Form of Sempra Energy 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan 2018 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award - EPS Growth Performance Measure

 

If the Earnings Per Share Growth does not equal a growth rate level shown in the above table, the percentage of your target number of restricted stock units that vest will be determined by a linear interpolation between the next lowest percentage shown in the table and the next highest percentage shown on the table.

o    If the Earnings Per Share Growth is at or above <PERCENTAGE>%, 200% of your target number of restricted stock units will vest.

o    If the Earnings Per Share Growth is at or below <PERCENTAGE>%, none of your restricted stock units will vest.

As soon as reasonably practicable following the end of the performance period, the Compensation Committee will determine and certify the extent to which Sempra Energy has met the cumulative net income performance measure and, after the application of negative discretion based on the earnings per share growth performance criteria, the extent, if any, as to which your restricted stock units have then vested and any such vesting shall occur immediately following such determination and certification by the Compensation Committee. You will receive the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of your vested restricted stock units after the Compensation Committee’s determination and certification. Also, you will receive the number of shares of Common Stock equal to your vested dividend equivalents after the Compensation Committee’s determination and certification. Certificates for the shares will be issued to you or transferred to an account that you designate. When the shares of Common Stock are issued to you, your restricted stock units (vested and unvested) and your dividend equivalents will terminate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, may exercise negative discretion in determining Earnings Per Share Growth to reduce the number of restricted stock units that otherwise would vest based on achievement of the applicable performance criteria set forth herein.

You also have been awarded dividend equivalents with respect to your restricted stock units. Your dividend equivalents represent the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock in the future, subject to the terms and conditions of your award. Your dividend equivalents will be determined based on the dividends that you would have received had you held shares of Common Stock equal to the vested number of your restricted stock units from the date of your award to the date of the distribution of shares of Common Stock following the vesting of your restricted stock units, and assuming that the dividends were reinvested in Common Stock (and any dividends on such shares were reinvested in Common Stock). The dividends will be deemed reinvested in Common Stock in the same manner as dividends reinvested pursuant to the terms of the Sempra Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

Your dividend equivalents will be subject to the same transfer restrictions and forfeiture and vesting conditions as your restricted stock units. They will vest when and to the extent that your restricted stock units vest.

Also, your restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents), including the terms and conditions thereof, will be adjusted to prevent dilution or enlargement of your rights in the event of a stock dividend on shares of Common Stock or as the result of a stock-split, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar transaction in accordance with the terms and conditions of the 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan. Any additional restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) awarded to you as a result of such an adjustment also will be subject to the same transfer restrictions, forfeiture and vesting conditions and other terms and conditions that are applicable to your restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents).

As described in “Vesting/Forfeiture” above, the Compensation Committee will determine and certify the extent to which Sempra Energy has met the performance criteria and the extent, if any, as to which your restricted stock units have then vested in accordance with the terms of the Award.

You will receive the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of your restricted stock units that have vested. However, in no event will you receive under this award, and other awards granted to you under the 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan in the same fiscal year of Sempra Energy, more than the maximum number of shares of Common Stock permitted under the 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan. Also, you will receive the number of shares of Common Stock equal to your vested dividend equivalents after the Compensation Committee’s determination and certification.

You will receive the shares as soon as reasonably practicable following the Compensation Committee’s determination and certification (and in no event later than March 15, <YEAR>). Once you receive the shares of Common Stock, your vested and unvested restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) will terminate.

If your employment with Sempra Energy and its Subsidiaries terminates for any reason prior to the vesting of your restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) (other than under the circumstances set forth in the following provisions of this section), all of your restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) will be forfeited. Subject to the provisions below relating to the treatment of your restricted stock units in connection with a Change in Control, the vesting of your restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) does not occur until the date of the Compensation Committee’s determination and certification described above.

If your employment terminates prior to a Change in Control, other than by Termination for cause, and you had both completed at least five years of continuous service with Sempra Energy and its Subsidiaries AND met any of the following conditions:

1.)    your employment terminates after <DATE>, <YEAR> and at the date of termination you had attained age 55; or

2.)    your employment terminates after <DATE>, <YEAR> and at the date of termination you had attained age 62; or

3.)    at the date of termination you had attained age 65 and you were an officer subject to the company’s mandatory retirement policy;

your restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) will not be forfeited but will continue to be subject to the transfer restrictions and vesting conditions and other terms and conditions of this Agreement.

If your employment terminates by reason of your death prior to the vesting of your restricted stock units and your award would otherwise be forfeited (for example, you do not meet the age and service conditions described above), your award will be deemed forfeited immediately prior to the date and time it would otherwise vest, unless, and to the extent that, prior to such date and time, the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion takes action to waive the service requirement described above.

If your employment with Sempra Energy and its Subsidiaries terminates for cause, or your employment would have been subject to termination for cause, prior to the vesting of your restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents), all of your restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) will be cancelled.

Prior to the consummation of a Change in Control, a termination for cause is (i) the willful failure by you to substantially perform your duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from your incapacity due to physical or mental illness), (ii) the grossly negligent performance of such obligations referenced in clause (i) of this definition, (iii) your gross insubordination; and/or (iv) your commission of one or more acts of moral turpitude that constitute a violation of applicable law (including but not limited to a felony) which have or result in an adverse effect on the Company, monetarily or otherwise, or one or more significant acts of dishonesty. For purposes of clause (i), no act, or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in good faith and without reasonable belief that your act, or failure to act, was in the best interests of the Company. If your restricted stock units remain outstanding following a Change in Control pursuant to a Replacement Award, a termination for cause following such Change in Control shall be determined in accordance with Section 2.8 of the 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan (which defines “Cause” for purposes of the plan), including reasonable notice and, if possible, a reasonable opportunity to cure as provided therein.

 

 

 

The Company shall require the forfeiture, recovery or reimbursement of awards or compensation under the Plan and this Award as (i) required by applicable law, or (ii) required under any policy implemented or maintained by the Company pursuant to any applicable rules or requirements of a national securities exchange or national securities association on which any securities of the Company are listed. The Company reserves the right to recoup compensation paid if it determines that the results on which the compensation was paid were not actually achieved.

The Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, require the recovery or reimbursement of long-term incentive compensation awards from any employee whose fraudulent or intentional misconduct materially affects the operations or financial results of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 In the event of a Change in Control, the following terms shall apply:

§    If (i) you have achieved age 55 and have completed at least five years of continuous service with Sempra Energy and its Subsidiaries as of the date of a Change in Control and your restricted stock units have not been forfeited prior to the Change in Control, (ii) your outstanding restricted stock units as of the date of a Change in Control are not subject to a “substantial risk of forfeiture” within the meaning of Code Section 409A and/or (iii) your outstanding restricted stock units are not assumed or substituted with one or more Replacement Awards (as defined in Section 16.1 of the 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan), then in each case your outstanding restricted stock units and any associated dividend equivalents will vest immediately prior to the Change in Control with the applicable performance goals deemed to have been achieved at the greater of target level as of the date of such vesting or the actual performance level had the performance period ended on the last day of the calendar year immediately preceding the date of the Change in Control. If the foregoing terms apply, immediately prior to the date of the Change in Control you will receive a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of your restricted stock units and dividend equivalents that have vested.

§    If your outstanding restricted stock awards are assumed or substituted with one or more Replacement Awards (as defined in Section 16.1 of the 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan), then, except as provided otherwise in an individual severance agreement or employment agreement to which you are a party, the terms set forth in Sections 16.3 and 16.4 of the 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan shall apply with respect to such Replacement Award following the Change in Control. If the foregoing terms apply and the Replacement Award vests upon your separation from service or death, on such date, you will receive a number of shares or other property in settlement of the Replacement Awards.

You agree to take all actions and execute all documents appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.

You shall not be deemed to have accepted this award unless you execute the Arbitration Agreement provided with your award letter.

You also appoint as your attorney-in-fact each individual who at the time of so acting is the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Sempra Energy with full authority to effect any transfer of any shares of Common Stock distributable to you, including any transfer to pay withholding taxes, that is authorized by this Agreement.