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Exhibit 10.6




FORESTAR REAL ESTATE GROUP INC.

2007 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN




     1. Definitions. In the Plan, except where the context otherwise indicates, the
following definitions shall apply:



          1.1. “Affiliate” means a corporation, partnership, business trust, limited liability company
or other form of business organization at least a majority of the total combined voting power of
all classes of stock or other equity interests of which is owned by the Company, either directly or
indirectly, and any other entity, designated by the Committee, provided that in no event shall an
entity be an Affiliate unless the Company has a “controlling interest” (within the meaning of
Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder) in the entity.




          1.2. “Agreement” means a written agreement or other document evidencing an Award that shall be
in such form as the Committee may specify. The Committee in its discretion may, but need not,
require a Participant to sign an Agreement.




          1.3. “Award” means a grant of an Option, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, a
Performance Award, or an Other Stock-Based Award.




          1.4. “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.




          1.5. “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.




          1.6. “Committee” means the Management Development and Executive Compensation Committee of the
Board or such other committee(s), subcommittee(s) or person(s) the Board appoints to administer the
Plan or to make and/or administer specific Awards hereunder. If no such appointment is in effect
at any time, “Committee” shall mean the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Committee” means
the Board for purposes of granting Awards to members of the Board who are not Employees, and
administering the Plan with respect to those Awards, unless the Board determines otherwise.




          1.7. “Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, par value $1.00 per share.




          1.8. “Company” means Forestar Real Estate Group Inc., and any successor thereto.




          1.9. “Date of Exercise” means the date on which the Company receives notice of the exercise of
an Option in accordance with Section 7.1.




          1.10. “Date of Grant” means the date on which an Award is granted under the Plan.




 









 








          1.11. “Eligible Person” means any person who is (a) an Employee or (b) a member of the board
of directors of the Company or an Affiliate, or (c) a consultant, or independent contractor to the
Company or an Affiliate.




          1.12. “Employee” means any individual who the Committee determines to be an employee of the
Company or an Affiliate.




          1.13. “Exercise Price” means the price per Share at which an Option may be exercised.




          1.14. “Fair Market Value” means, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the closing
price of a share of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) as of the relevant date;
provided, however, that in the case of an Option, in all events Fair Market Value shall be
determined pursuant to a method permitted by Section 409A of the Code for determining the fair
market value of stock subject to a nonqualified stock option that does not provide for a deferral
of compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.




          1.15. “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that the Committee designates as an incentive
stock option under Section 422 of the Code.




          1.16. “Nonqualified Stock Option” means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.




          1.17. “Option” means an option to purchase Shares granted pursuant to Section 6.




          1.18. “Option Period” means the period during which an Option may be exercised.




          1.19. “Other Stock-Based Award” means an Award granted pursuant to Section 11.




          1.20. “Participant” means an Eligible Person who has been granted an Award.




          1.21. “Performance Award” means a performance award granted pursuant to Section 10.




          1.22. “Performance Goals” means performance goals that the Committee establishes, which may be
based on satisfactory internal or external audits, achievement of balance sheet or income statement
objectives, cash flow, customer satisfaction metrics and achievement of customer satisfaction
goals, dividend payments, earnings (including before or after taxes, interest, depreciation, and
amortization), earnings growth, earnings per
share; economic value added, expenses, improvement of financial ratings, internal rate of
return, market share, net asset value, net income, net operating gross margin, net operating profit
after taxes (“NOPAT”), net sales growth, NOPAT growth, operating




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income, operating margin,
comparisons to the performance of other companies, pro forma income, real estate value creation,
regulatory compliance, return measures (including return on assets, designated assets, capital,
committed capital, net capital employed, equity, sales, or stockholder equity, and return versus
the Company’s cost of capital), revenues, sales, stock price (including growth measures and total
stockholder return), comparison to stock market indices, implementation or completion of one or
more projects or transactions, working capital, or any other objective goals that the Committee
establishes. Performance Goals may be absolute in their terms or measured against or in
relationship to other companies comparably, similarly or otherwise situated. Performance Goals may
be particular to an Eligible Person or the department, branch, Affiliate, or division in which the
Eligible Person works, or may be based on the performance of the Company, one or more Affiliates,
or the Company and one or more Affiliates, and may cover such period as the Committee may specify.




          1.23. “Plan” means this Forestar Real Estate Group Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
from time to time.




          1.24. “Restricted Stock” means Shares granted pursuant to Section 8.




          1.25. “Restricted Stock Units” means an Award providing for the contingent grant of Shares (or
the cash equivalent thereof) pursuant to Section 9.




          1.26. “Section 422 Employee” means an Employee who is employed by the Company or a “parent
corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” (each as defined in Sections 424(e) and (f) of the Code)
with respect to the Company, including a “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” that
becomes such after adoption of the Plan.




          1.27. “Share” means a share of Common Stock.




          1.28. “Ten-Percent Stockholder” means a Section 422 Employee who (applying the rules of
Section 424(d) of the Code) owns stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or a “parent corporation” or “subsidiary
corporation” (each as defined in Sections 424(e) and (f) of the Code) with respect to the Company.




     2. Purpose. The Plan is intended to assist the Company and its Affiliates in
attracting and retaining Eligible Persons of outstanding ability and to promote the identification
of their interests with those of the stockholders of the Company and its Affiliates.



     3. Administration. The Committee shall administer the Plan and shall have plenary
authority, in its discretion, to grant Awards to Eligible Persons, subject to the provisions of the
Plan. The Committee shall have plenary authority and discretion, subject
to the provisions of the Plan, to determine the Eligible Persons to whom it grants Awards, the
terms (which terms need not be identical) of all Awards, including without limitation the Exercise
Price of Options, the time or times at which Awards are granted, the number of Shares covered by
Awards, whether an Option shall be an Incentive Stock



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Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option, any
exceptions to nontransferability, any Performance Goals applicable to Awards, any provisions
relating to vesting, and the periods during which Options may be exercised and Restricted Stock
shall be subject to restrictions. In making these determinations, the Committee may take into
account the nature of the services rendered or to be rendered by Award recipients, their present
and potential contributions to the success of the Company and its Affiliates, and such other
factors as the Committee in its discretion shall deem relevant. Subject to the provisions of the
Plan, the Committee shall have plenary authority to interpret the Plan and Agreements, prescribe,
amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to them, and make all other determinations deemed
necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan and Awards granted hereunder. The
determinations of the Committee on the matters referred to in this Section 3 shall be binding and
final. The Committee may delegate its authority under this Section 3 and the terms of the Plan to
such extent it deems desirable and is consistent with the requirements of applicable law.



     4. Eligibility. Awards may be granted only to Eligible Persons, provided that (a)
Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Eligible Persons who are Section 422 Employees; and
(b) Options may be granted only to persons with respect to whom Shares constitute stock of the
service recipient (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations
thereunder).



     5. Stock Subject to Plan.



          5.1. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 13, the maximum number of Shares that may be
issued under the Plan is 3,800,000 Shares, provided that no more than 1,900,000 Shares may be
issued pursuant to Awards that are not Options. Shares issued under the Plan may, in whole or in
part, be authorized but unissued Shares or Shares that shall have been, or may be, reacquired by
the Company in the open market, in private transactions, or otherwise.




          5.2. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 13, the maximum number of Shares with
respect to which an Employee may be granted Awards under the Plan during any calendar year is
200,000 Shares. The maximum number of Shares with respect to which an Employee has been granted
Awards shall be determined in accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code.




          5.3. If an Option expires or terminates for any reason without having been fully exercised, if
shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited, or if Shares covered by an Award are not issued or are
forfeited, the unissued or forfeited Shares that had been subject to the Award shall be available
for the grant of additional Awards.




     6. Options.



          6.1. Options granted under the Plan to Eligible Persons shall be either Incentive Stock
Options or Nonqualified Stock Options, as designated by the Committee; provided, however, that
Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Eligible Persons who are Section 422 Employees on
the Date of Grant. Each Option granted under the




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Plan shall be identified as either a Nonqualified
Stock Option or an Incentive Stock Option and shall be evidenced by an Agreement that specifies the
terms and conditions of the Option. Options shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth
in this Section 6 and such other terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as the
Committee may specify. The Committee, in its discretion, may condition the grant or vesting of an
Option upon the achievement of one or more specified Performance Goals.




          6.2. The Exercise Price of an Option granted under the Plan shall not be less than 100% of the
Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Date of Grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an Employee who, on the Date of Grant is a Ten-Percent
Shareholder the Exercise Price shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on
the Date of Grant.




          6.3. The Committee shall determine the Option Period for an Option, which shall be
specifically set forth in the Agreement; provided that an Option shall not be exercisable after ten
years (five years in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an Employee who on the Date
of Grant is a Ten-Percent Stockholder) from its Date of Grant.




     7. Exercise of Options.



          7.1. Subject to the terms of the applicable Agreement, an Option may be exercised, in whole or
in part, by delivering to the Company a notice of the exercise, in such form as the Committee may
prescribe, accompanied, in the case of an Option, by (a) full payment for the Shares with respect
to which the Option is exercised or (b) to the extent provided in the applicable Agreement,
irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to the Company cash equal to the exercise
price of the Option.




          7.2. To the extent provided in the applicable Agreement or otherwise authorized by the
Committee, payment may be made by delivery (including constructive delivery) of Shares (provided
that such Shares, if acquired pursuant to an Option or other Award granted hereunder or under any
other compensation plan maintained by the Company or any Affiliate, have been held by the
Participant for at least six months, or such other period, if any, as the Committee may specify),
valued at Fair Market Value on the Date of Exercise.




     8. Restricted Stock Awards. Each grant of Restricted Stock under the Plan shall be
subject to an Agreement specifying the terms and conditions of the Award. Restricted Stock granted
under the Plan shall consist of Shares that are restricted as to transfer, subject to forfeiture,
and subject to such other terms and conditions as the Committee may specify. Such terms and
conditions may provide, in the discretion of the
Committee, for the lapse of such transfer restrictions or forfeiture provisions to be
contingent upon the achievement of one or more specified Performance Goals.



     9. Restricted Stock Unit Awards. Each grant of Restricted Stock Units under the Plan
shall be evidenced by an Agreement that (a) provides for the issuance of Shares to a Participant at
such time(s) as the Committee may specify and (b) contains such other



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terms and conditions as the
Committee may specify, including, terms that condition the issuance of Restricted Stock Unit Awards
upon the achievement of one or more specified Performance Goals.



     10. Performance Awards. Each Performance Award granted under the Plan shall be
evidenced by an Agreement that (a) provides for the payment of cash and/or issuance of Shares to a
Participant contingent upon the attainment of one or more specified Performance Goals, and (b)
contains such other terms and conditions as the Committee may specify. For purposes of Section 5.2
hereof, a Performance Award shall be deemed to cover a number of Shares equal to the maximum number
of Shares that may be issued upon payment of the Award if the terms of the Award provide for
payment in the form of Shares. The maximum cash amount payable to any Employee pursuant to all
Performance Awards granted to an Employee during a calendar year shall not exceed $5 million.



     11. Other Stock-Based Awards. The Committee may in its discretion grant stock-based
awards (including awards based on dividends) of a type other than those otherwise provided for in
the Plan, including the issuance or offer for sale of unrestricted Shares (“Other Stock-Based
Awards”). Other Stock-Based Awards shall cover such number of Shares and have such terms and
conditions as the Committee shall determine, including terms that condition the payment or vesting
the Other Stock-Based Award upon the achievement of one or more Performance Goals.



     12. Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. The terms of an Award may provide a
Participant with the right, subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may specify, to
receive dividend payments or dividend equivalent payments with respect to Shares covered by the
Award, which payments may be either made currently or credited to an account established for the
Participant, and may be settled in cash or Shares, as determined by the Committee.



     13. Capital Events and Adjustments. In the event of any change in the outstanding
Common Stock by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, spin-off,
recapitalization, reclassification, combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation,
liquidation or the like, the Committee shall provide for a substitution for or adjustment in (a)
the number and class of securities subject to outstanding Awards or the type of consideration to be
received upon the exercise or vesting of outstanding Awards, (b) the Exercise Price of Options, (c)
the aggregate number and class of Shares for which Awards thereafter may be granted under the Plan
and (d) the maximum number of Shares with respect to which an Employee may be granted Awards during
any calendar year.



     14. Termination or Amendment. The Board may amend or terminate the Plan in any
respect at any time; provided, however, that, after the stockholders of the Company have approved
the Plan, the Board shall not amend or terminate the Plan without approval of (a) the Company’s
stockholders to the extent stockholder approval of the amendment is required by applicable law or
regulations or the requirements of the principal exchange or interdealer quotation system on which
the Common Stock is listed



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or quoted, if any, and (b) each affected Participant if such amendment
or termination would adversely affect such Participant’s rights or obligations under any Award
granted prior to the date of such amendment or termination.



     15. Modification, Substitution of Awards.



          15.1. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee may modify the terms of
any outstanding Awards; provided, however, that (a) no modification of an Award shall, without the
consent of the Participant, alter or impair any of the Participant’s rights or obligations under
such Award and (b) subject to Section 13, in no event may an Option be (i) modified to reduce the
Exercise Price of the Option or (ii) cancelled or surrendered in consideration for the grant of a
new Option with a lower Exercise Price.




          15.2. Any provision of the Plan or any Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event
of a merger or consolidation to which the Company is a party, the Committee shall take such
actions, if any, as it deems necessary or appropriate to prevent the enlargement or diminishment of
Participants’ rights under the Plan and Awards granted hereunder, and may, in its discretion, cause
any Award granted hereunder to be canceled in consideration of a payment equal to the fair value of
the canceled Award, as determined by the Committee in its discretion. Unless the Committee
determines otherwise, the fair value of an Option shall be deemed to be equal to the product of (a)
the number of Shares the Option covers (and has not previously been exercised) and (b) the excess,
if any, of the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the date of cancellation over the Exercise Price
of the Option.




     16. Foreign Employees. Without amendment of the Plan, the Committee may grant Awards
to Eligible Persons who are subject to the laws of foreign countries or jurisdictions on such terms
and conditions different from those specified in the Plan as may in the judgement of the Committee
be necessary or desirable to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of the Plan. The
Committee may make such modifications, amendments, procedures, sub-plans and the like as may be
necessary or advisable to comply with provisions of laws of other countries or jurisdictions in
which the Company or any Affiliate operates or has employees.



     17. Stockholder Approval. The Plan, and any amendments hereto requiring stockholder
approval pursuant to Section 14, are subject to approval by vote of the stockholders of the Company
at the next annual or special meeting of stockholders following adoption by the Board.



     18. Withholding. The Company’s obligation to issue or deliver Shares or pay any
amount pursuant to the terms of any Award granted hereunder shall be subject to satisfaction of
applicable federal, state, local, and foreign tax withholding requirements. To the extent provided
in the applicable Agreement and in accordance with rules as the Committee may prescribe, a
Participant may satisfy any such withholding tax obligation by one or any combination of the
following means: (a) tendering a cash payment, (b)



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authorizing the Company to withhold Shares
otherwise issuable to the Participant, or (c) delivering to the Company already-owned and
unencumbered Shares.



     19. Term of Plan. Unless sooner terminated by the Board pursuant to Section 14, the
Plan shall terminate on the date that is ten years after the earlier of that date that the Plan is
adopted by the Board or approved by the Company’s stockholders, and no Awards may be granted or
awarded after such date. The termination of the Plan shall not affect the validity of any Award
outstanding on the date of termination.



     20. Indemnification of Committee. In addition to such other rights of indemnification
as they may have as members of the Board or Committee, the Company shall indemnify members of the
Committee against all reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably
incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with
any appeal therein, to which they or any of them may be a party by reason of any action taken or
failure to act under or in connection with the Plan or any Award granted hereunder, and against all
amounts reasonably paid by them in settlement thereof or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment
in any such action, suit or proceeding, if such members acted in good faith and in a manner which
they believed to be in, and not opposed to, the best interests of the Company.



     21. General Provisions.



          21.1. The establishment of the Plan shall not confer upon any Eligible Person any legal or
equitable right against the Company, any Affiliate or the Committee, except as expressly provided
in the Plan. Participation in the Plan shall not give an Eligible Person any right to be retained
in the service of the Company or any Affiliate.




          21.2. Neither the adoption of the Plan nor its submission to the Company’s stockholders shall
be taken to impose any limitations on the powers of the Company or its Affiliates to issue, grant
or assume options, warrants, rights, restricted stock or other awards otherwise than under the
Plan, or to adopt other stock option, restricted stock, or other plans, or to impose any
requirement of stockholder approval upon the same.




          21.3. The interests of any Eligible Person under the Plan are not subject to the claims of
creditors and may not, in any way, be assigned, alienated or encumbered except to the extent
provided in an Agreement.




          21.4. The Plan shall be governed, construed and administered in accordance with the laws of
the State of Texas, without giving effect to the conflict of law principles.




          21.5. The Committee may require each person acquiring Shares pursuant to Awards granted
hereunder to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the
Shares without a view to distribution thereof. The certificates for such Shares may include any
legend which the Committee deems





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appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer. All
certificates for Shares issued pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to such stock transfer orders
and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which the Common
Stock is then listed or interdealer quotation system upon which the Common Stock is then quoted,
and any applicable federal or state securities laws. The Committee may place a legend or legends
on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.




          21.6. The Company shall not be required to issue any certificate or certificates for Shares
with respect to Awards granted under the Plan, or record any person as a holder of record of such
Shares, without obtaining, to the complete satisfaction of the Committee, the approval of all
regulatory bodies the Committee deems necessary, and without complying, to the Board’s or
Committee’s complete satisfaction, with all rules and regulations under federal, state or local law
the Committee deems applicable.




          21.7. To the extent that the Plan provides for issuance of stock certificates to reflect the
issuance of Shares, the issuance may be effected on a noncertificated basis, to the extent not
prohibited by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange or automated dealer quotation
system on which the Shares are traded. No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered
pursuant to the Plan or any Award. The Committee shall determine whether cash, other Awards, or
other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of any fractional Shares or whether any fractional
Shares or any rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.




          21.8. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, to the extent any Award
(or a modification of an Award) under the Plan results in the deferral of compensation (for
purposes of Section 409A of the Code), the terms and conditions of the Award shall comply with
Section 409A of the Code.





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