PG&E CORPORATION EXECUTIVE STOCK OWNERSHIP PROGRAM Administrative Guidelines (As amended effective September 15, 2010)

EX-10.2 3 dex102.htm PG&E CORPORATION EXECUTIVE STOCK OWNERSHIP PROGRAM GUIDELINES AS AMENDED PG&E Corporation Executive Stock Ownership Program Guidelines as amended

Exhibit 10.2

PG&E CORPORATION

EXECUTIVE STOCK OWNERSHIP PROGRAM

Administrative Guidelines

(As amended effective September 15, 2010)

Description. The Executive Stock Ownership Program (“Program”) was approved by the Nominating and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors on October 15, 1997. The Program is an important element of the Committee’s compensation policy of aligning executive interests with those of the Corporation’s shareholders. As an integral part of the Program, the Committee also authorized the use of Special Incentive Stock Ownership Premiums (“SISOPs”) which are designed to provide incentives to Eligible Executives to assist in achieving minimum stock ownership targets established by the Committee. These Guidelines were originally adopted by the Committee on November 19, 1997, amended by the Committee on July 22, 1998, October 21, 1998, February 16, 2000, September 19, 2000, February 19, 2003, February 15, 2006, effective January 1, 2009, February 17, 2009, and September 15, 2010. As of September 15, 2010, no new officers will be eligible to earn SISOPs. As of January 1, 2011, the new PG&E Corporation 2010 Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines will be in effect, and Eligible Officers no longer will be required to meet the Targets as specified in Section 2 of this document (except to the extent those Targets apply to SISOPs). These amended Guidelines, along with the written materials provided to the Committee on October 15, 1997, describe the Program which became effective on January 1, 1998. The Program is administered by the Corporation’s Senior Human Resources Officer.

2.	Eligible Executives. The Chief Executive Officer shall designate the officers of the Corporation and its affiliates who shall be Eligible Executives covered by the Program. The officers covered by the Guidelines and the applicable total stock ownership target (“Target”) are:


Officer Band	Position	Total Stock Ownership Target

1	CEO	3 × base salary

2	Heads of Business Lines, CFO, & General Counsel	2 × base salary

3	SVPs of Corp. & Utility	1.5 × base salary

Annual Milestones. Under the Guidelines, Targets are designed to be achieved by the end of the fifth calendar year following the calendar year in which an officer first becomes an Eligible Executive (“Target Date”). Annual Milestones have been established as a means of measuring progress towards achieving Targets and of providing incentives for Eligible Executives to expeditiously meet their Targets. The Annual Milestone at the end of the first full calendar year is 20 percent of the Target, and the Annual Milestone for each succeeding year is an additional 20 percent of the Target. Annual Milestones shall be adjusted to reflect changes in base salary;

provided, however, that in each instance any such modification shall be amortized over the remaining original five-year term. Following the Target Date, Targets also shall be modified to reflect changes in base salary.

Calculation of Stock Ownership Levels. Stock ownership level is the dollar value of stock and stock equivalents owned by an Eligible Executive and calculated as of the last day of the calendar year (“Measurement Date”). The purpose of this calculation is to determine the value of the stock or stock equivalents owned by the Eligible Executive as compared with the Annual Milestone or Target for that executive. For purposes of this calculation, the value per share of stock or stock equivalent (“Measurement Value”) is the average closing price of PG&E Corporation common stock as traded on the New York Stock Exchange for the last thirty (30) trading days of the year.

The value of stock beneficially owned by the Eligible Executive is determined by multiplying the number of shares owned beneficially on the Measurement Date times the Measurement Value.

The value of PG&E Corporation phantom stock units credited to the Eligible Executive’s account in the PG&E Corporation Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan (“SRSP”) is determined by multiplying the number of phantom stock units credited to the Eligible Executive’s SRSP account on the Measurement Date times the Measurement Value.

The value of stock held in the PG&E Corporation stock fund of any defined contribution plan maintained by PG&E Corporation or any of its subsidiaries is determined by multiplying the number of shares in such plan on the Measurement Date times the Measurement Value.

The value of restricted stock held by the Eligible Executive is determined by multiplying the number of shares held by the Eligible Executive on the Measurement Date times the Measurement Value (for purposes of this calculation, restricted stock shall include any shares that have been approved by the Compensation Committee but not yet issued as of the Measurement Date).

The value of unvested restricted stock units held by the Eligible Executive on the Measurement Date is determined by multiplying the number of outstanding restricted stock units held by the Eligible Executive on the Measurement Date times the Measurement Value (for purposes of this calculation, restricted stock units shall include any units that have been approved by the Compensation Committee but not yet issued as of the Measurement Date).

Award of SISOPs. SISOPs are awarded to Eligible Executives who achieve and maintain stock ownership levels prior to the end of the third year following the year in which an officer first became an Eligible Executive. For purposes of determining awards, the total stock ownership level is calculated as set forth under paragraph 4 on the Measurement Date; however, such calculations will exclude the value of restricted stock held by the Eligible Executive as defined in paragraph 4(d) and will exclude the value of restricted stock units held by the Eligible Executive as defined in paragraph 4(e). The amount of a SISOP award shall be equal to:

For the first year, 20 percent of the amount of the Eligible Executive’s stock ownership level at the end of the year, up to the Annual Milestone, plus an additional 30 percent of the amount by which the stock ownership level exceeds the Annual Milestone up to the Target; and

For each of the second and third years, the current stock ownership level is reduced by the stock ownership level used to calculate previous SISOP awards to determine the new ownership, then 20 percent of the amount up to the Annual Milestone by which the end of the year stock ownership level exceeds the beginning of the year stock ownership level, plus an additional 30 percent of the amount by which the end of the year balance exceeds the Annual Milestone, up to the Target.

Each time a SISOP award calculation is made, a second calculation also is made to determine the minimum number of shares which must be retained by the Eligible Executive to avoid forfeiture of the SISOP award (“Minimum Ownership Level”) as discussed below in paragraph 8. This calculation converts the dollar value of the stock ownership level used as the basis for qualifying for SISOPs into a number of shares of stock by dividing that stock ownership level by the Measurement Value. Thus, for example, if an Eligible Executive’s stock ownership level (less restricted stock and restricted stock units held by the Eligible Executive) was $250,000 and the Measurement Value was $25 per share, then the Minimum Ownership Level would be 10,000 shares.

For purposes of this calculation, the maximum share ownership level used is the Eligible Executive’s Target. If an Eligible Executive has a share ownership level higher than his/her Target, the increment over the Target is not included. Thus, for example, if an Eligible Executive has a Target of $750,000 and his/her share ownership level is $900,000, then only $750,000 is used to calculate the Minimum Ownership Level.

SISOPs Credited to the SRSP. Upon award, SISOPs are credited to the Eligible Executive’s SRSP account and converted into units of phantom stock each equal in value to a share of PG&E Corporation common stock (“SISOP units”) as determined in accordance with the SRSP. The SISOP units constitute “incentive awards” authorized to be awarded by the Committee to Eligible Executives under the PG&E Corporation 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“2006 LTIP”). Upon credit of SISOP units to an Eligible Executive’s SRSP account, an equal number of shares of PG&E Corporation common stock shall be reserved for issuance from the pool of shares authorized for issuance under the 2006 LTIP. Once a SISOP unit is credited to the Eligible Executive’s SRSP account, it shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions specifically applicable to SISOP units under the SRSP. Once vested in accordance with paragraph 7 below, SISOP units are distributed in the form of an equal number of shares of PG&E Corporation common stock as provided in the SRSP.

Vesting. SISOPs vest only upon the expiration of three years after the date of award (provided the Eligible Executive continues to be employed on such date). An Eligible Executive’s unvested SISOPs will be forfeited upon termination of employment except as otherwise provided in the Vesting Guidelines in effect on the grant date for a particular award.

8.	Forfeiture of SISOP Units. So long as SISOP units remain unvested, such units are subject to forfeiture if, on each Measurement Date, the Eligible Executive’s stock

ownership is less than the Minimum Ownership Level established when the SISOPs were granted (see paragraph 5). To determine forfeiture, the following steps are followed on each Measurement Date:

The total stock and stock equivalents owned by an Eligible Executive is determined as set forth under paragraph 4, excluding sections 4(d) and 4(e). This total (“Current Holdings”) is compared with the Minimum Ownership Level determined when the SISOPs were granted. If the Current Holdings are equal to or greater than the Minimum Ownership Level, then no unvested SISOP units are forfeited. If the Current Holdings are less than the Minimum Ownership Level, then the unvested SISOP units are forfeited in the same proportion as the Current Holdings are less than Minimum Ownership Level (for example, if the Current Holdings are 20 percent less than the Minimum Ownership Level, then 20 percent of the SISOP units are forfeited).

Failure to Achieve or Maintain Target. Failure to achieve stock ownership levels at Target on the Target Date, or to maintain stock ownership levels at Target on any Measurement Date thereafter, will result in the deferral into the PG&E Corporation Phantom Stock Fund of the SRSP of awards from the PG&E Corporation Long-Term Incentive Program and/or 2006 LTIP that are settled only in cash (“Cash-Settled Awards”) and the Short-Term Incentive Plan (“STIP”). As of the Target Date or any Measurement Date, to the extent that stock ownership levels are below Target, the Cash-Settled Award or STIP award (in an amount determined by PG&E Corporation in its sole discretion) shall be converted into phantom stock units, to the extent necessary to achieve the Target stock ownership level. Such conversion of Cash-Settled Awards and STIP awards shall continue for successive Measurement Dates, if necessary, until Target is met. Phantom stock units attributable to Cash-Settled Awards and STIP awards described in this paragraph 9 will be paid from the SRSP in a lump sum in accordance with Section 7(a) of the SRSP. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 9, the deferral provisions of this Section 9 shall be applied only with respect to Cash-Settled Awards and STIP awards that can be deferred in accordance with the initial deferral election rules of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 determined as if the Eligible Executive had made a deferral election on the Target Date or Measurement Date, as applicable, and the Eligible Executive shall be deemed to have made the election hereunder on the applicable Target Date or Measurement Date by failing to achieve the applicable stock ownership levels.