Form of Employee Restricted Stock Unit Agreement



 Exhibit 10.3 
 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC. 
 RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT 
  

	
	 Participant:                                    
                                        
       

	 Number of Restricted Stock
Units:                                      
 

	 Date of
Grant:                                       
                                     
 


 1. Under the terms and conditions of the Quicksilver Resources Inc. 2006 Equity Plan (the
“Plan”), a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, Quicksilver Resources Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), grants to the individual whose name is set forth above (the
“Participant”) the number of Restricted Stock Units set forth above (the “Restricted Stock Units”). Terms not defined in this Agreement have the meanings set forth in the Plan. 
 2. The Restricted Stock Units will become vested in accordance with the schedule set forth below (provided that in no event will the Participant become
entitled to acquire a fraction of a share of Common Stock): 
  

			
	 No. of Vested Units
	  	 On and After

	 [1/3
	  	First Anniversary of Date of Grant]
	 [1/3
	  	Second Anniversary of Date of Grant]
	 [1/3
	  	Third Anniversary of Date of Grant]

 Notwithstanding the vesting dates set forth above, in the event of a Change in Control while the
Participant is employed by the Company or a Subsidiary or in the event that the Participant terminates employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries by reason of retirement at or after the age of 62 and completion of five years of service,
disability (as determined by the Committee in good faith) or death, the nonvested Restricted Stock Units will immediately become 100% vested. If the Participant terminates employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries for any reason other than
such retirement, disability or death, any nonvested Restricted Stock Units will be forfeited immediately. 
 Each Restricted Stock Unit will
entitle the Participant to receive one share of Common Stock upon such Restricted Stock Unit becoming vested. Payment to the Participant will be made in the form of shares of Common Stock, and will be evidenced by book entry registration (or by a
certificate registered in the name of the Participant) as soon as practicable following the date on which the Restricted Stock Units become vested. 
 3. The Participant will have none of the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to any shares of Common Stock underlying the Restricted Stock Units, including the right to vote such shares and receive any dividends that may be
paid thereon until such time, if any, that the Participant has been determined to be a stockholder of record by the Company’s transfer agent or one or more certificates of shares of Common Stock are delivered to the Participant in settlement
thereof. Further, nothing herein will confer upon Participant any right to remain in the employ of the Company or a Subsidiary. 







 4. The Participant hereby accepts and agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Plan and
this Agreement. Any amendment to the Plan will be deemed to be an amendment to this Agreement to the extent that the Plan amendment is applicable hereto; provided, however, that no amendment will adversely affect the rights of the Participant under
this Agreement without the Participant’s consent. 
 ACCEPTED: 
  
  

	
	  

	 Signature of Participant


  

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