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PIKE ELECTRIC
CORPORATION
Management Incentive
Plan
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Purposes and
Introduction
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The Management
Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) provides for Cash Incentive
Awards under the Pike Electric Corporation 2008 Omnibus Incentive
Compensation Plan (the “Omnibus Plan”). Except as
otherwise expressly defined herein, capitalized terms shall be as
defined in the Omnibus Plan.
The primary purposes of the Plan include:
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• Motivate
behaviors that lead to the successful achievement of financial,
operational and individual performance goals that support the
Company’s stated business strategy.
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• Assist in attracting
and retaining eligible employees by offering an opportunity to earn
a competitive level of compensation.
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• Promote the
performance orientation at the Company and communicate to employees
that greater responsibility carries greater rewards.
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Participants
will be eligible to earn incentive awards based on performance
measures as follows:
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1. Earnings Per Share, defined
as the fully diluted earnings per share of the Company for the
applicable Plan Year (the “EPS Measure”).
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2. Safety of the employees of
the Company and its Affiliates measured by the OSHA recordable
incident rate for the applicable Plan Year (the “Safety
Measure”). Certain participants may not have the Safety
Measure as a performance measure.
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3. Individual
achievement of specified personal performance objectives (the
“Personal Measures”).
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The weightings
for the three categories above and the specific targets for the EPS
Measure and Safety Measure for each Plan Year for executive
officers will be determined by the Compensation Committee by no
later than September 30 of the Plan Year. The CEO will make
all such determinations for all other participants.
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To achieve the
maximum motivational impact, performance measures (including each
participant’s Personal Measures) and the awards that will be
received for meeting the assigned targets will be communicated to
participants as soon as practicable after the beginning of each
Plan Year.
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Each
participant will be assigned by no later than September 30 of
each Plan Year a Target Incentive Award for the Plan Year
(determined as a percentage of base salary). The Target Incentive
Award, or a greater or lesser amount, will be earned after the end
of the Plan Year based on the performance against the predetermined
targets.
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Not later than
75 days after the end of each Plan Year, 100% of the awards
earned will be payable to participants in cash.
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The period over
which performance will be measured is the Company’s fiscal
year, July 1 through June 30 (the “Plan
Year”).
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Eligibility and
Participation
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Unless
otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee, each executive
officer of the Company will participate in the Plan. In addition,
the CEO will designate which employees of the Company and its
Affiliates other than the executive officers will participate for
each Plan Year.
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Participation
in one year does not guarantee participation in a following year,
but instead will be reevaluated and determined on an annual
basis.
Unless otherwise expressly determined by the CEO, Participants in
the Plan may not participate in any other annual incentive plan
offered by the Company or its Affiliates.
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Each
participant will be assigned a Target Incentive Award for each Plan
Year by no later than September 30 of the Plan Year
(calculated as a percentage of his or her base salary).
Participants may be assigned a level of Target Incentive Award by
position, by salary level or based on other factors as determined
by the CEO.
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Target
Incentive Awards will be reevaluated periodically. If the job
responsibility of a position changes during the Plan Year, or base
salary is increased significantly, the Target Incentive Award may
be revised as the CEO may determine is appropriate.
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Target
Incentive Awards will be communicated to each participant as close
to the beginning of the Plan Year as practicable in
writing.
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Performance
Measures and Award Funding
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Each applicable
performance measure will have a weighting and a Threshold, Target
and Maximum award level established by no later than
September 30 of each Plan Year. Payouts for each performance
measure at Threshold, Target and Maximum will be as
follows:
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Threshold
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Target
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Maximum
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50
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%
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100
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%
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150
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%
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Percent of
payout will be determined on a straight line basis from Threshold
to Target and from Target to Maximum. There will be no payout
unless the Threshold for the applicable performance measure is
reached.
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No payout will
be made for the
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