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HALLIBURTON ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN

Executive Compensation Plan Agreement

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Title: HALLIBURTON ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN
Governing Law: Texas     Date: 9/21/2009
Industry: Oil Well Services and Equipment     Sector: Energy

HALLIBURTON ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN, Parties: halliburton co
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Exhibit 10.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HALLIBURTON ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN

 

AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDEX

 

 

 

 

Page No.

ARTICLE I    PURPOSE

1

ARTICLE II   DEFINITIONS

1

2.1           Definitions

1

2.2           Number

4

2.3           Headings

4

ARTICLE III   PARTICIPATION

4

3.1           Participants

4

3.2           Partial Plan Year Participation

4

3.3           No Right to Participate

5

3.4           Plan Exclusive

5

3.5           Consent to Dispute Resolution

5

ARTICLE IV   ADMINISTRATION

5

ARTICLE V  REWARD DETERMINATIONS

6

5.1           Performance Measures

6

5.2           Performance Requirements

6

5.3           Reward Determinations

6

5.4           Reward Opportunities

6

5.5           Discretionary Adjustments

6

5.6           Discretionary Bonuses

7

ARTICLE VI  DISTRIBUTION OF REWARDS

7

6.1           Form and Timing of Payment

7

6.2           Excess Remuneration

7

6.3           Elective Deferral

8

6.4           Tax Withholding

8

ARTICLE VII   TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

8

7.1           Termination of Service During Plan Year

8

7.2           Termination of Service After End of Plan Year But Prior to the Payment Date

8

ARTICLE VIII   RIGHTS OF PARTICIPANTS AND BENEFICIARIES

8

8.1           Status of a Participant or Beneficiary

8

8.2           Employment

9

8.3           Nontransferability

9

8.4           Nature of Plan

9

ARTICLE IX   CORPORATE CHANGE

9

ARTICLE X   AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

10

ARTICLE XI   MISCELLANEOUS

10

11.1           Governing Law

10

11.2           Severability

10

11.3           Successor

10

11.4           Effective Date

10

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

2.2   Number

 

.  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.

 

2.3   Headings

 

.  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


 
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