EXHIBIT 10.1

PERFORMANCE UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
2006 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

________________, 20____
 

To: Scott D. Sheffield

 
Pioneer Natural Resources Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), is
pleased to grant you an award (the "Award") to receive an aggregate of _________
performance units (each, a “Performance Unit”) in respect of the period
_________ through ____________ (the “Performance Period”). This award is subject
to your acceptance of and agreement to all the applicable terms, conditions and
restrictions described in this Performance Unit Award Agreement (the
“Agreement”) and the Pioneer Natural Resources Company 2006 Long Term Incentive
Plan (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Plan”). A copy of the Plan is
available upon request. Except as provided below, to the extent that any
provision of this Agreement conflicts with the expressly applicable terms of the
Plan, you acknowledge and agree that those terms of the Plan shall control and,
if necessary, the applicable provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
amended so as to carry out the purpose and intent of the Plan. Terms that have
their initial letters capitalized, but that are not otherwise defined in this
Agreement, shall have the meanings given to them in the Plan in effect as of the
date of this Agreement. The Performance Units contemplated herein are described
in the Plan as Restricted Stock Units subject to restrictions that lapse based
on the achievement of performance goals pursuant to Section 6(a)(i) of the Plan.
 
This Agreement sets forth the terms of the agreement between you and the Company
with respect to the Performance Units. By accepting this Agreement, you agree to
be bound by all of the terms hereof.

    1.      Overview of Performance Units.
 
(a)  Performance Units Generally. Each Performance Unit represents a contractual
right to receive one share of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”),
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided that, based on
the relative achievement against each Performance Objective (as defined below),
the number of shares of Common Stock that may be deliverable hereunder in
respect of the Performance Units may range from __% to ___% of the number of
Performance Units stated in the preamble to this Agreement (such stated number
of Performance Units hereafter called the “Initial Performance Units”). Your
right to receive Common Stock in respect of Performance Units is generally
contingent, in whole or in part, upon (i) the achievement of the performance
objective outlined in Section 2 below (the “Performance Objective”) and (ii)
except as provided in Section 4 or Section 5, your continued employment with the
Company or one of its Subsidiaries through the end of the Performance Period.
 
 
 
 

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(b)  Dividend Equivalents. With respect to each outstanding Performance Unit,
the Company shall credit a book entry account with an amount equal to the amount
of any cash dividend paid on one share of Common Stock. The amount credited to
such book entry account shall be payable to you at the same time or times, and
subject to the same terms and conditions as are applicable to, your Performance
Units; provided that, if more than the Initial Performance Units shall become
payable in accordance with this Agreement, the maximum amount payable in respect
of such dividend equivalents shall be the amount credited to your book entry
account. Dividends and distributions payable on Common Stock other than in cash
will be addressed in accordance with Section 8 hereof.
 
2.  Total Shareholder Return Objective. The Performance Objective with respect
to the Initial Performance Units is based on Total Shareholder Return. Total
Shareholder Return shall mean, as to the Company and each of the Peer Companies
(as defined below), the annualized rate of return shareholders receive through
stock price changes and the assumed reinvestment of dividends paid over the
Performance Period. Dividends per share paid other than in the form of cash
shall have a value equal to the amount of such dividends reported by the issuer
to its shareholders for purposes of Federal income taxation. For purposes of
determining the Total Shareholder Return for the Company and each of the Peer
Companies, the change in the price of the Company’s Common Stock and of the
common stock of each Peer Company, as the case may be, shall be based upon the
average of the closing stock prices of the Company and such Peer Company on each
trading day in the ___-day period preceding each of the start (the “Initial
Value”) and the end (the “Closing Value”) of the Performance Period. The Initial
Value of the Common Stock to be used to determine Total Shareholder Return over
the Performance Period is $______ per share. Achievement with respect to this
Performance Objective shall be determined based on the Company’s relative
ranking in respect of the Performance Period with regard to Total Shareholder
Return as compared to Total Shareholder Return of the Peer Companies, and shall
be determined in accordance with the applicable table as set forth in Appendix A
hereto. The applicable table shall be determined based on the number of Peer
Companies for the Performance Period. A company shall be a “Peer Company” if it
(i) is one of the companies listed on Appendix A hereto and (ii) has a class of
common equity securities listed to trade under Section 12(g) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), during each day of the
Performance Period. The number of Performance Units, if any, determined to be
earned pursuant to the applicable table under Appendix A, as modified pursuant
to Section 4(a), Section 4(b) or Section 5, if applicable, shall be referred to
“Earned Performance Units”.
 
3.  Conversion of Performance Units; Delivery of Performance Units. Unless an
earlier date applies pursuant to Section 4(a), Section 5(c) or Section 6,
payment in respect of Earned Performance Units shall be made not later than
March 1 of the year following the year in which the Performance Period ends.
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, all payments in respect of Earned
Performance Units shall be made in freely transferable shares of Common Stock;
provided, however, that if and to the extent that the reservation of the power
to settle (as opposed to the act of settling) Performance Units in cash instead
of shares would result in an additional financial accounting charge for the
Company, the Committee shall not have the right to settle such Performance Units
other than in the form of Common Stock (or, if applicable, stock of a Successor
Corporation (as defined in Section 5)). Neither this Section 3 nor any action
 
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taken pursuant to or in accordance with this Section 3 shall be construed to
create a trust of any kind. Any shares of Common Stock issued to you pursuant to
this Agreement in settlement of Earned Performance Units shall be in book entry
form registered in your name. Any fractional Earned Performance Units shall be
rounded up to the nearest whole share of Common Stock.

     4.     Termination of Employment.
 
(a)   Death or Disability. In the event that your employment with the Company or
a Subsidiary terminates during the Performance Period due to your death or
Disability (as such term is defined in the Severance Agreement between you and
the Company or one of its subsidiaries), you shall be deemed to have Earned
Performance Units equal to the product of (i) and (ii), where (i) and (ii) are:

   (i)  the Initial Performance Units;

  (ii)  a fraction (the “Pro-Ration Fraction”), (A) the numerator of which is
the number of full months (counting the month in which your termination of
employment occurs as a full month) during the Performance Period during which
you were employed and (B) the denominator of which is 36.
 
Distribution of shares of Common Stock in respect of the Performance Units
determined to be earned by reason of this Section 4(a) shall be made not later
than 74 days following your death or Disability and shall be in full and
complete satisfaction of all of your rights (and the rights of any person who
derives his, her or its rights from you) under this Agreement.

(b)  Normal Retirement. In the event that your employment with the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries by which you are employed terminates during the
Performance Period due to your retirement at or after having attained age 60,
you shall be deemed to have Earned Performance Units, as of the end of the
Performance Period, equal in number to the product of (i) the number of Earned
Performance Units that you would have earned in accordance with Section 2 had
you remained employed through the end of the Performance Period multiplied by
(ii) the Pro-Ration Fraction. Any portion of the Performance Units that cannot
become earned and payable in accordance with the preceding sentence shall
terminate and automatically be cancelled as of the date of your termination of
employment. Any portion of your Performance Units that is eligible to be earned
pursuant to first sentence of this subparagraph (b), but is not earned as of the
end of the Performance Period, shall terminate and be canceled upon the
expiration of such Performance Period.
 
(c)  Termination Without Cause or Termination For Good Reason. In the event that
your employment with the Company and each of its Subsidiaries by which you are
employed is terminated during the Performance Period (x) by the Company and such
Subsidiaries and such termination is not a Termination for Cause or (y) by you
and such termination is a Termination for Good Reason (as each such term is
defined in the Severance Agreement between you and the Company or one of its
subsidiaries), then notwithstanding the terms of any such Severance Agreement
you shall be deemed to have earned, as of the end of the Performance Period, the
number of Earned Performance Units that you would have earned in accordance with
Section 2 had you remained employed through the end of the Performance
 
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Period. Any portion of your Performance Units that is eligible to be earned
pursuant to the preceding sentence, but is not earned as of the end of the
Performance Period, shall terminate and be canceled upon the expiration of such
Performance Period.

       (d)    Other Termination of Employment. Unless otherwise determined by
the Committee at or after grant, in the event that your employment with the
Company or a Subsidiary terminates prior to the end of the Performance Period
for any reason other than those listed in Section 4(a), 4(b) or 4(c), all of
your Performance Units shall terminate and automatically be canceled upon such
termination of employment.

      5.  Change in Control. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1 through
Section 4 hereof or the terms of any Change in Control Agreement between you and
the Company or a Subsidiary (a “CIC Agreement”), if you have been continuously
employed from the grant specified above until the date that the Change in
Control occurs (the “Change in Control Date”) or you are treated, for purposes
of such CIC Agreement, to have remained in employment through the Change in
Control Date, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control your rights in respect
of the Performance Units shall be determined as provided in Section 5(a). If
your employment shall have terminated prior to the Change in Control Date, but
at least some of your Performance Units remain outstanding pursuant to Section
4(b) or Section 4(c), your rights in respect of your outstanding Performance
Units shall be determined as provided in Section 5(b).

          (a)     If a Change in Control occurs, you will be issued a number of
shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Performance Units that would have
become Earned Performance Units in accordance with the provisions of Section 2
assuming that:

          (i)  the Performance Period ended on the Change in Control Date and

    (ii)  the determination of whether, and to what extent, the Performance
Objective is achieved, is based on actual performance against the stated
performance criteria through the Change in Control Date.

       (b)  If your employment terminated prior to the Change in Control Date,
but some or all of your Performance Units are still outstanding on such date
pursuant to Section 4(b) or 4(c), then, you shall receive a number of shares of
Common Stock equal to the product of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock
that would have been issued to you in respect to the Initial Performance Units,
determined as though Section 5(a) was applicable to you times (B) the Pro-Ration
Fraction.

             (c)  Any shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Section 5
shall be issued immediately following (and not later than) 5 business days after
the Change in Control Date and shall be fully earned and freely transferable as
of the date of the Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything else contained in
this Section 5 to the contrary, if the Change in Control involves a merger,
reclassification, reorganization or other similar transaction pursuant to which
the Common Stock is exchanged for stock of the surviving corporation in such
merger, the successor to the corporation or the direct or indirect parent of
such a corporation (collectively, the “Successor Corporation”), then you shall
receive, instead of each share of Common Stock otherwise deliverable hereunder,
the same consideration (whether stock, cash or
 
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other property) payable or distributable in such transaction in respect of a
share of Common Stock. Any property distributed pursuant to this Section 5(c),
whether in shares of the Successor Corporation or otherwise, shall in all cases
be freely transferable without any restriction (other than any such restriction
that may be imposed at applicable law), and any securities issued hereunder
shall be registered to trade under the 1934 Act, and shall have been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).

          (d)     Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Section 5 to
the contrary, the Committee may elect, at its sole discretion by resolution
adopted prior to the Change in Control Date, to satisfy your rights in respect
of the Performance Units (as determined pursuant to the foregoing provisions of
this Section 5), in whole or in part, by making a cash payment to you within 5
business days of the Change in Control Date in respect of all such Performance
Units or such portion of such Performance Units as the Committee shall
determine. Any cash payment for any Performance Unit shall be equal to the Fair
Market Value of the number of shares of Common Stock into which it would
convert, determined on the Change in Control Date.

      6.  Nontransferability of Awards. The Performance Units granted hereunder
may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, encumbered or otherwise
alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution. Following your death, any shares distributable (or cash payable)
in respect of Performance Units will be delivered or paid, at the time specified
in Section 3 or, if applicable, Section 4 or Section 5, to your beneficiary in
accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions hereof and of the
Plan.

      7.  Beneficiary Designation. You may from time to time name any
beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) to
whom shall be delivered or paid under this Agreement following your death any
shares that are distributable or cash payable hereunder in respect of your
Performance Units at the time specified in Section 3 or, if applicable, Section
4 or Section 5. Each designation will revoke all prior designations, shall be in
a form prescribed by the Committee, and will be effective only when filed in
writing with the Committee during your lifetime. In the absence of any such
effective designation, shares issuable in connection with your death shall be
paid by your surviving spouse, if any, or otherwise to your estate.

      8.    Adjustments in Respect of Performance Units. In the event of any
common stock dividend or common stock split, recapitalization (including, but
not limited to, the payment of an extraordinary dividend), merger,
consolidation, combination, spin-off, distribution of assets to stockholders
(other than cash dividends), exchange of shares, or other similar corporate
change with regard to the Company or any Peer Company, appropriate adjustments
shall be made by the Committee to the Initial Value of the corresponding common
stock, and, if any such event occurs with respect to the Company, in the
aggregate number of Performance Units subject to this Agreement. The Committee’s
determination with respect to any such adjustment shall be conclusive.

      9.  Effect of Settlement. Upon conversion into shares of Common Stock (or
Successor Corporation common stock) pursuant to Section 3 or Section 5, a cash
settlement of your rights, at the election of the Committee at its sole
discretion pursuant to Section 3 or Section
 
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5(d), or a combination of the issuance of Common Stock and the payment of cash
in accordance with any applicable provisions of this Agreement, all of your
Performance Units subject to the Award shall be cancelled and terminated. If and
to the extent that you are still employed at the end of the Performance Period,
and none of your Performance Units shall have become earned in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, all such Performance Units subject to the Award
shall be cancelled and terminated.

       10.  Furnish Information. You agree to furnish to the Company all
information requested by the Company to enable it to comply with any reporting
or other requirements imposed upon the Company by or under any applicable
statute or regulation.

       11.  Remedies. The parties to this Agreement shall be entitled to recover
from each other reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in connection with the
enforcement of the terms and provisions of this Agreement whether by an action
to enforce specific performance or for damages for its breach or otherwise. If,
due to Section 4 of the Plan, the Company fails or is unable to make the payment
in respect of Earned Performance Units in freely transferable shares of Common
Stock, and the Committee does not elect to settle such Earned Performance Units
in cash instead of shares, as provided by Section 3 of this Agreement, as your
sole and exclusive remedy for such failure, in addition to the rights provided
under the first sentence of this Section 11, the Company shall pay to you an
amount in cash equal to the product of the number of Earned Performance Units
times the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock. The Company shall make
such payment to you within ten (10) days following receipt of your written
demand therefor, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the
year in which the Performance Period ends, subject to compliance with any tax
withholding obligations that the Company in its discretion deems to be necessary
with respect to such payment. Upon such payment pursuant to this Section 11, all
of your Performance Units subject to the Award shall be cancelled and
terminated. For purposes of this Section 11, the Fair Market Value of one share
of Common Stock shall be determined as follows:
 
(a)  with respect to a payment in respect of Earned Performance Units pursuant
to Section 3, the Fair Market Value shall be determined as of the last day of
the Performance Period;
 
(b)  with respect to a payment in respect of Earned Performance Units where
payment arises due to the termination of your employment with the Company or a
Subsidiary during the Performance Period due to your death or Disability
pursuant to Section 4(a), the Fair Market Value shall be determined as of the
date your employment terminates due to death or Disability, as applicable;
 
(c)  with respect to a payment in respect of Earned Performance Units where
payment arises due to the termination of your employment with the Company or a
Subsidiary during the Performance Period due to your retirement pursuant to
Section 4(b), or due to your termination by the Company that is not a
Termination for Cause or to your termination by you that is a Termination for
Good Reason pursuant to Section 4(c), the Fair Market Value shall bedetermined
as of the last day of the Performance Period;
 
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(d)  with respect to a payment based on the number of Performance Units that
would have become Earned Performance Units in connection with a Change in
Control pursuant to Section 5, the Fair Market Value shall be determined as of
the Change in Control Date.

       12.  Information Confidential. As partial consideration for the granting
of the Award hereunder, you hereby agree with the Company that you will keep
confidential all information and knowledge, except that which has been disclosed
in any public filings required by law, that you have relating to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement; provided, however, that such information may be
disclosed as required by law and may be given in confidence to your spouse, tax
and financial advisors, or to a financial institution to the extent that such
information is necessary to secure a loan. In the event any breach of this
promise comes to the attention of the Company, it shall take into consideration
that breach in determining whether to recommend the grant of any future similar
award to you, as a factor militating against the advisability of granting any
such future award to you.

       13.  Payment of Taxes. The Company may from time to time require you to
pay to the Company (or the Company's Subsidiary if you are an employee of a
Subsidiary of the Company) the amount that the Company deems necessary to
satisfy the Company's or its Subsidiary's current or future obligation to
withhold federal, state or local income or other taxes that you incur as a
result of the Award. With respect to any required tax withholding, unless
another arrangement is permitted by the Company in its discretion, the Company
shall withhold from the shares of Common Stock to be issued to you the number of
shares necessary to satisfy the Company's obligation to withhold taxes, that
determination to be based on the shares' Fair Market Value, as defined in the
Plan, at the time as of which such determination is made. In the event the
Company subsequently determines that the aggregate Fair Market Value, as defined
in the Plan, of any shares of Common Stock withheld as payment of any tax
withholding obligation is insufficient to discharge that tax withholding
obligation, then you shall pay to the Company, immediately upon the Company's
request, the amount of that deficiency.

       14.  Right of the Company and Subsidiaries to Terminate Employment.
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall confer upon you the right to continue
in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or interfere in
any way with the rights of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to
terminate your employment at any time.

       15.  No Liability for Good Faith Determinations. Neither the Company nor
the members of the Board and the Committee shall be liable for any act, omission
or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to this Agreement or
the Performance Units granted hereunder.

       16.  No Guarantee of Interests. The Board and the Company do not
guarantee the Common Stock of the Company from loss or depreciation.

       17.  Company Records. Records of the Company or its Subsidiaries
regarding your period of employment, termination of employment and the reason
therefor, leaves of absence, re-employment, and other matters shall be
conclusive for all purposes hereunder, unless determined by the Company to be
incorrect.
 
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       18.  Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be
illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect
the remaining provisions hereof, but such provision shall be fully severable and
this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid
provision had never been included herein.

       19.  Notices. Whenever any notice is required or permitted hereunder,
such notice must be in writing and personally delivered or sent by mail. Any
such notice required or permitted to be delivered hereunder shall be deemed to
be delivered on the date on which it is personally delivered, or, whether
actually received or not, on the third Business Day after it is deposited in the
United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid, addressed to the
person who is to receive it at the address which such person has theretofore
specified by written notice delivered in accordance herewith. The Company or you
may change, at any time and from time to time, by written notice to the other,
the address which it or he had previously specified for receiving notices.
 
The Company and you agree that any notices shall be given to the Company or to
you at the following addresses:

Company:               Pioneer Natural Resources Company
Attn: Corporate Secretary
5205 N. O’Connor Boulevard, Suite 200
Irving, Texas 75039-3746

Holder:                   At your current address as shown in the Company's
records.

      20.  Waiver of Notice. Any person entitled to notice hereunder may waive
such notice in writing.

       21.  Successor. This Agreement shall be binding upon you, your legal
representatives, heirs, legatees and distributees, and upon the Company, its
successors and assigns.

       22.  Headings The titles and headings of Sections are included for
convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construction of
the provisions hereof.

       23.  Governing Law. All questions arising with respect to the provisions
of this Agreement shall be determined by application of the laws of the State of
Delaware except to the extent Delaware law is preempted by federal law. The
obligation of the Company to sell and deliver Common Stock hereunder is subject
to applicable laws and to the approval of any governmental authority required in
connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, or delivery of such Common
Stock.

       24.  Execution of Receipts and Releases. Any payment of cash or any
issuance or transfer of shares of Common Stock or other property to you, or to
your legal representative, heir, legatee or distributee, in accordance with the
provisions hereof, shall, to the extent thereof, be in full satisfaction of all
claims of such Persons hereunder. The Company may require you or your legal
representative, heir, legatee or distributee, as a condition precedent to such
payment or issuance, to execute a release and receipt therefor in such form as
it shall determine.
 
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       25.  Amendment. This Agreement may be amended at any time unilaterally by
the Company provided that such amendment is consistent with all applicable laws
and does not reduce any rights or benefits you have accrued pursuant to this
Agreement. This Agreement may also be amended at any time unilaterally by the
Company to the extent the Company believes in good faith that such amendment is
necessary or advisable to bring this Agreement into compliance with any
applicable laws, including Section 409A of the Code.

       26.  The Plan. This Agreement is subject to all the terms, conditions,
limitations and restrictions contained in the Plan; provided, however, that
notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any provision of this Agreement
that is inconsistent with the provisions of Section 9(c), (e), and (f) of the
Plan shall control over such provisions of the Plan.

       27.  Agreement Respecting Securities Act of 1933. You represent and agree
that you will not sell the Common Stock that may be issued to you pursuant to
your Performance Units except pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the 1933 Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933
Act (including Rule 144).

       28.  No Shareholder Rights. The Performance Units granted pursuant to
this Agreement do not and shall not entitle you to any rights as a shareholder
of Common Stock until such time as you receive shares of Common Stock pursuant
to this Agreement. Your rights with respect to the Performance Units shall
remain forfeitable at all times prior to the date on which rights become earned
in accordance with this Agreement.

       29.  Electronic Delivery and Acknowledgement. No signature by you is
required to accept the award represented by this Agreement. By your acceptance
of this award, you are acknowledging that you have received and read, understood
and accepted all the terms, conditions and restrictions of this Agreement and
the Plan. The Company may, in its sole discretion, deliver any documents related
to this award and this Agreement, or other awards that have been or may be
awarded under the Plan, by electronic means, including prospectuses, proxy
materials, annual reports and other related documents, and the Company may, in
its sole discretion, engage a third party to effect the delivery of these
documents on its behalf and provide other administrative services related to
this award and the Plan. By your acceptance of the award represented by this
Agreement, you consent to receive such documents by electronic delivery and to
the engagement of any such third party.
 
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Appendix A
 
Determination of Performance Units Earned
 
 
Peer Companies:
 
 
 

   

 
In addition, if and solely to the extent that at the end of the Performance
Period the number of companies listed above that qualify as Peer Companies is
less than ____, then such number of the following additional companies (selected
in the order presented below) as is necessary to have ____ Peer Companies shall
be treated as though Peer Companies for the entire Performance Period, provided
that each such additional company satisfies the requirement to be a Peer Company
throughout the Performance Period. If, after adding all eligible alternative
companies, the number of companies qualifying as Peer Companies for the
Performance Period is less than _____, the Committee shall, in good faith,
determine the percentage of the Performance Units earned in a manner consistent
with the requirements to qualify the Performance Units as performance-based
compensation exempt from the limitations imposed by Section 162(m) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
 
Alternate Peer Companies:
 

   

 
 
Rank Against Peers
___ Peer
Companies
Percentage of
Initial
Performance
Units Earned
___ Peer
Companies
Percentage of
Initial
Performance
Units Earned
__ Peer
Companies
Percentage of
Initial
Performance
Units Earned
__ Peer
Companies
Percentage of
Initial
Performance
Units Earned
__ Peer
Companies
Percentage of
Initial
Performance
Units Earned
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4
5
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Schedule I

The document to which this Schedule I is attached is the form of Performance
Unit Award Agreement between the Company and Scott D. Sheffield.

1.           The form of Performance Unit Award Agreement between the Company
and Scott D. Sheffield and Timothy L. Dove varies from the form between the
Company its other executive officers in that Section 4(c) of the form of
agreement with the Company’s other executive officers reads in its entirety as
follows:

(c)   Termination Without Cause or Termination For Good Reason. In the event
that your employment with the Company and each of its Subsidiaries by which you
are employed is terminated during the Performance Period (x) by the Company and
such Subsidiaries and such termination is not a Termination for Cause or (y) by
you and such termination is a Termination for Good Reason (as each such term is
defined in the Severance Agreement between you and the Company or one of its
subsidiaries), you shall be deemed to have earned, as of the end of the
Performance Period, that number of Performance Units equal to the product of (i)
the number of Earned Performance Units that you would have earned in accordance
with Section 2 had you remained employed through the end of the Performance
Period multiplied by (ii) the Pro-Ration Fraction. Any portion of the
Performance Units that cannot become earned and payable in accordance with the
preceding sentence shall terminate and automatically be cancelled as of the date
of your termination of employment. Any portion of your Performance Units that is
eligible to be earned pursuant to the second preceding sentence, but is not
earned as of the end of the Performance Period, shall terminate and be canceled
upon the expiration of such Performance Period.

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