Amendment to the Energy Future Holdings Corp. 2005 Executive Severance Plan




 Exhibit 10(k) 
 AMENDMENT TO THE ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP. 
 2005 EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN AND SUMMARY PLAN
DESCRIPTION 
 THIS AMENDMENT is made this 23rd day of December 2008, by Energy Future Holdings Corp. (the “Company”) to the
Energy Future Holding Corp 2005 Executive Severance Plan and Summary Plan Description (the “Plan”), originally effective as of May 20, 2005. 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to make changes to the Plan to comply with
Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company has the sole
discretion to change, modify, alter or amend the Plan at anytime; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein, the
Company shall amend the Policy as follows, effective as of January 1, 2009. 
 Section 2 shall be amended by deleting the section in
its entirety and replacing it as follows: 
 “2. Health Care Benefits. Participants who, under the terms and conditions of the
applicable health care plans covering them immediately prior to their severance, are eligible for retiree health care coverage will be able to participate in, and receive, such retiree health care coverage subject to the terms and conditions of the
relevant health care plan documents as they may be amended (or terminated) from time to time. Participants who are not eligible for, or who do not choose coverage under, the Company’s retiree health care coverage, will be eligible for continued
health care coverage under the Company’s health care plans for the period set forth in the following chart. The required contribution by the Participant for such continued coverage will be the applicable employee rate, for the period shown in
the following table, unless and until the end of such period, or until the Participant becomes eligible for coverage for a particular type of benefit through employment with another employer, at which time the required contribution for continuing
such benefit coverage hereunder shall be the applicable COBRA rate for such 









 
benefit. The period of continued health care coverage provided for herein shall run concurrently with the Participant’s available COBRA coverage period.

  

			
	 Position
	  	Period of Subsidized Premium for
Health Care Coverage
	 Chief Executive Officer
	  	18 months
	 Member of Senior Leadership Team
	  	18 months
	 Member of Leadership Team
	  	1 year

 If a Participant who is the Chief Executive Officer or a member of the Senior
Leadership Team is covered under the Company’s health care plans through the end of such eighteen (18) month period, then such Participant shall receive an additional payment, within thirty (30) days of the end of such eighteen
(18) month period, in an amount equal to the monthly cost of such coverage for the period provided in the following table: 
  

			
	 Position
	  	Period of Subsidized Premium for
Health Care Coverage
	 Chief Executive Officer
	  	18 months
	 Member of Senior Leadership Team
	  	6 months

 Such payment shall be made in a lump sum. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment on the date first set forth above. 
  

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ RIZ CHAND
		 	M. Rizwan Chand
		 	Executive Vice President, Human Resources

  

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