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1-Apr-2009
Change in Directors or Principal Officers
On March 26, 2009, the Compensation, Governance and Nominating Committee
("CGNC") of the Board of Directors of PPL Corporation ("PPL" or the "Company")
established the 2009 annual incentive goals used to determine cash awards to be
made to named executive officers (as defined in Item 402(a)(3) of Regulation
S-K) pursuant to the Company's Short-term Incentive Plan. The achievement of the
performance goals and business criteria will be measured by the CGNC, and any
resulting incentive awards will be made to the named executive officers, in
January 2010.
Short-term Incentive Cash Awards
For the 2009 annual incentive cash awards to be made pursuant to the Company's Short-term Incentive Plan, the following award targets as a percentage of base salary have been established for the following executive officers: Chief Executive Officer-110%; Chief Operating Officer-85%; Chief Financial Officer-75%; Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary-65%; and the Presidents of the Company's principal operating subsidiaries-50%. The annual incentive cash awards will be made by applying these target percentages to the percentage of goal attainment as determined by the CGNC. For 2009, there is a single goal category for the PPL corporate-level officers identified above, which is earnings per share. Awards will be payable on a graduated scale ranging from a threshold of 50% of the target award where performance is approximately 10% below the performance goal, up to 200% of the target award where performance is approximately 10% or greater than the performance goal. No award is payable to corporate-level officers if performance is below the threshold. For the Presidents of the Company's principal operating subsidiaries, the weightings will be allocated 60% to earnings per share, 20% to their individual performance and 20% to the performance of the business unit for which they are responsible. No award for the earnings per share portion of the award is payable if performance is below the threshold, and no award of any kind is payable if earnings per share results are below a further limit, which is approximately 20% below the earnings per share performance goal.
Long-term Incentive Equity Awards
In January 2009, the CGNC made, and the Company reported, equity award targets under the Company's Incentive Compensation Plan. Those award targets are reported again, below, for illustrative purposes because the restricted stock component of the long-term incentive awards is measured by reference to the three most recent years' performance under the Short-term Incentive Plan.
For the annual long-term incentive equity awards to be made pursuant to the Company's Incentive Compensation Plan, the following award targets as a percentage of base salary have been established: Chief Executive Officer-350%; Chief Operating Officer-250%; Chief Financial Officer-220%; Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary and the President of PPL EnergyPlus, LLC-160%; and the Presidents of other principal operating subsidiaries-145%. Awards granted for 2009 were allocated (i) 40% to a restricted stock unit award with a three-year restriction period, based on the achievement of sustained financial and operational results, which will be determined by averaging the most recent three years of annual performance measures used for the annual short-term incentive cash awards established and measured by the CGNC, (ii) 20% to a performance unit award (as described below following the table) with a three-year cumulative performance period, and (iii) 40% to a stock option award. The exercise price of the stock option awards will be the closing price of the Company's common stock on The New York Stock Exchange on the date of grant. The following table provides the award targets, based on a percentage of base salary.
Name and Position Restricted Performance Stock
Stock Units Units Options
Sustained Relative Total
Financial and Shareowner Stock Price
Operational Return Performance
Results
Chief Executive Officer 140% 70% 140%
Chief Operating Officer 100% 50% 100%
Chief Financial Officer 88% 44% 88%
Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary and the 64% 32% 64%
President of PPL EnergyPlus, LLC
Presidents of other principal 58% 29% 58%
operating subsidiaries
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Performance units represent a target number of shares ("Target Award") of the Company's common stock that the officer would receive upon the Company's attainment of the applicable performance goal. Performance is determined based on the "total shareowner return" (increase in market value of a share of the Company's common stock plus the value of all dividends paid on a share of the common stock during the applicable performance period, divided by the price of the common stock at the beginning of the performance period) during a three-year performance period (in this case, January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2011). At the end of the performance period, payout is determined by comparing the Company's performance to the total shareowner return of the companies included in the S&P Electric Utilities Index ("Index Group"). Awards are payable on a graduated basis within the following ranges: If the Company's performance is at or above the 85th percentile of the Index Group, the award is paid at 200% of the Target Award; at the 50th percentile of the Index Group, the award is paid at 100% of the Target Award; at the 40th percentile of the Index Group, the award is paid at 50% of the Target Award; and below the 40th percentile, no award is payable.
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