Exhibit 99.3 EDISON INTERNATIONAL Director Nonqualified Stock Options 2005 Terms and Conditions Edison International (EIX) nonqualified stock options to purchase EIX Common Stock (EIX Options) and dividend equivalents awarded under the EIX Equity Compensation Plan (ECP) for non-employee members of the Boards of Directors (Holders) of EIX or Southern California Edison Company (SCE) are subject to the following terms and conditions: 1. PRICE The exercise price of an EIX Option stated in the award certificate is the average of the high and low sales prices of EIX Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange for the date of the award. 2. VESTING AND TERM (a) The EIX Options and dividend equivalents are fully vested as of the date of grant. Subject to earlier termination as provided below, the EIX Options shall have a term of ten years from the date of grant (Option Term) and any EIX Option outstanding at the end of the Option Term will terminate. (b) Except as provided below and subject to earlier termination at the end of the Option Term, if a Holder no longer serves on either the EIX or the SCE Board of Directors, the Holder's EIX Options will terminate, to the extent not previously exercised, 180 days after the last day on which the Holder served as a director of EIX or SCE. In such circumstances, no dividend equivalents will be credited to the Holder's account after such termination date of the Holder's EIX Options. (c) If a Holder no longer serves on either the EIX or the SCE Board of Directors and the Holder's termination of service as a director is due to the Holder's retirement from the Board(s) after attaining at least age 65, or the Holder's disability or death, then, subject to earlier termination as provided in Section 2(d), the Holder's EIX Options may be exercised by the Holder or beneficiary through the end of the Option Term and dividend equivalents will continue to accrue as provided in Section 4. (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon a Change in Control of EIX, this Section 2(d) shall apply. "Change in Control of EIX" shall be as defined in Appendix A. If EIX Common Stock does not remain outstanding after the Change in Control of EIX, and the new owners do not replace EIX Options with substantially equivalent options, a cash out of unexercised EIX Options will occur based on the average of the high and low sales prices of EIX Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange immediately prior to the Change in Control, and dividend equivalents will be paid. If EIX Common Stock does remain outstanding after the Change in Control, or if EIX Options are replaced with substantially equivalent options, the unexercised options and dividend equivalents will continue according to their original terms unless a Director's Board service is involuntarily terminated as a result of such Change in Control within one year of the Change-in-Control event. Following such termination, any unexercised options will Page 1 remain exercisable for a period of two years after the termination date or until the end of the Option Term if that date is earlier. 3. EIX OPTION EXERCISE (a) The Holder may exercise an EIX Option by contacting the broker designated by EIX after obtaining any EIX or other required clearances. EIX may require the Holder to provide written notice of an option exercise. Payment must be in cash, or its equivalent, including EIX Common Stock, if held at least six months prior, valued on the exercise date at a per share price equal to the average of the high and low sales prices of EIX Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange. A broker-assisted "cashless" exercise may be accommodated for EIX Options at the discretion of EIX. Until payment is accepted, the Holder will have no rights in the optioned stock. EIX Options may be exercised at any time through the end of the Option Term except as otherwise provided in Sections 2(b), 2(c), and 2(d). (b) The Holder agrees that any securities acquired by him or her hereunder are being acquired for his or her own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof and that he or she understands that such securities may not be sold, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, alienated, or otherwise assigned or disposed of without either registration under the Securities Act of 1933 or compliance with the exemption provided by Rule 144 or another applicable exemption under such act. (c) The Holder will have no right or claim to any specific funds, property or assets of EIX as a result of the EIX Options or dividend equivalents. 4. DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS (a) A dividend equivalent account will be established on behalf of the Holder. During the five-year period commencing on the date of grant, for each dividend paid on EIX Common Stock after the date of grant, this account will be credited with the amount of dividends that would have been paid on the number of shares of EIX Common Stock covered by the Holder's corresponding EIX Option award (dividend equivalents) except as provided below. The dividend equivalents will be credited on the ex-dividend date for EIX Options held on that date. Dividend equivalents will accumulate in this account without interest. (b) Accumulated dividend equivalents will be paid on or as soon as administratively practical after each June 1 of the years 2006 through 2010. (c) Dividend equivalents will be paid in cash; provided, however, that the Committee shall have discretion to make any such payment in the form of the number of whole shares of EIX Common Stock obtained by dividing (a) the amount of the vested dividend equivalents otherwise payable in cash pursuant to this Section 4, by (b) the average of the high and low sales prices per share of EIX Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange for the date such amount becomes payable. In the event dividend equivalents are paid in shares of EIX Common Stock, any fractional shares resulting from the foregoing calculation will be paid in cash. The dividend equivalents are subject to termination and other conditions specified in Sections 2(b), 2(c), and 2(d). Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, no further dividend equivalents will Page 2 accrue as to any EIX Option once that EIX Option is exercised, expires or otherwise terminates. (d) Notwithstanding the above, Holders may irrevocably elect to defer receipt of all or a part of the dividend equivalents pursuant to the terms of the EIX Director Deferred Compensation Plan (DDCP). To make such an election, a Holder must submit a signed agreement in the form approved by, and in advance of the applicable deadline established by, the administrator of the DDCP. In the event of any timely deferral election, the dividend equivalents with respect to which the deferral election was made shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the DDCP. 5. TRANSFER AND BENEFICIARY (a) EIX Options and dividend equivalents of the Holder are transferable to a spouse, child or grandchild, or trusts or other vehicles established exclusively for their benefit. Any transfer request must specifically be authorized by EIX in writing and shall be subject to any conditions, restrictions or requirements as the administrator may determine. (b) The Holder may designate a beneficiary who, upon the death of the Holder, will be entitled to exercise the EIX Options and dividend equivalents subject to the provisions of the ECP and these terms and conditions through the end of their original terms. To the extent EIX Options or any portion thereof, is ordered paid to a third party pursuant to court order, levy, or any other assessment imposed by legal authority, a cash award will be substituted by EIX for such portion otherwise payable in EIX shares rounded up to the next whole share. 6. TAXES The Holder shall be responsible for any and all taxes resulting from the grant or exercise of the EIX Options and dividend equivalents. 7. CONTINUED SERVICE Nothing in the award certificate or these terms and conditions will be deemed to confer on the Holder any right to continue in service as a director of EIX or SCE. 8. NOTICE OF DISPOSITION OF SHARES AND SECTION 16 Holder agrees that if, while serving as a Director and for as long as he or she remains subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, he or she should dispose of any shares of stock acquired on the exercise of EIX Options, including a disposition by sale, exchange, gift or transfer of legal title, the Holder will notify EIX promptly of such disposition. 9. AMENDMENT The EIX Options and dividend equivalents are subject to the terms of the ECP as amended from time to time. EIX reserves the right to substitute cash awards substantially equivalent in value to the EIX Options and dividend equivalents. EIX also reserves the right to amend the EIX Options and dividend equivalents from time to time to the extent that EIX reasonably determines that the amendment is necessary or advisable to comply with applicable laws, rules or regulations or to preserve the intended tax consequences of the EIX Options and dividend equivalents (including, without limitation, compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and Page 3 regulations and guidance issued thereunder, to the extent that Section 409A is applicable thereto). The EIX Options and dividend equivalents may not otherwise be restricted or limited by any plan amendment or termination approved after the date of the award without the Holder's consent. 10. FORCE AND EFFECT The various provisions herein are severable in their entirety. Any determination of invalidity or unenforceability of any one provision will have no effect on the continuing force and effect of the remaining provisions. 11. GOVERNING LAW The terms and conditions of the EIX Options and dividend equivalents will be construed under the laws of the State of California. 12. NOTICE Unless waived by EIX, any notice required under or relating to the EIX Options and dividend equivalents must be in writing, with postage prepaid, addressed to: Edison International, Attn: Corporate Secretary, P.O. Box 800, Rosemead, CA 91770. EDISON INTERNATIONAL /s/ Beverly P. Ryder - -------------------------------- Beverly P. Ryder, Vice President Page 4 APPENDIX A DIRECTOR NONQUALIFIED OPTIONS AND DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS TERMS AND CONDITIONS CHANGE IN CONTROL "Change in Control of EIX" shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day that any one or more of the following conditions shall have been satisfied: (a) Any Person (other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of EIX) becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of EIX representing thirty percent (30%) or more of the combined voting power of EIX's then outstanding securities. For purposes of this clause, "Person" shall not include one or more underwriters acquiring newly-issued voting securities (or securities convertible into voting securities) directly from EIX with a view towards distribution. (b) On any day after the date of grant (the "Reference Date") Continuing Directors cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board. A director is a "Continuing Director" if he or she either: (i) was a member of the Board on the applicable Initial Date (an "Initial Director"); or (ii) was elected to the Board, or was nominated for election by EIX's shareholders, by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Initial Directors then in office. A member of the Board who was not a Director on the applicable Initial Date shall be deemed to be an Initial Director for purposes of clause (b) above if his or her election, or nomination for election by EIX's shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Initial Directors (including directors elected after the applicable Initial Date who are deemed to be Initial Directors by application of this provision) then in office. "Initial Date" means the later of (A) the date of grant or (B) the date that is two (2) years before the Reference Date. (c) EIX is liquidated; all or substantially all of EIX's assets are sold in one or a series of related transactions; or EIX is merged, consolidated, or reorganized with or involving any other corporation, other than a merger, consolidation, or reorganization that results in the voting securities of EIX outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of EIX (or such surviving entity) outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation, or reorganization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a bankruptcy of EIX or a sale or spin-off of an EIX Affiliate (short of a dissolution of EIX or a liquidation of substantially all of EIX's assets, determined on an aggregate basis) will not constitute a Change in Control of EIX. (d) The consummation of such other transaction that the Board may, in its discretion in the circumstances, declare to be a Change in Control of EIX for purposes of the Plans.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON (SCE-PN) 8-KEntry into a Material Definitive Agreement
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