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PG&E
CORPORATION
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EXECUTIVE
STOCK OWNERSHIP PROGRAM
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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, and
February 17, 2009. 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.
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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:
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Officer
Band
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Position
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Total
Stock
Ownership
Target
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1
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CEO
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3 x
base salary
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2
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Heads
of Business Lines, CFO, & General Counsel
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2 x
base salary
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3
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SVPs
of Corp. & Utility
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1.5
x base
salary
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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.
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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.
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a)
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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.
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b)
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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.
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c)
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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.
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d)
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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).
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e)
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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).
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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:
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a)
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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
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b)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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a)
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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).
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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.
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