EXHIBIT 10.43

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

2019 GOAL-BASED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT, dated February 5, 2019, between Dominion Energy, Inc., a
Virginia corporation (the “Company”) and [Insert Name] (“Participant”), is made
pursuant and subject to the provisions of the Dominion Energy, Inc. 2014
Incentive Compensation Plan and any amendments thereto (the “Plan”). All terms
used in this Agreement that are defined in the Plan have the same meaning given
to such terms in the Plan.

1.    Goal-Based Stock Award. Pursuant to the Plan, [Insert Number] shares of
Goal-Based Stock (“Target Amount”) were awarded to the Participant on
February 5, 2019 (“Date of Grant”), subject to the terms and conditions of the
Plan, and subject further to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement and Exhibit A attached hereto. Goal-Based Stock is Company Stock that
will be issued if the Performance Goals set forth in Section 4 for the
Performance Period are fulfilled. The actual number of shares of Goal-Based
Stock that may be issued may be from 0% to 200% of the Target Amount, depending
on the achievement of the Performance Goals. The Performance Period for purposes
of this Agreement is the period beginning on January 1, 2019 and ending on
December 31, 2021.

2.    Performance Achievement and Time of Goal-Based Stock Issuance. Upon the
completion of the Performance Period, the Committee will determine the final
achievement of the Performance Goals described in Section 4. The Company will
then calculate the final number of Goal-Based Stock shares to be issued based on
such Performance Goal achievement. Except as provided in Section 5(b) or 6, the
appropriate number of Goal-Based Stock shares will be issued to the Participant
at a time determined by the Committee, but not later than March 15, 2022.

3.    Forfeiture. Except as provided in Paragraphs 5 or 6, the Participant will
forfeit any and all rights in the Goal-Based Stock if the Participant’s
employment with the Company or a Dominion Company terminates for any reason
before the end of the Performance Period.

4.    Performance Goals. Issuance of Goal-Based Stock shares will be based on
the Performance Goal achievement of the Performance Criteria described in this
Section 4 and further defined in Exhibit A.

a.    TSR Performance. Total Shareholder Return (TSR) Performance will determine
fifty percent (50%) of the Target Amount (“TSR Percentage”). Relative TSR
Performance and Absolute TSR Performance are each defined in Exhibit A. The
percentage of the TSR Percentage of Goal-Based Stock shares that will be issued,
if any, is based on the following table:

 

Relative

TSR Performance

Percentile Ranking

   Percentage Payout
of TSR Percentage  

85th or above

     200 % 

50th

     100 % 

25th

     50 % 

Below 25th

     0 % 

 

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To the extent that the Company’s Relative TSR Performance ranks in a percentile
between the 25th and 85th percentile in the table above, then the TSR Percentage
payout will be interpolated between the corresponding TSR Percentage payout set
forth above. No payment of the TSR Percentage of Goal-Based Stock shares will be
made if the Relative TSR Performance is below the 25th percentile, except that a
payment of 25% of the TSR Percentage will be made if the Company’s Relative TSR
Performance is below the 25th percentile but its Absolute TSR Performance is at
least 9%. In addition to the foregoing payments, and regardless of the Company’s
Relative TSR Performance, either (but not both) of the following may be earned:
(i) an additional payment of 25% of the TSR Percentage will be made if the
Company’s Absolute TSR Performance is at least 10% but less than 15%, and/or if
the Company’s Price-Earnings Ratio (as defined in Exhibit A) is at or above the
50th percentile and below the top third of the group of companies (inclusive of
the Company) used to measure Relative TSR Performance in accordance with Exhibit
A hereto, or (ii) an additional payment of 50% of the TSR Percentage will be
made if the Company’s Absolute TSR Performance is at least 15%, and/or if the
Company’s Price-Earnings Ratio is at or above the top third of the group of
companies (inclusive of the Company) used to measure Relative TSR Performance in
accordance with Exhibit A hereto (in either case, the “Performance Adder”). The
Committee may reduce or eliminate payment of the Performance Adder in its sole
discretion.

The aggregate payments under this Section 4(a) may not exceed 250% of the TSR
Percentage. In addition, the overall percentage payment under the entire Award
may not exceed 200% of the Target Amount.

b.    ROIC Performance. Return on Invested Capital Performance (“ROIC
Performance”) will determine fifty percent (50%) of the Target Amount (“ROIC
Percentage”). ROIC Performance is defined in Exhibit A. The percentage of the
ROIC Percentage that will be paid out, if any, is based on the following table:

 

ROIC Performance

   Percentage Payout
of ROIC Percentage  

7.41% and above

     200 % 

7.13%

     100 % 

6.81%

     50 % 

Below 6.81%

     0 % 

 

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To the extent that the Company’s ROIC Performance is greater than 6.81% and less
than 7.13%, the ROIC Percentage payout will be interpolated between the
applicable Percentage Payout of ROIC Percentage range set forth above.

 

  •  

To the extent that the Company’s ROIC Performance is greater than 7.13% and less
than 7.41%, the ROIC Percentage payout will be interpolated between the
applicable Percentage Payout of ROIC Percentage range set forth above.

5.    Retirement, Involuntary Termination without Cause, Death or Disability.

a.    Retirement or Involuntary Termination without Cause. Except as provided in
Section 6, if the Participant Retires (as such term is defined in Section 9(b)
below) during the Performance Period or if the Participant’s employment is
involuntarily terminated by the Company or a Dominion Company without Cause (as
defined in the Employment Continuity Agreement between the Participant and the
Company) during the

 

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Performance Period and the Participant would have been eligible for a payment if
the Participant had remained employed until the end of the Performance Period,
the Participant will receive a pro-rated payout of the Participant’s Goal-Based
Stock Award equal to the number of Goal-Based Stock shares the Participant would
have received had the Participant remained employed until the end of the
Performance Period, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
number of whole months from February 1, 2019 to the first day of the calendar
month coinciding with or immediately following the date of the Participant’s
Retirement or termination of employment, and the denominator of which is
thirty-five (35). Shares will be issued after the end of the Performance Period
at the time provided in Section 2 based on the Performance Goal achievement
approved by the Committee. If the Participant Retires, however, no shares will
be issued if the Company’s Chief Executive Officer in his sole discretion (or,
if the Participant is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, the Committee in
its sole discretion) determines that the Participant’s Retirement is detrimental
to the Company. Any potential shares of Goal-Based Stock not issued in
accordance with the terms of this Paragraph 5(a) will be forfeited.

b.    Death or Disability. If, while employed by the Company or a Dominion
Company, a Participant dies or becomes Disabled (as defined in Section 9(b)
below) during the Performance Period, a number of Goal-Based Stock shares will
be issued to the Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary equal to the
product of (i) and (ii) where:

(i)    is the number of shares that would be issued based on the predicted
performance used for determining the compensation cost recognized by the Company
for this Goal-Based Stock Award for the latest financial statement filed with
the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
immediately prior to the event; and

(ii)    is a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole months from
February 1, 2019 to the first day of the calendar month coinciding with or
immediately following the date of the Participant’s death or Disability, and the
denominator of which is thirty-five (35).

Any potential shares of Goal-Based Stock not issued in accordance with the terms
of this Section 5(b) will be forfeited. Goal-Based Stock shares will be issued
as soon as administratively feasible (and in any event within sixty (60) days)
after the date of the Participant’s death or Disability.

6.    Qualifying Change of Control. Upon a Qualifying Change of Control prior to
the end of the Performance Period, provided the Participant has remained
continuously employed with the Company or a Dominion Company from the Date of
Grant to the date of the Qualifying Change of Control, a number of the
Goal-Based Stock shares will be issued to the Participant equal to the greater
of (i) the Target Amount or (ii) the number of shares that would be issued at
the end of the Performance Period if the predicted performance used for
determining the compensation cost recognized by the Company for this Award for
the latest financial statement filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q immediately prior to the Qualifying Change
of Control was the actual performance for the Performance Period (in either
case, the “COC Payout Amount”). The Goal-Based Stock shares will be issued on or
as soon as administratively feasible (but in any event within sixty (60) days)
following the Qualifying Change of Control date. If a Qualifying Change of
Control occurs prior to the end of the Performance Period and after a
Participant has Retired or been involuntarily terminated without Cause pursuant
to Section 5(a) above, then the Participant will receive a pro-

 

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rated payout of the Participant’s Goal-Based Stock Award, equal to the COC
Payout Amount multiplied by the fraction set forth in Section 5(a) above, with
shares being issued on or as soon as administratively feasible (but in any event
within sixty (60) days) after the Qualifying Change of Control date. Any
potential shares of Goal-Based Stock not issued in accordance with the terms of
this Section 6 will be forfeited.

7.    Termination for Cause. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to
the contrary, if the Participant’s employment with the Company or a Dominion
Company is terminated for Cause (as defined by the Employment Continuity
Agreement between the Participant and the Company), the Participant will forfeit
all rights to Goal-Based Stock shares awarded pursuant to this Agreement.

8.    Clawback of Award Payment.

 

  a.

Restatement of Financial Statements.    If the Company’s financial statements
are required to be restated at any time within a two (2) year period following
the end of the Performance Period as a result of fraud or intentional
misconduct, the Committee may, in its discretion, based on the facts and
circumstances surrounding the restatement, direct the Company to recover all or
a portion of the issued (vested) shares from the Participant if the
Participant’s conduct directly caused or partially caused the need for the
restatement.

 

  b.

Fraudulent or Intentional Misconduct.    If the Company determines that the
Participant has engaged in fraudulent or intentional misconduct related to or
materially affecting the Company’s business operations or the Participant’s
duties at the Company, the Committee may, in its discretion, based on the facts
and circumstances surrounding the misconduct, direct the Company to withhold
issuance of all or a portion of the Goal-Based Stock shares granted pursuant to
this Agreement, or if shares have been issued, to recover all or a portion of
the shares from the Participant.

 

  c.

Recovery of Payout.    The Company reserves the right to recover a Goal-Based
Stock Award payout pursuant to this Section 8 by (i) seeking recovery of the
vested shares from the Participant; (ii) reducing the amount that would
otherwise be payable to the Participant under another Company benefit plan or
compensation program to the extent permitted by applicable law;
(iii) withholding future annual and long-term incentive awards or salary
increases; or (iv) taking any combination of these actions.

 

  d.

No Limitation on Remedies.    The Company’s right to recover Goal-Based or
issued shares pursuant to this Section 8 shall be in addition to, and not in
lieu of, actions the Company may take to remedy or discipline a Participant’s
misconduct including, but not limited to, termination of employment or
initiation of a legal action for breach of fiduciary duty.

 

  e.

Subject to Future Rulemaking.    The Goal-Based Stock granted under this
Agreement is subject to any clawback policies the Company may adopt in order to
conform to the requirements of Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act and resulting rules issued

 

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  by the Securities and Exchange Commission or national securities exchanges
thereunder and that the Company determines should apply to this Agreement.

9.    Terms and Conditions.

 

  a.

Nontransferability; No Shareholder Rights. Except as provided in Section 5, this
award of Goal-Based Stock is not transferable and is subject to a substantial
risk of forfeiture until the end of the Performance Period. A Participant shall
have not have any rights as a shareholder with respect to the shares of
Goal-Based Stock that may be issued under this Agreement unless and until such
shares have actually been issued to the Participant after the end of the
Performance Period as provided herein.

 

  b.

Certain Definitions.

(i)    Retirement. For purposes of this Agreement, the term Retire or Retirement
means a voluntary termination of employment on a date when the Participant is
eligible for early or normal retirement benefits under the terms of the Company
Pension Plan (as defined below), or would be eligible if any crediting of deemed
additional years of age or service applicable to the Participant under a
supplemental retirement plan of the Company was applied under the Company
Pension Plan, as in effect at the time of the determination, or, for a
Participant who is not eligible to participate in a Company Pension Plan, a
voluntary termination of employment on or after age 55, unless (in each case)
the Company’s Chief Executive Officer in his sole discretion (or, if the
Participant is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, the Committee in its sole
discretion) determines that the Participant’s retirement is detrimental to the
Company. “Company Pension Plan” means the applicable pension plan of the Company
or its subsidiaries, if any, in which the Participant is eligible to participate
as of the Date of Grant, which may include either the Dominion Energy Pension
Plan or the SCANA Corporation Retirement Plan or any successor thereto, but
excluding the cash balance portion of any such plan.

(ii)    Disabled or Disability. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
“Disabled” or “Disability” means a disability as defined under Treasury
Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(4). The Committee will determine whether or not a
Disability exists and its determination will be conclusive and binding on the
Participant.

 

  c.

Delivery of Shares.

(i)    Share Delivery. Within the applicable time periods after the end of the
Performance Period or after the occurrence of an event described in Sections 5
or 6 as described above, the Company will deliver to the Participant (or in the
event of the Participant’s death, the Participant’s Beneficiary) the appropriate
number of shares of Company Stock.

(ii)    Withholding of Taxes. No Company Stock will be delivered until the
Participant (or the Participant’s Beneficiary) has paid to the Company the
amount that must be withheld under federal, state and local income and

 

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employment tax laws (the “Applicable Withholding Taxes”) or the Participant and
the Company have made satisfactory arrangements for the payment of such taxes.
Unless the Participant makes an alternative election, the Company will retain
the number of shares of Goal-Based Stock (valued at their Fair Market Value)
required to satisfy the Applicable Withholding Taxes. As an alternative to the
Company retaining shares, the Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary may
elect to (i) deliver Mature Shares (valued at their Fair Market Value) or
(ii) make a cash payment to satisfy Applicable Withholding Taxes.

 

  d.

Fractional Shares. Fractional shares of Company Stock will not be issued.

 

  e.

No Right to Continued Employment. This Agreement does not confer upon the
Participant any right with respect to continuance of employment by the Company,
nor will it interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate the
Participant’s employment at any time.

 

  f.

Change in Capital Structure. The number and fair market value of shares of
Goal-Based Stock awarded by this Agreement will be automatically adjusted as
provided in Section 18(a) of the Plan if the Company has a change in capital
structure.

 

  g.

Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth
of Virginia, other than its choice of law provisions.

 

  h.

Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Plan and
the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of the Plan will govern.

 

  i.

Participant Bound by Plan. By accepting this Agreement, Participant hereby
acknowledges receipt of a copy of the prospectus and Plan document accessible on
the Company Intranet and agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions
thereof.

 

  j.

Binding Effect. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the legatees, distributees, and personal representatives of the Participant and
the successors of the Company.

 

  k.

Performance Goal Adjustments. Pursuant to Section 10(c) of the Plan, the
Committee may at any time, in its sole discretion, remove or revise any
performance goals or other performance objectives for this Goal-Based Stock
Award. The Committee may exercise negative discretion to reduce payments under
this Agreement as it deems appropriate.

 

  l.

Section 409A. This Agreement and the Goal-Based Stock award arrangement
described herein is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (“Code Section 409A”), and shall be interpreted to the
maximum extent possible in accordance with such intent. To the extent necessary
to comply with Code Section 409A, no payment will be made earlier than six
months after a Participant’s termination of employment other than for death if
the Award is subject to Code Section 409A and the Participant is a “specified
employee” (within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i)).

 

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EXHIBIT A

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

2019 GOAL-BASED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Total Shareholder Return

Relative TSR Performance will be measured based on where the Company’s total
shareholder return during the Performance Period ranks in relation to the total
shareholder returns of the companies that are members of the Company’s
compensation peer group as of the Date of Grant as set forth below (the
“Comparison Companies”):

 

  Ameren Corporation    Exelon Corporation      American Electric Power Company
   FirstEnergy Corporation      CenterPoint Energy    NextEra Energy     
Consolidated Edison Company    PG&E Corporation      DTE Energy Company    PPL
Corporation      Duke Energy Corporation    Public Service Enterprise Group     
Edison International    Southern Company      Entergy Corporation    Xcel Energy
     Eversource Energy      

The Comparison Companies shall be adjusted during the Performance Period as
follows:

 

  (i)

In the event of a merger, acquisition or business combination transaction of a
Comparison Company with or by another Comparison Company, effective upon the
public announcement of the transaction, the surviving entity shall remain a
Comparison Company and the non-surviving entity shall cease to be a Comparison
Company (provided that, if the proposed transaction is subsequently terminated
before the Relative TSR Performance is calculated, then the non-surviving
company shall be retroactively reinstated as a Comparison Company);

 

  (ii)

If it is publicly announced that a Comparison Company will be acquired by
another company that is not a Comparison Company, or in the event a “going
private transaction” is publicly announced where the Comparison Company will not
be the surviving entity or will otherwise no longer be publicly traded, the
company shall cease to be a Comparison Company as of the date such announcement
is made (provided that, if the proposed transaction is subsequently terminated
before the Relative TSR Performance is calculated, then the company shall be
retroactively reinstated as a Comparison Company);

 

  (iii)

In the event of a spinoff, divestiture, or sale of a substantial portion of
assets of a Comparison Company, the Comparison Company shall no longer be a
Comparison Company if the company’s reported revenue (in its GAAP accounts) for
the four most recently reported quarters ending on or before the last day of the
Performance Period falls below 40% of Dominion Energy’s reported revenue for
last year of the Performance Period; and

 

  (iv)

In the event of a bankruptcy of a Comparison Company, such company shall remain
a Comparison Company and its stock price will continue to be tracked for
purposes of

 

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  Relative TSR Performance. If the company liquidates, it will remain a
Comparison Company and its stock price will be reduced to zero for the remaining
Performance Period.

Total shareholder return consists of the difference between the value of a share
of common stock at the beginning and end of the Performance Period, plus the
value of gross dividends paid as if reinvested in stock and other appropriate
adjustments for such events as stock splits. For purposes of TSR Performance,
the total shareholder return of the Company and the Comparison Companies will be
calculated using Bloomberg.1 As soon as practicable after the completion of the
Performance Period, the total shareholder returns of the Comparison Companies
will be calculated and ranked from highest to lowest by the Committee. The
Company’s total shareholder return will then be ranked in terms of which
percentile it would have placed in among the Comparison Companies.

Absolute TSR Performance will be the Company’s total shareholder return on an
average annual basis for the Performance Period.

Price-Earnings Ratio

Price-Earnings Ratio performance will be measured based on where the Company’s
Price-Earnings Ratio ranks in relation to the Price-Earnings Ratios of the
Comparison Companies. For purposes of Price-Earnings Ratio performance, the
relative Price-Earnings Ratio performance of the Company and the Comparison
Companies will be determined using such method as the Committee shall determine.
As soon as practicable after the completion of the Performance Period, the
Price-Earnings Ratios of the Comparison Companies will be determined and ranked
from highest to lowest by the Committee, using three methods:

 

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First, using closing stock prices on the final day of the Performance Period
divided by the operating earnings per share (“Operating EPS”) for the Company
and the Comparison Companies over the most recently completed four-quarter
period. If required based on the availability of data, the four quarters ended
September 302 of the final year of the Performance Period can be utilized for
estimating relative Price-Earnings Ratio performance.

 

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Second, using closing stock prices on the final day of the Performance Period
divided by the estimated Operating EPS for the Company and the Comparison
Companies for the final year of the Performance Period3.

 

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Third, using closing stock prices on the final day of the Performance Period
divided by the estimated Operating EPS for the Company and the Comparison
Companies for the following calendar year4.

 

 

1 

Specifically, using the function “CUST-TRR-RETURN-PER” or successor functions as
defined by Bloomberg.

2 

The source of quarterly operating earnings per share shall the companies’
quarterly earnings release statements.

3 

The forward-looking P/E multiple shall be sourced from Bloomberg. Specifically,
the closing stock price using the function “PX_LAST”, and the EPS using the
function “EEPS_CURR_YR” or successor functions as defined by Bloomberg.

4 

The forward-looking P/E multiple shall be sourced from Bloomberg. Specifically,
the closing stock price using the function “PX_LAST”, and the EPS using the
function “EEPS_NXT_YR” or successor functions as defined by Bloomberg.

 

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For each method, the Company’s Price-Earnings Ratio will then be ranked in terms
of which percentile it placed in among the Comparison Companies for the
Committee’s determination. The Committee will, in its sole discretion, select
which of the three methods to use to calculate final payouts under the
Performance Grants.

Return on Invested Capital

Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)

The following terms are used to calculate ROIC for purposes of the 2019
Goal-Based Stock Award:

ROIC means Total Return divided by Average Invested Capital. Performance will be
calculated for the three successive fiscal years within the Performance Period,
added together and then divided by three to arrive at an annual average ROIC for
the Performance Period.

Total Return means Operating Earnings plus After-tax Interest & Related Charges,
determined for each of the three successive fiscal years within the Performance
Period.

Operating Earnings means operating earnings as disclosed on the Company’s
earnings report furnished on Form 8-K for the applicable fiscal year.

Average Invested Capital means the Average Balances for Long & Short-term Debt
plus Preferred Equity plus Common Shareholders’ Equity. The Average Balances for
a year are calculated by performing the calculation at the end of each quarter
during the fiscal year (including in the fiscal year’s opening balance sheet)
and then averaging those amounts over five quarters. Long and short-term debt
shall be as reported in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet prepared under
GAAP, net of cash and cash equivalents.

Average Invested Capital will be calculated by excluding (i) accumulated other
comprehensive income/(loss) from Common Shareholders’ Equity (as shown on the
Company’s financial statements); (ii) impacts from changes in accounting
principles that were not prescribed as of the Date of Grant; and (iii) the
effects of incremental impacts from non-operating gains or losses during the
Performance Period, as disclosed on the Company’s earnings report furnished on
Form 8-K, that were not included in the projection on which the original ROIC
calculation was based at the time of the grant.

 

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