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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-14-150778
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		7
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140417
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140421
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140421

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000889900
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DRILLING OIL & GAS WELLS [1381]
		IRS NUMBER:				752504748
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22664
		FILM NUMBER:		14774044

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4510 LAMESA HWY
		STREET 2:		P O DRAWER 1416
		CITY:			SNYDER
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			79549
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9155731104

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O DRAWER 1416
		CITY:			SNYDER
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			79550

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PATTERSON ENERGY INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940228
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): April&nbsp;17, 2014 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>0-22664</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>75-2504748</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of incorporation)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>File Number)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>450 Gears Road, Suite 500, Houston, Texas</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>77067</B></TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: 281-765-7100 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Not Applicable </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Former
name or former address, if changed since last report </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below
if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On February&nbsp;21, 2014, the Board of Directors of Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), adopted the Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;2014 Plan&#148;), subject to the approval of the Company&#146;s stockholders. In addition, on the same date, the Board of
Directors approved, subject to and effective upon the approval by the stockholders of the 2014 Plan, the termination of any future grants under all existing equity plans of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On April&nbsp;17, 2014, the Company&#146;s stockholders approved the adoption of the 2014 Plan. Directors, employees, including officers, consultants and
advisors are eligible for awards under the 2014 Plan. The 2014 Plan provides for awards of non-qualified stock options (&#147;NQSOs&#148;), Incentive Stock Options (&#147;ISOs&#148;), tandem and freestanding stock appreciation rights
(&#147;SARs&#148;), restricted stock awards, other stock unit awards, performance awards and dividend equivalents. With respect to awards to participants other than directors, the 2014 Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the
Company&#146;s Board of Directors, which comprises exclusively non-employee independent directors. With respect to awards to directors, the 2014 Plan is administered by the Board of Directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock authorized for grant under the 2014 Plan is 9,100,000, reduced by the number of shares that are subject to
awards granted under existing equity plans of the Company during the period commencing on January&nbsp;1, 2014 and ending on April&nbsp;17, 2014. Shares that are subject to options or SARs count as one share of Common Stock against the aggregate
number. Shares that are subject to other awards count as two shares of Common Stock against the aggregate number. Generally, if an award granted under the 2014 Plan or the existing equity plans of the Company expires, is forfeited, is settled in
cash or otherwise terminates without the issuance of all or a portion of the shares of Common Stock subject to the award, the shares allocable to the expired, forfeited, cash settled, or terminated portion of the award will be available for awards
again under the 2014 Plan. Any shares of Common Stock that again become available for grant under the 2014 Plan will be added back as one share if the shares were subject to options or SARs, and as two shares if the shares were subject to awards
other than options or SARs. If any shares subject to an award are used to exercise options, are not issued upon the settlement of a SAR, or are withheld by the Company for income or employment taxes on exercise of an option or SAR, such shares will
not become available for grant under the 2014 Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the 2014 Plan, no participant may be granted options or SARs during any 12-month period with
respect to more than 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock or restricted stock, performance awards denominated in shares and/or other stock unit awards that are denominated in shares in any 12-month period with respect to more than 500,000 shares. In
addition to the foregoing limits, the maximum dollar value payable to any participant in any 12-month period with respect to performance awards denominated in cash is $5,000,000. Any award will only be subject to one of the applicable per person
limits set forth in the previous sentence. No director may be granted during any calendar year awards having a value determined on the date of grant in excess of $500,000. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing description of the 2014 Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the 2014 Plan, which is included as Exhibit 10.1 hereto
and incorporated herein by reference. The forms of award agreements under the 2014 Plan are included as Exhibits 10.2-10.6 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held on April&nbsp;17, 2014. Of the 144,230,886 shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock outstanding and
entitled to vote at the meeting, 132,052,403 were present either in person or by proxy. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following describes the matters considered by the
Company&#146;s stockholders at the Annual Meeting, as well as the votes cast at the meeting: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To elect seven directors to the Company&#146;s Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting of the stockholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000">Votes For</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000">Votes&nbsp;Withheld</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mark S. Siegel</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">116,922,046</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">8,410,255</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6,720,102</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Kenneth N. Berns</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">116,997,276</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">8,335,025</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6,720,102</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Charles O. Buckner</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">121,200,215</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4,132,086</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6,720,102</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael W. Conlon</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">117,802,863</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7,529,438</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6,720,102</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Curtis W. Huff</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">120,293,656</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,038,645</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6,720,102</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Terry H. Hunt</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">122,681,922</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,650,379</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6,720,102</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cloyce A. Talbott</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">100,555,323</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">24,776,978</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6,720,102</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To cast a vote to approve the Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="84%" BORDER="0" STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt" ALIGN="center">


<TR>
<TD></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22%"></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:31.75pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Votes For</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:45.50pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Votes&nbsp;Against</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:38.15pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Abstentions</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:57.50pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Broker&nbsp;Non-votes</FONT></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">116,049,408</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">8,953,048</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">329,845</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">6,720,102</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">3.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To cast a vote to approve, on an advisory basis, the Company&#146;s compensation of its named executive officers as set forth in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="84%" BORDER="0" STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt" ALIGN="center">


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<TD></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22%"></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:31.75pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Votes For</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:45.50pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Votes&nbsp;Against</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:38.15pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Abstentions</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:57.50pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Broker&nbsp;Non-votes</FONT></P></TD></TR>


<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">96,743,700</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">26,743,044</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">1,845,557</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">6,720,102</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">4.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December&nbsp;31, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="84%" BORDER="0" STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt" ALIGN="center">


<TR>
<TD></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="25%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="25%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="25%"></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:31.75pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Votes For</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:45.50pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Votes&nbsp;Against</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:38.15pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Abstentions</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:57.50pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Broker&nbsp;Non-votes</FONT></P></TD></TR>


<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">130,682,628</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">1,327,012</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">42,763</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">0</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="94%"></TD></TR>


<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>10.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>10.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Executive Officer Share-Settled Performance Share Award Agreement</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>10.3</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Executive Officer Restricted Stock Award Agreement</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>10.4</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Executive Officer Stock Option Agreement</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>10.5</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Award Agreement</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>10.6</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Non-Employee Director Stock Option Agreement</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><I>April&nbsp;21, 2014</I></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><I>By:</I></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>/s/ John E. Vollmer III</I></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><I>Name:</I></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><I>John E. Vollmer III</I></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><I>Title:</I></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><I>Senior Vice President - Corporate Development, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</I></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Executive Officer Share-Settled Performance Share Award Agreement</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Executive Officer Restricted Stock Award Agreement</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Executive Officer Stock Option Agreement</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Award Agreement</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Non-Employee Director Stock Option Agreement</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 10.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2014 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (the &#147;<I>Company</I>&#148;), a Delaware corporation, hereby establishes and adopts the following 2014
Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;<I>Plan</I>&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>1.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>PURPOSE OF THE PLAN </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The
purpose of the Plan is to assist the Company and its Subsidiaries in attracting and retaining selected individuals to serve as directors, employees, consultants and/or advisors of the Company who are expected to contribute to the Company&#146;s
success and to achieve long-term objectives which will inure to the benefit of all stockholders of the Company through the additional incentives inherent in the Awards hereunder. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>DEFINITIONS </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.1
</B>&#147;<I>Award</I>&#148; shall mean any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award, Performance Award, Other Stock Unit Award or any other right, interest or option relating to Shares or other property (including cash) granted
pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.2 </B>&#147;<I>Award Agreement</I>&#148; shall mean any written agreement,
contract or other instrument or document evidencing any Award granted by the Committee hereunder. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.3
</B>&#147;<I>Board</I>&#148; shall mean the board of directors of the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.4 </B>&#147;<I>Change of Control of the
Company</I>&#148; shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">i</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) (a
&#147;<I>Covered Person</I>&#148;) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 35% or more of either (A)&nbsp;the then outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company (the
&#147;<I>Outstanding Company Common Stock</I>&#148;), or (B)&nbsp;the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the &#147;<I>Outstanding Company Voting
Securities</I>&#148;); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (i)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;2.4, the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control of the Company: (A)&nbsp;any acquisition directly from the Company,
(B)&nbsp;any acquisition by the Company, (C)&nbsp;any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any entity controlled by the Company, or (D)&nbsp;any acquisition by any corporation pursuant
to a transaction which complies with clauses (A), (B)&nbsp;and (C)&nbsp;of subsection (iii)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;2.4; or </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ii</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Individuals who, as of the effective date of the Plan, constitute the Board (the &#147;<I>Incumbent Board</I>&#148;) cease for any reason to constitute at least a
majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the effective date of the Plan whose election, or nomination for election by the Company&#146;s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a
majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a
result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Covered Person other than the Board; or
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consummation of (xx)&nbsp;a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or (yy) a disposition of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a &#147;<I>Business Combination</I>&#148;), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (A)&nbsp;all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial
owners, respectively, of the Out-</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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standing Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, direct or indirectly, more than 65% of, respectively, the
then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination
(including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company&#146;s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions
as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B)&nbsp;no Covered Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related
trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business
Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (C)&nbsp;at least a majority of the members of the board
of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or, if earlier, of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination.
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.5</B> &#147;<I>Code</I>&#148; shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.6</B> &#147;<I>Committee</I>&#148; shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board, consisting of no fewer than two
Directors, each of whom is (i)&nbsp;a &#147;Non-Employee Director&#148; within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act, (ii)&nbsp;an &#147;outside director&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code, and (iii)&nbsp;an
&#147;independent director&#148; for purpose of the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ Stock Market. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.7
</B>&#147;<I>Covered Employee</I>&#148; shall mean a &#147;covered employee&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.8 </B>&#147;<I>Director</I>&#148; shall mean a non-employee member of the Board. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.9 </B>&#147;<I>Dividend Equivalents</I>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.6. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.10 </B>&#147;<I>Employee</I>&#148; shall mean any employee of the Company or any Subsidiary and any prospective employee conditioned upon, and effective not earlier than, such person&#146;s becoming
an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary. Solely for purposes of the Plan, an Employee shall also mean any consultant or advisor who provides services to the Company or any Subsidiary, so long as such person (i)&nbsp;renders bona fide services
that are not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company&#146;s securities in a capital raising transaction and (ii)&nbsp;does not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company&#146;s securities. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.11 </B>&#147;<I>Exchange Act</I>&#148; shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.12 </B>&#147;<I>Fair Market Value</I>&#148; shall mean, with respect to any property other than Shares, the market value of such
property determined by such methods or procedures as shall be established from time to time by the Committee. The Fair Market Value of Shares as of any date shall be the per Share closing price of the Shares as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market on
that date (or if there were no reported prices on such date, on the last preceding date on which the prices were reported) or, if the Company is not then listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market, on the principal national securities exchange on which the
Company is listed, and if the Company is not then listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market or any national securities exchange, the Fair Market Value of Shares shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion using appropriate criteria.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.13 </B>&#147;<I>Freestanding Stock Appreciation Right</I>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.14 </B>&#147;<I>Limitations</I>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.5. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.15 </B>&#147;<I>Option</I>&#148; shall mean any right granted to a Participant under the Plan allowing such Participant to purchase
Shares at such price or prices and during such period or periods as the Committee shall determine. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.16 </B>&#147;<I>Other
Stock Unit Award</I>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1. </FONT></P>
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selected by the Committee to receive an Award under the Plan. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.18 </B>&#147;<I>Payee</I>&#148; shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 13.1. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.19 </B>&#147;<I>Performance Award</I>&#148; shall mean any Award of Performance Shares or
Performance Units granted pursuant to Article 9. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.20 </B>&#147;<I>Performance Period</I>&#148; shall mean that period
established by the Committee at the time any Performance Award is granted or at any time thereafter during which any performance goals specified by the Committee with respect to such Award are to be measured. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.21 </B>&#147;<I>Performance Share</I>&#148; shall mean any grant pursuant to Section&nbsp;9 of a unit valued by reference to a
designated number of Shares, which value may be paid to the Participant by delivery of such property as the Committee shall determine, including cash, Shares, other property, or any combination thereof, upon achievement of such performance goals
during the Performance Period as the Committee shall establish at the time of such grant or thereafter. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.22
</B>&#147;<I>Performance Unit</I>&#148; shall mean any grant pursuant to Section&nbsp;9 of a unit valued by reference to a designated amount of property (including cash) other than Shares, which value may be paid to the Participant by delivery of
such property as the Committee shall determine, including cash, Shares, other property, or any combination thereof, upon achievement of such performance goals during the Performance Period as the Committee shall establish at the time of such grant
or thereafter. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.23 </B>&#147;<I>Permitted Assignee</I>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.3. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.24 </B>&#147;<I>Prior Plans</I>&#148; shall mean, collectively, the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan
and the 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.25 </B>&#147;<I>Restricted Stock</I>&#148; shall mean any Share issued
with the restriction that the holder may not sell, transfer, pledge or assign such Share and with such other restrictions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose (including any restriction on the right to vote such Share and the right
to receive any dividends), which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times, in installments or otherwise, as the Committee may deem appropriate in its sole discretion. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.26</B> &#147;<I>Restriction Period</I>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.27 </B>&#147;<I>Restricted Stock Award</I>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;7.1. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.28 </B>&#147;<I>Shares</I>&#148; shall mean the shares of common stock of the Company, par value $.01 per share. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.29 </B>&#147;<I>Stock Appreciation Right</I>&#148; shall mean the right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 6. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.30 </B>&#147;<I>Subsidiary</I>&#148; shall mean any corporation or other entity, whether domestic or foreign, in which the Company
has or obtains, directly or indirectly, a proprietary interest of more than fifty percent (50%)&nbsp;by reason of stock ownership or otherwise. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.31 </B>&#147;<I>Substitute Awards</I>&#148; shall mean Awards granted or Shares issued by the Company in assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted, or the right or
obligation to make future awards, by a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2.32</B> &#147;<I>Tandem Stock Appreciation Right</I>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;6.1. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>3.1 </B>Number of Shares. (a)&nbsp;Subject to adjustment as provided in Section&nbsp;12.2 and this Section&nbsp;3.1, the total number
of Shares authorized for grant under the Plan shall be 9,100,000, reduced by the total number of Shares subject to any options or awards granted under the Prior Plans during the period commencing on January&nbsp;1, 2014 and ending on the effective
date of the Plan (the &#147;<I>Pre-Effective Period</I>&#148;). Any Shares that are subject to Awards of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, whether granted under the Prior Plans during the Pre-Effective Period or under the Plan shall be counted
against this limit as one (1)&nbsp;Share for every one (1)&nbsp;Share granted. Any Shares </FONT></P>
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that are subject to Awards other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights awarded under the Prior Plans during the Pre-Effective Period shall be counted against this limit as one and 35
one-hundredths (1.35)&nbsp;Shares for every one (1)&nbsp;Share awarded. Any Shares that are subject to Awards other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights awarded under the Plan after the effective date of the Plan shall be counted against this
limit as two (2)&nbsp;Shares for every one (1)&nbsp;Share awarded. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) If any Shares subject to an Award or to
an award under the Prior Plans are forfeited, expire or otherwise terminate without issuance of such Shares, or any Award or award under the Prior Plans is settled for cash or otherwise does not result in the issuance of all or a portion of the
Shares subject to such Award, the Shares shall, to the extent of such forfeiture, expiration, termination, cash settlement or non-issuance, again be available for Awards under the Plan, subject to Section&nbsp;3.1(d) below. If any Shares subject to
an Award are used to exercise Options, are not issued upon the settlement of a Stock Appreciation Right, or are withheld by the Company for income or employment taxes on exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, the Shares shall not become
available for grant under the Plan. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Substitute Awards shall not reduce the Shares authorized for grant
under the Plan or authorized for grant to a Participant in any calendar year. Additionally, in the event that a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines has shares available under a
pre-existing plan approved by shareholders and not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such pre-existing plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the
exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination to determine the consideration payable to the holders of common stock of the entities party to such acquisition or combination) may be used for
Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the Shares authorized for grant under the Plan; provided that Awards using such available shares shall only be made (i)&nbsp;until the last date that awards or grants could have been made under the terms of
the pre-existing plan, absent the acquisition or combination, and (ii)&nbsp;to individuals who were not Employees or Directors prior to such acquisition or combination. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) Any Shares that again become available for grant pursuant to this Article shall be added back (x)&nbsp;as one
(1)&nbsp;Share if such Shares were subject to Options or Stock Appreciation Rights granted under the Prior Plans or the Plan, (y)&nbsp;as one and thirty-five one hundredths (1.35)&nbsp;Shares if such Shares were subject to Awards other than Options
or Stock Appreciation Rights granted under Prior Plans that are forfeited, expire or otherwise terminate during the Pre-Effective Period or (z)&nbsp;as two (2)&nbsp;Shares if such Shares were subject to Awards other than Options or Stock
Appreciation Rights granted under the Plan or the Prior Plans that are forfeited, expire or otherwise terminate on or after the effective date of the Plan. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>3.2 </B><I>Character of Shares.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any Shares issued hereunder may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued shares, treasury shares or shares purchased in the
open market or otherwise. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ELIGIBILITY AND ADMINISTRATION </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>4.1 </B><I>Eligibility.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any Employee or Director shall be eligible to be selected as a Participant. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>4.2 </B><I>Administration.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall have full power and authority, subject to the provisions of the Plan
and subject to such orders or resolutions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as may from time to time be adopted by the Board, to, in its sole discretion,: (i)&nbsp;select the Employees and Directors to whom Awards may from time to
time be granted hereunder; (ii)&nbsp;determine the type or types of Awards, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, to be granted to each Participant hereunder; (iii)&nbsp;determine the number of Shares to be covered by each Award granted
hereunder; (iv)&nbsp;determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, of any Award granted hereunder; (v)&nbsp;determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances Awards may be settled in cash, Shares
or other property, subject to Section&nbsp;8.1; (vi)&nbsp;determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances cash, Shares, other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award made under the Plan shall be deferred either
automatically or at the election of the Participant; (vii)&nbsp;determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances any Award shall be canceled or suspended; (viii)&nbsp;interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement
entered into under or in connection with the Plan, including any Award Agree-</FONT></P>
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ment; (ix)&nbsp;correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award in the manner and to the extent that the Committee shall deem desirable to carry it
into effect; (x)&nbsp;establish such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (xi)&nbsp;determine whether any Award (other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights) will
have Dividend Equivalents; and (xii)&nbsp;make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for administration of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board shall have the same powers as
the Committee with respect to Awards to Directors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive
and binding on all persons or entities, including the Company, any Participant, and any Subsidiary. A majority of the members of the Committee may determine its actions and fix the time and place of its meetings. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) To the extent not inconsistent with applicable law, including Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code, or the rules and
regulations of the NASDAQ Stock Market (or any other principal national securities exchange on which the Company is then listed), the Committee may delegate to a committee of one or more directors of the Company or, to the extent permitted by law,
to one or more executive officers or a committee of executive officers the right to grant Awards to Employees who are not Directors or executive officers of the Company and the authority to take action on behalf of the Committee pursuant to the Plan
to cancel or suspend Awards to Employees who are not Directors or executive officers of the Company; provided, however, (i)&nbsp;the resolution providing such authorization sets forth the total number of Awards such officer(s) may grant; and
(ii)&nbsp;the officer(s) shall report periodically to the Committee regarding the nature and scope of the Awards granted pursuant to the authority delegated. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>OPTIONS </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>5.1
</B><I>Grant of Options.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Options may be granted hereunder to Participants either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan; provided that incentive stock options may be granted only to eligible Employees
of the Company or of any parent or subsidiary corporation (as permitted by Section&nbsp;422 of the Code and the regulations thereunder). Any Option shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Article and to such additional terms and
conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>5.2
</B><I>Award Agreements.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All Options granted pursuant to this Article shall be evidenced by a written Award Agreement in such form and containing such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine which are not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan. The terms of Options need not be the same with respect to each Participant. Granting of an Option pursuant to the Plan shall impose no obligation on the recipient to exercise such Option. Any individual
who is granted an Option pursuant to this Article may hold more than one Option granted pursuant to the Plan at the same time. The Award Agreement also shall specify whether the Option is intended to qualify as an &#147;incentive stock option&#148;
as defined in Section&nbsp;422 of the Code. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>5.3 </B><I>Option Price.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other than in connection
with Substitute Awards or an adjustment in connection with Section&nbsp;12.2, the option price per each Share purchasable under any Option granted pursuant to this Article shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such Share on the
date of grant of such Option. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>5.4 </B><I>Option Term.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The term of each Option shall be fixed by
the Committee in its sole discretion; provided that no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date the Option is granted. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>5.5 </B><I>Exercise of Options.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vested Options granted under the Plan shall be exercised by the Participant or by a Permitted Assignee thereof (or by the Participant&#146;s
executors, administrators, guardian or legal representative, as may be provided in an Award Agreement) as to all or part of the Shares covered thereby, by the giving of written notice of exercise to the Company or its designated agent, specifying
the number of Shares to be purchased, accompanied by payment of the full purchase price for the Shares being purchased. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, full payment of such purchase price shall be made at the time of exercise and
shall be made (a)&nbsp;in cash or cash equivalents (including certified check or bank check or wire transfer of immediately available funds), (b)&nbsp;by tendering previously acquired Shares (either actually or by attestation, valued at their then
Fair Market Value) that have been owned for a period of at least six months (or such other period to avoid </FONT></P>
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accounting charges against the Company&#146;s earnings), (c)&nbsp;with the consent of the Committee, by delivery of other consideration (including, where permitted by law and the Committee, other
Awards) having a Fair Market Value on the exercise date equal to the total purchase price, (d)&nbsp;with the consent of the Committee, by withholding Shares otherwise issuable in connection with the exercise of the Option, (e)&nbsp;through any other
method specified in an Award Agreement, or (f)&nbsp;any combination of any of the foregoing. The notice of exercise, accompanied by such payment, shall be delivered to the Company at its principal business office or such other office as the
Committee may from time to time direct, and shall be in such form, containing such further provisions consistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee may from time to time prescribe. In no event may any Option granted hereunder be
exercised for a fraction of a Share. No adjustment shall be made for cash dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date of such issuance. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>5.6 </B><I>Form of Settlement.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In its sole discretion, the Committee may provide, at the time of grant, that the Shares to be issued upon an Option&#146;s exercise shall be
in the form of Restricted Stock or other similar securities, or may reserve the right to provide so after the time of grant. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>5.7 </B><I>Vesting.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except for certain limited situations (including the death, disability or retirement of
the Participant or a Change of Control referred to in Article 11), Options shall vest over a period of not less than (i)&nbsp;one year from date of grant for Directors or (ii)&nbsp;three years from the date of grant for Employees; provided that such
vesting shall not be required for any grants to new hires or with respect to any Substitute Awards. Options may vest ratably over such vesting periods in any increments, including but not limited to annual increments, quarterly increments, monthly
increments, or a combination thereof. The vesting schedule shall be set forth in the Award Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>5.8 </B><I>Incentive
Stock Options.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee may grant Options intended to qualify as &#147;incentive stock options&#148; as defined in Section&nbsp;422 of the Code, to any employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, subject to the
requirements of Section&nbsp;422 of the Code. Notwithstanding anything in Section&nbsp;3.1 to the contrary and solely for the purposes of determining whether Shares are available for the grant of &#147;incentive stock options&#148; under the Plan,
the maximum aggregate number of Shares with respect to which &#147;incentive stock options&#148; may be granted under the Plan shall be the number of Shares authorized for grant under Section&nbsp;3.1. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>5.9 </B><I>No Repricing.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, except in connection with a
corporate transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, or exchange of
shares), the terms of outstanding Awards may not be amended to reduce the option price of outstanding Options or cancel outstanding Options in exchange for cash, other awards or Options with an option price that is less than the option price of the
original Options without stockholder approval. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>6.1 </B><I>Grant and Exercise.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee may provide Stock Appreciation Rights (a)&nbsp;in conjunction
with all or part of any Option granted under the Plan (&#147;<I>Tandem Stock Appreciation Right</I>&#148;), (b)&nbsp;in conjunction with all or part of any Award (other than an Option) granted under the Plan, or (c)&nbsp;without regard to any Option
or other Award (a &#147;<I>Freestanding Stock Appreciation Right</I>&#148;), in each case upon such terms and conditions as the Committee may establish in its sole discretion. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>6.2 </B><I>Terms and Conditions.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject to such terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as shall be
determined from time to time by the Committee, including the following: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Except in the case of Substitute
Awards or in connection with an adjustment provided in Section&nbsp;12.2, the grant price of a Stock Appreciation Right shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of one Share on such date of grant of the right. Upon the exercise of a Stock
Appreciation Right, the holder shall have the right to receive the excess of (i)&nbsp;the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of exercise over (ii)&nbsp;the grant price of the right on the date of grant. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, payment shall be made in the sole discretion of the Committee in
(i)&nbsp;whole Shares, (ii)&nbsp;cash or (iii)&nbsp;a combination of (i)&nbsp;or (ii). </FONT></P>
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the related Option is granted. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) Any Tandem Stock Appreciation Right related to an Option may be exercised
only when the related Option would be exercisable and the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the related Option exceeds the option price at which Shares can be acquired pursuant to the Option. In addition, (i)&nbsp;if a Tandem Stock
Appreciation Right exists with respect to less than the full number of Shares covered by a related Option, then an exercise or termination of such Option shall not reduce the number of Shares to which the Tandem Stock Appreciation Right applies
until the number of Shares then exercisable under such Option equals the number of Shares to which the Tandem Stock Appreciation Right applies, and (ii)&nbsp;no Tandem Stock Appreciation Right granted under the Plan to a person then subject to
Section&nbsp;16 of the Exchange Act shall be exercised during the first six months of its term for cash, except as provided in Article 11. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) Any Option related to a Tandem Stock Appreciation Right shall no longer be exercisable to the extent the Tandem Stock Appreciation Right has been exercised. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) The provisions of Stock Appreciation Rights need not be the same with respect to each recipient. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g) Subject to Section&nbsp;12.2, a Freestanding Stock Appreciation Right shall have the same terms and conditions as
Options, including (i)&nbsp;an exercise price not less than Fair Market Value on the date of grant, (ii)&nbsp;a term not greater than ten years, and (iii)&nbsp;not being exercisable before the expiration of (1)&nbsp;one year from the date of grant
to a Director or (2)&nbsp;three years from the date of grant to an Employee, except for grants to new hires or Substitute Awards, under circumstances contemplated by Article 11 or as may be set forth in an Award Agreement with respect to
(x)&nbsp;retirement, death or disability of a Participant or (y)&nbsp;special circumstances determined by the Committee, such as the achievement of performance objectives. Stock Appreciation Rights may vest ratably over such vesting periods in any
increments, including but not limited to annual increments, quarterly increments, monthly increments, or a combination thereof. In addition to the foregoing, but subject to Section&nbsp;12.2, the base amount of any Stock Appreciation Right shall not
be reduced after the date of grant. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h) The Committee may impose such terms and conditions on Stock
Appreciation Rights granted in conjunction with any Award (other than an Option) as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>6.3 </B><I>No Repricing.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, except in connection with a corporate transaction involving the Company (including, without
limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, or exchange of shares), the terms of outstanding awards may not be amended to reduce
the exercise price of outstanding Stock Appreciation Rights or cancel outstanding Stock Appreciation Rights in exchange for cash, other awards or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original
Stock Appreciation Rights without stockholder approval. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>7.1 </B><I>Grants.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Awards of Restricted Stock may be issued hereunder to Participants either alone or in
addition to other Awards granted under the Plan (a &#147;<I>Restricted Stock Award</I>&#148;), and such Restricted Stock Awards shall also be available as a form of payment of Performance Awards and other earned cash-based incentive compensation. A
Restricted Stock Award shall be subject to restrictions imposed by the Committee covering a period of time specified by the Committee (the &#147;<I>Restriction Period</I>&#148;). The Committee has sole discretion to determine whether any
consideration (other than services) is to be received by the Company or any Subsidiary as a condition precedent to the issuance of Restricted Stock. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>7.2 </B><I>Award Agreements.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The terms of any Restricted Stock Award granted under the Plan 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 Restricted Stock Awards need not be the same with respect to each Participant. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>7.3 </B><I>Rights of Holders of Restricted Stock.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Beginning on the date of grant of the Restricted Stock Award and subject to execution of the Award Agreement, the
Participant shall become a shareholder of the Company </FONT></P>
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with respect to all Shares subject to the Award Agreement and shall have all of the rights of a shareholder, including the right to vote such Shares and the right to receive distributions made
with respect to such Shares unless otherwise provided in such Award Agreement; provided, however, that any Shares or any other property (other than cash) distributed as a dividend or otherwise with respect to any Restricted Stock as to which the
restrictions have not yet lapsed shall be subject to the same restrictions as such Restricted Stock. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>7.4 </B><I>Minimum
Vesting Period.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except for certain limited situations (including the death, disability or retirement of the Participant, or a Change of Control referred to in Article 11), or special circumstances determined by the
Committee (such as the achievement of performance objectives) Restricted Stock Awards subject solely to continued employment restrictions of Employees shall have a Restriction Period of not less than three years from date of grant. Restricted Stock
Awards may vest ratably over such vesting period in any increments, including but not limited to annual increments, quarterly increments, monthly increments, or a combination thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section
shall not be applicable to any grants to new hires, Substitute Awards or grants of Restricted Stock in payment of Performance Awards and other earned cash-based incentive compensation or grants to Directors. Subject to the foregoing three-year
minimum vesting requirement, the Committee may, in its sole discretion and subject to the limitations imposed under Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder in the case of a Restricted Stock Award intended to comply with the
performance-based exception under Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code, waive the forfeiture period and any other conditions set forth in any Award Agreement subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall deem appropriate in its sole
discretion. The maximum aggregate number of Shares with respect to which Restricted Stock Awards or Other Stock Units that are subject solely to continued employment or service restrictions of Employees or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary
with a Restriction Period of less than three years from date of grant (but permitting pro rata vesting over such time) shall be five percent (5%)&nbsp;of the number of Shares authorized for grant under Section&nbsp;3.1 (as such number may be
adjusted as provided in Sections 3.1 and 12.2); provided that this limit shall not be applicable to any grants to new hires, Substitute Awards or grants of Restricted Stock in payment of Performance Awards and other earned cash-based incentive
compensation or grants to Directors. Any Restricted Stock Award or portion of such award that is subject to a Restriction Period of three years or more (notwithstanding the fact that a portion of such award may vest within three years of the date of
grant due to pro rata vesting over the Restriction Period) or that meets the requirements of a Performance Award under Section&nbsp;9 shall not be subject to the foregoing five-percent (5%) limitation. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>7.5 </B><I>Section 83(b) Election.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee may provide in an Award Agreement that the Award of
Restricted Stock is conditioned upon the Participant making or refraining from making an election with respect to the Award under Section&nbsp;83(b) of the Code. If a Participant makes an election pursuant to Section&nbsp;83(b) of the Code
concerning a Restricted Stock Award, the Participant shall be required to file promptly a copy of such election with the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>OTHER STOCK UNIT AWARDS </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>8.1 </B><I>Grants.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Awards of units having a value equal to an identical number of Shares
(&#147;<I>Other Stock Unit Awards</I>&#148;) may be granted hereunder to Participants, in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan. Other Stock Unit Awards shall also be available as a form of payment of other Awards granted under the Plan
and other earned cash-based incentive compensation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>8.2 </B><I>Award Agreements.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The terms of
Other Stock Unit Award granted under the Plan 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. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>8.3 </B><I>Vesting.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except for certain limited situations (including the
death, disability or retirement of the Participant or a Change of Control referred to in Article 11), Other Stock Unit Awards subject solely to continued employment restrictions of Employees shall be subject to restrictions imposed by the Committee
for a period of not less than three years from date of grant. Other Stock Unit Awards may vest ratably over such vesting period in any increments, including but not limited to annual increments, quarterly increments, monthly increments, or a
combination thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such restrictions shall not be applicable to any grants to new hires, any Substitute Awards, grants of Other Stock Unit Awards in payment of Performance Awards pursuant to Article 9 and other
earned cash-based incentive compensation, or grants of Other Stock Unit Awards on a </FONT></P>
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deferred basis. The maximum aggregate number of Shares with respect to which Restricted Stock Awards or Other Stock Units that are subject solely to continued employment or service restrictions
of Employees or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary with a Restriction Period of less than three years from date of grant (but permitting pro rata vesting over such time) shall be five percent (5%)&nbsp;of the number of Shares authorized for
grant under Section&nbsp;3.1 (as such number may be adjusted as provided in Sections 3.1 and 12.2); provided that this limit shall not be applicable to any grants to new hires, any Substitute Awards, grants of Other Stock Unit Awards in payment of
Performance Awards pursuant to Article 9 and other earned cash-based incentive compensation, or grants of Other Stock Unit Awards on a deferred basis. Any Other Stock Unit Award or portion of such award that is subject to a Restriction Period of
three years or more (notwithstanding the fact that a portion of such award may vest within three years of the date of grant due to pro rata vesting over the Restriction Period) or that meets the requirements of a Performance Award under
Section&nbsp;9 shall not be subject to the foregoing five-percent (5%) limitation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:0px; "><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>8.4
</B><I>Payment.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as provided in Article 11 or as maybe provided in an Award Agreement, Other Stock Unit Awards may be paid in cash, Shares, other property, or any combination thereof, in the sole discretion of the
Committee at the time of payment. Other Stock Unit Awards may be paid in a lump sum or in installments following the lapse of the restrictions applicable to such Awards, but, unless expressly provided in an Award Agreement, no later than 2<FONT
SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&nbsp;1</SUP></FONT><FONT SIZE="2">/</FONT><FONT SIZE="1"><SUB STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; top:.1ex">2</SUB></FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"> months following the end of the calendar year in which such restrictions lapse, or in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, on a deferred basis subject to the requirements of
Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. </FONT></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>PERFORMANCE AWARDS </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>9.1 </B><I>Grants.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Performance Awards in the form of Performance Shares or Performance Units, as determined
by the Committee in its sole discretion, may be granted hereunder to Participants, for no consideration or for such minimum consideration as may be required by applicable law, either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan. The
performance goals to be achieved for each Performance Period shall be conclusively determined by the Committee and may be based upon the criteria set forth in Section&nbsp;10.2. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>9.2 </B><I>Award Agreements.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The terms of any Performance Award granted under the Plan shall be set forth in
a written Award Agreement which shall contain provisions determined by the Committee and not inconsistent with the Plan, including whether such Awards shall have Dividend Equivalents. The terms of Performance Awards need not be the same with respect
to each Participant. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>9.3 </B><I>Terms and Conditions.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The performance criteria to be achieved
during any Performance Period and the length of the Performance Period shall be determined by the Committee upon the grant of each Performance Award; provided, however, that a Performance Period shall not be shorter than 12 months nor longer than
five years. The amount of the Award to be distributed shall be conclusively determined by the Committee. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:0px; "><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>9.4 </B><I>Payment.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as provided in Article 11 or as may be provided in an Award
Agreement, Performance Awards will be distributed only after the end of the relevant Performance Period. Performance Awards may be paid in cash, Shares, or any combination thereof, in the sole discretion of the Committee at the time of payment.
Performance Awards may be paid in a lump sum or in installments, but, unless expressly provided in an Award Agreement, no later than 2<FONT SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&nbsp;1</SUP></FONT><FONT
SIZE="2">/</FONT><FONT SIZE="1"><SUB STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; top:.1ex">2</SUB></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"> months following the close of the calendar year that contains the end of the
Performance Period or, in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, on a deferred basis subject to the requirements of Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. </FONT></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>9.5 </B><I>Performance Award Dividend Equivalents.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the provisions of the Plan and any Award Agreement, the Committee in its sole discretion may award currently or
on a deferred basis, Dividend Equivalents with respect to the number of Shares covered by a Performance Unit or Performance Share Award, provided, that such Dividend Equivalents (if any) shall be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Shares
or Units and shall provide that such Dividend Equivalents are subject to the same performance conditions as the underlying Award. </FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CODE SECTION 162(m) PROVISIONS </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>10.1 </B><I>Covered Employees.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if the Committee determines at the time a Restricted Stock Award, a Performance Award or an
Other Stock Unit Award is granted to a Participant who is, or is likely to be, as of the end of the tax year in which the Company would claim a tax deduction in connection with such Award, a Covered Employee, then the Committee may provide that this
Article 10 is applicable to such Award. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>10.2 </B><I>Performance Criteria.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the Committee
determines that a Restricted Stock Award, a Performance Award or an Other Stock Unit Award is subject to this Article 10, the lapsing of restrictions thereon and the distribution of cash, Shares or other property pursuant thereto, as applicable,
shall be subject to the achievement of one or more objective performance goals established by the Committee, which shall be based on the attainment of specified levels of one or any combination of the following: net sales; revenue growth; pre-tax
income before allocation of corporate overhead and bonus; earnings per share; operating income, net income; division, group or corporate financial goals; return on stockholders&#146; equity; total stockholder return; return on assets; attainment of
strategic and operational initiatives; appreciation in and/or maintenance of the price of the Shares or any other publicly-traded securities of the Company; market share; gross profits; earnings before taxes; earnings before interest and taxes;
earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization; economic value-added models; comparisons with various stock market indices; reductions in costs; cash flow, cash flow per share; return on invested capital, cash flow return
on investment; improvement in or attainment of expense levels or working capital levels; cash margins; safety records; and rig utilization and rig count growth. Such performance goals also may be based solely by reference to the Company&#146;s
performance or the performance of a Subsidiary, division, business segment or business unit of the Company, or based upon the relative performance of other companies or upon comparisons of any of the indicators of performance relative to other
companies. The Committee may also exclude the impact of an event or occurrence which the Committee determines should appropriately be excluded, including (a)&nbsp;restructurings, discontinued operations, extraordinary items, and other unusual or
non-recurring charges, (b)&nbsp;an event either not directly related to the operations of the Company or not within the reasonable control of the Company&#146;s management, or (c)&nbsp;the cumulative effects of tax or accounting changes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Such performance goals shall be set by the Committee within the time period prescribed by, and shall otherwise comply with the requirements of, Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code, and the
regulations thereunder. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>10.3 </B><I>Adjustments.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan
(other than Article 11), with respect to any Restricted Stock, Performance Award or Other Stock Unit Award that is subject to this Section&nbsp;10, the Committee may adjust downwards, but not upwards, the amount payable pursuant to such Award, and
the Committee may not waive the achievement of the applicable performance goals, except in the case of the death or disability of the Participant or as otherwise determined by the Committee in special circumstances. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>10.4 </B><I>Restrictions.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee shall have the power to impose such other restrictions on Awards
subject to this Article as it may deem necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion to ensure that such Awards satisfy all requirements for &#147;performance-based compensation&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>10.5 </B><I>Limitations on Grants to Individual Participant.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to adjustment as provided
in Section&nbsp;12.2, no Participant may be granted (i)&nbsp;Options or Stock Appreciation Rights during any 12-month period with respect to more than 1,000,000 Shares or (ii)&nbsp;Restricted Stock, Performance Awards denominated in Shares and/or
Other Stock Unit Awards that are denominated in Shares in any 12-month period with respect to more than 500,000 Shares (the &#147;<I>Limitations</I>&#148;). In addition to the foregoing, the maximum dollar value payable to any Participant in any
12-month period with respect to Performance Awards denominated in cash is $5,000,000. For the avoidance of doubt, any Award shall only be subject to one of the applicable per person limitations set forth in the previous two sentences. If an Award is
cancelled, the cancelled Award shall continue to be counted toward the applicable Limitations. Further, no Director may be granted during any calendar year Awards having a value determined on the date of grant in excess of $500,000. </FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CHANGE OF CONTROL PROVISIONS </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Impact of Change of Control.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The terms of any Award may provide in the Award Agreement evidencing the Award that, upon a &#147;Change of Control&#148; of the Company,
(a)&nbsp;Options and Stock Appreciation Rights outstanding as of the date of the Change of Control immediately vest and become fully exercisable, (b)&nbsp;that Options and Stock Appreciation Rights outstanding as of the date of the Change of Control
may be cancelled and terminated without payment therefor if the Fair Market Value of one Share as of the date of the Change of Control is less than the per Share Option exercise price or Stock Appreciation Right grant price, (c)&nbsp;restrictions
and deferral limitations on Restricted Stock lapse and the Restricted Stock become free of all restrictions and limitations and become fully vested, (d)&nbsp;all Performance Awards shall be considered to be earned and payable (either in full or pro
rata based on the portion of Performance Period completed as of the date of the Change of Control), and any deferral or other restriction shall lapse and such Performance Awards shall be immediately settled or distributed to the extent permitted
under Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, (e)&nbsp;the restrictions and deferral limitations and other conditions applicable to any Other Stock Unit Awards or any other Awards shall lapse, and such Other Stock Unit Awards or such other Awards shall
become free of all restrictions, limitations or conditions and become fully vested and transferable to the full extent of the original grant to the extent permitted under Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, and (f)&nbsp;such other additional benefits as
the Committee deems appropriate in its sole discretion shall apply, subject in each case to any terms and conditions contained in the Award Agreement evidencing such Award. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Committee, in its sole
discretion, may determine that, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control of the Company, each Option and Stock Appreciation Right outstanding shall terminate within a specified number of days after notice to the Participant, and/or that each
Participant shall receive, with respect to each Share subject to such Option or Stock Appreciation Right, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of such Share immediately prior to the occurrence of such Change of Control
over the exercise price per share of such Option and/or Stock Appreciation Right; such amount to be payable in cash, in one or more kinds of stock or property (including the stock or property, if any, payable in the transaction) or in a combination
thereof, as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>GENERALLY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>12.1 </B><I>Amendment and Termination of the Plan.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Board may, from time to time, alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan as it shall deem advisable in its sole
discretion, subject to any requirement for stockholder approval imposed by applicable law, including the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ Stock Market (or any other principal national securities exchange on which the Company is listed) provided
that the Board may not amend the Plan in any manner that would result in noncompliance with Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act; and further provided that the Board may not, without the approval of the Company&#146;s stockholders, amend the Plan to
(a)&nbsp;increase the number of Shares that may be the subject of Awards under the Plan (except for adjustments pursuant to Section&nbsp;12.2), (b)&nbsp;expand the types of awards available under the Plan, (c)&nbsp;materially expand the class of
persons eligible to participate in the Plan, (d)&nbsp;amend any provision of Section&nbsp;5.9, (e)&nbsp;increase the maximum permissible term of any Option specified by Section&nbsp;5.4, (f)&nbsp;amend any provision of Section&nbsp;6.3 or
(g)&nbsp;amend any provision of Section&nbsp;10.5. In addition, no amendments to, or termination of, the Plan shall in any way impair the rights of a Participant under any Award previously granted without such Participant&#146;s consent. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>12.2 </B><I>Adjustments.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization,
dividend or distribution (whether in cash, shares or other property, other than a regular cash dividend), stock split, reverse stock split, spin-off or similar transaction or other change in corporate structure affecting the Shares or the value
thereof, such adjustments and other substitutions shall be made to the Plan and to Awards as the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems equitable or appropriate, including such adjustments in the aggregate number, class and kind of securities that
may be delivered under the Plan and, in the aggregate or to any one Participant, in the number, class, kind and option or exercise price of securities subject to outstanding Awards granted under the Plan (including, if the Committee deems
appropriate, the substitution of similar options to purchase the shares of, or other awards denominated in the shares of, another company) as the Committee may determine to be appropriate in its sole discretion; provided, however, that the number of
Shares subject to any Award shall always be a whole number. No adjustment or substitution pursuant to this Section&nbsp;12.2 shall be made in a manner that results in noncompliance with the requirements of Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, to the
extent applicable. </FONT></P>
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below, no Award and no Shares subject to Awards described in Article 8 that have not been issued or as to which any applicable restriction, performance or deferral period has not lapsed, may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise
encumbered, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and such Award may be exercised during the life of the Participant only by the Participant or the Participant&#146;s guardian or legal representative. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a Participant may assign or transfer an Award with the consent of the Committee (i)&nbsp;for charitable donations; (ii)&nbsp;to the Participant&#146;s spouse, children or grandchildren (including any adopted and stepchildren and
grandchildren), or (iii)&nbsp;a trust for the benefit of one or more of the Participants or the persons referred to in clause (ii)&nbsp;(each transferee thereof, a &#147;<I>Permitted Assignee</I>&#148;); provided that such Permitted Assignee shall
be bound by and subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Award Agreement relating to the transferred Award and shall execute an agreement satisfactory to the Company evidencing such obligations; and provided further that such
Participant shall remain bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan. The Company shall cooperate with any Permitted Assignee and the Company&#146;s transfer agent in effectuating any transfer permitted under this Section. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Further, all Incentive Stock Options
granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>12.4
</B><I>Termination of Employment.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee shall determine and set forth in each Award Agreement whether any Awards granted in such Award Agreement will continue to be exercisable, and the terms of such exercise, on
and after the date that a Participant ceases to be employed by or to provide services to the Company or any Subsidiary (including as a Director), whether by reason of death, disability, voluntary or involuntary termination of employment or services,
or otherwise. The date of termination of a Participant&#146;s employment or services will be determined by the Committee, which determination will be final. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>12.5 </B><I>Deferral.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee shall be authorized to establish procedures pursuant to which the payment of any Award may be deferred. Such deferrals shall be
administered in a manner that is intended to comply with Section&nbsp;409A of the Code and shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>12.6 </B><I>Dividend Equivalents.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the provisions of the Plan and any Award Agreement, the recipient of an Award (including any deferred Award) may, if so
determined by the Committee, be entitled to receive, currently or on a deferred basis, cash, stock or other property dividends, or cash payments in amounts equivalent to cash, stock or other property dividends on Shares (&#147;<I>Dividend
Equivalents</I>&#148;) with respect to the number of Shares covered by the Award, as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion. The Committee may provide that such amounts and Dividend Equivalents (if any) shall be deemed to have been
reinvested in additional Shares or otherwise reinvested and may provide that such amounts and Dividend Equivalents are subject to the same vesting conditions as the underlying Award; provided, however, that with respect to Dividend Equivalents (if
any) awarded in connection with a Performance Unit Award or Performance Share Award, such Dividend Equivalents (if any) shall be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Shares or Units and shall provide that such Dividend Equivalents are
subject to the same performance conditions as the underlying Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Dividend Equivalents shall not be made part of any Options or Stock Appreciation Rights. </FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>MISCELLANEOUS </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.1
</B><I>Tax Withholding.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company shall have the right to make all payments or distributions pursuant to the Plan to a Participant (or a Permitted Assignee thereof) (any such person, a &#147;<I>Payee</I>&#148;) net of
any applicable federal, state and local taxes required to be paid or withheld as a result of (a)&nbsp;the grant of any Award, (b)&nbsp;the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, (c)&nbsp;the delivery of Shares or cash, (d)&nbsp;the lapse
of any restrictions in connection with any Award or (e)&nbsp;any other event occurring pursuant to the Plan. The Company or any Subsidiary shall have the right to withhold from wages or other amounts otherwise payable to such Payee such minimum
statutory withholding taxes as may be required by law, or to otherwise require the Payee to pay such withholding taxes. If the Payee shall fail to make such tax payments as are required, the Company or its Subsidiaries shall, to the extent permitted
by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to such Payee or to take such other action as may be necessary to satisfy such with-</FONT></P>
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holding obligations. The Committee shall be authorized to establish procedures for election by Participants to satisfy such obligation for the payment of such taxes by tendering previously
acquired Shares (either actually or by attestation, valued at their then Fair Market Value) that have been owned for a period of at least six months (or such other period to avoid accounting charges against the Company&#146;s earnings), or by
directing the Company to retain Shares (up to the Participant&#146;s minimum required tax withholding rate or such other rate that will not trigger a negative accounting impact) otherwise deliverable in connection with the Award. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.2 </B><I>Right of Discharge Reserved; Claims to Awards.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nothing in the Plan nor the grant of an Award
hereunder shall confer upon any Employee or Director the right to continue in the employment or service of the Company or any Subsidiary or affect any right that the Company or any Subsidiary may have to terminate the employment or service of (or to
demote or to exclude from future Awards under the Plan) any such Employee or Director at any time for any reason. Except as specifically provided by the Committee, the Company shall not be liable for the loss of existing or potential profit from an
Award granted in the event of termination of an employment or other relationship. No Employee or Participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Employees or
Participants under the Plan. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.3 </B><I>Prospective Recipient.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The prospective recipient of any
Award under the Plan shall not, with respect to such Award, be deemed to have become a Participant, or to have any rights with respect to such Award, until and unless such recipient shall have executed an agreement or other instrument (in written or
electronic form, in such manner as may be designated by the Committee) evidencing the Award and delivered a copy thereof to the Company, and otherwise complied with the then applicable terms and conditions. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.4 </B><I>Cancellation of Award.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, all
outstanding Awards granted to any Participant may be canceled if the Participant, without the consent of the Company, while employed by the Company or any Subsidiary or after termination of such employment or service, establishes a relationship with
a competitor of the Company or any Subsidiary or engages in activity that is in conflict with or adverse to the interest of the Company or any Subsidiary, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.5 </B><I>Stop Transfer Orders.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All certificates for Shares delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award
shall be subject to such stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable in its sole discretion under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon
which the Shares are then listed, and any applicable federal or state securities law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.6 </B><I>Nature of Payments.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All Awards made pursuant to the Plan are in consideration of services
performed or to be performed for the Company or any Subsidiary, division or business unit of the Company. Neither Awards made under the Plan nor Shares or cash paid pursuant to such Awards, may be included as &#147;compensation&#148; for purposes of
computing the benefits payable to any Participant under the Company&#146;s or any Subsidiary&#146;s retirement plans (both qualified and non-qualified), welfare benefit plans or other employee benefit plans unless such plan expressly provides that
such compensation shall be taken into account in computing a participant&#146;s benefit. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.7 </B><I>Other
Plans.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Board from adopting other or additional compensation arrangements, subject to stockholder approval if such approval is required; and such arrangements may be either
generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.8 </B><I>Severability.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If any
provision of the Plan shall be held unlawful or otherwise invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall (a)&nbsp;be deemed limited to the extent that such court of competent jurisdiction
deems it lawful, valid and/or enforceable and as so limited shall remain in full force and effect, and (b)&nbsp;not affect any other provision of the Plan or part thereof, each of which shall remain in full force and effect. If the making of any
payment or the provision of any other benefit required under the Plan shall be held unlawful or otherwise invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such unlawfulness, invalidity or unenforceability shall not prevent any other
payment or benefit from being made or provided under the Plan, and if the making of any payment in full or the provision of any other benefit required </FONT></P>
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under the Plan in full would be unlawful or otherwise invalid or unenforceable, then such unlawfulness, invalidity or unenforceability shall not prevent such payment or benefit from being made or
provided in part, to the extent that it would not be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, and the maximum payment or benefit that would not be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable shall be made or provided under the Plan. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.9 </B><I>Construction.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As used in the Plan, the words &#147;include&#148; and &#147;including,&#148; and
variations thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather shall be deemed to be followed by the words &#147;without limitation.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.10 </B><I>Unfunded Status of the Plan.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plan is intended to constitute an &#147;unfunded&#148; plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any
payments not yet made to a Participant by the Company, nothing contained herein shall give any such Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company. In its sole discretion, the Committee may authorize the
creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan to deliver the Shares or payments in lieu of or with respect to Awards hereunder; provided, however, that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is
consistent with the unfunded status of the Plan. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.11 </B><I>Governing Law.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plan and all
determinations made and actions taken thereunder, to the extent not otherwise governed by the Code or the laws of the United States, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to principles of conflict of laws, and
construed accordingly. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.12 </B><I>Effective Date of Plan; Termination of Plan.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plan shall
be effective on the date of the approval of the Plan by the holders of the shares entitled to vote at a duly constituted meeting of the stockholders of the Company. The Plan shall be null and void and of no effect if the foregoing condition is not
fulfilled and in such event each Award shall, notwithstanding any of the preceding provisions of the Plan, be null and void and of no effect. Awards may be granted under the Plan at any time and from time to time on or prior to the tenth anniversary
of the effective date of the Plan, on which date the Plan will expire except as to Awards then outstanding under the Plan. Such outstanding Awards shall remain in effect until they have been exercised or terminated, or have expired. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.13 </B><I>Foreign Employees.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Awards may be granted to Participants who are foreign nationals or employed
outside the United States, or both, on such terms and conditions different from those applicable to Awards to Employees employed in the United States as may, in the Committee&#146;s sole discretion, be necessary or desirable in order to recognize
differences in local law or tax policy. The Committee also may impose conditions on the exercise or vesting of Awards in order to minimize the Company&#146;s obligation with respect to tax equalization for Employees on assignments outside their home
country. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.14 </B><I>Section&nbsp;409A of the Code</I>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Awards made under the Plan are intended to comply with or be exempt from Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, and ambiguous
provisions hereof, if any, shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with such intent. No payment, benefit or consideration shall be substituted for an Award if such action would result in the imposition of taxes under
Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, if any Plan provision or Award under the Plan would result in the imposition of an additional tax under Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, that Plan provision or Award
shall be reformed, to the extent permissible under Code Section&nbsp;409A, to avoid imposition of the additional tax, and no such action shall be deemed to adversely affect the Participant&#146;s rights to an Award. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Unless the Committee provides otherwise in an Award Agreement, each Other Stock Unit Award or Performance Unit (or
portion thereof if the Award is subject to a vesting schedule) shall be settled no later than the 15th day of the third month after the end of the first calendar year in which the Award (or such portion thereof) is no longer subject to a
&#147;substantial risk of forfeiture&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. If the Committee determines that an Other Stock Unit Award or Performance Unit is intended to be subject to Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, the applicable
Award Agreement shall include terms that are designed to satisfy the requirements of Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) If the Participant is identified by the Company as a &#147;specified
employee&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code on the date on which the Participant has a &#147;separation from service&#148; (other than due to death) within the meaning of Treasury Regulation &#167; 1.409A-1(h), any
Award payable or settled on account of a separation from service that is deferred compensation subject to Section&nbsp;409A of the Code shall be paid or settled on the earliest of (1)&nbsp;the first business day following the expiration of six
months from the Participant&#146;s separation from service, (2)&nbsp;the date of the Participant&#146;s death, or (3)&nbsp;such earlier date as complies with the requirements of Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.15 </B><I>Captions.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The captions in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and are not intended
to narrow, limit or affect the substance or interpretation of the provisions contained herein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.16 </B><I>Notification of
Disqualifying Disposition.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If any Participant shall make any disposition of Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of an incentive stock option under the circumstances described in Section&nbsp;421(b) of the Code (relating
to certain disqualifying dispositions), such Participant shall notify the Company of such disposition within ten (10)&nbsp;days thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.17 </B><I>Sarbanes Oxley Act.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company, as a result of misconduct,
with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, or if the Participant is one of the persons subject to automatic forfeiture under Section&nbsp;304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Participant shall reimburse the Company the
amount of any payment in settlement of an Award earned or accrued during the twelve-month period following the first public issuance or filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (whichever just occurred) of the financial
document embodying such financial reporting requirement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>13.18 </B><I>Indemnification.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each
person who is or shall have been a member of the Board, or a Committee appointed by the Board, or an officer of the Company to whom authority was delegated in accordance with Section&nbsp;4.2 shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company
against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she
may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Company&#146;s approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment
in any such action, suit, or proceeding against him or her, provided he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf,
unless such loss, cost, liability, or expense is a result of his or her own willful misconduct or except as expressly provided by statute. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which
such persons may be entitled under the Company&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation of Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Exhibit 10.2 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2014 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SHARE-SETTLED </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARD AGREEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,
20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>1.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><B>Performance Share Award</B>.<B> </B>The Compensation Committee (the &#147;<U>Committee</U>&#148;) of the Board of Directors of Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
&#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), pursuant to the Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the &#147;<U>Plan</U>&#148;), hereby awards to
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (the &#147;<U>Grantee</U>&#148;), effective as of the Date of Award set forth above, a Performance Share Award (the
&#147;<U>Award</U>&#148;) on the terms and conditions as set forth in this agreement (this &#147;<U>Agreement</U>&#148;).<B></B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.1</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>General Performance Criteria</U>. The Award provides the Grantee an opportunity to receive Shares based upon the Company&#146;s total stockholder return for the Performance Period (as that term is defined below) as
compared with the total stockholder returns of the peer index companies set forth on Exhibit A (the &#147;<U>Peer Index Companies</U>&#148;) for such period. Total shareholder return for the Company will be measured based on $100 invested in the
Company&#146;s common stock on the first day of the Performance Period, with dividends reinvested. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.2</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>Issuance of Shares Upon Achievement of Performance Criteria as of the Final Day of the Performance Period</U>. If (a)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s total stockholder return (dividends during the Performance Period, if any,
are assumed to be reinvested) for the three-year period (the &#147;<U>Performance Period</U>&#148;) ending &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,
20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (the &#147;<U>Final Day of the Performance Period</U>&#148;), is positive and equals or exceeds the 25<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> percentile of the total stockholder
returns of the Peer Index Companies for the Performance Period, (b)&nbsp;a Change in Control of the Company has not occurred on or before the Final Day of the Performance Period, and (c)&nbsp;the Grantee remains in the active employ of the Company
through the Final Day of the Performance Period, then the Company shall issue to the Grantee the number of Shares determined as follows: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="6%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">if the Company&#146;s total stockholder return for the Performance Period is equal to the 50<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> percentile rank of the Company&#146;s total stockholder return for the
Performance Period as compared to the total stockholder returns of the Peer Index Companies, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shares (the &#147;<U>Target
Amount</U>&#148;); </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="6%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if the Company&#146;s total stockholder return for the Performance Period is greater than the
25<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> percentile rank of the Company&#146;s total stockholder return for the Performance Period as compared to the total stockholder returns of the Peer Index Companies but less than the 50<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> percentile, one </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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half times the Target Amount plus the product of one half times the Target Amount multiplied by the quotient obtained by dividing the difference of the percentile rank achieved for the
Performance Period (expressed as a percentage) minus 25 percent (25%)&nbsp;by 25 percent (25%)&nbsp;(i.e., (0.5 x Target Amount) + [(0.5 x Target Amount) x ((percentile rank (%)&nbsp;&#150; 0.25)/0.25)]); or </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">E.g., assume that the Target Amount of the Award is&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shares and the total stockholder return of the
Company for the Performance Period as compared to the total stockholder returns of the Peer Index Companies ranks in the 40<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> percentile. The total amount of Shares issuable to the Grantee under
the Award would be&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shares, which is determined as follows: (0.5 x
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;) + [(0.5 x
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;) x ((40%&#151;25%)/25%)] =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;+ [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;x
(15%/25%)] =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;+[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;x 60%]
= &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="6%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(iii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">if the Company&#146;s total stockholder return achieved for the Performance Period is greater than the 50<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> percentile rank of the Company&#146;s total stockholder
return for the Performance Period as compared to the total stockholder returns of the Peer Index Companies but less than the 75<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> percentile, the Target Amount plus the product of the Target
Amount multiplied by the quotient obtained by dividing the difference of the percentile rank achieved for the Performance Period (expressed as a percentage) minus 50 percent (50%)&nbsp;by 25 percent (25%)&nbsp;(i.e., (Target Amount) + [(Target
Amount) x ((percentile rank (%)&nbsp;&#150; 0.50)/0.25)]); or </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">E.g., assume that the same facts as the example above in clause&nbsp;(iii) except that the total stockholder return of the Company for the Performance Period as compared to the total stockholder returns of the Peer
Index Companies ranks in the 60<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> percentile. The total amount of Shares issuable to the Grantee under the Award would be
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shares, which is determined as follows: (&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;) +
[(&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;) x ((60%&#151;50%)/25%)] = &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +
[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; x (10%/25%)] =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;x 40%]
= &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="6%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(iv)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">if the Company&#146;s total stockholder return for the Performance Period is equal to or greater than the 75<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> percentile rank of the Company&#146;s total stockholder
return for the Performance Period as compared to the total stockholder returns of the Peer Index Companies, two times the Target Amount. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.3</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>Forfeiture</U>. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Award pursuant to this Agreement shall lapse and be forfeited on the Final Day of the Performance Period if (a)&nbsp;the
Company&#146;s total stockholder return for the Performance Period is less than the 25<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> percentile of the total stockholder returns of the Peer Index Companies for the Performance Period and
(b)&nbsp;a Change in Control of the Company has not occurred on or before the Final Day of the Performance Period. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.4</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>Committee Determination</U>. Pursuant to Articles 4 and 9 of the Plan, the Committee shall have the discretion to calculate the total stockholder returns for the Performance Period for the Peer Index Companies,
including the Company, and to determine the formula to achieve such calculations. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Committee&#146;s determinations with respect to the Performance Period for purposes of this Agreement shall be binding upon all persons. The Committee may not increase the Shares issuable under this Agreement. The
Committee may, in its sole discretion, make such adjustments as it deems necessary and appropriate, if any, in the composition of the group of Peer Index Companies to address the merger or consolidation of any company in the Peer Index Companies as
of the date hereof with another company, an acquisition or disposition of a significant portion of such company&#146;s businesses or assets as it exists on the date hereof, or any other extraordinary event occurring in relation to such company
during the term of this Agreement. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Prior to an issuance of Shares made pursuant to Section&nbsp;1.2 and as provided in Section&nbsp;2 or Section&nbsp;3.4, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine if the
performance criteria for such issuance has been satisfied and, to the extent such performance criteria has been satisfied, shall certify in writing that such performance criteria has been satisfied. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>2.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><B>TIME OF ISSUANCE OF SHARES</B>.<B> </B>For purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise provided under the Plan or Section&nbsp;3.4 of this Agreement, the Company shall cause the Shares to be issued to the
Grantee pursuant to Section&nbsp;1.2 on or before the 75th day following the Final Day of the Performance Period. Any Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement will be issued to the Grantee or, if issuable pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.3, the
Grantee&#146;s legal representative or the Grantee&#146;s estate, and thereafter the Grantee or, if applicable, the Grantee&#146;s estate and heirs, executors, administrators and the Grantee&#146;s legal representatives shall have no further rights
with respect to the Award or this Agreement.<B></B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT/CHANGE IN CONTROL.</B> The following provisions will apply in the event the Grantee&#146;s employment with the Company terminates, or a Change in Control of the Company (as defined below)
occurs, before the Final Day of the Performance Period. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">3.1</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>Definitions</U>. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them under this Section: </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="6%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Grantee will have a &#147;<U>Disability</U>&#148; if the Grantee qualifies for long-term disability benefits under a long-term disability program
sponsored by the Company in which executive officers participate generally or, if the Company does not sponsor such a long-term disability program, the Grantee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;<U>Retirement</U>&#148; means the voluntary termination of the Grantee&#146;s employment relationship with the Company (i)&nbsp;on or after the date on which the Grantee attains age 55 and (ii)&nbsp;on or after
the date on which the sum of the Grantee&#146;s age and number of full years of service total 70. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">A &#147;<U>Change in Control of the Company</U>&#148; shall mean the occurrence of any of the following after the Grant Date and prior to the date on which the Performance Share Award is forfeited in accordance with
Section&nbsp;1.3: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) (a &#147;<U>Covered Person</U>&#148;) of beneficial
ownership (within the meaning of rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 35% or more of either (A)&nbsp;the then outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company (the &#147;<U>Outstanding Company Common Stock</U>&#148;), or
(B)&nbsp;the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the &#147;<U>Outstanding Company Voting Securities</U>&#148;); <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that
for purposes of this subclause (1)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;3.1(iii), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control of the Company: (A)&nbsp;any acquisition directly from the Company, (B)&nbsp;any acquisition by the Company,
(C)&nbsp;any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any entity controlled by the Company, or (D)&nbsp;any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with
clauses (A), (B)&nbsp;and (C)&nbsp;of subclause (3)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;3.1(iii); or </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Individuals who, as of the Grant Date, constitute the Board (the &#147;<U>Incumbent Board</U>&#148;) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that any
individual becoming a director subsequent to the Grant Date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company&#146;s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be
considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the
election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Covered Person other than the Board; or </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Consummation of (xx)&nbsp;a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or (yy)&nbsp;a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a
&#147;<U>Business Combination</U>&#148;), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (A)&nbsp;all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common
Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, direct or indirectly, more than 65% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the
then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such
transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company&#146;s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the
Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B)&nbsp;no Covered Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business
Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities of such corporation, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (C)&nbsp;at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination
were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or, if earlier, of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>Termination Generally</U>. Except as specified in Section&nbsp;3.3 and 3.4 below, all of the Grantee&#146;s rights in this Agreement, including all rights to the Performance Share Award granted to the Grantee, will
lapse and be completely forfeited on the date the Grantee&#146;s employment terminates if the Grantee&#146;s employment with the Company terminates on or before the Final Day of the Performance Period for Shares issuable pursuant to
Section&nbsp;1.2, if any, for any reason other than death, Disability or Retirement. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>Death, Disability or Retirement</U>. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Grantee&#146;s employment with the Company terminates due to the Grantee&#146;s death, Disability, or
Retirement after the completion of at least one month of the Performance Period and on or before the Final Day of the Performance Period for Shares issuable pursuant to Section&nbsp;1.2, </TD></TR></TABLE>
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if any, then the Company will cause Shares to be issued to the Grantee, at such time as provided in Section&nbsp;2, an amount equal to the product of (1)&nbsp;and (2)&nbsp;where (1)&nbsp;is the
amount the Grantee would have received under this Agreement if the Grantee&#146;s employment with the Company had not been terminated due to the Grantee&#146;s death, Disability or Retirement before such Final Day of the Performance Period and
(2)&nbsp;is a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from the beginning of the Performance Period through the date of the Grantee&#146;s death, or the Grantee&#146;s termination of employment with the Company due to a Disability or
Retirement up to a maximum of 1095 days and the denominator of which is 1095. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>Change in Control</U>. Notwithstanding anything in the Agreement to the contrary, the Company (or its successor) will cause to be issued to the Grantee immediately preceding a Change in Control of the Company a
number of Shares in an amount equal to the Target Amount, and thereafter the Company (or its successor) will have no further obligations to the Grantee pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that this Section&nbsp;3.4 shall not apply if the
Grantee is the Covered Person or forms part of the Covered Person below that acquires 35% or more of either the Outstanding Company Common Stock or Outstanding Company Voting Securities and such acquisition constitutes a Change in Control of the
Company. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>TAX WITHHOLDING</B>.<B> </B>To the extent that the grant, vesting or issuance of Shares under the Agreement results in income to the Grantee for federal, state or local income, employment, excise or other tax
purposes with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has a withholding obligation, the Grantee shall deliver to the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such receipt or lapse, as the case may be, such amount of money as the
Company or such Subsidiary may require to meet its obligation under applicable tax laws or regulations. If the Grantee fails to do so, the Company or its Subsidiary is authorized to withhold from wages or other amounts otherwise payable to such
Grantee the minimum statutory withholding taxes as may be required by law or to take such other action as may be necessary to satisfy such withholding obligations. Subject to restrictions that the Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose, the
Grantee may satisfy such obligation for the payment of such taxes by tendering previously acquired Shares (either actually or by attestation, valued at their then Fair Market Value) that have been owned for a period of at least six months (or such
other period to avoid accounting charges against the Company&#146;s earnings), or by directing the Company to retain Shares (up to the Grantee&#146;s minimum required tax withholding rate or such other rate that will not trigger a negative
accounting impact) otherwise deliverable under this Agreement. The Company shall not be obligated to issue any Shares granted hereunder until all applicable federal, state and local income, employment, excise or other tax withholding requirements
have been satisfied.<B></B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B>TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS.</B> The Performance Share Award granted hereby may not be sold, assigned, pledged, exchanged, hypothecated or otherwise
transferred, encumbered or disposed of, to the extent then subject to the forfeiture pursuant to this Agreement. Any such attempted sale, assignment, pledge, exchange, hypothecation, transfer, encumbrance or disposition in violation of this
Agreement shall be void and the </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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Company shall not be bound thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Grantee may assign or transfer the Performance Share Award granted hereby pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order
(as defined in Section&nbsp;414(p) of the Code, or Section&nbsp;206(d)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended), or with the consent of the Committee (i)&nbsp;for charitable donations; (ii)&nbsp;to the Grantee&#146;s
spouse, children or grandchildren (including any adopted and stepchildren and grandchildren), or (iii)&nbsp;a trust for the benefit of the Grantee or the persons referred to in clause (ii)&nbsp;(each transferee thereof, a &#147;<U>Permitted
Assignee</U>&#148;); provided that such Permitted Assignee shall be bound by and subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Award Agreement; and provided further that the Grantee shall remain bound by the terms and conditions of
the Plan. Further, the Shares granted hereby that are no longer subject to forfeiture may not be sold or otherwise disposed of in any manner which would constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws, and the Grantee
agrees (i)&nbsp;that the Company may refuse to cause the transfer of the Shares to be registered on the applicable stock transfer records if such proposed transfer would, in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, constitute a violation
of any applicable securities law, and (ii)&nbsp;that the Company may give related instructions to the transfer agent, if any, to stop registration of the transfer of the Shares. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>CAPITAL ADJUSTMENTS AND REORGANIZATIONS</B>.<B> </B>The existence of the Performance Share Award shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization,
reorganization or other change in its capital structure or its business, engage in any merger or consolidation, issue any debt or equity securities, dissolve or liquidate, or sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its
assets or business, or engage in any other corporate act or proceeding.<B></B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARD DOES NOT AWARD ANY RIGHTS OF A STOCKHOLDER</B>.<B> </B>The Grantee shall not have the voting rights or any of the other rights, powers or privileges of a holder of the stock of the Company
with respect to the Performance Share Award that are awarded hereby. Only after the Shares are issued in exchange for the Grantee&#146;s rights under this Agreement will the Grantee have all of the rights of a shareholder with respect to such Shares
issued in exchange for such rights.<B></B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP.</B> For purposes of this Agreement, the Grantee shall be considered to be in the employment of the Company as long as the Grantee has an employment relationship with the Company and any of
its Subsidiaries. The Committee shall determine any questions as to whether and when there has been a termination of such employment relationship, and the cause of such termination, under the Plan, and the Committee&#146;s determination shall be
final and binding on all persons. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>NOT AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT</B>.<B> </B>This Agreement is not an employment agreement, and no provision of this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted to create an employment relationship between the Grantee and
the Company or any Affiliate or guarantee the right to remain employed by the Company or any Affiliate for any specified term.<B></B> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>LIMIT OF LIABILITY</B>.<B> </B>Under no circumstances will the Company or an Affiliate be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages (including lost profits) of any form incurred by any
person, whether or not foreseeable and regardless of the form of the act in which such a claim may be brought, with respect to the Plan.<B></B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>COMPANY LIABLE FOR ISSUANCE OF SHARES.</B> Except as specified in Section&nbsp;3.4, the Company is liable for the issuance of any Shares that become issuable under this Agreement. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>SECURITIES ACT LEGEND.</B> The Grantee consents to the placing on the certificate for the Shares of an appropriate legend restricting resale or other transfer of the Shares except in accordance with all applicable
securities laws and rules thereunder, as well as any legend under Section&nbsp;13.5 of the Plan as determined by the Committee. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>NO FRACTIONAL SHARES.</B> All provisions of this Agreement concern whole Shares. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, if the application of any provision of this Agreement would yield
a fractional share, such fractional share shall be rounded down to the next whole Share. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>MISCELLANEOUS</B>.<B> This Agreement is awarded pursuant to and is subject to all of the provisions of the Plan, including amendments to the Plan, if any. Capitalized terms that are not defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to such terms in the Plan.</B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FOLLOW] </I></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Peer Index </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Peer Index Companies
shall be [Atwood Oceanics Inc., Baker Hughes Incorporated, Basic Energy Services Inc., Cameron International Corporation, Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc., Ensco plc, FMC Technologies, Inc., Halliburton Company, Helmerich&nbsp;&amp; Payne Inc., Key
Energy Services Inc., Nabors Industries Ltd., National-Oilwell Varco, Inc., Noble Corp., Parker Drilling Co, Pioneer Energy Services Corp., Precision Drilling Corporation, Rowan Companies plc, Transocean Ltd., Unit Corp. and Weatherford
International Ltd.], as such group of companies may be adjusted pursuant to Section&nbsp;1.4. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXECUTIVE OFFICER </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2014 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT</B> (the &#147;<U>Agreement</U>&#148;) is made by and between Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), and &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (the &#147;<U>Recipient</U>&#148;) effective as of the
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; day of &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (the &#147;<U>Grant Date</U>&#148;), pursuant to the Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 2014
Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;<U>Plan</U>&#148;), which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>WHEREAS</B>, the Company desires to grant to the Recipient the shares of equity securities specified herein (the
&#147;<U>Shares</U>&#148;), subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>WHEREAS</B>, the Company and the Recipient desire
that the remuneration provided under this Agreement meets the exception to the limitation on deduction contained in Section&nbsp;162(m) of the of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;Code&#148;); and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>WHEREAS</B>, the Recipient desires to have the opportunity to hold Shares subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>NOW, THEREFORE</B>, in consideration of the premises, mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Definitions</I></B><B>.</B><B><I></I></B> For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>[</B>For purposes of this Agreement, a &#147;<U>Change in Control of the Company</U>&#148; shall mean the occurrence of any of the following after the Grant Date: </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">i.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) (a &#147;<U>Covered Person</U>&#148;) of beneficial
ownership (within the meaning of rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 35% or more of either (A)&nbsp;the then outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company (the &#147;<U>Outstanding Company Common Stock</U>&#148;), or
(B)&nbsp;the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the &#147;<U>Outstanding Company Voting Securities</U>&#148;); <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that
for purposes of this subsection&nbsp;(i) of this Section&nbsp;1(a), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control of the Company: (A)&nbsp;any acquisition directly from the Company, (B)&nbsp;any acquisition by the Company,
(C)&nbsp;any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any entity controlled by the Company, or (D)&nbsp;any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with
clauses (A), (B)&nbsp;and (C)&nbsp;of subsection&nbsp;(iii) of this Section&nbsp;1(a); or </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">ii.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Individuals who, as of the Grant Date, constitute the Board (the &#147;<U>Incumbent Board</U>&#148;) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that any
individual becoming a director subsequent to the Grant Date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company&#146;s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be
considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the
election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Covered Person other than the Board; or </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">iii.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Consummation of (xx)&nbsp;a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or (yy)&nbsp;a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a
&#147;<U>Business Combination</U>&#148;), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (A)&nbsp;all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common
Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, direct or indirectly, more than 65% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the
then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such
transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company&#146;s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the
Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B)&nbsp;no Covered Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business
Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities of such corporation, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (C)&nbsp;at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination
were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or, if earlier, of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination.<B>]</B><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP><B></B>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">May be included in some forms of awards but not in others. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;<U>Forfeiture Restrictions</U>&#148; shall mean any prohibitions and restrictions set forth herein with respect to the sale or other disposition of Shares issued to the Recipient hereunder and the obligation to
forfeit and surrender such Shares to the Company. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;<U>Restricted Shares</U>&#148; shall mean the Shares that are subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions under this Agreement. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Plan. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><B><I>Grant of Restricted Shares</I></B><B>.</B> Effective as of the Grant Date, the Company shall cause to be issued in the Recipient&#146;s name the following Shares as Restricted Shares:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, $.01 par value per share. The Company shall cause the Restricted Shares to be registered on the applicable
stock transfer records in the Recipient&#146;s name or shall cause certificates evidencing the Restricted Shares to be issued in the Recipient&#146;s name, and, subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions and other terms and conditions of this Agreement,
the Recipient shall have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to such Restricted Shares, including the right to vote such Shares. Regular, ordinary dividends paid with respect to the Restricted Shares in cash shall be paid to the Recipient
currently. All other dividends and distributions, whether paid in cash, equity securities in the Company, rights to acquire equity securities in the Company or any other property shall be added to and become a part of the Restricted Shares, unless
the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines that such other dividends or distributions shall be paid to the Recipient currently. If certificates evidencing the Restricted Shares are issued, upon issuance, the certificates shall be delivered to
the Secretary of the Company or to such other depository as may be designated by the Committee under the Plan as a depository for safekeeping until the forfeiture of such Restricted Shares occurs or the Forfeiture Restrictions lapse and the
withholding provisions of Section&nbsp;7 have been satisfied. Effective as of the Grant Date, the Recipient shall deliver to the Company all stock powers, endorsed in blank, relating to the Restricted Shares. In accepting this award of Restricted
Shares the Recipient accepts and agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B><I>Transfer Restrictions</I></B><B>.</B><B><I></I></B> The Restricted Shares granted hereby may not be sold, assigned, pledged, exchanged,
hypothecated or otherwise transferred, encumbered or disposed of, to the extent then subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions. Any such attempted sale, assignment, pledge, exchange, hypothecation, transfer, encumbrance or disposition in violation of
this Agreement shall be void and the Company shall not be bound thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Recipient may assign or transfer the Restricted Shares granted hereby pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order (as defined in
Section&nbsp;414(p) of the Code, or Section&nbsp;206(d)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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Security Act of 1974, as amended), or with the consent of the Committee (i)&nbsp;for charitable donations; (ii)&nbsp;to the Recipient&#146;s spouse, children or grandchildren (including any
adopted and stepchildren and grandchildren), or (iii)&nbsp;a trust for the benefit of the Recipient or the persons referred to in clause (ii)&nbsp;(each transferee thereof, a &#147;<U>Permitted Assignee</U>&#148;); <I>provided</I> that such
Permitted Assignee shall be bound by and subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Award Agreement and shall execute an agreement satisfactory to the Company evidencing such obligations and all requested stock powers, endorsed
in blank, relating to the Restricted Shares; and <I>provided further</I> that the Recipient shall remain bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan. Further, the Shares granted hereby that are no longer subject to Forfeiture Restrictions may not
be sold or otherwise disposed of in any manner which would constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws, and the Recipient agrees (i)&nbsp;that the Company may refuse to cause the transfer of the Shares to be registered
on the applicable stock transfer records if such proposed transfer would, in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, constitute a violation of any applicable securities law, and (ii)&nbsp;that the Company may give related instructions to
the transfer agent, if any, to stop registration of the transfer of the Shares. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><B><I>Vesting</I></B><B>.</B> The Shares that are granted hereby shall be subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions. The Forfeiture Restrictions shall not lapse and the Restricted Shares shall not vest either in
part or in whole unless the performance conditions for any of the periods reflected in the table on Exhibit A (the &#147;<U>Performance Periods</U>&#148;) are satisfied for a Performance Period (the &#147;<U>Performance Goals</U>&#148;) as set forth
on Exhibit A: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the applicable Performance Goal is achieved for any of the Performance Periods, then the Forfeiture
Restrictions shall lapse and the Restricted Shares shall vest as follows (it being understood that the number of shares of Restricted Shares <U>following</U> attainment of the Performance Goal as to which all restrictions have lapsed and which have
vested in the Recipient at any time shall be the greatest of the number of vested Shares specified in subparagraph (a), (b), (c)&nbsp;or (d)&nbsp;below): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Recipient shall become vested as to the Restricted Shares pursuant to the following vesting schedule: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>[</B>(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">on the first anniversary of the Grant Date, 1/3 of the Restricted Shares subject to this Agreement shall vest; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">on the &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; day of each month of the twenty-three (23)&nbsp;months thereafter, one thirty-sixth (1/36)&nbsp;of the Restricted Shares subject to this Agreement shall be vested
and on the &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; day of the thirty-sixth month following the Grant Date the remaining Restricted Shares subject to the Agreement shall be vested.<B>]</B> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>[</B>(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">on &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 1/3 of the Restricted Shares subject to this Agreement shall vest; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">on &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 1/3 of the Restricted Shares subject to this Agreement shall vest; and </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">on &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, the remaining 1/3 of the Restricted Shares subject to this Agreement shall vest.<B>]</B><SUP
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">If the Recipient&#146;s employment with the Company and all Subsidiaries is terminated for any reason other than death or disability before all the Shares have vested, the Shares that have not vested shall be forfeited
and the Recipient shall cease to have any rights of a stockholder with respect to such forfeited Shares. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">In the event of the termination of the Recipient&#146;s employment with the Company and all Subsidiaries due to death or disability before all of the Shares have vested, the Recipient shall be vested in the number of
Restricted Shares equal to the sum of the following: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">a number equal to the product of (A)&nbsp;1/3 of the Restricted Shares that are granted hereby, multiplied by (B)&nbsp;a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the period commencing on and including
the Grant Date up to a maximum of 365 days and ending on and including the date of the Recipient&#146;s termination of employment due to death or disability, and the denominator of which is 365, plus </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">a number equal to the product of (A)&nbsp;1/3 of the Restricted Shares that are granted hereby, multiplied by (B)&nbsp;a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the period commencing on and including
the Grant Date up to a maximum of 730 days and ending on and including the date of the Recipient&#146;s termination of employment due to death or disability, and the denominator of which is 730, plus </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(iii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">a number equal to the product of (A)&nbsp;1/3 of the Restricted Shares that are granted hereby, multiplied by (B)&nbsp;a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the period commencing on and including
the Grant Date up to a maximum of 1095 days and ending on and including the date of the Recipient&#146;s termination of employment due to death or disability, and the denominator of which is 1095. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>[</B>Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, the Shares that have not vested as of the date of such Change in Control of the Company shall be 100% vested; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that this
subparagraph (d)&nbsp;shall not apply if the Recipient is the Covered Person or forms part of the Covered Person as specified in Section&nbsp;1(a)(i) that acquires 35% or more of either the Outstanding Company Common Stock or Outstanding Company
Voting Securities and such acquisition constitutes a Change in Control of the Company.<B>]</B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:10%">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Each award will have either yearly or monthly vesting. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the Performance Goal is not achieved by the end of the last Performance Period then the
Forfeiture Restrictions shall not lapse and the Shares and all rights of the Recipient pursuant to this Agreement shall lapse and become null and void, and all of the Shares shall be forfeited to the Company, on the date the Committee determines
that the Performance Goal for each and all of the Performance Periods has not been achieved. In addition, if the Performance Goal is achieved for any of the Performance Periods, any Shares that do not become vested pursuant to subparagraphs (a),
(b), (c)&nbsp;or (d)&nbsp;above shall be forfeited and the Recipient shall cease to have any rights of a stockholder with respect to such forfeited Shares </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon the lapse of the Forfeiture Restrictions with respect to Shares granted hereby and the satisfaction of the withholding provisions of
Section&nbsp;7, the Recipient shall be entitled to a stock certificate representing such Shares and such Shares shall be transferable by the Recipient (except to the extent that any proposed transfer would, in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to
the Company, constitute a violation of applicable securities law). </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Restrictions on Transfer.</I></B> Any certificate evidencing the Shares granted hereunder shall carry a restrictive legend that prohibits any transfer including the assignment, hypothecation or pledge of the
Shares prior to the attainment of the performance goals and lapse of the foregoing restrictions. Unless otherwise provided herein, any Shares issued pursuant to this Award shall not be transferable until the Committee certifies in writing that the
performance goals and restrictions have been satisfied. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Capital Adjustments and Reorganizations.</I></B> The existence of the Restricted Shares shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or any company the stock of which is awarded pursuant to this
Agreement to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in its capital structure or its business, engage in any merger or consolidation, issue any debt or equity securities, dissolve or liquidate, or sell,
lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its assets or business, or engage in any other corporate act or proceeding. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B><I>Tax Withholding</I></B><B>.</B><B><I></I></B> To the extent that the receipt of the Restricted Shares or the lapse of any Forfeiture
Restrictions results in income to the Recipient for federal, state or local income, employment, excise or other tax purposes with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has a withholding obligation (including, but not limited to,
any such withholding obligation resulting from an election described in Section&nbsp;8 of this Agreement), the Recipient shall deliver to the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such receipt or lapse, as the case may be, such amount of money
as the Company or such Subsidiary may require to meet its obligation under applicable tax laws or regulations. If the Recipient fails to do so, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is authorized to withhold from wages or other amounts otherwise
payable to such Recipient the minimum statutory withholding taxes as may be required by law or to take such other action as may be necessary to satisfy such withholding obligations. Subject to restrictions that the Committee, in its sole discretion,
may impose, the Recipient may satisfy such obligation for the payment of such taxes by tendering previously acquired Shares (either actually or by attestation, valued at their then Fair Market Value) that have been owned for a period of at least six
months (or such other period to avoid accounting charges against the </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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Company&#146;s earnings), or by directing the Company to retain Shares (up to the Recipient&#146;s minimum required tax withholding rate or such other rate that will not trigger a negative
accounting impact) otherwise deliverable under this Agreement. The Company shall not be obligated to deliver or release any Shares granted hereby until all applicable federal, state and local income, employment, excise or other tax withholding
requirements have been satisfied. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><B><I>Section&nbsp;83(b) Election</I></B><B>.</B> The Recipient shall not exercise the election permitted under Section&nbsp;83(b) of the Code, with respect to the Restricted Shares without the prior written
approval of the Chairman of the Committee. If the Chairman of the Committee permits the election, the Recipient shall timely comply with the Recipient&#146;s obligations under, and the Company and its Subsidiaries shall have all the rights under,
Section&nbsp;7 of this Agreement with respect to any tax withholding obligation relating to any such election. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>No Fractional Shares</I></B><B>.</B> All provisions of this Agreement concern whole Shares. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, if the application of any provision of this
Agreement would yield a fractional share, such fractional share shall be rounded down to the next whole Share. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Not an Employment Agreement</I></B><B>.</B> This Agreement is not an employment agreement, and no provision of this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted to create an employment relationship between the
Recipient, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or guarantee the right to remain an employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries for any specified term. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Legend.</I></B> The Recipient consents to the placing on the certificate for the Shares of an appropriate legend restricting resale or other transfer of the Shares except in accordance with all applicable
securities laws and rules thereunder, as well as any legend under Section&nbsp;13.5 of the Plan as determined by the Committee. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Notices.</I></B> Any notice, instruction, authorization, request or demand required hereunder shall be in writing, and shall be delivered either by personal delivery, by telegram, telex, telecopy or similar
facsimile means, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, by facsimile transmission or by courier or delivery service, to the Company at 450 Gears Road, Suite 500, Houston, Texas 77067, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, facsimile
number (281)&nbsp;765-7175, and to the Recipient at the Recipient&#146;s address and facsimile number (if applicable) indicated beneath the Recipient&#146;s signature on the execution page of this Agreement, or at such other address and facsimile
number as a party shall have previously designated by written notice given to the other party in the manner hereinabove set forth. Notices shall be deemed given when received, if sent by facsimile means (confirmation of such receipt by confirmed
facsimile transmission being deemed receipt of communications sent by facsimile means); and when delivered (or upon the date of attempted delivery where delivery is refused), if hand-delivered, sent by express courier or delivery service, or sent by
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Amendment and Waiver.</I></B> Except as otherwise provided in Section&nbsp;12.1 of the Plan, this Agreement may be amended, modified or superseded only by written instrument executed by the Company and the
Recipient. Only a written instrument executed and delivered by the party waiving compliance hereof shall make any waiver of the terms or conditions effective. Any waiver granted by the Company shall be effective only if executed and delivered by a
duly authorized executive officer of the Company. The failure of any party at any time or times to require performance of any provisions hereof shall in no manner affect the right to enforce the same. No waiver by any party of any term or condition,
or of any breach of any term or condition, contained in this Agreement, in one or more instances, shall be construed as a continuing waiver of any such condition or breach, a waiver of any other term or condition, or a waiver of any breach of any
other term or condition. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Governing Law and Severability</I></B><B>.</B> This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. The&nbsp;invalidity of any provision of this
Agreement shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Successors and Assigns</I></B><B>.</B> Subject to the limitations which this Agreement imposes upon the transferability of the Shares granted hereby, this Agreement shall bind, be enforceable by and inure to the
benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns, and to the Recipient, the Recipient&#146;s Permitted Assignees, executors, administrators, agents, legal and personal representatives. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Counterparts</I></B><B>.</B> This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original for all purposes but all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same
instrument </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Grant Subject to Terms of Plan and this Agreement.</I></B> The Recipient acknowledges and agrees that the grant of the Restricted Shares hereunder is made pursuant to and governed by the terms of the Plan and this
Agreement, ratifies and consents to any action taken by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Committee concerning the Plan and agrees that the grant of the Restricted Shares pursuant to this Agreement is subject in all respects to the more
detailed provisions of the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>[SIGNATURES BEGIN ON FOLLOWING PAGE] </B></P>
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officer thereunto duly authorized, and the Recipient has executed this Agreement, all effective as of the date first above written. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC.:</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT</B> the undersigned, <B>FOR VALUE RECEIVED</B>, has bargained, sold, assigned and transferred and by
these presents does bargain, sell, assign and transfer unto Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), the Shares transferred pursuant to the Restricted Stock Award Agreement dated effective as of
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, between the Company and the undersigned; <B>AND</B> subject to and in accordance with such Restricted Stock Award Agreement the undersigned does
hereby constitute and appoint the Secretary of the Company the undersigned&#146;s true and lawful attorney, <B>IRREVOCABLY</B>, to sell assign, transfer, hypothecate, pledge and make over all or any part of such Shares and for that purpose to make
and execute all necessary acts of assignment and transfer thereof, and to substitute one or more persons with like full power, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or his or her substitutes shall lawfully do by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</B>, the undersigned has executed this Irrevocable Stock Power effective the
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 10.4 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXECUTIVE OFFICER </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>STOCK
OPTION AGREEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2014 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT</B> (this &#147;<U>Agreement</U>&#148;) is effective
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (the &#147;<U>Grant Date</U>&#148;), between Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), and
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(the &#147;<U>Employee</U>&#148;).<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>W</U> <U>I</U> <U>T</U> <U>N</U> <U>E</U> <U>S</U> <U>S</U> <U>E</U> <U>T</U> <U>H</U> <U>:</U> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>WHEREAS</B>, the Company has established the Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the
&#147;<U>Plan</U>&#148;); and<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>WHEREAS</B>, the Employee is currently an employee of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, and
the Company desires to encourage the Employee&#146;s continued service and, as an inducement thereto, has determined to grant to the Employee pursuant to the Plan the option provided for herein.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>NOW, THEREFORE</B>, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Employee hereby agree as follows:<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><B><I>Grant</I></B><B>.</B> Effective as of the Grant Date, the Company hereby grants to the Employee pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan an option (the &#147;<U>Option</U>&#148;) to purchase
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Shares of Common Stock at a price of $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;per share (the &#147;<U>Option Price</U>&#148;). The Option shall be for a term commencing
on the Grant Date and ending on &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(the &#147;<U>Expiration Date</U>&#148;) (unless such Option terminates earlier as provided in this Agreement or as
set forth under the terms of the Plan). The Option is subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and the terms and provisions of this Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this
Agreement shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The number of Options which have vested at any time
shall be the greatest of the number of vested Options specified in subparagraph (a), (b)&nbsp;or (c)&nbsp;below. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Option shall vest and be exercisable as follows: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">on the first anniversary of the Grant Date, the Option shall be vested and become exercisable with respect to one-third (1/3)&nbsp;of the Shares subject to the Option; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">on the &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;day of each month of the twenty-three (23)&nbsp;months thereafter, one thirty-sixth (1/36)&nbsp;of the Shares subject to the Option shall be
vested and become exercisable and on the &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;day of the thirty-sixth month following the Grant Date the remaining Shares subject to the Option shall be vested and become
exercisable; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">to the extent not exercised, installments shall be cumulative and may be exercised in whole or in part. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">If the Employee&#146;s employment with the Company and all Subsidiaries is terminated for any reason other than death, disability or Retirement before all the Options have vested, the Options that have not vested shall
be forfeited and the Options shall cease to have any rights with respect to such forfeited Options. For purposes of this Agreement, &#147;<U>Retirement</U>&#148; means the voluntary termination of the Employee&#146;s employment relationship with the
Company (i)&nbsp;on or after the date on which the Employee attains age 55 and (ii)&nbsp;on or after the date on which the sum of the Employee&#146;s age and number of full years of service total 70. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">In the event of the termination of the Employee&#146;s employment with the Company and all Subsidiaries due to death, disability or Retirement before all of the Options have vested, the Employee shall be vested in the
number of Options equal to the sum of the following: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">a number equal to the product of (A)&nbsp;1/3 of the Options that are granted hereby, multiplied by (B)&nbsp;a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the period commencing on and including the Grant
Date up to a maximum of 365 days and ending on and including the date of the Employee&#146;s termination of employment due to death, disability or Retirement, and the denominator of which is 365, plus </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">a number equal to the product of (A)&nbsp;1/3 of the Options that are granted hereby, multiplied by (B)&nbsp;a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the period commencing on and including the Grant
Date up to a maximum of 730 days and ending on and including the date of the Employee&#146;s termination of employment due to death, disability or Retirement, and the denominator of which is 730, plus </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">a number equal to the product of (A)&nbsp;1/3 of the Options that are granted hereby, multiplied by (B)&nbsp;a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the period commencing on and including the Grant
Date up to a maximum of 1095 days and ending on and including the date of the Employee&#146;s termination of employment due to death, disability or Retirement, and the denominator of which is 1095. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Changes in the Company&#146;s Capital Structure. </I></B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The existence of the Option shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company (or any company the stock of which is awarded pursuant to
this </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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Agreement) or its stockholders to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other changes in its capital structure or its business, engage in any merger or
consolidation, issue any debt or equity securities, dissolve or liquidate, or sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its assets or business, or engage in any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character
or otherwise. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, dividend or distribution (whether in cash, shares or other property, other than a regular cash dividend), stock split, reverse stock split,
spin-off or similar transaction or other change in corporate structure affecting the Shares or the value thereof, the Committee shall make appropriate adjustment in the number of Shares subject to the Option, the Option Price and the securities
issuable and other property payable upon exercise of the Option (including, if the Committee deems appropriate, the substitution of similar options to purchase the shares of, or other awards denominated in the shares of, another company);
<I>provided, however</I>, that no such adjustment shall increase the aggregate value of the securities awarded under this Agreement and that the number of Shares subject to this Option shall always be a whole number. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><B><I>Change in Control of the Company.</I></B> Notwithstanding the vesting schedule set forth in Section&nbsp;1 of this Agreement, all unvested Options will immediately vest and become immediately exercisable
upon a Change in Control of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, a &#147;<U>Change in Control of the Company</U>&#148; shall mean the occurrence of any of the following after the Grant Date: </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) (a &#147;<U>Covered Person</U>&#148;) of beneficial
ownership (within the meaning of rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 35% or more of either (i)&nbsp;the then outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company (the &#147;<U>Outstanding Company Common Stock</U>&#148;), or
(ii)&nbsp;the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the &#147;<U>Outstanding Company Voting Securities</U>&#148;); <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>,
that for purposes of this subsection (a)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;3, the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control of the Company: (i)&nbsp;any acquisition directly from the Company, (ii)&nbsp;any acquisition by the Company,
(iii)&nbsp;any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any entity controlled by the Company, or (iv)&nbsp;any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with
clauses (i), (ii)&nbsp;and (iii)&nbsp;of subsection (c)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;3; or </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Individuals who, as of the Grant Date, constitute the Board (the &#147;<U>Incumbent Board</U>&#148;) cease for any reason to constitute at least a
majority of the Board; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the Grant Date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company&#146;s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority
of the directors then </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of
office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Covered Person other than the Board; or
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Consummation of (xx)&nbsp;a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or (yy)&nbsp;a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a
&#147;<U>Business Combination</U>&#148;), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (i)&nbsp;all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common
Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, direct or indirectly, more than 65% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the
then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such
transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company&#146;s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the
Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii)&nbsp;no Covered Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business
Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities of such corporation, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (iii)&nbsp;at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business
Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or, if earlier, of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><B><I>Exercise of Options</I></B><B>.</B> The Option may be exercised from time to time as to the total number of shares that may then be issuable upon the exercise thereof or any portion thereof by the Employee,
a Permitted Assignee (as defined in Section&nbsp;5) with the consent of the Committee, or, in the event of the death or disability of the Employee, the Employee&#146;s executors, administrators, guardian or legal representative by giving written
notice of such exercise to the Company or its designated agent in substantially the form attached hereto as <I>Exhibit A</I>. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B><I>Assignment.</I></B> The Option may not be transferred or assigned in any manner by the Employee except by will or the laws of descent and
distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order (as defined in Section&nbsp;414(p) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or Section&nbsp;206(d)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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of 1974, as amended), and shall be exercisable during the Employee&#146;s lifetime only by him or her (or, if under a qualified domestic relations order, his or her alternate payee).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant may assign or transfer the Option with the consent of the Committee (i)&nbsp;for charitable donations; (ii)&nbsp;to the Employee&#146;s spouse, children or grandchildren (including any adopted and
stepchildren and grandchildren), or (iii)&nbsp;to a trust for the benefit of the Employee or the persons referred to in clause (ii)&nbsp;(each transferee thereof, a &#147;<U>Permitted Assignee</U>&#148;); <I>provided</I> that such Permitted Assignee
shall be bound by and subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement and shall execute an agreement satisfactory to the Company evidencing such obligations; and <I>provided further</I> that such Employee shall remain bound
by the terms and conditions of the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Requirements of Law.</I></B> The Company shall not be required to sell or issue any shares on the exercise of the Option if the issuance of such shares shall constitute a violation by the Employee or the Company
of any provisions of any law or regulation of any governmental authority. The Option shall be subject to the requirements that, if at any time the Board of Directors of the Company or the Committee shall determine that the listing, registration or
qualification of the shares subject thereto upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law of the United States or of any other country or governmental subdivision thereof, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory
body, or investment or other representations, are necessary or desirable in connection with the issue or purchase of shares subject thereto, the Option may not be exercised in whole or in part unless such listing, registration, qualification,
consent, approval or representation shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Board of Directors. If required at any time by the Board of Directors or the Committee, the Option may not be exercised until the
Employee has delivered an investment letter to the Company. In addition, specifically in connection with the Securities Act of 1933 (as now in effect or hereafter amended) (the &#147;<U>Act</U>&#148;), upon exercise of the Option, the Company shall
not be required to issue the underlying shares unless the Committee has received evidence satisfactory to it to the effect that the Employee will not transfer such shares except pursuant to a registration statement in effect under the Act or unless
an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Committee has been received by the Company to the effect that such registration is not required. Any determination in this connection by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive. In the event the
shares issuable on exercise of the Option are not registered under the Act, the Company may imprint on the certificate for such shares the following legend or any other legend that counsel for the Company considers necessary or advisable to comply
with the Act: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">T<SMALL>HE</SMALL> <SMALL>SHARES</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>STOCK</SMALL> <SMALL>REPRESENTED</SMALL>
<SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>THIS</SMALL> <SMALL>CERTIFICATE</SMALL> <SMALL>HAVE</SMALL> <SMALL>NOT</SMALL> <SMALL>BEEN</SMALL> <SMALL>REGISTERED</SMALL> <SMALL>UNDER</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL>
<SMALL>OF</SMALL> 1933 <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>UNDER</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> <SMALL>SECURITIES</SMALL> <SMALL>LAWS</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>STATE</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>MAY</SMALL> <SMALL>NOT</SMALL>
<SMALL>BE</SMALL> <SMALL>SOLD</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>TRANSFERRED</SMALL> <SMALL>EXCEPT</SMALL> <SMALL>UPON</SMALL> <SMALL>SUCH</SMALL> <SMALL>REGISTRATION</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>UPON</SMALL> <SMALL>RECEIPT</SMALL>
<SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>AN</SMALL> <SMALL>OPINION</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>COUNSEL</SMALL> <SMALL>SATISFACTORY</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL>,
<SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>FORM</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>SUBSTANCE</SMALL> <SMALL>SATISFACTORY</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL>, <SMALL>THAT</SMALL> <SMALL>REGISTRATION</SMALL> <SMALL>IS</SMALL>
<SMALL>NOT</SMALL> <SMALL>REQUIRED</SMALL> <SMALL>FOR</SMALL> <SMALL>SUCH</SMALL> <SMALL>SALE</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>TRANSFER</SMALL>. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company may, but shall in no event be obligated to, register any securities
covered hereby pursuant to the Act. The Company shall not be obligated to take any other affirmative action to cause the exercise of the Option or the issuance of Shares pursuant thereto to comply with any law or regulation of any governmental
authority. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><B><I>Termination.</I></B> The Option, to the extent it shall not previously have been exercised, shall terminate on the earlier of the following unless the Committee extends the term of this Option to a period
not extending beyond the Expiration Date: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Three years after the date of the severance of the employment relationship between the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries) and the Employee, whether with or without cause and for any reason. Effective as of the
Employee&#146;s severance of employment, the Employee shall cease vesting in his Option but during the three-year period following his severance of employment, the Employee shall be entitled to exercise his vested Option in respect of the number of
shares that the Employee would have been entitled to purchase had the Employee exercised the Option on the date of such severance of employment. If the Employee should die within such three year period, the Employee&#146;s executor, administrator,
or the person to whom the Option shall be transferred by the Employee&#146;s will or the laws of descent and distribution shall have until the end of the original three-year time period to exercise the Employee&#146;s vested Option in respect of the
number of shares that the Employee would have been entitled to purchase had the Employee exercised the Option on the date of the Employee&#146;s severance of employment. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">On the Expiration Date. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Amendment and Waiver.</I></B> Except as otherwise provided in Section&nbsp;12.1 of the Plan, this Agreement may be amended, modified or superseded only by written instrument executed by the Company and the
Employee. Only a written instrument executed and delivered by the party waiving compliance hereof shall make any waiver of the terms or conditions effective. Any waiver granted by the Company shall be effective only if executed and delivered by a
duly authorized executive officer of the Company. The failure of any party at any time or times to require performance of any provisions hereof shall in no manner affect the right to enforce the same. No waiver by any party of any term or condition,
or of any breach of any term or condition, contained in this Agreement, in one or more instances, shall be construed as a continuing waiver of any such condition or breach, a waiver of any other term or condition, or a waiver of any breach of any
other term or condition. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>No Rights as a Stockholder.</I></B> The Employee shall not have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Option until the date of issuance of the stock certificate
or certificates representing such Shares following the Employee&#146;s exercise of the Option pursuant to its terms and conditions and payment for such Shares. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, no adjustment shall be made for dividends or
other distributions made with respect to the Common Stock the record date for the payment of which is prior to the date of issuance of the stock certificate or certificates representing such shares following the Employee&#146;s exercise of the
Option. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><B><I>Tax Withholding</I></B><B>.</B> To the extent that the grant, exercise or vesting of the Option results in income to the Employee for federal, state or local income, employment, excise or other tax purposes
with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has a withholding obligation, the Employee shall deliver to the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such receipt or lapse, as the case may be, such amount of money as the Company or
such Subsidiary may require to meet its obligation under applicable tax laws or regulations. If the Employee fails to do so, the Company or its Subsidiary is authorized to withhold from wages or other amounts otherwise payable to such Employee the
minimum statutory withholding taxes as may be required by law or to take such other action as may be necessary to satisfy such withholding obligations. Subject to restrictions that the Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose, the Employee may
satisfy such obligation for the payment of such taxes by tendering previously acquired Shares (either actually or by attestation, valued at their then Fair Market Value) that have been owned for a period of at least six months (or such other period
to avoid accounting charges against the Company&#146;s earnings), or by directing the Company to retain Shares (up to the Employee&#146;s minimum required tax withholding rate or such other rate that will not trigger a negative accounting impact)
otherwise deliverable under this Agreement. The Company shall not be obligated to issue any Shares upon the exercise of any Options granted hereunder until all applicable federal, state and local income, employment, excise or other tax withholding
requirements have been satisfied. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>No Fractional Shares.</I></B> All provisions of this Agreement concern whole Shares. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, if the application of any provision of this Agreement
would yield a fractional share, such fractional share shall be rounded down to the next whole Share. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Governing Law and Severability.</I></B> This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. The&nbsp;invalidity of any provision of this
Agreement shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Notices.</I></B> Any notice, instruction, authorization, request or demand required hereunder shall be in writing, and shall be delivered either by personal delivery, by telegram, telex, telecopy or similar
facsimile means, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, by facsimile transmission or by courier or delivery service, to the Company at 450 Gears Road, Suite 500, Houston Texas 77067, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, facsimile
number (281)&nbsp;765-7175, and to the Employee at the Employee&#146;s address and facsimile number (if applicable) indicated beneath the Employee&#146;s signature on the execution page of this Agreement, or at such other address and facsimile
number as a party shall have previously designated by written notice given to the other party in the manner hereinabove set forth. Notices shall be deemed given when received, if sent by facsimile means (confirmation of such receipt by confirmed
facsimile transmission being deemed receipt of communications sent by facsimile means); and when delivered (or upon the date of attempted delivery where delivery is refused), if hand-delivered, sent by express courier or delivery service, or sent by
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>No Employment Obligation.</I></B> This Agreement is not an employment agreement, and no provision of this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted to create an employment relationship between the Employee, the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or guarantee the right to remain an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any specified term or to affect any right that the Company or any Subsidiary may have to terminate the employment of (or to
demote or to exclude from future Awards under the Plan) the Employee at any time for any reason. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Successors and Assigns.</I></B> Except as otherwise provided to the contrary in this Agreement or in the Plan, this Agreement shall bind, be enforceable by and inure to the benefit of the Company, its
Subsidiaries, and their successors and assigns, and to the Employee, the Employee&#146;s Permitted Assignees, executors, administrators, agents, legal and personal representatives. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Grant Subject to Terms of Plan and this Agreement.</I></B> The Employee acknowledges and agrees that the grant of the Option hereunder is made pursuant to and governed by the terms of the Plan and this Agreement,
ratifies and consents to any action taken by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Committee concerning the Plan and agrees that the grant of the Option pursuant to this Agreement is subject in all respects to the more detailed provisions of
the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Counterparts.</I></B> This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original for all purposes but all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same
instrument. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Non-Incentive Stock Option.</I></B> The Option is <U>not</U> intended to qualify as an &#147;incentive stock option&#148; as defined in Section&nbsp;422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. 2014 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Exercise of Stock Option </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">450 Gears Road, Suite 500 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Houston Texas 77067 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Chief Financial Officer </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Sir or Madam: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned Optionee,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, hereby exercises the Option granted to him pursuant to the Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan dated
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;between Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) and the Optionee with respect to &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Shares
of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company covered by said Option, and tenders, and tenders herewith the following form of payment <I>[check all that apply]: </I> </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Check for $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, payable to &#147;Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.&#148;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate(s) for &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;shares of Common Stock of the Company that I have owned for at least six months or have purchased in the open market. (These shares will be valued as of the date
when the Company receives this notice.)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Attestation Form covering shares of Common Stock of the Company. (These shares will be valued as of the date when the Company receives this notice.)</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The exact legal name and registered address on such certificate should be: </P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: </B></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">I understand that all sales of purchased Shares are subject to compliance with the Company&#146;s policy on securities trades, and I acknowledge that the Company has encouraged me to consult my own adviser to determine
the form of ownership that is appropriate for me. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">I hereby acknowledge that I received and read a copy of the prospectus describing Patterson-UTI&#146;s 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan and the tax consequences of an exercise. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">I understand that I must recognize ordinary income equal to the excess of the fair market value of the purchased Shares on the date of exercise and the exercise price. I further understand that I am required to pay
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2014 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT</B> (the &#147;<U>Agreement</U>&#148;) is made by and between Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), and &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (the &#147;<U>Recipient</U>&#148;) effective as of the
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; day of &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (the &#147;<U>Grant Date</U>&#148;), pursuant to the Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 2014
Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;<U>Plan</U>&#148;), which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>WHEREAS</B>, the
Company desires to grant to the Recipient the shares of equity securities specified herein (the &#147;<U>Shares</U>&#148;), subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>WHEREAS</B>, the Recipient desires to have the opportunity to hold Shares subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>NOW, THEREFORE</B>, in consideration of the premises, mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Definitions</I></B><B>.</B> For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">For purposes of this Agreement, a &#147;<U>Change in Control of the Company</U>&#148; shall mean the occurrence of any of the following after the Grant Date: </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">i.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) (a &#147;<U>Covered Person</U>&#148;) of beneficial
ownership (within the meaning of rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 35% or more of either (A)&nbsp;the then outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company (the &#147;<U>Outstanding Company Common Stock</U>&#148;), or
(B)&nbsp;the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the &#147;<U>Outstanding Company Voting Securities</U>&#148;); <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that
for purposes of this subsection&nbsp;(i) of this Section&nbsp;1(a), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control of the Company: (A)&nbsp;any acquisition directly from the Company, (B)&nbsp;any acquisition by the Company,
(C)&nbsp;any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any entity controlled by the Company, or (D)&nbsp;any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with
clauses (A), (B)&nbsp;and (C)&nbsp;of subsection&nbsp;(iii) of this Section&nbsp;1(a); or </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Individuals who, as of the Grant Date, constitute the Board (the &#147;<U>Incumbent Board</U>&#148;) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that any
individual becoming a director subsequent to the Grant Date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company&#146;s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be
considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the
election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Covered Person other than the Board; or </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">iii.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Consummation of (xx)&nbsp;a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or (yy)&nbsp;a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a
&#147;<U>Business Combination</U>&#148;), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (A)&nbsp;all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common
Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, direct or indirectly, more than 65% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the
then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such
transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company&#146;s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the
Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B)&nbsp;no Covered Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business
Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities of such corporation, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (C)&nbsp;at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination
were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or, if earlier, of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;<U>Forfeiture Restrictions</U>&#148; shall mean any prohibitions and restrictions set forth herein with respect to the sale or other disposition of Shares issued to the Recipient hereunder and the obligation to
forfeit and surrender such shares to the Company. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;<U>Restricted Shares</U>&#148; shall mean the Shares that are subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions under this Agreement. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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terms in the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><B><I>Grant of Restricted Shares</I></B><B>.</B> Effective as of the Grant Date, the Company shall cause to be issued in the Recipient&#146;s name the following Shares as Restricted Shares:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, $.01 par value per share. The Company shall cause certificates evidencing the Restricted Shares to be issued
in the Recipient&#146;s name, and, subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions and other terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Recipient shall have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to such Restricted Shares, including the right to vote
such Shares. Regular, ordinary dividends paid with respect to the Restricted Shares in cash shall be paid to the Recipient currently. All other dividends and distributions, whether paid in cash, equity securities in the Company, rights to acquire
equity securities in the Company or any other property shall be added to and become a part of the Restricted Shares, unless the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines that such other dividends or distributions shall be paid to the Recipient
currently. Upon issuance, the certificates shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Company or to such other depository as may be designated by the Committee under the Plan as a depository for safekeeping until the forfeiture of such Restricted
Shares occurs or the Forfeiture Restrictions lapse. Effective as of the Grant Date, the Recipient shall deliver to the Company all stock powers, endorsed in blank, relating to the Restricted Shares. In accepting this award of Shares the Recipient
accepts and agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B><I>Transfer Restrictions.</I></B> The Shares granted hereby may not be sold, assigned, pledged, exchanged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred,
encumbered or disposed of, to the extent then subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions. Any such attempted sale, assignment, pledge, exchange, hypothecation, transfer, encumbrance or disposition in violation of this Agreement shall be void and the
Company shall not be bound thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Recipient may assign or transfer the Shares granted hereby pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order (as defined in Section&nbsp;414(p) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, or Section&nbsp;206(d)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended) or with the consent of the Committee (i)&nbsp;for charitable donations; (ii)&nbsp;to the Recipient&#146;s spouse, children or
grandchildren (including any adopted and stepchildren and grandchildren), or (iii)&nbsp;a trust for the benefit of the Recipient or the persons referred to in clause (ii)&nbsp;(each transferee thereof, a &#147;<U>Permitted Assignee</U>&#148;);
<I>provided</I> that such Permitted Assignee shall be bound by and subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Award Agreement and shall execute an agreement satisfactory to the Company evidencing such obligations and all
requested stock powers, endorsed in blank, relating to the Restricted Shares; and <I>provided further</I> that the Recipient shall remain bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan. Further, the Shares granted hereby that are no longer subject to
Forfeiture Restrictions may not be </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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sold or otherwise disposed of in any manner which would constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws, and the Recipient agrees (i)&nbsp;that the Company may refuse to
cause the transfer of the Shares to be registered on the applicable stock transfer records if such proposed transfer would, in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, constitute a violation of any applicable securities law, and
(ii)&nbsp;that the Company may give related instructions to the transfer agent, if any, to stop registration of the transfer of the Shares. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Vesting</I></B><B>.</B> The Shares that are granted hereby shall be subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions. All of the Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse and the Restricted Shares shall vest as follows (it being
understood that the number of shares of Restricted Shares as to which all restrictions have lapsed and which have vested in the Recipient at any time shall be the greatest of the number of vested Shares specified in subparagraph (a), (b),
(c)&nbsp;or (d) below): </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Recipient shall become 100% vested as to the Restricted Shares on the first anniversary of the Grant Date. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">If the Recipient&#146;s service as a Director is terminated for any reason other than death or disability before all the Shares have vested, the Shares that have not vested shall be forfeited and the Recipient shall
cease to have any rights of a stockholder with respect to such forfeited Shares. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">In the event of the death or disability of the Recipient while a Director and before all of the Share have vested, the Recipient shall become vested in the number of Restricted Shares equal to the product of
(A)&nbsp;100% of the Restricted Shares that are granted hereby, multiplied by (B)&nbsp;a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the period commencing on and including the Grant Date and ending on and including the date of the
Recipient&#146;s death or disability, and the denominator of which is 365. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, the Shares that have not vested as of the date of such Change in Control of the Company shall be 100% vested; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that this
subparagraph (d)&nbsp;shall not apply if the Recipient is the Covered Person or forms part of the Covered Person as specified in Section&nbsp;1(a)(i) that acquires 35% or more of either the Outstanding Company Common Stock or Outstanding Company
Voting Securities and such acquisition constitutes a Change in Control of the Company. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Shares that do not become vested
pursuant to subparagraphs (a), (b), (c)&nbsp;or (d)&nbsp;above shall be forfeited and the Recipient shall cease to have any rights of a stockholder with respect to such forfeited Shares </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon the lapse of the Forfeiture Restrictions with respect to Shares granted hereby, the Recipient shall be entitled to a stock certificate
representing such Shares, which shall be delivered or transferred to Recipient as soon as administratively practicable and such Shares shall be transferable by the Recipient (except to the extent that any proposed transfer would, in the opinion of
counsel satisfactory to the Company, constitute a violation of applicable securities law). </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><B><I>Capital Adjustments and Reorganizations</I></B><B>.</B> The existence of the Restricted Shares shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or any company the stock of which is awarded
pursuant to this Agreement to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in its capital structure or its business, engage in any merger or consolidation, issue any debt or equity securities, dissolve or
liquidate, or sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its assets or business, or engage in any other corporate act or proceeding. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Section&nbsp;83(b) Election</I></B><B>.</B> The Recipient shall not exercise the election permitted under Section&nbsp;83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to the Restricted Shares
without the prior written approval of the Chairman of the Committee. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>No Fractional Shares</I></B><B>.</B> All provisions of this Agreement concern whole Shares. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, if the application of any provision of this
Agreement would yield a fractional share, such fractional share shall be rounded down to the next whole Share. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>No Obligation to Retain Services</I></B><B>.</B> This Agreement is not a services or employment agreement, and no provision of this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted to create a services or employment
relationship between the Recipient, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or guarantee the Recipient the right to remain a Director for any specified term. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Legend.</I></B> The Recipient consents to the placing on the certificate for the Shares of an appropriate legend restricting resale or other transfer of the Shares except in accordance with all applicable
securities laws and rules thereunder, as well as any legend under Section&nbsp;13.5 of the Plan as determined by the Committee. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Notices</I></B><B>.</B> Any notice, instruction, authorization, request or demand required hereunder shall be in writing, and shall be delivered either by personal delivery, by telegram, telex, telecopy or similar
facsimile means, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, by facsimile transmission or by courier or delivery service, to the Company at 450 Gears Road, Suite 500, Houston, Texas 77067, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, facsimile
number (281)&nbsp;765-7175, and to the Recipient at the Recipient&#146;s address and facsimile number (if applicable) indicated beneath the Recipient&#146;s signature on the execution page of this Agreement, or at such other address and facsimile
number as a party shall have previously designated by written notice given to the other party in the manner hereinabove set forth. Notices shall be deemed given when received, if sent by facsimile means (confirmation of such receipt by confirmed
facsimile transmission being deemed receipt of communications sent by facsimile means); and when delivered (or upon the date of attempted delivery where delivery is refused), if hand-delivered, sent by express courier or delivery service, or sent by
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Amendment and Waiver</I></B><B>.</B> Except as otherwise provided in Section&nbsp;12.1 of the Plan, this Agreement may be amended, modified or superseded only by written instrument executed by the Company and the
Recipient. Only a written instrument executed and delivered by the party waiving compliance hereof shall make any waiver of the terms or conditions effective. Any waiver granted by the Company shall be effective only if executed and delivered by a
duly authorized executive officer of the Company. The failure of any party at any time or times to require performance of any provisions hereof shall in no manner affect the right to enforce the same. No waiver by any party of any term or condition,
or of any breach of any term or condition, contained in this Agreement, in one or more instances, shall be construed as a continuing waiver of any such condition or breach, a waiver of any other term or condition, or a waiver of any breach of any
other term or condition. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Governing Law and Severability</I></B><B>.</B> This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. The&nbsp;invalidity of any provision of this
Agreement shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Successors and Assigns</I></B><B>.</B> Subject to the limitations which this Agreement imposes upon the transferability of the Shares granted hereby, this Agreement shall bind, be enforceable by and inure to the
benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns, and to the Recipient, the Recipient&#146;s Permitted Assignees, executors, administrators, agents, legal and personal representatives. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Counterparts</I></B><B>.</B> This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original for all purposes but all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same
instrument </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Grant Subject to Terms of Plan and this Agreement.</I></B> The Recipient acknowledges and agrees that the grant of the Restricted Shares hereunder is made pursuant to and governed by the terms of the Plan and this
Agreement, ratifies and consents to any action taken by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Committee concerning the Plan and agrees that the grant of the Restricted Shares pursuant to this Agreement is subject in all respects to the more
detailed provisions of the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>[SIGNATURES BEGIN ON FOLLOWING PAGE] </B></P>
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officer thereunto duly authorized, and the Recipient has executed this Agreement, all effective as of the date first above written. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT</B> the undersigned, <B>FOR VALUE RECEIVED</B>, has bargained, sold, assigned and transferred and by
these presents does bargain, sell, assign and transfer unto Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), the Shares transferred pursuant to the Restricted Stock Award Agreement dated effective as of
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, between the Company and the undersigned; <B>AND</B> subject to and in accordance with such Restricted Stock Award Agreement the undersigned does
hereby constitute and appoint the Secretary of the Company the undersigned&#146;s true and lawful attorney, <B>IRREVOCABLY</B>, to sell assign, transfer, hypothecate, pledge and make over all or any part of such Shares and for that purpose to make
and execute all necessary acts of assignment and transfer thereof, and to substitute one or more persons with like full power, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or his or her substitutes shall lawfully do by virtue hereof. </P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; day of &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 10.6 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2014 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT</B> (this &#147;<U>Agreement</U>&#148;) is effective as of
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (the &#147;<U>Grant Date</U>&#148;), between Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), and
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (the &#147;<U>Director</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>W</U> <U>I</U> <U>T</U> <U>N</U> <U>E</U> <U>S</U> <U>S</U> <U>E</U> <U>T</U> <U>H</U> <U>:</U> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>WHEREAS</B>, the Company has established the Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;<U>Plan</U>&#148;); and
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>WHEREAS</B>, the Director is currently a director of the Company, and the Company desires to encourage the Director&#146;s continued
service and, as an inducement thereto, has determined to grant to the Director pursuant to the Plan the option provided for herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>NOW, THEREFORE</B>, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Director hereby agree as follows: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><B><I>Grant</I></B><B>.</B> Effective as of the Grant Date, the Company hereby grants to the Director pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan an option (the &#147;<U>Option</U>&#148;) to purchase
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shares of Common Stock at a price of $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; per share (the &#147;<U>Option Price</U>&#148;). The Option shall be for a term commencing on the Grant Date and
ending on &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(the &#147;<U>Expiration Date</U>&#148;) (unless such Option terminates earlier as provided in this Agreement or as set forth under the
terms of the Plan). The Option is subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and the terms and provisions of this Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have
the meanings given to such terms in the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Option shall become 100% vested and be 100% exercisable on the first
anniversary of the Grant Date. Upon vesting, the Option may be exercised in whole or in part. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of the death or disability of the Director while a Director and before the Options have vested, the Director
shall become vested in the number of Options equal to the product of (A)&nbsp;100% of the Options that are granted hereby, multiplied by (B)&nbsp;a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the period commencing on and including the
Grant Date and ending on and including the date of the Director&#146;s death or disability, and the denominator of which is 365. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Changes in the Company&#146;s Capital Structure.</I></B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The existence of the Option shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company (or any company the stock of which is awarded pursuant to this Agreement) or its stockholders to make or authorize any
adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other changes in its capital structure or its business, engage in any merger or consolidation, issue any debt or equity securities, dissolve or liquidate, or sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose
of all or any part of its assets or business, or engage in any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, dividend or distribution (whether in cash, shares or other property, other than a regular cash dividend), stock split, reverse stock split,
spin-off or similar transaction or other change in corporate structure affecting the Shares or the value thereof, the Committee shall make appropriate adjustment in the number of Shares subject to the Option, the Option Price and the securities
issuable and other property payable upon exercise of the Option (including, if the Committee deems appropriate, the substitution of similar options to purchase the shares of, or other awards denominated in the shares of, another company);
<I>provided, however</I>, that no such adjustment shall increase the aggregate value of the securities awarded under this Agreement and that the number of Shares subject to this Option shall always be a whole number. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Change in Control of the Company.</I></B> Notwithstanding the vesting schedule set forth in Section&nbsp;1 of this Agreement, all unvested Options will immediately vest and become immediately exercisable upon a
Change in Control of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, a &#147;<U>Change in Control of the Company</U>&#148; shall mean the occurrence of any of the following after the Grant Date: </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) (a &#147; <U>Covered Person</U>&#148;) of beneficial
ownership (within the meaning of rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 35% or more of either (i)&nbsp;the then outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company (the &#147;<U>Outstanding Company Common Stock</U>&#148;), or
(ii)&nbsp;the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the &#147;<U>Outstanding Company Voting Securities</U>&#148;); <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>,
that for purposes of this subsection&nbsp;(a) of this Section&nbsp;3, the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control of the Company: (i)&nbsp;any acquisition directly from the Company, (ii)&nbsp;any acquisition by the Company,
(iii)&nbsp;any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any entity controlled by the Company, or (iv)&nbsp;any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with
clauses (i), (ii)&nbsp;and (iii)&nbsp;of subsection&nbsp;(c) of this Section&nbsp;3; or </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Individuals who, as of the Grant Date, constitute the Board (the &#147;<U>Incumbent Board</U>&#148;) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that any
individual becoming a director subsequent to the Grant Date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company&#146;s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be
considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the
election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Covered Person other than the Board; or </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Consummation of (xx)&nbsp;a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or (yy)&nbsp;a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a
&#147;<U>Business Combination</U>&#148;), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (i)&nbsp;all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common
Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, direct or indirectly, more than 65% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the
then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such
transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company&#146;s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the
Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii)&nbsp;no Covered Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business
Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities of such corporation, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (iii)&nbsp;at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business
Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or, if earlier, of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>4.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Exercise of Options.</I></B> The Option may be exercised from time to time as to the total number of shares that may then be issuable upon the exercise thereof or any portion thereof by the Director, a Permitted
Assignee (as defined in Section&nbsp;5) with the consent of the Committee, or, in the event of the death or disability of the Director, the Director&#146;s executors, administrators, guardian or legal representative by giving written notice of such
exercise to the Company or its designated agent in substantially the form attached hereto as <I>Exhibit A</I>. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><B><I>Assignment</I></B><B>.</B> The Option may not be transferred or assigned in any manner by the Director except by will or the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations
order (as defined in Section&nbsp;414(p) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or Section&nbsp;206(d)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended), and shall be exercisable during the Director&#146;s lifetime
only by him or her (or, if under a qualified domestic relations order, his or her alternate payee). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant may assign or transfer the Option with the consent of the Committee (i)&nbsp;for charitable donations;
(ii)&nbsp;to the Director&#146;s spouse, children or grandchildren (including any adopted and stepchildren and grandchildren), or (iii)&nbsp;to a trust for the benefit of the Director or the persons referred to in clause (ii)&nbsp;(each transferee
thereof, a &#147;<U>Permitted Assignee</U>&#148;); <I>provided</I> that such Permitted Assignee shall be bound by and subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement and shall execute an agreement satisfactory to the
Company evidencing such obligations; and <I>provided further</I> that such Director shall remain bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Requirements of Law.</I></B> The Company shall not be required to sell or issue any shares on the exercise of the Option if the issuance of such shares shall constitute a violation by the Director or the Company
of any provisions of any law or regulation of any governmental authority. The Option shall be subject to the requirements that, if at any time the Board of Directors of the Company or the Committee shall determine that the listing, registration or
qualification of the shares subject thereto upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law of the United States or of any other country or governmental subdivision thereof, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory
body, or investment or other representations, are necessary or desirable in connection with the issue or purchase of shares subject thereto, the Option may not be exercised in whole or in part unless such listing, registration, qualification,
consent, approval or representation shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Board of Directors. If required at any time by the Board of Directors or the Committee, the Option may not be exercised until the
Director has delivered an investment letter to the Company. In addition, specifically in connection with the Securities Act of 1933 (as now in effect or hereafter amended) (the &#147;<U>Act</U>&#148;), upon exercise of the Option, the Company shall
not be required to issue the underlying shares unless the Committee has received evidence satisfactory to it to the effect that the Director will not transfer such shares except pursuant to a registration statement in effect under the Act or unless
an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Committee has been received by the Company to the effect that such registration is not required. Any determination in this connection by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive. In the event the
shares issuable on exercise of the Option are not registered under the Act, the Company may imprint on the certificate for such shares the following legend or any other legend that counsel for the Company considers necessary or advisable to comply
with the Act: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">T<SMALL>HE</SMALL> <SMALL>SHARES</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>STOCK</SMALL> <SMALL>REPRESENTED</SMALL>
<SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>THIS</SMALL> <SMALL>CERTIFICATE</SMALL> <SMALL>HAVE</SMALL> <SMALL>NOT</SMALL> <SMALL>BEEN</SMALL> <SMALL>REGISTERED</SMALL> <SMALL>UNDER</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL>
<SMALL>OF</SMALL> 1933 <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>UNDER</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> <SMALL>SECURITIES</SMALL> <SMALL>LAWS</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>STATE</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>MAY</SMALL> <SMALL>NOT</SMALL>
<SMALL>BE</SMALL> <SMALL>SOLD</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>TRANSFERRED</SMALL> <SMALL>EXCEPT</SMALL> <SMALL>UPON</SMALL> <SMALL>SUCH</SMALL> <SMALL>REGISTRATION</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>UPON</SMALL> <SMALL>RECEIPT</SMALL>
<SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>AN</SMALL> <SMALL>OPINION</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>COUNSEL</SMALL> <SMALL>SATISFACTORY</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL>,
<SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>FORM</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>SUBSTANCE</SMALL> <SMALL>SATISFACTORY</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL>, <SMALL>THAT</SMALL> <SMALL>REGISTRATION</SMALL> <SMALL>IS</SMALL>
<SMALL>NOT</SMALL> <SMALL>REQUIRED</SMALL> <SMALL>FOR</SMALL> <SMALL>SUCH</SMALL> <SMALL>SALE</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>TRANSFER</SMALL>. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company may, but shall in no event be obligated to, register any securities covered hereby
pursuant to the Act. The Company shall not be obligated to take any other affirmative action to cause the exercise of the Option or the issuance of Shares pursuant thereto to comply with any law or regulation of any governmental authority. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Termination.</I></B> The Option, to the extent it shall not previously have been exercised, shall terminate on the earlier of the following unless the Committee extends the term of this Option to a period not
extending beyond the Expiration Date: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Three years after the date of the severance of the service relationship between the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries) and the Director, whether with or without cause and for any reason. Effective as of the
Director&#146;s termination of service, the Director shall cease vesting in his Option but during the three-year period following his termination of service, the Director shall be entitled to exercise his vested Option in respect of the number of
shares that the Director would have been entitled to purchase had the Director exercised the Option on the date of such termination of service. If the Director should die within such three-year period, the Director&#146;s executor, administrator, or
the person to whom the Option shall be transferred by the Director&#146;s will or the laws of descent and distribution shall have until the end of the original three-year time period to exercise the Director&#146;s vested Option in respect of the
number of shares that the Director would have been entitled to purchase had the Director exercised the Option on the date of the Director&#146;s termination of service. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">On the Expiration Date. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Amendment and Waiver.</B> Except as otherwise provided in Section&nbsp;12.1 of the Plan, this Agreement may be amended, modified or superseded only by written instrument executed by the Company and the Director. Only
a written instrument executed and delivered by the party waiving compliance hereof shall make any waiver of the terms or conditions effective. Any waiver granted by the Company shall be effective only if executed and delivered by a duly authorized
executive officer of the Company. The failure of any party at any time or times to require performance of any provisions hereof shall in no manner affect the right to enforce the same. No waiver by any party of any term or condition, or of any
breach of any term or condition, contained in this Agreement, in one or more instances, shall be construed as a continuing waiver of any such condition or breach, a waiver of any other term or condition, or a waiver of any breach of any other term
or condition. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>9.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B><I>No Rights as a Stockholder.</I></B> The Director shall not have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares issuable upon the
exercise of the Option until the date of issuance of the stock certificate or certificates representing such Shares following the Director&#146;s exercise of the Option pursuant to its terms and conditions and payment for such Shares. Except as
otherwise provided in the Plan, no adjustment shall be made for dividends or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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other distributions made with respect to the Common Stock the record date for the payment of which is prior to the date of issuance of the stock certificate or certificates representing such
shares following the Director&#146;s exercise of the Option. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>No Fractional Shares.</I></B> All provisions of this Agreement concern whole Shares. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, if the application of any provision of this Agreement
would yield a fractional share, such fractional share shall be rounded down to the next whole Share. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Governing Law and Severability.</I></B> This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. The&nbsp;invalidity of any provision of this
Agreement shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Notices.</I></B> Any notice, instruction, authorization, request or demand required hereunder shall be in writing, and shall be delivered either by personal delivery, by telegram, telex, telecopy or similar
facsimile means, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, by facsimile transmission or by courier or delivery service, to the Company at 450 Gears Road, Suite 500, Houston, Texas 77067, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, facsimile
number (281)&nbsp;765-7175, and to the Director at the Director&#146;s address and facsimile number (if applicable) indicated beneath the Director&#146;s signature on the execution page of this Agreement, or at such other address and facsimile
number as a party shall have previously designated by written notice given to the other party in the manner hereinabove set forth. Notices shall be deemed given when received, if sent by facsimile means (confirmation of such receipt by confirmed
facsimile transmission being deemed receipt of communications sent by facsimile means); and when delivered (or upon the date of attempted delivery where delivery is refused), if hand-delivered, sent by express courier or delivery service, or sent by
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>No Obligation to Retain Services.</I></B> This Agreement is not a services or employment agreement, and no provision of this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted to create a services or employment
relationship between the Director, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or guarantee the Director the right to remain a director of the Company for any specified term. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Successors and Assigns.</I></B> Except as otherwise provided to the contrary in this Agreement or in the Plan, this Agreement shall bind, be enforceable by and inure to the benefit of the Company, its
Subsidiaries, and their successors and assigns, and to the Director, the Director&#146;s Permitted Assignees, executors, administrators, agents, legal and personal representatives. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Grant Subject to Terms of Plan and this Agreement.</I></B> The Director acknowledges and agrees that the grant of the Option hereunder is made pursuant to and governed by the terms of the Plan and this Agreement,
ratifies and consents to any action taken by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Committee concerning the Plan and agrees that the grant of the Option pursuant to this Agreement is subject in all respects to the more detailed provisions of
the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Counterparts.</I></B> This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original for all purposes but all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Non-Incentive Stock Option.</I></B> The Option is <U>not</U> intended to qualify as an &#147;incentive stock option&#148; as defined in Section&nbsp;422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC.:</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. 2014 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Exercise of Stock Option </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">450 Gears Road, Suite 500 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Houston, Texas 77067 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Chief Financial Officer </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Sir or Madam: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned Optionee,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, hereby exercises the Option granted to him pursuant to the Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan dated as of
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; between Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) and the Optionee with respect to &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company covered by said Option, and tenders, and tenders herewith the following form of payment <I>[check all that apply]: </I> </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Check for $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, payable to &#147;Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.&#148;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate(s) for &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; shares of Common Stock of the Company that I have owned for at least six months or have purchased in the open market. (These shares will be valued as of the date
when the Company receives this notice.)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Attestation Form covering shares of Common Stock of the Company. (These shares will be valued as of the date when the Company receives this notice.)</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The exact legal name and registered address on such certificate should be: </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Optionee&#146;s social security number is:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: </B></P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">I understand that all sales of purchased Shares are subject to compliance with the Company&#146;s policy on securities trades, and I acknowledge that the Company has encouraged me to consult my own adviser to determine
the form of ownership that is appropriate for me. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">I hereby acknowledge that I received and read a copy of the prospectus describing Patterson-UTI&#146;s 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan and the tax consequences of an exercise. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">I understand that I must recognize ordinary income equal to the excess of the fair market value of the purchased Shares on the date of exercise and the exercise price. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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