Exhibit 10.1

PERFORMANCE SHARE AGREEMENT
UNDER THE
PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION 2002
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
     THIS AWARD AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of _________, 200___(the
“Date of Grant”), by and between Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (the
“Company”), and «Name» (“Employee”).
BACKGROUND

  A.   The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) has
adopted, and the Company’s shareholders have approved, the Pinnacle West Capital
Corporation 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), pursuant to which
performance share incentive awards may be granted to employees of the Company
and its subsidiaries and certain other individuals.     B.   The Company desires
to grant to Employee a performance share award under the terms of the Plan.    
C.   Pursuant to the Plan, the Company and Employee agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

  1.   Grant of Award. Pursuant to action of the Committee (as defined herein)
which was taken on the Date of Grant, the Company grants to Employee «Shares»
performance shares (“Performance Shares”), subject to the terms, conditions, and
adjustments set forth in this Award Agreement. The Performance Shares granted
under this Section 1 are referred to in this Award Agreement as the “Base
Grant.”     2.   Award Subject to Plan. This award is granted under and is
expressly subject to, all of the terms and provisions of the Plan, which terms
are incorporated herein by reference, and this Award Agreement. The Committee
described in Section 4 of the Plan (the “Committee”) has been appointed by the
Board of Directors, and designated by it, as the Committee to make awards.    
3.   Performance Period. The performance period for this award begins _________,
20___, and ends _________, 20___(the “Performance Period”).

 

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  4.   Payment.

  (a)   Performance Shares Payable In Common Stock. Subject to early termination
of this Award Agreement pursuant to Section 7 below, as soon as practicable
following the end of the Performance Period and the determination of the
Company’s Earnings Per Share Growth Rate (as defined herein) as compared to the
Earnings Per Share Growth Rate of the Index set forth on Attachment A (the
“Index”) over such Performance Period but in no event later than December 31,
20___, the Company will deliver to Employee one (1) share of the Company’s
Common Stock for each then-outstanding Performance Share under this Award
Agreement. If the Employee terminates employment after the end of the
Performance Period but before distribution of any shares pursuant to this Award
Agreement, the distribution of the shares will not be made until six (6) months
following the Employee’s termination of employment if required by Section 409A
of the Code.     (b)   Retirement. In the case of Employee’s Retirement (as
defined herein) Employee shall have been deemed to have been employed by the
Company through the end of the Performance Period. For purposes of this Award
Agreement, “Retirement” means a termination of employment which constitutes an
“Early Retirement” or a “Normal Retirement” under the Pinnacle West Capital
Corporation Retirement Plan.     (c)   Dividend Equivalents. At the time of the
Company’s delivery of Common Stock to Employee pursuant to Subsection 4(a)
above, the Company will also deliver to Employee a cash payment equal to the
amount of dividends that Employee would have received if Employee had directly
owned all of such Common Stock during the Performance Period, plus interest on
such amount at the rate of ___percent, compounded quarterly.     (d)   Maximum
Award. Employee may not receive more than 120,000 shares of Common Stock under
this Award Agreement.

  5.   Performance Criteria and Adjustments.         Adjustment of Base Grant.
The Base Grant will increase or decrease based upon the Company’s “Earnings Per
Share Growth Rate” as compared to the Earnings Per Share Growth Rate of the
Index during the Performance Period, as follows:

 

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      If the Company's Earnings Per Share     Compound Growth Rate Over The
Performance   The Number of Period As Compared to the Index is:   Performance
Shares will be: ___th Percentile or Greater   ___X Base Grant ___th Percentile  
___X Base Grant ___th Percentile   Base Grant ___th Percentile   ___X Base Grant
Less than ___th Percentile   [None / ___X Base Grant]

     If intermediate percentiles are achieved, the number of Performance Shares
awarded will be prorated (partial shares will be rounded down to the nearest
whole share when applicable). For example, if the Company’s Earnings Per Share
Growth Rate during the Performance Period places the Company’s performance in
the ___th percentile, then the number of Performance Shares would be increased
to ___multiplied by the Base Grant. In no event will Employee be entitled to
receive a number of Performance Shares greater than ___times the Base Grant,
even if the Company’s Earnings Per Share Growth Rate during the Performance
Period places the Company’s performance higher than the ___th percentile.
Attachment B provides a generic example of the operation of an award granted
under this Award Agreement.

  6.   Earnings Per Share Growth Rate. “Earnings Per Share Growth Rate” for the
Performance Period is the compounded annual-growth rate (CAGR) of a company’s
earnings per share from continuing operations, on a fully diluted basis, during
the Performance Period provided, however, that for purposes of calculating the
Company’s Earnings Per Share Growth Rate, SunCor Development Company’s earnings
from discontinued operations will be considered earnings from continuing
operations for each fiscal year during the Performance Period. Only those
companies which were in the Index at both the beginning and the ending of the
Performance Period will be considered. The Earnings Per Share Growth Rate of the
companies in the Index will be determined using an independent third party data
system. If the Index is discontinued, the Committee shall select the most
comparable index then in use for the sector comparison. In addition, if the
sector comparison is no longer representative of the Company’s industry or
business, the Committee shall replace the index with the most representative
index then in use. Once the CAGR of the Company and all relevant companies in
the Index have been determined, the member companies will be ranked from
greatest to least CAGR. Percentiles will be calculated based on a company’s
relative ranking. For example, company 1 out of 26 companies is given a

 

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      percentile of 96.2% (1.0 — 1/26). Percentiles will be carried out to one
(1) decimal place. If the Company is not in the Index, then its percentile will
be interpolated between the companies listed in the relative ranking. These
calculations will be verified by the Company’s internal auditors.     7.  
Termination of Award. This Award Agreement will terminate and be of no further
force or effect on the date that Employee is no longer actively employed by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, whether due to voluntary or involuntary
termination, death, retirement, disability, or otherwise, except as specifically
set forth in Section 4. Subject to Section 4, Employee will, however, be
entitled to receive any Common Stock and dividend equivalents payable under
Section 4 of this Award Agreement if Employee’s employment terminates after the
Performance Period but before Employee’s receipt of such Common Stock and
dividend equivalents. For avoidance of doubt, no acceleration of Performance
Shares or the Performance Period will occur on a change of control of the
Company.     8.   Tax Withholding. Employee must pay, or make arrangements
acceptable to the Company for the payment of any and all federal, state, and
local income and payroll tax withholding that in the opinion of the Company is
required by law. Unless Employee satisfies any such tax withholding obligation
by paying the amount in cash or by check, the Company will withhold shares of
Common Stock having a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding sufficient to
cover the withholding obligation.     9.   Non-Transferability. Neither this
award nor any rights under this Award Agreement may be assigned, transferred, or
in any manner encumbered except by will or the laws of descent and distribution,
and any attempted assignment, transfer, mortgage, pledge or encumbrance except
as herein authorized, will be void and of no effect.     10.   Definitions: Copy
of Plan and Plan Prospectus. To the extent not specifically defined in this
Award Agreement, all capitalized terms used in this Award Agreement will have
the same meanings ascribed to them in the Plan. By signing this Award Agreement,
Employee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and the related Plan
Prospectus.     11.   Choice of Law. This Agreement will be governed by the laws
of the State of Arizona, excluding any conflicts or choice of law rule or
principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this
Agreement to another jurisdiction.

 

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     An authorized representative of the Company has signed this Award
Agreement, and Employee has signed this Award Agreement to evidence Employee’s
acceptance of the award on the terms specified in this Award Agreement, all as
of the Date of Grant.

         
 
  PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
 
   
 
   
 
  By:
 
   
 
  Its: Vice President and Treasurer
 
   
 
   
 
         
 
  Employee

 

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Attachment A
     The Index will be the S&P 1500 Super Composite Electric Utility Index.

 

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Attachment B
Generic Example
(Performance Share Award)
ASSUMPTIONS:

  •   Employee is granted 500 Performance Shares, which constitutes Employee’s
“Base Grant.”     •   During the Performance Period, the Company’s Earnings Per
Share Growth Rate is in the 88.3 percentile compared to the Index.

CALCULATION OF EMPLOYEE’S COMMON STOCK PAYMENT:

  •   Based on the Company’s achievement of the 88.3 Percentile during the
Performance Period, in April of the fiscal year immediately following the end of
the Performance Period, Employee will receive ___ shares of Common Stock,
calculated as follows:

  •   ___ shares of Common Stock as a result of the Company’s Earnings Per Share
Growth Rate meeting at least the ___th Percentile (___X Base Grant) plus     •  
___ shares of Common Stock as a result of the Company’s Earnings Per Share
Growth Rate achieving ___ of the Percentile increase between the ___th and ___th
Percentile (___X ___) shares, with the ___ shares representing the Common Stock
opportunity between the ___th and ___th Percentiles). (Note: ___X ___ shares =
___ shares and must be rounded down to ___ shares.)