VECTREN CORPORATION AT RISK COMPENSATION PLAN STOCK UNIT AWARDS AWARD AGREEMENT (OFFICER)
Exhibit
99.2
VECTREN
CORPORATION
AT
RISK
COMPENSATION PLAN
STOCK
UNIT AWARDS
AWARD
AGREEMENT
(OFFICER)
Name
of Grantee: _____________________________
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No.
of Units: ________________
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Date
of Grant: January 1, 2008
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(“Grantee”) is hereby granted on January 1, 2008 (the “Grant Date) under Section
7.4 of the Vectren Corporation At Risk Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) a grant of
___ Stock Unit Awards on the following terms and conditions:
1.
Restriction.
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(A)
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Value
of the Stock Unit
Award. Upon the lifting of the restrictions, the Grantee
shall be paid, for each Stock Unit Award, in cash, the Fair Market
Value
of one share of Common Stock on the date the restrictions lapse no
later
than 30 days after the lifting of such restrictions; provided, however,
if
the restrictions are being lifted as of December 31, 2011 and the
Grantee
is not then in compliance with the share ownership guidelines established
by the Vectren Corporation (Company) board of directors, at that
time the
value of each Stock Unit Award shall be paid to the Grantee in one
unrestricted share of the Company’s common stock. The determination of
compliance will be made by valuing the Grantee’s ownership interest by
averaging the high and low prices of a share of the Company’s common stock
during the preceding month of November and comparing the resulting
amount
of ownership interest against the then applicable share ownership
guideline.
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(B)
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Restricted
Period. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to or in
accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the
Plan,
the Stock Unit Awards shall not be sold, exchanged, assigned, transferred
or permitted to be transferred, voluntarily, involuntarily, or by
operation of law, delivered, encumbered, discounted, pledged,
hypothecated, or otherwise disposed of during the “Restricted Period,”
which shall, with respect to each Stock Unit Award commence on the
Grant
Date and, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Plan,
end
on December 31, 2011.
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(i)
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Final
Measurement of the Stock
Unit Award. Except as provided in this Agreement or the
Plan, including Section 7.4(b)(i) and Article X, the lifting of the
transferability restrictions and the forfeitability provisions shall
be
dependent on (1) the shareholder value performance (as measured by
total
shareholder return or TSR) of the underlying Stock during the TSR
Measuring Period (January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2010), (2)
the
earned return on equity (XXX) of Vectren Corporation (Company) for
the
twelve months ended December 31, 2010 (the XXX Measuring Period)
relative
to the performance metrics established by the Compensation and Benefits
committee (Committee), and (3) the continued employment of the Grantee
until December 31, 2011.
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January
1, 2008
Restricted
Stock Grant
[Grantee’s
Name]
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(a)
Total
Shareholder
Return. Fifty percent of the final amount of the Stock Unit
Award shall be determined based upon the Company’s TSR performance relative to
the TSR of the companies within the peer group established by the Committee
in
writing and delivered by the Committee to the Grantee prior to March 31, 2008
and determined in accordance with the rules established by the Committee, all
of
which are incorporated herein by reference. In addition to the
information that is incorporated herein by reference, the TSR performance
conditions will operate in the following manner. For the TSR
Measuring Period, the shareholder value performance of the Company shall be
compared with the shareholder value performance of the group of comparable
companies designated by the Committee. TSR performance shall be
determined separately for Company and for each company included as part of
the
group of comparable companies by dividing:
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(1)
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the
difference between
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(A)
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the
sum of (A) the average for each peer group company of the monthly
averages
of the highest and lowest trading price of the common stock of such
company for the last twelve (12) months of the TSR Measuring Period,
and
(B) any dividends, cash or stock, paid per share with respect to
such
company's common stock during the TSR Measuring Period, and
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(B)
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the
average for each peer group company of the monthly averages of the
highest
and lowest trading price of the common stock of such company for
the
twelve (12) months immediately preceding the TSR Measuring Period,
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by
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(2)
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(B)
above; provided,
however,
that
if during the period in which shareholder value performance is determined,
Company or any of the comparable companies incurs a change in its
outstanding shares because of a stock dividend, stock split, merger,
consolidation, stock rights plan or exchange of shares or other similar
corporate change, the Committee shall appropriately modify the above
shareholder value performance determination to reflect such change
in
capitalization.
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Pursuant
to the TSR Performance Schedule applicable to this Grant and established by
the
Committee, depending on how Company performs in relationship to the group of
comparable companies with respect to its TSR performance, fifty percent of
the
Stock Unit Award will be subject to adjustment at the end of the TSR Measuring
Period.
(b)
Earned
Return on
Equity. Fifty percent of the final amount of the Stock Unit
Award shall be determined based upon the Company’s earned XXX for the twelve
months ended December 31, 2010 relative to the metrics established by the
Committee in writing and delivered by the Committee to the Grantee prior to
March 31, 2008 and determined in accordance with the rules established by the
Committee, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
January
1, 2008
Restricted
Stock Grant
[Grantee’s
Name]
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(ii)
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Lifting
of
Restrictions. The restrictions applicable to the Stock
Unit Awards held by the Grantee at the end of the TSR and XXX Measuring
Periods (after the completion of the adjustments in the number of
Stock
Unit Awards by reason of the computations called for by the (A) the
Shareholder Value Performance Schedule, and (B) the XXX metrics)
(January
1, 2008 through December 31, 2010 is the “Performance Period”) shall be
lifted in whole as of December 31, 2011; provided,
however,
that
except as provided in the Plan, which directs, under certain conditions,
that the restrictions shall be lifted earlier: (a) the
restrictions shall be lifted on December 31, 2011 only if the Grantee
is
still employed by a Participating Company on that date, and, subject
to
the terms of this Agreement and the Plan, (b) if the Grantee ceases
to be
employed by a Participating Company before the restrictions lapse
on any
Stock Unit Awards held by him or her, the Stock Unit Awards still
subject
to restrictions shall be immediately forfeited.
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(iii)
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Continued
Service As A
Director. If the Grantee (a) whose employment is
terminated with a Participating Company for any reason and (b) who
is a
director of Company immediately prior to the Grantee’s termination of
employment continues to serve Company as a director following the
Grantee’s termination of employment, the Committee shall have the complete
and sole discretion to deem the Grantee’s employment with the
Participating Company as continuing for purposes of this grant of
Stock
Unit Awards for all or a portion of the period in which the Grantee
continuously serves as a member of the Board.
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(C)
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Disability,
Death or
Retirement. In the event of the Grantee’s death,
Disability, or Retirement the following shall apply:
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(i)
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If
such event occurs after the end of the Performance Period but before
the
end of the Restriction Period, restrictions on the Stock Unit Awards
shall
be immediately removed;
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(ii)
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In
the event of the Grantee’s Disability or Retirement before the Performance
Period has ended, the restrictions on the Stock Unit Awards shall
be
removed upon expiration of the Performance Period, and the number
of Stock
Unit Awards the Grantee shall be entitled to, if any, shall equal
(i) the number of Stock Unit Awards, if any, the Grantee would
otherwise be entitled to had the individual been an active Participant
at
the end of the Performance Period (i.e., as adjusted or forfeited
based on
the Performance Criteria) multiplied by (ii) the portion of
Performance Period the Grantee was an active Participant hereunder;
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(iii)
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In
the event of the Grantee’s death before the Performance Period has ended,
the restrictions on the Stock Unit Awards shall be removed upon the
Grantee’s date of death, and the number of Stock Unit Awards the Grantee
shall be entitled to, if any, shall equal the number of Stock Unit
Awards
contingently granted hereunder without any further adjustment; and
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(iv)
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Notwithstanding
the terms of the Plan, in the event of the Grantee's Disability or
Retirement prior to the end of the Performance Period, the Committee
may,
but shall not be obligated to, permit the Grantee to receive the
number of
Stock Unit Awards, if any, that the Grantee would otherwise be entitled
to
had the Grantee been an active employee at the end of the Performance
Period (as adjusted or forfeited based on the Performance Criteria)
without any reduction for the time the Grantee was not an active
employee
during the Performance Period.
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January
1, 2008
Restricted
Stock Grant
[Grantee’s
Name]
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2.
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Capitalization
Changes. Prior to the lifting of restrictions, in the
event of a change in the Company’s outstanding shares by reason of a stock
dividend, stock split, merger, consolidation, stock rights plan or
exchange of shares or other similar corporate change, the Committee
shall
make appropriate adjustments in the number of Stock Unit Awards granted
hereunder.
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3.
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Dividends. Prior
to the lifting of restrictions, the Grantee shall be entitled to
receive a
cash amount equivalent to the dividend that would be payable had
each
Stock Unit Award been issued in the form of one share of common stock
of
the Company, which shall not be refundable in the event the Stock
Unit
Award is forfeited in whole or in part.
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4.
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Investment
Representation. By executing this Agreement, Grantee
represents that the Stock Unit Award is being held in good faith
for
investment purposes only and not with a view to, or for sale in connection
with, any distribution thereof, and that any Stock Unit Award Grantee
or
Xxxxxxx’s legal representatives acquire pursuant to this award will be
acquired by them in good faith for investment purposes and not with
a view
to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof.
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5.
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Continued
Employment. Nothing in this Agreement shall restrict the
right of Vectren Corporation or its affiliates to terminate Grantee’s
employment or status as a consultant at any time with or without
cause.
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7.
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The
Plan. This grant is subject to all the terms, provisions
and conditions of the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference,
including the defined terms not otherwise defined herein, and to
such
regulations as may from time to time be adopted by the
Committee. In the event of any conflict between the provisions
of the Plan and the provisions of this Agreement, the terms, conditions
and provisions of the Plan shall control, and this Agreement shall
be
deemed to be modified accordingly.
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8.
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Withholding. Vectren
shall withhold all applicable taxes required by law from all amounts
paid
in satisfaction of the award.
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9.
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Notices. All
notices by the Grantee or his or her assigns to Vectren shall be
addressed
to Vectren Corporation, Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Secretary, or
such other address as Vectren may, from time to time,
specify. All notices by Vectren to the Grantee shall be
addressed to the Grantee at their current work location at Vectren
or, if
they are no longer employed by Vectren, at the address on file for
the
Grantee with the Human Resources department of Vectren.
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VECTREN
CORPORATION
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By:
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Its: Duly
Authorized Signatory on behalf of the Compensation and Benefits
Committee
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Accepted
as of the date first above written
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,
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Grantee
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January
1, 2008
Restricted
Stock Grant
[Grantee’s
Name]
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