
special awards.
“Beneficiary” shall mean the person,
persons, trust or trusts entitled by Will or the laws of descent
and distribution to receive the benefits specified under the Plan
in the event of the Participant’s death prior to full payment
of a Reward.
“Board of Directors” shall mean the
Board of Directors of the Company.
“Business Unit CVA” shall mean the
respective CVA of designated business units, each calculated on an
aggregate basis for their respective operations.
“Cause” shall mean (i) the
conviction of the Participant of a felony under Federal law or the
law of the state in which such action occurred,
(ii) dishonesty in course of fulfilling the
Participant’s employment duties or (iii) the disclosure
by the Participant to any unauthorized person or competitor of any
confidential information or confidential knowledge as to the
business or affairs of the Company and its Affiliates.
“CEO” shall mean the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company.
“Code” shall mean the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Committee” shall mean the
Compensation Committee of Directors of the Company, appointed by
the Board of Directors from among its members, no member of which
shall be an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary.
“Common Stock” shall mean the common
stock, par value $2.50 per share of Halliburton Company.
“Company” shall mean Halliburton
Company and its successors.
“Company CVA” shall mean CVA
calculated on a consolidated basis.
“Corporate Change” shall mean one of
the following events: (i) the merger, consolidation or other
reorganization of the Company in which the outstanding Common Stock
is converted into or exchanged for a different class of securities
of the Company, a class of securities of any other issuer (except a
direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary), cash or property;
(ii) the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all
of the assets of the Company to another corporation or entity
(except a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary);
(iii) the adoption by the stockholders of the Company of a
plan of liquidation and dissolution; (iv) the acquisition
(other than any acquisition pursuant to any other clause of this
definition) by any person or entity, including, without limitation,
a “group” as contemplated by Section 13(d)(3) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of beneficial
ownership, as contemplated by such Section, of more than twenty
percent (based on voting power) of the Company’s outstanding
capital stock; or (v) as a result of or in connection with a
contested election of directors, the persons who were directors of
the Company before such election shall cease to constitute a
majority of the Board.
“CVA” shall mean the difference
between operating cash flow and a capital charge, calculated in
accordance with the criteria and guidelines set forth in the
Corporate Policy entitled “Cash Value Added (CVA),” as
in effect at the time any such calculation is made.
“CVA Drivers” shall mean such
additional performance measures (either objective or subjective) as
may be approved by the CEO from time to time to reinforce key
operating and strategic goals important to the Company and its
business units. Particular CVA Drivers may vary from
business unit to business unit and from Participant to Participant
within a particular business unit as deemed appropriate according
to the needs of the applicable business unit.
“Dispute Resolution Program” shall
mean the Halliburton Dispute Resolution Plan.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“Group CVA” shall mean the
respective CVA of the Halliburton Energy Services Group and the
Engineering and Construction Group, each calculated on an aggregate
basis for their respective operations.
“Key Employees” shall mean regular,
full-time employees of the Company or an Affiliate below the
Officer level.
“Officer” shall mean a full officer
of the Company or an Affiliate.
“Participant” shall mean any active
employee of the Company or an Affiliate who participates in the
Plan pursuant to the provisions of Article III
hereof. An employee shall not be eligible to participate
in the Plan while on a leave of absence.
“Participant Category” shall mean a
grouping of Participants determined in accordance with the
applicable provisions of Article III.
“Payment Date” shall mean, with
respect to a particular Plan Year, the date payment is actually
made following the end of the applicable Plan Year but no later
than the last business day of February of the year next following
the end of such Plan Year, or as soon as administratively
practicable thereafter if it is administratively impracticable to
make payment by that date and such impracticability was not
reasonably foreseeable at the end of the applicable Plan
Year.
“Performance Goals” shall mean, for
a particular Plan Year, established levels of applicable
Performance Measures.
“Performance Measures” shall mean
the criteria used in determining Performance Goals for particular
Participant Categories, which may include one or more of the
following: Company CVA, Group CVA, Business Unit CVA and CVA
Drivers.
“Plan” shall mean the Halliburton
Annual Performance Pay Plan as amended and restated effective
January 1, 2010, and as the same may thereafter be amended from
time to time.
“Plan Year” shall mean the twelve
month calendar year ending December 31.
“Reward” shall mean the dollar
amount of incentive compensation payable to a Participant under the
Plan for a Plan Year determined in accordance with
Section 5.3.
“Reward Opportunity” shall mean,
with respect to each Participant Category, incentive reward payment
amounts, expressed as a percentage of Base Salary,
which corresponds to various levels of pre-established
Performance Goals, determined pursuant to the Reward
Schedule.
“Reward Schedule” shall mean the
schedule which aligns the level of achievement of applicable
Performance Goals with Reward Opportunities for a particular Plan
Year, such that the level of achievement of the pre-established
Performance Goals at the end of such Plan Year will determine the
actual Reward.
“Senior Executive” shall have the
meaning set forth in Corporate Policy 3-90020, Executive
Compensation Administration, as such Policy may from time to time
be amended.
“Subsidiary” shall mean any
corporation 50 percent or more of whose voting power is owned,
directly or indirectly, by the Company.
. Wherever appropriate herein, words
used in the singular shall be considered to include the plural and
words used in the plural shall be considered to include the
singular.
. The headings of Articles and
Sections herein are included solely for convenience, and if there
is any conflict between headings and the text of the Plan, the text
shall control.
ARTICLE III
PARTICIPATION
3.1
Participants
. Active employees who
are Senior Executives as of the beginning of each Plan Year shall
be Participants for such Plan Year. In addition, such
other Officers and Key Employees as may be designated annually as
Participants by the CEO prior to the last day of March each Plan
Year shall be Participants for such Plan Year.
3.2
Partial Plan Year
Participation . If, after the beginning of a Plan
Year, an employee who was not previously a Participant for such
Plan Year (i) is newly appointed or elected as a Senior
Executive or (ii) returns to active employment as a Senior
Executive following a leave of absence, such employee shall become
a Participant effective with such appointment or election or return
to active service, as the case may be, for the balance of the Plan
Year, on a prorated basis, unless the Committee shall determine, in
its sole discretion, that the participation shall be delayed until
the beginning of the next Plan Year. If, after the
beginning of the Plan Year, (i) a person is newly elected or
appointed as an Officer (other than a Senior Executive) or is newly
hired, promoted or transferred into a position in which he or she
is a Key Employee, or (ii) an employee who was not previously
a Participant for such Plan Year returns to active employment as an
Officer (other than a Senior Executive) or a Key Employee following
a leave of absence, the CEO, or his delegate, may designate such
pe