EX-10.18



 Exhibit 10.18 

OPTION GRANT NOTICE 

UNDER THE 
 PERFORMANCE
FOOD GROUP COMPANY 
 2015 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN 

Performance Food Group Company (the “Company”), pursuant to its 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”),
hereby grants to the Participant set forth below the number of Options (each Option representing the right to purchase one share of Common Stock) set forth below, at an Exercise Price per share as set forth below. The Options are subject to all of
the terms and conditions as set forth herein, in the Option Agreement (attached hereto or previously provided to the Participant in connection with a prior grant), and in the Plan, all of which are incorporated herein in their entirety. Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan. 
  

					
	Participant:	 	[Insert Participant Name]
		
	Date of Grant:	 	[Insert Grant Date]
		
	Vesting Commencement Date:	 	[Insert Vesting Commencement Date]
		
	Number of Options:	 	[Insert Number of Options]
		
	Exercise Price:	 	[Insert Exercise Price]
		
	Option Period Expiration Date:	 	[Insert Expiration Date]
		
	Type of Option:	 	Non-qualified Stock Option
		
	Vesting Schedule:	 	Provided that the Participant has not undergone a Termination at the time of each applicable vesting date (or event):
			
		 	•	  	Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Options (rounded down to the nearest whole share underlying such Option) will vest and become exercisable on the first (1st) anniversary of the
Vesting Commencement Date;
			
		 	•	  	Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Options (rounded down to the nearest whole share underlying such Option) will vest and become exercisable on the second (2nd) anniversary of the
Vesting Commencement Date;
			
		 	•	  	Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Options (rounded down to the nearest whole share underlying such Option) will vest and become exercisable on the third (3rd) anniversary of the
Vesting Commencement Date; and
			
		 	•	  	The remaining unvested Options will vest and become exercisable on the fourth (4th) anniversary of the Vesting Commencement
Date;


  
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		 		  	provided, however, that the Options shall fully vest and become exercisable in the following circumstances:
			
		 		  	 (i) if the Participant undergoes a Termination as a result of such Participant’s death or Disability;

			
		 		  	 (ii) immediately prior to a Change in Control if the Options would not otherwise be continued, converted, assumed, or replaced by the Company, a member of
the Company Group or a successor entity thereto; or

			
		 		  	 (iii) if the Participant undergoes a Termination by the Service Recipient without Cause or by such Participant for Good Reason within the eighteen
(18)-month period immediately following a Change in Control in which the Options are continued, converted, assumed, or replaced by the Company, a member of the Company Group or a successor entity thereto.


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 THE UNDERSIGNED PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF THIS OPTION GRANT NOTICE, THE OPTION AGREEMENT AND THE
PLAN, AND, AS AN EXPRESS CONDITION TO THE GRANT OF OPTIONS HEREUNDER, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS OPTION GRANT NOTICE, THE OPTION AGREEMENT AND THE PLAN. 
  

					
	PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY	 		 	PARTICIPANT1
			
	  
	 		 	  


  

	1 	To the extent that the Company has established, either itself or through a third-party plan administrator, the ability to accept this award electronically, such acceptance shall constitute the Participant’s
signature hereof. 


  
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 OPTION AGREEMENT 

UNDER THE 
 PERFORMANCE
FOOD GROUP COMPANY 
 2015 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN 

Pursuant to the Option Grant Notice (the “Grant Notice”) delivered to the Participant (as defined in the Grant Notice), and
subject to the terms of this Option Agreement (this “Option Agreement”) and the Performance Food Group Company 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), Performance Food Group Company (the
“Company”) and the Participant agree as follows. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Plan. 

1. Grant of Option. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the
Participant the number of Options provided in the Grant Notice (with each Option representing the right to purchase one share of Common Stock), at an Exercise Price per share as provided in the Grant Notice. The Company may make one or more
additional grants of Options to the Participant under this Option Agreement by providing the Participant with a new Grant Notice, which may also include any terms and conditions differing from this Option Agreement to the extent provided therein.
The Company reserves all rights with respect to the granting of additional Options hereunder and makes no implied promise to grant additional Options. 

2. Vesting. Subject to the conditions contained herein and in the Plan, the Options shall vest as provided in the Grant Notice.

 3. Exercise of Options Following Termination. The provisions of Section 7(c)(ii) of the Plan are incorporated herein
by reference and made a part hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Participant’s voluntary Termination of employment, each outstanding vested Option shall remain exercisable for thirty (30) days thereafter (but in no
event beyond the expiration of the Option Period). 
 4. Method of Exercising Options. The Options may be exercised by the
delivery of notice of the number of Options that are being exercised accompanied by payment in full of the Exercise Price applicable to the Options so exercised. Such notice shall be delivered either (a) in writing to the Company at its
principal office or at such other address as may be established by the Committee, to the attention of the Company Secretary; or (b) to a third-party plan administrator as may be arranged for by the Company or the Committee from time to time for
purposes of the administration of outstanding Options under the Plan, in the case of either (a) or (b), as communicated to the Participant by the Company from time to time. Payment of the aggregate Exercise Price may be made using any of the
methods described in Section 7(d)(i) or (ii) of the Plan; provided, that the Participant shall obtain written consent from the Committee prior to the use of the method described in Section 7(d)(ii)(A) of the Plan. 

5. Issuance of Shares. Following the exercise of an Option hereunder, as promptly as practical after receipt of such
notification and full payment of such Exercise Price and any required income or other tax withholding amount (as provided in Section 9 hereof), the Company shall issue or transfer, or cause such issue or transfer, to the Participant the number
of shares with respect to which the Options have been so exercised, and shall either (a) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Participant a certificate or certificates therefor, registered in the Participant’s name or (b) cause
such shares to be credited to the Participant’s account at the third-party plan administrator. 

  
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 6. Company; Participant; Good Reason. 

(a) The term “Company” as used in this Option Agreement with reference to employment shall include the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 (b) Whenever the word “Participant” is used in any provision of this Option Agreement under circumstances where the provision
should logically be construed to apply to the executors, the administrators, or the person or persons to whom the Options may be transferred by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, the word “Participant” shall be deemed to
include such person or persons. 
 (c) The term “Good Reason” as used in the Grant Notice or in this Option Agreement shall, in
the case of any Participant who is party to an agreement between the Participant and the Company that contains a definition of “Good Reason”, mean and refer to the definition set forth in such agreement, and in the case of any other
Participant, “Good Reason” shall mean: (A) a material diminution in Participant’s base salary or annual bonus opportunity; (B) any material diminution in Participant’s authority, duties or responsibilities; or
(C) the relocation of Participant’s principal work location by more than fifty (50) miles; provided that none of these events shall constitute Good Reason unless the Company fails to cure such event within thirty (30) days after
receipt from Participant of written notice of the event which constitutes Good Reason; provided, further, that “Good Reason” shall cease to exist for an event on the sixtieth (60th) day following the later of its occurrence or
Participant’s knowledge thereof, unless Participant has given the Company’s written notice thereof prior to such date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of the last proviso of the immediately foregoing sentence,
a series of related events shall be deemed to have occurred on the date upon which the last event in such series of related events has occurred. 

7. Non-Transferability. The Options are not transferable by the Participant except to Permitted Transferees in accordance with
Section 14(b) of the Plan. Except as otherwise provided herein, no assignment or transfer of the Options, or of the rights represented thereby, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, shall vest in the assignee or
transferee any interest or right herein whatsoever, but immediately upon such assignment or transfer the Options shall terminate and become of no further effect. 

8. Rights as Stockholder. The Participant or a Permitted Transferee of the Options shall have no rights as a stockholder with
respect to any share of Common Stock covered by an Option until the Participant shall have become the holder of record or the beneficial owner of such Common Stock, and no adjustment shall be made for dividends or distributions or other rights in
respect of such share of Common Stock for which the record date is prior to the date upon which the Participant shall become the holder of record or the beneficial owner thereof. 

9. Tax Withholding. The provisions of Section 14(d)(i) of the Plan are incorporated herein by reference and made a part
hereof. The Participant shall satisfy such Participant’s withholding liability referred to in Section 14(d)(i) of the Plan by having the Company withhold from the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable or deliverable pursuant
to the exercise or settlement of the Award a number of shares with a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding liability, provided that the number of such shares may not have a Fair Market Value greater than the minimum required statutory
withholding liability unless determined by the Committee not to result in adverse accounting consequences. 
 10. Notice.
Every notice or other communication relating to this Option Agreement between the Company and the Participant shall be in writing, and shall be mailed to or delivered to the party for whom it is intended at such address as may from time to time be
designated by such party in a notice mailed or delivered to the other party as herein provided; provided that, unless and until some other address be so designated, all notices or communications by the Participant to the Company shall be


  
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mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal executive office, to the attention of the Company Secretary, and all notices or communications by the Company to the Participant may be given
to the Participant personally or may be mailed to the Participant at the Participant’s last known address, as reflected in the Company’s records. Notwithstanding the above, all notices and communications between the Participant and any
third-party plan administrator shall be mailed, delivered, transmitted or sent in accordance with the procedures established by such third-party plan administrator and communicated to the Participant from time to time. 

11. No Right to Continued Service. This Option Agreement does not confer upon the Participant any right to continue as an
employee or service provider to the Company. 
 12. Binding Effect. This Option Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs,
executors, administrators and successors of the parties hereto. 
 13. Waiver and Amendments. Except as otherwise set forth in
Section 13 of the Plan, any waiver, alteration, amendment or modification of any of the terms of this Option Agreement shall be valid only if made in writing and signed by the parties hereto; provided, however, that any such waiver,
alteration, amendment or modification is consented to on the Company’s behalf by the Committee. No waiver by either of the parties hereto of their rights hereunder shall be deemed to constitute a waiver with respect to any subsequent
occurrences or transactions hereunder unless such waiver specifically states that it is to be construed as a continuing waiver. 
 14.
Clawback/Forfeiture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Plan, if the Participant has engaged in or engages in any Detrimental Activity, then the Committee may, in its sole discretion, take actions
permitted under the Plan, including: (i) cancel the Options, or (ii) require that the Participant forfeit any gain realized on the exercise of the Options or the disposition of any shares of Common Stock received upon exercise of the
Options, and repay such gain to the Company. In addition, if the Participant receives any amount in excess of what the Participant should have received under the terms of this Option Agreement for any reason (including without limitation by reason
of a financial restatement, mistake in calculations or other administrative error), then the Participant shall be required to repay any such excess amount to the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, all Options shall be subject to reduction,
cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law. 
 15. Governing Law. This
Option Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Option Agreement, the Grant Notice or
the Plan to the contrary, if any suit or claim is instituted by the Participant or the Company relating to this Option Agreement, the Grant Notice or the Plan, the Participant hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of and venue in the courts
of Delaware. 
 16. Plan. The terms and provisions of the Plan are incorporated herein by reference. In the event of a
conflict or inconsistency between the terms and provisions of the Plan and the provisions of this Option Agreement, the Plan shall govern and control. 

  
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