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Award Agreements. The terms of Other Equity Awards granted hereunder shall be set forth in a written Award Agreement which shall contain provisions determined by the Committee and not inconsistent with the Plan. The terms of such Awards need not be the same with respect to each Participant.

The formula incentive award is a calculation of an award based on the actual performance achieved by the overall Company, and each of its applicable Business Areas or Commercial Areas, as well as the budgeted individual performance percentage to be applied across the Company as a whole.

Incentive awards paid under the Plan will be based solely on the attainment of specified performance goals established by the Committee during the first 90 days of the Plan Year. Performance goals will be based on objective criteria specifically defined by the Committee on a Company, business unit or peer group comparison basis, which may include or exclude specified items of an unusual or non-recurring nature and are based on one or more of the following: net income, return on assets, return on net assets, return on sales, return on capital, return on equity, return on revenue, sales growth, market share, cash flow, cost reduction, total shareholder return, economic value added, cash flow return on investment and cash value added. Performance goals may include a minimum, maximum and target level of performance with the size of individual awards, if any, based on the level attained. Actual goal attainment will be certified in writing by the Committee before payout.

NQSO Award. The Company grants to Option Holder NQSOs to purchase [Number] Shares at an Exercise Price of $[Number] per Share. These NQSOs are subject to forfeiture and to limits on transferability until they vest, as provided in Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement and in Article V of the Plan.

RSU Award. The Company makes this Award of [Number] RSUs to the Grantee on the date noted above (the “Grant Date”). These RSUs are subject to forfeiture and to limits on transferability until they vest, as provided in Sections 2, 3 and 4 of this Agreement and in Article VI of the Plan.

Award Agreement. Each Award shall be evidenced by an Agreement setting forth the number of Shares subject to the Award together with such other terms and conditions applicable to the Award (and not inconsistent with the Plan) as determined by the Committee. An Award to a Participant may be made singly or in combination with any form of Award. Two types of Awards may be made in tandem with each other such that the exercise of one type of Award with respect to a number of Shares reduces the number of Shares subject to the related Award by at least an equal amount.

Defined Terms. For purposes of this [Section 2.17], the term “Lender” includes the Issuing Bank and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

Terms Defined. As used in this Agreement, the listed terms are defined as follows:

Accounting Terms. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined herein shall have the meanings given to them under GAAP or FERC Accounting Requirements, as applicable.

Defined Terms. For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

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