Company: DTK
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000936340-25-000081
Chunk: 96

Company: DTE ENERGY CO
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 96
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 with respect to a Participant's termination by the Company as a Service Provider, for "Cause" as such term (or word of like import) is expressly defined in a then-effective written agreement between the Participant and the Company. In the absence of an effective written agreement that contains a definition of Cause, the term Cause shall mean any of the following (as determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator: (i) any act or omission by the Participant that constitutes a material breach by the Participant of any of his or her obligations under this Plan or an applicable Award Agreement; (ii) the Participant's conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, (A) any felony or (B) another crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude or a crime which could reflect negatively upon the Company or otherwise impair or impede its operations; (iii) the Participant engaging in any misconduct, negligence, act of dishonesty, violence or threat of violence (including any violation of federal securities laws) that is injurious to the Company or any of its Affiliates; and (iv) the Participant's material breach of a written policy of the Company or the rules of any governmental or regulatory body applicable to the Company; (v) the Participant's refusal to follow the directions of his or her superiors. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan or in any Award Agreement to the contrary, if the Participant's status as a Service Provider is terminated without Cause, the Company shall have the sole discretion to later use after-acquired evidence to retroactively re-characterize the prior termination as a termination for Cause if such after-acquired evidence supports such an action.

#### DTE ENERGY2025 PROXY STATEMENTA-1
(j) " Change in Control " means as defined in an agreement that addresses Change in Control and equity awards and was entered into by and between the Company and the Participant, and if not defined therein or no such agreement exists, then Change in Control means consummation of any of the following events:

(i) any "Person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, other than (A) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any Affiliate, (B) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Common Stock or (C) a person who holds at least twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power