Performance Share Awards. Any Eligible individual selected by the Administrator may be granted one or more Performance Share awards which shall be denominated in a number of Shares and the vesting of which may be linked to any one or more of the Performance Criteria, other specific performance criteria (in each case on a specified date or dates or over any period or periods determined by the Administrator) and/or time-vesting or other criteria, as determined by the Administrator.

Performance Share Awards. If the Company permits the deferral of Performance Share Awards, the maximum deferral permitted to a Participant for a Performance Share Award for any Performance Cycle shall be 100% of such Award.

Performance Share Awards. A Participant shall be eligible to receive a pro-rated portion of any outstanding award of performance shares granted to a Participant in accordance with the terms of the LTIP, provided that the Participant’s termination is not due to Termination of Employment Due to the Participant’s Retirement or Triggering Event (as defined in the applicable Performance Share Award Agreement) and provided that the Participant’s termination may not otherwise lead to vesting of the same performance shares under the terms of the applicable Performance Share Award Agreement issued to the Participant under the LTIP. Capitalized terms related to performance shares in this [Section 4.1(c)] are defined in the applicable Performance Share Award Agreement. This pro-rated share of any performance share award shall be calculated by multiplying: # the performance share award the Participant would have earned for the full performance period based on the performance of the AEP System Companies as determined at the end of the applicable performance period by # a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole months of the Participant’s participation from the Effective Date specified in the performance share award agreement until the Termination Date and the denominator of which is the total number of whole months in the applicable performance period for the performance share award.

You shall be eligible to receive a grant of shares of Class B Common Stock based on the stock price performance of ​’s Class B Common Stock over the period beginning ​ and ending on ​ (or earlier in certain instances as provided for in [Schedule A] to this Agreement), and subject to the ​’s degree of achievement against the PRSU Performance Goals for calendar years 2016, 2017 and 2018 (the “2015 Performance Award”). The number of shares of Class B Common Stock to be granted to you and the timing of such grant shall be determined pursuant to the schedule set forth on [Schedule A] to this Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Performance Share. The term “Performance Share” means the right to receive a share of Stock upon satisfaction of the performance metrics and/or other requirements established by the Committee.

Performance Share Awards and Agreements. A Performance Share Award is a right to receive Shares in the future conditioned upon the attainment of specified performance objectives and such other conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Committee may determine. Each Performance Share Award granted under this Plan will be evidenced by minutes of a meeting, or by a unanimous written consent without a meeting, of the Committee and by an Award Agreement dated as of the Date of Grant and executed by the Company and by the Plan participant. The timing of Performance Share Awards and the number of Shares covered by each Award (subject to [Section 3.2]) are to be determined by the Committee in its discretion. By accepting a grant of Performance Shares, the participant agrees to remit to the Company when due any tax withholding as provided in [Article 15].

Time Vesting of Performance Share Awards. Performance Share Awards or portions thereof, are exercisable at such time or times as determined by the Committee in its discretion at or after grant which may include time Vesting. If the Committee provides that any Performance Shares become Vested over time (accelerated by a performance component), the Committee may waive or accelerate any performance Vesting provisions in favor of time Vesting provisions as provided for herein. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in connection with the grant and set forth in the Award Agreement, all unvested Performance Share Awards shall immediately vest with respect to any required time vesting upon the Death or Disability of the holder.

Special Limitations on Performance Share Awards. Unless an Award Agreement approved by the Committee provides otherwise, Performance Shares awarded under this Plan are intended to meet the requirements for exclusion from coverage under Code Section 409A and all Performance Share Awards shall be construed and administered accordingly.

The Administrator is authorized to grant Performance Awards to any Eligible Individual. The value of Performance Awards may be linked to any one or more of the Performance Criteria or other specific criteria determined by the Administrator, in each case on a specified date or dates or over any period or periods determined by the Administrator.

Performance Compensation Awards. Subject to the limitations set forth in [Section 10(c)], the Committee may, at the time of grant of a Performance Unit, designate such Award as a “Performance Compensation Award” (payable in cash or Shares) in order that such Award constitutes “qualified performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m), in which event the Committee shall have the power to grant such Performance Compensation Award upon terms and conditions that qualify it as “qualified performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m). With respect to each such Performance Compensation Award, the Committee shall establish, in writing within the time required under Code Section 162(m), a “Performance Period,” “Performance Measure(s)”, and “Performance Formula(e)” (each such term being hereinafter defined). Once established for a Performance Period, the Performance Measure(s) and Performance Formula(e) shall not be amended or otherwise modified to the extent such amendment or modification would cause the compensation payable pursuant to the Award to fail to constitute qualified performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m).