EXHIBIT 10.2
AMERIGAS PROPANE, INC.
2000 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
ON BEHALF OF AMERIGAS PARTNERS, L.P.
AS IN EFFECT AS OF DECEMBER 15, 2003
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Purpose and Design...................................................................................... 1
2. Definitions............................................................................................. 1
3. Maximum Number of Units Available for Grants............................................................ 3
4. Duration of the Plan.................................................................................... 4
5. Administration.......................................................................................... 4
6. Eligibility............................................................................................. 4
7. Restricted Units........................................................................................ 4
8. Restricted Unit Distribution Equivalents................................................................ 7
9. Requirements for Performance Goals and Performance Periods.............................................. 8
10. Non-transferability..................................................................................... 8
11. Consequences of a Change of Control..................................................................... 8
12. Adjustment of Number and Price of Units, Etc............................................................ 9
13. Limitation of Rights.................................................................................... 9
14. Amendment or Termination of Plan........................................................................ 10
15. Tax Withholding......................................................................................... 10
16. Governmental Approval................................................................................... 10
17. Effective Date of Plan.................................................................................. 10
18. Successors.............................................................................................. 10
19. Headings and Captions................................................................................... 11
20. Governing Law........................................................................................... 11
Exhibit A........................................................................................................ 1
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AMERIGAS PROPANE, INC.
2000 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
ON BEHALF OF AMERIGAS PARTNERS, L.P.
1. PURPOSE AND DESIGN
The purpose of this Plan is to assist the Company in its capacity as
General Partner of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. in securing and retaining key
corporate executives of outstanding ability who are in a position to participate
significantly in the development and implementation of the General Partner's
strategic plans and thereby to contribute materially to the long-term growth,
development, and profitability of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. by affording them an
opportunity to acquire Units by the achievement of specific performance goals.
The Plan is designed to align directly long-term executive compensation with
tangible, direct and identifiable benefits realized by AmeriGas Partners, L.P.
Unitholders.
2. DEFINITIONS
Whenever used in this Plan, the following terms will have the respective
meanings set forth below:
2.1 "Account" means a bookkeeping account established on the records of
the Company to record a Participant's interests under the Plan.
2.2 "Administrative Committee" means the committee of employees of the
Company and its affiliates appointed by the Committee to perform ministerial and
other assigned functions.
2.3 "Affiliate" will have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2
of the General Rules under the Exchange Act.
2.4 "APLP" means AmeriGas Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
2.5 "APLP Partnership Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Agreement
of Limited Partnership of AmeriGas Partners, L.P., dated as of September 18,
1995, as amended from time to time.
2.6 "Board" means the Company's Board of Directors as constituted from
time to time.
2.7 "Change of Control" means a change of control as defined in the
attached Exhibit A, as amended from time to time by the Committee in its
discretion.
2.8 "Committee" means the Compensation/Pension Committee of the Board or
its successor.
2.9 "Company" means AmeriGas Propane, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation,
and any successor thereto that is the General Partner.
2.10 "Comparison Group" means the group selected by the Committee and
consisting of the Partnership and such other entities deemed by the Committee
(in its sole discretion) to be reasonably comparable to the Partnership.
2.11 "Date of Grant" means the effective date of a Restricted Unit grant;
provided, however, that no retroactive grants will be made.
2.12 "Disability" or "Disabled" means a long-term disability as determined
under the long-term disability plan of the Company, UGI or an Affiliate of the
Company or UGI, which is applicable to the Participant.
2.13 "Employee" means a regular full-time salaried employee (including
officers and directors who are also employees) of the Company who performs
services directly or indirectly for the benefit of the Partnership.
2.14 "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
2.15 "Fair Market Value" of a Unit means the average, rounded to one cent
($0.01), of the highest and lowest sales prices thereof on the New York Stock
Exchange on the day on which Fair Market Value is being determined, as reported
on the Composite Tape for transactions on the New York Stock Exchange. In the
event that there are no Unit transactions on the New York Stock Exchange on such
day, the Fair Market Value will be determined as of the immediately preceding
day on which there were Unit transactions on that exchange.
2.16 "General Partner" means AmeriGas Propane, Inc., its successor as
general partner of APLP, or its transferee, all as provided in Section 6.4(c) of
the APLP Partnership Agreement.
2.17 "Grant Letter" means the written instrument that sets forth the terms
and conditions of a grant, including all amendments thereto.
2.18 "Operating Partnership" means AmeriGas Propane, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership.
2.19 "Participant" means an Employee designated by the Committee to
participate in the Plan.
2.20 "Partnership" means AmeriGas Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited
Partnership or any successor thereto.
2.21 "Partnership Security" means any class or series of Partnership
interest, any option, right, warrant or appreciation rights relating thereto, or
any other type of equity interest that APLP may lawfully issue, or any unsecured
or secured debt obligation of APLP that is convertible into any class or series
of equity interests of APLP.
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2.22 "Performance Goal" means the goal or goals and other requirements
that must be met in order for Restricted Unit Distribution Equivalents, if any,
to be paid and restrictions on Restricted Units to lapse. All Performance Goals
must meet the requirements of Section 9.
2.23 "Performance Period" means the period during which performance will
be measured, as specified by the Committee. Performance Periods must meet the
requirements of Section 9.
2.24 "Plan" means the AmeriGas Propane, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan
on behalf of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. as stated herein, including any amendments
or modifications thereto.
2.25 "Restricted Unit Distribution Equivalent" means an amount determined
by multiplying the number of Restricted Units granted to a Participant, subject
to any adjustment under Section 12, by the per-Unit cash distribution, or the
per-Unit fair market value (as determined by the Committee) of any distribution
in consideration other than cash, paid by APLP on its Units on a distribution
payment date that falls within the relevant Restriction Period set forth in the
Grant Letter.
2.26 "Restricted Units" means Units that are subject to restrictions as
determined by the Committee.
2.27 "Restriction Period" means the period of time during which Restricted
Units and Restricted Unit Distribution Equivalents shall be subject to
restrictions or conditions, including the Performance Period and any other
period specified in the Grant Letter.
2.28 "Retirement" means separation from employment upon or after attaining
(i) age 55 with at least 10 years of service with the Company or its affiliates,
or (ii) age 65 with at least 5 years of service with the Company or its
affiliates.
2.29 "Severance Plan" means any severance plan maintained by the Company,
UGI or an affiliate of the Company or UGI that is applicable to the Participant.
2.30 "UGI" means UGI Corporation.
2.31 "Unit or "Common Unit" means a unit representing a fractional part of
the Partnership interests of all limited partners and assignees and having the
rights and obligations specified with respect to Common Units in the Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, as amended from
time to time.
3. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS AVAILABLE FOR GRANTS
The number of Restricted Units that may be granted under this Plan may not
exceed 500,000 in the aggregate, subject, however, to the adjustment provisions
of Section 12 below. With regard to grants to any one individual in a calendar
year, the number of Restricted Units that may be issued will not exceed 50,000.
If Restricted Units are forfeited, forfeited Restricted
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Units will again be available for the purposes of the Plan. Restricted Units may
be (i) previously issued and outstanding Units, (ii) newly issued Units, or
(iii) a combination of each.
4. DURATION OF THE PLAN
The Plan will remain in effect until all Units subject to the Plan have
been issued and transferred to Participants. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Restricted Units may not be granted after December 31, 2009.
5. ADMINISTRATION
The Plan will be administered by the Committee. Subject to the express
provisions of the Plan, the Committee will have authority, in its complete
discretion, to determine the Employees to whom, and the time or times at which
grants will be made. In making such determinations, the Committee may take into
account the nature of the services rendered by an Employee, the present and
potential contributions of the Employee to the Partnership's success and such
other factors as the Committee in its discretion deems relevant. Grants under
the Plan need not be uniform as among Participants. Subject to the express
provisions of the Plan, the Committee will also have authority, in its complete
discretion, to construe and interpret the Plan, to prescribe, amend and rescind
rules and regulations relating to it, to determine the terms and provisions of
the restrictions relating to Restricted Units (none of which need be identical),
and to make all other determinations (including factual determinations)
necessary or advisable for the orderly administration of the Plan. All
ministerial functions, in addition to those specifically delegated elsewhere in
the Plan, shall be performed by the Administrative Committee. The Grant Letter
shall set forth the terms of each Restricted Unit grant. Each Participant's
receipt of a Grant Letter shall constitute that Participant's acknowledgement
and acceptance of the terms of the Plan and the grant and the Committee's
authority and discretion.
6. ELIGIBILITY
Grants hereunder may be made only to Employees (including directors who
are also Employees of the Company) who, in the sole judgment of the Committee,
are individuals who are in a position to significantly participate in the
development and implementation of the General Partner's strategic plans for the
Partnership and thereby contribute materially to the continued growth and
development of the Partnership and to its future financial success.
7. RESTRICTED UNITS
7.1 Grant of Restricted Units. Subject to the provisions of Section 3,
Restricted Units and Restricted Unit Distribution Equivalents may be granted to
Participants at any time and from time to time as may be determined by the
Committee. Restricted Units may be granted with or without Restricted Unit
Distribution Equivalents as determined by the Committee. Units issued or
transferred pursuant to awards of Restricted Units may be issued or transferred
for consideration or for no consideration, and will be subject to Performance
Goals meeting the requirements of Section 9, including and all requirements set
forth in the Grant Letter.
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7.2 Requirement of Employment.
(a) The restrictions on a Participant's Restricted Units shall
lapse, and the Restricted Units shall be payable, at the end of the Restriction
Period according to the terms set forth in the Grant Letter. If the Participant
ceases to be an Employee before the end of the Restriction Period, the
Participant's Restricted Units will terminate as to all Units covered by the
grant as to which the restrictions have not lapsed, and those Units must be
immediately returned to the Company, except as provided below.
(b) For Restricted Units granted before December 15, 2003, if a
Participant holding Restricted Units ceases to be an Employee by reason of (i)
Retirement, (ii) Disability, or (iii) death, the restrictions on Restricted
Units held by such Participant will lapse pursuant to the following:
(i) Retirement. If a Participant terminates employment on
account of Retirement, the restrictions on such Participant's Restricted Units
will lapse with regard to any Performance Period that ends within 36 months
after the date of such Retirement if the Performance Goals associated with such
Performance Period are achieved within that 36-month period.
(ii) Disability. If a Participant is determined to be
Disabled, the restrictions on such Participant's Restricted Units will lapse
with regard to any Performance Period that ends within 36 months after the date
of such Disability; provided that Performance Goals associated with such
Performance Period are achieved within that 36 month period.
(iii) Death. In the event of the death of a Participant while
employed by the Company, the restrictions on such Participant's Restricted Units
will lapse at the end of the Performance Period associated with such Restricted
Units upon the achievement of the related Performance Goals.
(iv) Time of Payment. In the event of Retirement, Disability
or death, the Participant's Restricted Units shall be paid at the date specified
for payment of the Restricted Units in the Grant Letter, or at an earlier date
determined by the Committee.
(c) For Restricted Units granted on or after December 15, 2003, if a
Participant holding Restricted Units ceases to be an Employee by reason of
Retirement, Disability or death, the restrictions on Restricted Units held by
such Participant will lapse pursuant to the following:
(i) If a Participant ceases to be an Employee on account of
Retirement, Disability or death, the restrictions shall lapse on a prorated
portion of the Participant's outstanding Restricted Units at the end of the
Restriction Period, if the Performance Goals and all requirements of the Grant
Letter (other than continued employment) are met. The prorated portion will be
determined, for each Restricted Unit, as the amount that would otherwise be paid
according to the terms of the Restricted Unit, based on achievement of the
Performance Goals, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
number of years during the Restriction
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Period in which the Participant has been an Employee and the denominator of
which is the number of years in the Restriction Period applicable to such
Restricted Units. For purposes of the proration calculation, the year in which
the Participant's Retirement, Disability or death occurs will be counted as a
full year.
(ii) In the event of Retirement, Disability or death, the
prorated portion of the Restricted Units shall be paid at the date specified for
payment of the Restricted Units in the Grant Letter, or at an earlier date
determined by the Committee.
(d) Transfers. If a Participant ceases to be an Employee but remains
employed by the Company, UGI or an Affiliate of the Company or UGI, the
Committee may determine that the Participant shall retain his or her outstanding
Restricted Units as if the Participant had continued to be an Employee, or the
Committee may determine that restrictions on a prorated portion of the
Participant's outstanding Restricted Units shall lapse in a manner similar to
that described in subsection (c) above.
(e) Coordination with Severance Plan. Notwithstanding anything in
this Plan to the contrary, if a Participant receives severance benefits under a
Severance Plan, the terms of which require that severance compensation payable
under the Severance Plan be reduced by benefits payable under this Plan, any
amount payable to the Participant under Restricted Units and Restricted Unit
Distribution Equivalents after the Participant's termination of employment shall
be reduced by the amount of severance compensation paid to the Participant under
the Severance Plan, as required by, and according to the terms of, the Severance
Plan.
(f) Reduction of Responsibilities. With respect to Restricted Units
granted after December 15, 2003, the Committee shall have discretion to adjust a
Participant's outstanding Restricted Units at any time if the Participant's
authority, duties or responsibilities are significantly reduced.
7.3 Restrictions on Transfer and Legend on Unit Certificate. During the
Restriction Period set forth in the Grant Letter, a Participant may not sell,
assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the Restricted Units or rights
to Restricted Unit Distribution Equivalents, if any. Any certificate for
Restricted Units will contain a legend giving appropriate notice of the
restrictions in the grant. The Participant will be entitled to have the legend
removed from the certificate covering the Units subject to restrictions when all
restrictions on such Units have lapsed. The Administrative Committee may
determine that the Company will not issue certificates for Restricted Units
until all restrictions on such Units have lapsed, or that the Company will
retain possession of certificates for Restricted Units until all restrictions on
such Units have lapsed.
7.4 Privileges of a Unitholder. Unless the Committee determines otherwise,
during the Restriction Period set forth in the Grant Letter, a Participant who
has been issued certificates under Section 7.3 will have the right to vote
Restricted Units, and to receive any distributions paid on such Units subject to
any restrictions deemed appropriate by the Committee.
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7.5 Form of Payment for Restricted Units. The Committee will have the sole
discretion to determine whether the Company's obligation in respect of payment
of awards of Restricted Units for a Participant who is not issued certificates
under Section 7.3 will be paid in Units or their Fair Market Value in cash, or
partly in Units and partly in cash.
8. RESTRICTED UNIT DISTRIBUTION EQUIVALENTS
8.1 Amount of Distribution Equivalents Credited. If the Committee so
specifies when granting Restricted Units, from the Date of Grant of Restricted
Units to a Participant until the date on which the Restricted Units are paid,
the Company will maintain an Account for such Participant and will credit on
each payment date for the payment of a distribution made by APLP on its Units an
amount equal to the Restricted Unit Distribution Equivalent associated with such
Restricted Units. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant may not accrue
during any calendar year Distribution Equivalents in excess of $500,000. No
interest will be credited to any such Account.
8.2 Payment of Credited Restricted Unit Distribution Equivalents.
Restricted Unit Distribution Equivalents will be paid only if the Committee
determines that all requirements of the Performance Goals associated with such
Distribution Equivalents have been achieved as prescribed in accordance with
Section 9.
8.3 Timing of Payment of Restricted Unit Distribution Equivalents.
Restricted Stock Distribution Equivalents shall be paid at the same time and
under the same conditions as the underlying Restricted Units are paid. Except as
otherwise determined by the Committee, no payments of Restricted Unit Dividend
Equivalents will be made (A) prior to the end of the Restriction Period set
forth in the Grant Letter or (B) to any Participant whose employment by the
Company terminates prior to the end of the Restriction Period for any reason
other than Retirement, death, Disability or transfer to an Affiliate of the
Company. Unless a Participant will have made an election under Section 8.4 to
defer receipt of any portion of such amount, a Participant will receive the
aggregate amount of the Participant's Restricted Unit Dividend Equivalents in
cash at the end of the applicable Restriction Period.
8.4 Deferral of Restricted Unit Distribution Equivalents. A Participant
will have the right to defer receipt of any Restricted Unit Distribution
Equivalent payments if the Participant elects to do so on or prior to December
31 of the year preceding the beginning of the last full year of the applicable
Performance Period (or such other time as the Administrative Committee will
determine is appropriate to make such deferral effective under the applicable
requirements of federal tax laws). The terms and conditions of any such deferral
(including the period of time thereof) will be subject to approval by the
Administrative Committee and all deferrals will be made on a form provided a
Participant for this purpose.
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9. REQUIREMENTS FOR PERFORMANCE GOALS AND PERFORMANCE PERIODS
9.1 Requirements for Performance Goals. When Restricted Units and
Restricted Unit Distribution Equivalents are granted, the Committee will
establish in writing Performance Goals either before the beginning of the
Performance Period or during a period ending no later than the earlier of (i) 90
days after the beginning of the Performance Period or (ii) the date on which 25%
of the Performance Period has elapsed. The Performance Goals must specify (A)
the Performance Goal(s) that must be met in order for restrictions on the
Restricted Units to lapse or the Restricted Unit Distribution Equivalents to be
paid, (B) the Performance Period during which performance will be measured, (C)
the maximum amounts that may be paid if the Performance Goals are met, and (D)
any other conditions that the Committee deems appropriate and consistent with
the Plan, including any Restriction Period, the time of payment and other
requirements.
9.2 Criteria Used for Performance Goals. The Committee will use
objectively determinable business criteria for the Performance Goals based on
one or more of the following criteria: Unit price, earnings per Unit, net
earnings, operating earnings, return on assets, unitholder return, return on
equity, growth in assets, unit volume, sales, cash flow, market share, relative
performance to a Comparison Group, or strategic business criteria, including,
but not limited to, meeting specified revenue goals, market penetration goals,
geographic business expansion goals, cost targets or goals relating to
acquisitions or divestitures. The Performance Goals may relate to the
Participant's business unit or the performance of the Partnership as a whole, or
any combination of the foregoing. Performance Goals need not be uniform as among
Participants.
9.3 Forfeitures. If and to the extent that all requirements of the
Performance Goals and Grant Letter are not met, grants of Restricted Units and
Restricted Unit Distribution Equivalents will be forfeited.
10. NON-TRANSFERABILITY
No Restricted Unit, rights to Restricted Unit Distribution Equivalents or
other rights granted under the Plan will be transferable otherwise than by will
or the laws of descent and distribution.
11. CONSEQUENCES OF A CHANGE OF CONTROL
11.1 Notice and Acceleration. Upon a Change of Control, unless the
Committee determines otherwise, (i) the Company will provide each Participant
with outstanding grants written notice of such Change of Control, (ii) the
restrictions and conditions on all outstanding Restricted Units will immediately
lapse and such Restricted Units will be paid to the Participants, and (iii)
outstanding Restricted Unit Distribution Equivalents will be paid to the
Participants in such amounts as the Committee may determine. With respect to
Restricted Units granted after December 15, 2003, unless the Committee
determines otherwise, outstanding Restricted Units and Restricted Unit
Distribution Equivalents will be paid in an amount not less than their target
value, as determined by the Committee. Outstanding Restricted Units shall be
paid in Units or
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cash, as described in Section 7.5, and outstanding Restricted Unit Distribution
Equivalents shall be paid in cash.
11.2 Assumption of Grants. Upon a Change of Control where the Partnership
is not the surviving entity (or survives only as a subsidiary of another
entity), unless the Committee determines otherwise, all outstanding grants will
be converted to similar grants of the surviving entity (or a parent of the
surviving entity).
11.3 Committee. The Committee making the determinations under this Section
11 following a Change of Control must be comprised of the same members as those
on the Committee immediately before the Change of Control. If the Committee
members do not meet this requirement, the automatic provisions of Section 11.1
will apply, and the Committee will not have discretion to vary them.
11.4 Limitations. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, in
the event of a Change of Control, the Committee will not have the right to take
any actions described in the Plan (including without limitation actions
described in this Section 11) that would make the Change of Control ineligible
for desired accounting treatment if, in the absence of such right, the Change of
Control would qualify for such treatment and the Company intends to use such
treatment with respect to the Change of Control.
12. ADJUSTMENT OF NUMBER AND PRICE OF UNITS, ETC.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, in the event (a)
any recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off,
combination, repurchase, exchange of Common Units or other securities of APLP;
security split or reverse split, extraordinary distribution, liquidation,
dissolution, significant corporate or partnership transaction (whether relating
to assets, limited partnership interests, or stock) involving APLP, or other
extraordinary transaction or event affects Units such that an adjustment is
determined by the Committee to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or
enlargement of Participants' rights under the Plan, then the Committee may
adjust (i) any or all of the number or kind of Partnership interests reserved
for issuance under the Plan, (ii) the maximum number of Units which may be the
subject of grants to any one individual in any calendar year, (iii) the number
or kind of Partnership interests to be subject to future grants under the Plan,
(iv) the number of Restricted Units, (v) the terms and conditions applicable to
Restricted Units, and/or (vi) the terms and conditions applicable to Restricted
Unit Distribution Equivalents, provided that the number of Restricted Units will
always be a whole number. Any such determination of adjustments by the Committee
will be conclusive for all purposes of the Plan.
13. LIMITATION OF RIGHTS
Nothing contained in this Plan will be construed to give an Employee any
right to a grant hereunder except as may be authorized in the discretion of the
Committee. A grant under this Plan will not constitute or be evidence of any
agreement or understanding, expressed or implied, that the Company will employ a
Participant for any specified period of time, in any specific position or at any
particular rate of remuneration.
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14. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN
Subject to Board approval, the Committee may at any time, and from time to
time, alter, amend, suspend or terminate this Plan without the consent of the
Company's shareholders, APLP's unitholders, or Participants, except that any
such alteration, amendment, suspension or termination will be subject to the
provisions of the APLP Partnership Agreement and to the approval of the
Company's shareholder within one year after such Committee and Board action if
such shareholder approval is required by any federal or state law or regulation
or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the
Units are then listed or quoted, or if the Committee in its discretion
determines that obtaining such shareholder approval is for any reason advisable.
No termination or amendment of this Plan may, without the consent of the
Participant to whom any Restricted Unit has previously been granted, adversely
affect the rights of such Participant under such Restricted Unit, including any
Restricted Unit Distribution Equivalents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Committee may make minor amendments to this Plan which do not materially affect
the rights of Participants or significantly increase the cost to the
Partnership.
15. TAX WITHHOLDING
Upon the lapse of restrictions on Restricted Units, the Company will
require the recipient to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy
federal, state and local withholding tax requirements. However, to the extent
authorized by rules and regulations of the Administrative Committee, the Company
may withhold Units and make cash payments in respect thereof in satisfaction of
a recipient's tax obligations in an amount that does not exceed the recipient's
minimum applicable withholding tax obligations.
16. GOVERNMENTAL APPROVAL
Each grant of Restricted Units will be subject to the requirement that if
at any time the listing, registration or qualification of the Units covered
thereby upon any securities exchange, or under any state or federal law, or the
consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or
desirable as a condition of or in connection with the awarding of such grant of
Restricted Units, then no such grant may be paid in whole or in part unless and
until such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval has been
effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Board.
17. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN
This Plan will become effective as of January 1, 2000, subject to approval
by the Company's shareholder. The amendment and restatement of the Plan is
effective as of December 15, 2003.
18. SUCCESSORS
This Plan will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of APLP, the
General Partner, their successors and assigns and the Participant and his heirs,
executors, administrators and legal representatives.
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19. HEADINGS AND CAPTIONS
The headings and captions herein are provided for reference and
convenience only, shall not be considered part of the Plan, and shall not be
employed in the construction of the Plan.
20. GOVERNING LAW
The validity, construction, interpretation and effect of the Plan will be
governed exclusively by and determined in accordance with the law of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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AMERIGAS PROPANE, INC.
2000 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
ON BEHALF OF AMERIGAS PARTNERS, L.P.
EXHIBIT A
For purposes of this Plan, the term "Change of Control," and defined terms
used in the definition of "Change of Control," shall have the following
meanings:
1. "Change of Control" shall mean:
(i) Any Person (except UGI, any Subsidiary of UGI, any
employee benefit plan of UGI or of any Subsidiary of UGI, or any Person or
entity organized, appointed or established by UGI for or pursuant to the terms
of any such employee benefit plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates
of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner in the aggregate of twenty percent
(20%) or more of either (i) the then outstanding shares of common stock of UGI
(the "Outstanding UGI Common Stock") or (ii) the combined voting power of the
then outstanding voting securities of UGI entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors (the "UGI Voting Securities"); or
(ii) Individuals who, as of the beginning of any
twenty-four (24) month period, constitute the UGI Board of Directors (the
"Incumbent UGI Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of
the Incumbent UGI Board, provided that any individual becoming a director of UGI
subsequent to the beginning of such period whose election or nomination for
election by the UGI stockholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority
of the directors then comprising the Incumbent UGI Board shall be considered as
though such individual were a member of the Incumbent UGI Board, but excluding,
for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office is in
connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the
election of the Directors of UGI (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of
Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act); or
(iii) Completion by UGI of a reorganization, merger or
consolidation (a "Business Combination"), in each case, with respect to which
all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the respective
Beneficial Owners of the Outstanding UGI Common Stock and UGI Voting Securities
immediately prior to such Business Combination do not, following such Business
Combination, Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent
(50%) 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 in substantially the same proportion as
their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the
Outstanding UGI Common Stock and UGI Voting Securities, as the case may be; or
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(iv) Completion of (a) a complete liquidation or
dissolution of UGI or (b) sale or other disposition of all or substantially all
of the assets of UGI other than to a corporation with respect to which,
following such sale or disposition, more than fifty percent (50%) 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 is then owned beneficially, directly or
indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were
the Beneficial Owners, respectively, of the Outstanding UGI Common Stock and UGI
Voting Securities immediately prior to such sale or disposition in substantially
the same proportion as their ownership of the Outstanding UGI Common Stock and
UGI Voting Securities, as the case may be, immediately prior to such sale or
disposition; or
(v) Completion by the Company, Public Partnership or the
Operating Partnership of a reorganization, merger or consolidation (a "Propane
Business Combination"), in each case, with respect to which all or substantially
all of the individuals and entities who were the respective Beneficial Owners of
the Company's voting securities or of the outstanding units of AmeriGas
Partners, L.P. ("Outstanding Units") immediately prior to such Propane Business
Combination do not, following such Propane Business Combination, Beneficially
Own, directly or indirectly, (a) if the entity resulting from such Propane
Business Combination is a corporation, more than fifty percent (50%) 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 such corporation
in substantially the same proportion as their ownership immediately prior to
such Combination of the Company's voting securities or the Outstanding Units, as
the case may be, or, (b) if the entity resulting from such Propane Business
Combination is a partnership, more than fifty percent (50%) of the then
outstanding common units of such partnership in substantially the same
proportion as their ownership immediately prior to such Propane Business
Combination of the Company's voting securities or the Outstanding Units, as the
case may be; or
(vi) Completion of (a) a complete liquidation or
dissolution of the Company, the Public Partnership or the Operating Partnership
or (b) sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company, the Public Partnership or the Operating Partnership other than to
an entity with respect to which, following such sale or disposition, (I) if such
entity is a corporation, more than fifty percent (50%) 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 is then owned beneficially, directly or indirectly, by all or
substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the Beneficial
Owners, respectively, of the Company's voting securities or of the Outstanding
Units, as the case may be, immediately prior to such sale or disposition in
substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company's voting
securities or of the Outstanding Units, as the case may be, immediately prior to
such sale or disposition, or, (II) if such entity is a partnership, more than
fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding common units is then owned
beneficially, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the
individuals and entities who were the Beneficial Owners, respectively, of the
Company's voting securities or of the Outstanding Units, as the case may be,
immediately prior to such sale or disposition in
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substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company's voting
securities or of the Outstanding Units immediately prior to such sale or
disposition; or
(vii) UGI and its Subsidiaries fail to own more than
fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding general partnership interests of the
Public Partnership or the Operating Partnership; or
(viii) UGI and its Subsidiaries fail to own more than
fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding shares of common stock of the
Company or more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the
then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in
the election of directors; or
(ix) The Company is removed as the general partner of
the Public Partnership by vote of the limited partners of the Public
Partnership, or is removed as the general partner of the Public Partnership or
the Operating Partnership as a result of judicial or administrative proceedings
involving the Company, the Public Partnership or the Operating Partnership.
2. "Affiliate" and "Associate" shall have the respective
meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act").
3. A Person shall be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of any
securities: (i) that such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or
Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to acquire (whether such right
is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any
agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) or upon the
exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or
otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the "Beneficial
Owner" of securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by
such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates until such tendered
securities are accepted for payment, purchase or exchange; (ii) that such Person
or any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has
the right to vote or dispose of or has "beneficial ownership" of (as determined
pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange
Act), including without limitation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or
understanding, whether or not in writing; provided, however, that a Person shall
not be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of any security under this clause (ii) as a
result of an oral or written agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote
such security if such agreement, arrangement or understanding (A) arises solely
from a revocable proxy given in response to a public proxy or consent
solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions
of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, and (B) is not then
reportable by such Person on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any
comparable or successor report); or (iii) that are beneficially owned, directly
or indirectly, by any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof) with
which such Person (or any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates) has any
agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) for the
purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except pursuant to a revocable proxy as
described in the proviso to clause (ii) above) or disposing of any securities;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section
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1(c) shall cause a Person engaged in business as an underwriter of securities to
be the "Beneficial Owner" of any securities acquired through such Person's
participation in good faith in a firm commitment underwriting until the
expiration of forty (40) days after the date of such acquisition.
4. "Operating Partnership" shall mean AmeriGas Propane, L.P.
5. "Public Partnership" shall mean AmeriGas Partners, L.P.
6. "Person" shall mean an individual or a corporation,
partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, association, or other entity.
7. "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation in which UGI or the
Company, as applicable, directly or indirectly, owns at least a fifty percent
(50%) interest or an unincorporated entity of which UGI or the Company, as
applicable, directly or indirectly, owns at least fifty percent (50%) of the
profits or capital interests.
8. "UGI" shall mean UGI Corporation.
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