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Exhibit 10.1




Form 2006 Restricted Stock Unit Award for Employees




PRIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

1998 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN




RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT




     This Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (“Agreement”) between PRIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC. (the
“Company”) and ___(the “Grantee”), an employee of the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries, regarding an award (“Award”) of ___units of Common Stock (as defined in the
Pride International, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), such Common Stock comprising
this Award referred to herein as “Restricted Stock Units”) awarded to the Grantee on ___
(the “Award Date”), such number of Restricted Stock Units subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 14 of the Plan, and further subject to the following terms and conditions:



     1. Relationship to Plan and Employment Agreement.



     This Award is subject to all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Plan and
administrative interpretations thereunder, if any, which have been adopted by the Committee
thereunder and are in effect on the date hereof. Except as defined herein, capitalized terms shall
have the same meanings ascribed to them under the Plan. In addition, the parties agree that
notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall be deemed modified by
the provisions of any employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company, and vesting of this
Award shall occur in the event stock options and other awards specifically vest under such
employment agreement. For purposes of this Agreement:



     (a) “Disability” means illness or other incapacity which prevents the Grantee from continuing
to perform the duties of his job for a period of more than three months.



     (b) “Employment” means employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.



     (c) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.



     (d) “Retirement” means the Grantee’s termination of employment on or after attainment of age
65, or, if applicable to the Grantee, any earlier age specified as the Grantee’s Normal Retirement
Age under the Pride International, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.



 









 





     2. Vesting Schedule.



     (a) This Award shall vest in installments in accordance with the following schedule:



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Additional Percentage of
	Date Vested	 	Award Vested
	 

	 	 	25	%
	 

	 	 	25	%
	 

	 	 	25	%
	 

	 	 	25	%
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	100	%






     (b) All shares of Restricted Stock Units subject to this Award shall vest, irrespective of the
limitations set forth in subparagraph (a) above, provided that the Grantee has been in continuous
Employment since the Award Date, upon the occurrence of:




(i) a Change in Control or




(ii) the Grantee’s termination of employment by reason of death,
Disability or Retirement.



     3. Forfeiture of Award.



     Except as provided in any other agreement between the Grantee and the Company, if the
Grantee’s employment terminates other than by reason of death, Disability or Retirement, all
unvested Restricted Stock Units as of the termination date shall be forfeited.



     4. Registration of Units.



     The Participant’s right to receive the Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by book entry
registration (or by such other manner as the Committee may determine).



     5. Dividend Equivalent Payments.



     The Company will pay dividend equivalents for each outstanding Restricted Stock Unit in cash
as soon as administratively practicable after dividends, if any, are paid on the Company’s
outstanding shares of Common Stock. Such payments shall be made no later than March 15th following
the year in which the dividends are paid.



     6. Shareholder Rights.



     The Participant shall have no rights of a shareholder with respect to shares of Common Stock
subject to this Award unless and until such time as the Award has been settled by the transfer of
shares of Common Stock to the Participant.



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     7. Settlement and Delivery of Shares.



     Payment of vested Restricted Stock Units shall be made as soon as administratively practicable
after vesting, but in no case later than the March 15th following the year in which vesting occurs.
Settlement will be made by payment in shares of Common Stock.



     The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any shares of Common Stock if counsel to the
Company determines that such sale or delivery would violate any applicable law or any rule or
regulation of any governmental authority or any rule or regulation of, or agreement of the Company
with, any securities exchange or association upon which the Common Stock is listed or quoted. The
Company shall in no event be obligated to take any affirmative action in order to cause the
delivery of shares of Common Stock to comply with any such law, rule, regulation or agreement.



     8. Notices.



     Unless the Company notifies the Grantee in writing of a different procedure, any notice or
other communication to the Company with respect to this Award shall be in writing and shall be:




     (a) by registered or certified United States mail, postage prepaid, to Pride
International, Inc., Attn: Corporate Secretary, 5847 San Felipe, Suite 3300, Houston, Texas
77057; or




     (b) by hand delivery or otherwise to Pride International, Inc., Attn: Corporate
Secretary, 5847 San Felipe, Suite 3300, Houston, Texas 77057.



     Any notices provided for in this Agreement or in the Plan shall be given in writing and shall
be deemed effectively delivered or given upon receipt or, in the case of notices delivered by the
Company to the Grantee, five days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to the Grantee at the address specified at the end of this Agreement or at such other
address as the Grantee hereafter designates by written notice to the Company.



     9. Assignment of Award.



     Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee, the Grantee’s rights under the Plan and this
Agreement are personal; no assignment or transfer of the Grantee’s rights under and interest in
this Award may be made by the Grantee other than by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution.



     Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the approval of the Committee, in its sole
discretion, the Award may be transferred by the Grantee to (i) the children or grandchildren of the
Grantee (“Immediate Family Members”), (ii) a trust or trusts for the exclusive benefit of such
Immediate Family Members (“Immediate Family Member Trusts”) or (iii) a partnership or partnerships
in which such Immediate Family Members have at least 99% of the equity, profit and loss interests
(“Immediate Family Member Partnerships”). Subsequent transfers of a transferred Award shall be
prohibited except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, unless such transfers are made
to the original Grantee or a person to whom the original Grantee



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could have made a transfer in the manner described herein. No transfer shall be effective
unless and until written notice of such transfer is provided to the Committee, in the form and
manner prescribed by the Committee. Following transfer, the Award shall continue to be subject to
the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to transfer, and except as
otherwise provided herein, the term “Grantee” shall be deemed to refer to the transferee. The
consequences of termination of Employment shall continue to be applied with respect to the original
Grantee, following which the Awards shall vest only to the extent specified in the Plan and this
Agreement.



     10. Withholding.



     At the time of vesting of Restricted Stock Units or the delivery of shares of Common Stock
attributable to Restricted Stock Units, the amount of all federal, state and other governmental
withholding tax requirements imposed upon the Company with respect to the vesting of such
Restricted Stock Units or the delivery of such shares of Common Stock attributable to Restricted
Stock Units shall be remitted to the Company or provisions to pay such withholding requirements
shall have been made to the satisfaction of the Committee. The Committee may make such provisions
as it may deem appropriate for the withholding of any taxes which it determines is required in
connection with this Award. The Grantee may pay all or any portion of the taxes required to be
withheld by the Company or paid by the Grantee in connection with the all or any portion of this
Award by delivering cash, or, with the Committee’s approval, by electing to have the Company
withhold shares of Common Stock that would have otherwise been delivered to Grantee, or by
delivering previously owned shares of Common Stock, having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount
required to be withheld or paid. The Grantee may only request withholding Common Stock that would
have otherwise been delivered to the Grantee in connection with the vesting of Restricted Stock
Units having a Fair Market Value equal to the statutory minimum withholding amount. The Grantee
must make the foregoing election on or before the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is
determined. If the Grantee is subject to the short-swing profits recapture provisions of Section
16(b) of the Exchange Act, any such election shall be subject to such other restrictions as may be
established by the Committee in order that satisfaction of withholding tax obligations with shares
of Common Stock might be exempt from the operation of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act in whole or
in part.



     11. Stock Certificates.



     Certificates representing the Common Stock issued pursuant to the Award will bear all legends
required by law and necessary or advisable to effectuate the provisions of the Plan and this Award.
The Company may place a “stop transfer” order against shares of the Common Stock issued pursuant
to this Award until all restrictions and conditions set forth in the Plan or this Agreement and in
the legends referred to in this Section 11 have been complied with.



     12. Successors and Assigns.



     This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Grantee, the
Company and their respective permitted successors and assigns (including personal representatives,
heirs and legatees), except that the Grantee may not assign any rights or



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obligations under this Agreement except to the extent and in the manner expressly permitted
herein.



     13. No Employment Guaranteed.



     No provision of this Agreement shall confer any right upon the Grantee to continued Employment
with the Company or any Subsidiary.



     14. Governing Law.



     This Agreement shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of
the State of Texas.



     15. Amendment.



     This Agreement cannot be modified, altered or amended except by an agreement, in writing,
signed by both the Company and the Grantee.



     16. Section 409A.



     Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any provision in this Agreement
would result in the imposition of an applicable tax under Section 409A of the Code and related
regulations and United States Department of the Treasury pronouncements (“Section 409A”), that
provision will be reformed to avoid imposition of the applicable tax and no action taken to comply
with Section 409A shall be deemed to adversely affect the Grantee’s rights to an Award.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	PRIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date:

	 	 	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 






     The Grantee hereby accepts the foregoing Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, subject to the terms
and provisions of the Plan and administrative interpretations thereof referred to above.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	GRANTEE:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 






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