DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION 2009 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN NON-MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
Exhibit No. 10.22
DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION
2009 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
NON-MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
2009 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
NON-MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) entered into as of
%%OPTION_DATE%-% (the “Date of Grant”), by and between Devon Energy Corporation (the “Company”) and
%%FIRST_NAME%-% %%MIDDLE_NAME%-% %%LAST_NAME%-% (the “Participant”);
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company has previously adopted the “Devon Energy Corporation 2009 Long-Term
Incentive Plan” (the “Plan”); and
WHEREAS, the Participant is a nonemployee director of the Company and it is important to the
Company that the Participant be encouraged to remain a director of the Company; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of such facts, the Company desires to award to the Participant
%%TOTAL_SHARES_GRANTED%-% shares of the Company Common Stock under the Plan subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises and covenants herein
contained, the Participant and the Company agree as follows:
1. The Plan. The Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto, is hereby incorporated by
reference herein and made a part hereof for all purposes, and when taken with this Agreement shall
govern the rights of the Participant and the Company with respect to the Award (as defined below).
2. Grant of Award. The Company hereby grants to the Participant an award (the
“Award”) of %%TOTAL_SHARES_GRANTED%-% shares of the Company Common Stock (the “Restricted Stock”),
on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.
3. Terms of Award.
(a) Escrow of Shares. A certificate or book-entry registration representing the
Restricted Stock shall be issued in the name of the Participant and shall be escrowed with the
Secretary of the Company (the “Escrow Agent”) subject to removal of the restrictions placed thereon
or forfeiture pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Vesting. If the Participant’s Date of Termination has not occurred as of the
vesting dates specified below (the “Vesting Dates”), then, the Participant shall be entitled,
subject to the applicable provisions of the Plan and this Agreement having been satisfied, to
receive on or within a reasonable time after the applicable Vesting Dates, the number of shares of
Common Stock as described in the following schedule. Once vested pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, the Restricted Stock shall be deemed “Vested Stock”.
Vesting
Schedule
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The Participant shall forfeit the unvested portion of the Award (including the underlying
Restricted Stock and “Accrued Dividends,” as such term is hereinafter defined) upon the occurrence
of the Participant’s Date of Termination unless the Award becomes vested under the circumstances
described in paragraphs (i), (ii) or (iii) below.
(i) The Award shall become fully vested upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Event which
occurs prior to the Participant’s Date of Termination.
(ii) The Award shall become fully vested upon the Participant’s Date of Termination if the
Participant’s Date of Termination occurs by reason of the Participant’s death. The Committee may,
in its sole discretion, elect to accelerate vesting of all or any portion of the Award if the Date
of Termination occurs by reason of the Participant’s disability or occurs under other special
circumstances (as determined by the Committee).
(iii) The Award shall become fully vested upon the Participant’s Date of Termination if the
Participant’s Date of Termination occurs by reason of the Participant’s Mandatory Retirement.
(c) Voting Rights and Dividends. The Participant shall have all of the voting rights
attributable to the shares of Restricted Stock. Regular quarterly cash dividends declared and paid
by the Company with respect to the shares of Restricted Stock shall be paid to the Participant.
Any extraordinary dividends declared and paid by the Company with respect to shares of Restricted
Stock (“Accrued Dividends”) shall not be paid to the Participant until such Restricted Stock
becomes Vested Stock. Accrued Dividends shall be held by the Company as a general obligation and
paid to the Participant at the time the underlying Restricted Stock becomes Vested Stock.
(d) Vested Stock — Removal of Restrictions. Upon Restricted Stock becoming Vested
Stock, all restrictions shall be removed from the certificates or book-entry registrations and the
Secretary of the Company shall deliver to the Participant certificates or a Direct Registration
Statement for the book-entry registration, representing such Vested Stock free and clear of all
restrictions, except for any applicable securities laws restrictions, together with a check in the
amount of all Accrued Dividends attributed to such Vested Stock without interest thereon.
4. Legends. The shares of Restricted Stock which are the subject of the Award shall
be subject to the following legend:
“THE SHARES OF STOCK EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE OR BOOK-ENTRY REGISTRATION ARE SUBJECT TO
AND ARE TRANSFERRABLE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT CERTAIN RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
DATED %%OPTION_DATE%-% FOR THE DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION 2009 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN. ANY
ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF THE SHARES OF STOCK EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE OR BOOK-ENTRY
REGISTRATION IN VIOLATION OF SUCH AGREEMENT SHALL BE NULL AND VOID AND WITHOUT EFFECT. A
COPY OF THE AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE SECRETARY OF DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION.”
5. Delivery of Forfeited Shares. The Participant authorizes the Secretary to deliver
to the Company any and all shares of Restricted Stock that are forfeited under the provisions of
this Agreement. The Participant further authorizes the Company to hold as a general obligation of
the Company any Accrued Dividends and to pay such dividends to the Participant at the time the
underlying Restricted Stock becomes Vested Stock.
6. Nontransferability of Award. The Participant shall not have the right to sell,
assign, transfer, convey, dispose, pledge, hypothecate, burden, encumber or charge the Award or any
Restricted Stock or any interest therein in any manner whatsoever.
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7. Notices. All notices or other communications relating to the Plan and this
Agreement as it relates to the Participant shall be in writing and shall be delivered
electronically, personally or mailed (U.S. mail) by the Company to the Participant at the then
current address as maintained by the Company or such other address as the Participant may advise
the Company in writing.
8. Binding Effect and Governing Law. This agreement shall be (i) binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors and assigns
except as may be limited by the Plan, and (ii) governed and construed under the laws of the State
of Oklahoma.
9. Award Subject to Claims of Creditors. The Participant shall not have any interest
in any particular assets of the Company, its parent, if applicable, or any Subsidiary or Affiliated
Entity by reason of the right to earn an Award (including Accrued Dividends) under the Plan and
this Agreement, and the Participant or any other person shall have only the rights of a general
unsecured creditor of the Company, its parent, if applicable, or a Subsidiary or Affiliated Entity
with respect to any rights under the Plan or this Agreement.
10. Captions. The captions of specific provisions of this Agreement are for
convenience and reference only, and in no way define, describe, extend or limit the scope of this
Agreement or the intent of any provision hereof.
11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of identical
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original for all purposes, but all of which taken
together shall form one agreement.
12. Definitions. Words, terms, or phrases used in this Agreement shall have the
meaning set forth in this Section 12. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement but not defined
herein shall have the meaning designated in the Plan.
(a) “Accrued Dividends” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(c).
(b) “Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
(c) “Award” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.
(d) “Company” has the meaning set forth on the Cover Page.
(e) “Date of Grant” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
(f) “Date of Termination” means the first day occurring on or after the Date of Grant on which
the Participant is not a member of the Board.
(g) “Escrow Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
(h) “Mandatory Retirement” means the Participant’s mandatory retirement from the Board of
Directors at the next annual meeting of shareholders following the date the Participant reaches his
73rd birthday.
(i) “Restricted Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.
(i) “Vested Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).
(k) “Vesting Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the day and year first
above written.
“COMPANY”
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“PARTICIPANT”
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