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EXHIBIT 10.3

SUPERVALU INC.

2007 STOCK PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

     This agreement is made and entered into as of the grant date indicated below (the “Grant
Date”), by and between SUPERVALU INC. (the “Company”), and the individual whose name appears below
(“Recipient”).

     The Company has established the 2007 Stock Plan (the “Plan”), under which key employees of the
Company may be granted Awards of Restricted Stock of the Company. Recipient has been selected by
the Company to receive an Award of Restricted Stock subject to the provisions of this agreement.
Capitalized terms that are used in this agreement, that are not defined, shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Plan.

     In consideration of the foregoing, the Company and Recipient hereby agree as follows:

     1. Grant. The Company hereby grants to Recipient, subject to Recipient’s acceptance
hereof, an Award of Restricted Stock for the number of Shares indicated below, effective as of the
Grant Date.

     2. Acceptance of Award of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Award Terms and
Conditions. The Award of Restricted Stock is subject to and governed by the Restricted Stock
Award Terms and Conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) attached hereto, which is incorporated herein
and made a part hereof, and the terms and provisions of the Plan. To accept the Award of
Restricted Stock, this agreement must be delivered and accepted through an electronic medium in
accordance with procedures established by the Company or Recipient must sign and return a copy of
this agreement to the Company within sixty (60) days after the Grant Date. By so doing,
Recipient acknowledges receipt of the accompanying Terms and Conditions and the Plan, and
represents that Recipient has read and understands the same and agrees to be bound by the
accompanying Terms and Conditions and the terms and provisions of the Plan. In the event that any
provision of this agreement or the accompanying Terms and Conditions is inconsistent with the terms
and provisions of the Plan, the terms and provisions of the Plan shall govern. Any question of
administration or interpretation arising under this agreement or the accompanying Terms and
Conditions shall be determined by the Committee administering the Plan, and such determination
shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties in interest.

     3. Vesting. The Restricted Stock Award shall vest in four (4) equal annual
installments of twenty-five percent (25%) on each of the first four anniversaries of the Grant
Date.

	 	 	 	 

	Grant Date

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	SUPERVALU INC.	 	 	 	RECIPIENT:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
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SUPERVALU INC.

2007 STOCK PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS

These Restricted Stock Award Terms and Conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) apply to the Award of
Restricted Stock granted under the 2007 Stock Plan (the “Plan”), pursuant to the Restricted Stock
Award Agreement (the “Agreement”) to which this document is attached. Capitalized terms that are
used in this document, but are not defined, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan or
the attached Agreement. See Section 21 for a list of defined terms.

1. Award of Restricted Stock. SUPERVALU INC. (the “Company”) hereby grants to you an Award of
Restricted Stock for the number of Shares set forth in the attached Agreement. The Award is
effective as of the Grant Date.

2. Rights with Respect to the Shares. With respect to the Shares, you shall be entitled to
exercise the rights of a stockholder of the Company’s Common Stock, $1.00 par value (“the Common
Stock”), including the right to vote the Shares and the right to receive cash dividends thereon as
provided in Section 9 hereof, unless and until the Shares are forfeited pursuant to Section 5
hereof. Your rights with respect to the Shares shall remain forfeitable at all times prior to the
date on which such rights vest, and the restrictions with respect to the Shares lapse, in
accordance with Section 3, Section 4 or Section 5 hereof.

3. Vesting. Subject to the Terms and Conditions, the Shares shall vest in full and the
restrictions on the Shares shall lapse on the date and in the amount set forth in the attached
Agreement if you remain continuously employed by the Company or any of its Affiliates until the
vesting date.

4. Change in Control.

	 	a)	 	If, within two years after a Change in Control you experience an involuntary
termination of employment initiated by the Company for reasons other than Cause, or a
termination of employment for Good Reason, then you shall become immediately and
unconditionally vested in all the Shares and the restrictions with respect to all the
Shares shall lapse. If this Award of Restricted Stock is replaced pursuant to subsection
(c) below, the protections and rights granted under this subsection (a) shall transfer and
apply to such replacement grant.
	 
	 	b)	 	If, in the event of a Change in Control, and to the extent this Award of Restricted
Stock is not assumed by a successor corporation (or affiliate thereto) or other successor
entity or person, or replaced with an award or grant that, solely in the discretionary
judgment of the Committee preserves the existing value of this Award of Restricted Stock at
the time of the Change in Control, then you shall become immediately and unconditionally
vested in all the Shares and the restrictions with respect to all the Shares shall lapse
upon the Change in Control.
	 
	 	c)	 	If in the event of a Change in Control and to the extent that this Award of Restricted
Stock is assumed by any successor corporation, affiliate thereof, person or other entity,
or are replaced with awards that, solely in the discretionary judgment of the Committee
preserve the existing value of this Award of Restricted Stock at the time of the Change in
Control and provide for vesting and settlement terms that are at least as favorable to you
as the vesting and payout terms applicable to this Award of Restricted Stock, then the
assumed Award of Restricted Stock or such substitute therefor shall remain outstanding and
be governed by its respective terms. 

5. Forfeiture; Early Vesting in Event of Death, Disability or Retirement. If you cease to be an
employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates prior to the vesting of the Shares pursuant to
Section 3 or Section 4 hereof for any reason other than your death, your Disability (as defined
below) or your Retirement (as defined below), then your rights to all of the unvested Shares shall
be immediately and irrevocably forfeited, including the right to vote such Shares and the right to
receive cash dividends on such Shares, unless otherwise determined by the Committee administering
the Plan. On the date of your death, the date on which your Disability commences or the date you
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Retirement, you or your estate shall become immediately and
unconditionally vested in all of the Shares for which vesting has not occurred and the restrictions
with respect to all such unvested Shares shall lapse; provided, however, that the vesting
upon Retirement of all unvested Shares shall require the approval of the Committee administering
the Plan. No transfer by will or the applicable laws of descent and distribution of any Shares
which vest by reason of your death shall be effective to bind the Company unless the Committee
administering the Plan shall have been furnished with written notice of such transfer and a copy of
the will or such other evidence as the Committee may deem necessary to establish the validity of
the transfer.

For purposes of this Section 5, “Disability” is defined as eligibility for long-term disability
payments under the applicable Long-Term Disability Plan of the Company and “Retirement” is defined
as severance of employment after age 55, with ten (10) or more years of service with the Company or
an Affiliate thereof.

6. Restrictions on Transfer. Except as may otherwise be determined by the Committee, until the
Shares vest pursuant to Section 3, Section 4 or Section 5 hereof, none of the Shares may be sold,
assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of or encumbered by you, and no
attempt to transfer the Shares, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise,
shall vest the transferee with any interest or right in or with respect to the Shares.

7. Issuance and Custody of Agreement.

	 	a)	 	The Company shall, at its option, cause the Shares to be issued in book entry
registration, in your name, or in the form of a certificate registered in your name, which
certificate shall be held by the Company. The Shares shall be restricted from transfer and
shall be subject to an appropriate stop-transfer order. If any certificate is issued, the
certificate shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the restrictions applicable to
the Shares.
	 
	 	b)	 	If any certificate is issued, you shall be required to execute and deliver to the
Company a stock power relating to the Shares as a condition to the receipt of this Award of
Restricted Stock.
	 
	 	c)	 	After Shares vest pursuant to Section 3, Section 4 or Section 5 hereof, and following
payment of the applicable withholding taxes pursuant to Section 8 hereof, the Company shall
promptly cause such vested Shares (less any Shares withheld to pay taxes), free of the
restrictions and/or legend described in Section 7(a) hereof, to be delivered, either by
book-entry registration or in the form of a certificate or certificates, registered in your
name or in the names of your legal representatives, beneficiaries or heirs, as the case may
be.

Only whole Shares shall be issued to you pursuant to a certificate. The value of any fractional
Share shall be paid in cash at the time a certificate evidencing such fractional Share would
otherwise have been delivered to you hereunder and shall be based on the Fair Market Value of one
Share of Common Stock on that date.

8. Taxes.

	 	a)	 	You acknowledge that you will consult with your personal tax advisor regarding the
income tax consequences of the Award of Restricted Stock, the receipt of any payment of
cash dividends, the vesting of the Shares and any other matters related to the Terms and
Conditions and the attached Agreement. In order to comply with all applicable federal or
state income, social security, payroll, withholding or other tax laws or regulations, the
Company may take such action, and may require you to take such action, as it deems
appropriate to ensure that all applicable federal or state income, social security,
payroll, withholding or other taxes, which are your sole and absolute responsibility, are
withheld or collected from you.
	 
	 	b)	 	In accordance with the terms of the Plan, and such rules as may be adopted by the
Committee administering the Plan, you may elect to satisfy any applicable federal or state
income tax withholding obligations arising from the receipt of, or the lapse of
restrictions relating to, the Shares by (i) having the Company withhold a portion of the
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	 	 	 	you upon such vesting having a Fair Market Value equal
to the amount of federal and state income taxes required to be withheld on such vesting, or
(ii) delivering to the Company shares of Common Stock, other than the Shares issuable upon
such vesting, having a Fair Market Value equal to such taxes. You may elect to satisfy any
federal and state income tax withholding obligations arising prior to the vesting of any
Shares pursuant to Section 3, Section 4 or Section 5
hereof by delivering to the Company shares of Common Stock other than the Shares issuable upon such vesting having a Fair
Market Value equal to such taxes.

9. Distributions and Adjustments.

	 	a)	 	If any Shares vest subsequent to any change in the number or character of the Common
Stock through any recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization,
merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of Shares or
other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Shares or
other securities of the Company or other similar corporate transaction or event that
affects the Shares covered by this Award of Restricted Stock, you shall then receive upon
such vesting the number and type of securities or other consideration which you would have
received if such Shares had vested prior to the event changing the number or character of
the outstanding Common Stock.
	 
	 	b)	 	Any additional shares of Common Stock, any other securities of the Company and any
other property (except for cash dividends or other cash distributions) distributed with
respect to the Shares prior to the date the Shares vest shall be subject to the same
restrictions, terms and conditions as the Shares and shall be promptly deposited with the
Secretary or the custodian designated by the Secretary to be held in custody in accordance
with Section 7(a) hereof. Any cash dividends or other cash distributions payable with
respect to the Shares shall be distributed to you at the same time cash dividends or other
cash distributions are distributed to stockholders of the Company generally.

10. Covenants. In consideration of benefits described elsewhere in these Terms and Conditions and
the attached Agreement, and in recognition of the fact that, as a result of your employment with
the Company or any of its Affiliates, you have had or will have access to and gain knowledge of
highly confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets pertaining to the Company or its
Affiliates, as well as the customers, suppliers, joint ventures, licensors, licensees, distributors
or other persons and entities with whom the Company or any of its Affiliates does business
(“Confidential Information”), which the Company or its Affiliates have expended time, resources and
money to obtain or develop and which have significant value to the Company and its Affiliates, you
agree for the benefit of the Company and its Affiliates, and as a material condition to your
receipt of benefits described elsewhere in these Terms and Conditions and the attached Agreement,
as follows:

	 	a)	 	Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information. You acknowledge that you will
receive access or have received access to Confidential Information about the Company or its
Affiliates, that this information was obtained or developed by the Company or its
Affiliates at great expense and is zealously guarded by the Company and its Affiliates from
unauthorized disclosure, and that your possession of this special knowledge is due solely
to your employment with the Company or one or more of its Affiliates. In recognition of
the foregoing, you will not at any time during employment or following termination of
employment for any reason, disclose, use or otherwise make available to any third party,
any Confidential Information relating to the Company’s or any Affiliate’s business,
products, services, customers, vendors or suppliers; trade secrets, data, specifications,
developments, inventions and research activity; marketing and sales strategies, information
and techniques; long and short term plans; existing and prospective client, vendor,
supplier and employee lists, contacts and information; financial, personnel and information
system information and applications; and any other information concerning the business of
the Company or its Affiliates which is not disclosed to the general public or known in the
industry, except for disclosure necessary in the course of your duties or with the express
written consent of the Company. All Confidential Information, including all copies, notes
regarding and replications of such Confidential Information will remain the sole property of
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	 	 	 	applicable, and must be returned to the Company or such
Affiliates immediately upon termination of your employment.

	 	b)	 	Return of Property. Upon termination of employment with the Company or any of
its Affiliates, or at any other time at the request of the Company, you shall deliver to a
designated Company representative all records, documents, hardware, software and all other
property of the Company or its Affiliates and all copies of such property in your
possession. You acknowledge and agree that all such materials are the sole property of the
Company or its Affiliates and that you will certify in writing to the Company at the time
of delivery, whether upon termination or otherwise, that you have complied with this
obligation.
	 
	 	c)	 	Non-Solicitation of Existing or Prospective Customers, Vendors, and Suppliers.
You specifically acknowledge that the Confidential Information described in Section 10(a)
includes confidential data pertaining to existing and prospective customers, vendors and
suppliers of the Company or its Affiliates; that such data is a valuable and unique asset
of the business of the Company or its Affiliates; and that the success or failure of the
their businesses depends upon their ability to establish and maintain close and continuing
personal contacts and working relationships with such existing and prospective customers,
vendors and suppliers and to develop proposals which are specific to such existing and
prospective customers, vendors and suppliers. Therefore, during your employment with the
Company or any of its Affiliates and for the twelve (12) months following termination of
employment for any reason, you agree that you will not, except on behalf of the Company or
its Affiliates, or with the Company’s express written consent, solicit, approach, contact
or attempt to solicit, approach or contact, either directly or indirectly, on your own
behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity, any existing or prospective customers,
vendors or suppliers of the Company or its Affiliates with whom you had contact or about
whom you gained Confidential Information during your employment with the Company or its
Affiliates for the purpose of obtaining business or engaging in any commercial relationship
that would be competitive with the “Business of the Company” (as defined below in Section
10(e)(i)) or cause such customer, supplier or vendor to materially change or terminate its
business or commercial relationship with the Company or its Affiliates.
	 
	 	d)	 	Non-Solicitation of Employees. You specifically acknowledge that the
Confidential Information described in Section 10(a) also includes confidential data
pertaining to employees and agents of the Company or its Affiliates, and you further agree
that during your employment with the Company or its Affiliates and for the twelve (12)
months following termination of employment for any reason, you will not, directly or
indirectly, on your own behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity, solicit,
contact, approach, encourage, induce or attempt to solicit, contact, approach, encourage or
induce any of the employees or agents of the Company or its Affiliates to terminate their
employment or agency with the Company or any of its Affiliates.
	 
	 	e)	 	Non-Competition. You covenant and agree that during your employment with the
Company or any of its Affiliates and for the twelve (12) months following termination of
employment for any reason, you will not, in any geographic market in which you worked on
behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or for which you had any sales, marketing,
operational, logistical or other management or oversight responsibility, engage in or carry
on, directly or indirectly, as an owner, employee, agent, associate, consultant, partner or
in any other capacity, a business competitive with the Business of the Company. This
Section 10(e) shall not apply in the event of a Change in Control as described in Section 4
above.

	 	i)	 	The “Business of the Company” shall mean any business or activity involved in
grocery or general merchandise retailing and supply chain logistics, including but not
limited to grocery distribution, business-to-business portal, retail support services
and third-party logistics, of
the type provided by the Company or its Affiliates, or presented in concept to you by
the Company or its Affiliates at any time during your employment with the Company or any
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	 	ii)	 	To “engage in or carry on” shall mean to have ownership in such business
(excluding ownership of up to one percent (1%) of the outstanding shares of a
publicly-traded company) or to consult, work in, direct or have responsibility for any
area of such business, including but not limited to operations, logistics, sales,
marketing, finance, recruiting, sourcing, purchasing, information technology or
customer service.

	 	f)	 	No Disparaging Statements. You agree that you will not make any disparaging
statements about the Company, its Affiliates, directors, officers, agents, employees,
products, pricing policies or services.
	 
	 	g)	 	Remedies for Breach of These Covenants. Any breach of the covenants in this
Section 10 likely will cause irreparable harm to the Company or its Affiliates for which
money damages could not reasonably or adequately compensate the Company or its Affiliates.
Accordingly, the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be entitled to all forms of
injunctive relief (whether temporary, emergency, preliminary, prospective or permanent) to
enforce such covenants, in addition to damages and other available remedies, and you
consent to the issuance of such an injunction without the necessity of the Company or any
such Affiliate posting a bond or, if a court requires a bond to be posted, with a bond of
no greater than $500 in principal amount. In the event that injunctive relief or damages
are awarded to Company or any of its Affiliates for any breach by you of this Section 10,
you further agree that the Company or such Affiliate shall be entitled to recover its costs
and attorneys’ fees necessary to obtain such recovery. In addition, you agree that upon
your breach of any covenant in this Section 10, this Award of Restricted Stock shall be
immediately and irrevocably forfeited.
	 
	 	h)	 	Enforceability of These Covenants. It is further agreed and understood by you
and the Company that if any part, term or provision of these Terms and Conditions and the
attached Agreement should be held to be unenforceable, invalid or illegal under any
applicable law or rule, the offending term or provision shall be applied to the fullest
extent enforceable, valid or lawful under such law or rule, or, if that is not possible,
the offending term or provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions of these Terms
and Conditions and the attached Agreement shall not be affected or impaired in any way.

11. Arbitration. You and the Company agree that any controversy, claim or dispute arising out of
or relating to the attached Agreement or the breach of any of these Terms and Conditions, or
arising out of or relating to your employment relationship with the Company or any of its
Affiliates, or the termination of such relationship, shall be resolved by final and binding
arbitration under the Employment Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures of the American
Arbitration Association, or other neutral arbitrator and rules as mutually agreed to you and the
Company, except for claims by the Company relating to your alleged breach of any of the employee
covenants set forth in Section 10 above. This agreement to arbitrate specifically includes, but is
not limited to, discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and under
state and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Nothing in this Section 11 shall
preclude the Company from pursuing a court action to obtain a temporary restraining order or a
preliminary injunction relating to the alleged breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section
10. The agreement to arbitrate shall continue in full force and effect despite the forfeiture of
this Award of Restricted Stock or the termination of your employment relationship with the Company
or any of its Affiliates. You and the Company agree that any award rendered by the arbitrator must
be in writing and include the findings of fact and conclusions of law upon which it is based, shall
be final and binding, and that judgment upon the final award may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction thereof. The arbitrator may grant any remedy or relief that the arbitrator deems just
and equitable, including any remedy or relief that would have been available to you or the Company
or any of its Affiliates had the matter been heard in court. All expenses of arbitration,
including the required travel and other expenses of the arbitrator and any witnesses, and the costs
relating to any proof produced at the direction of the arbitrator, shall be borne equally by you
and the Company unless otherwise mutually agreed or unless the arbitrator directs
otherwise in the award. The arbitrator’s compensation shall be borne equally by you and the
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12. Severability. In the event that any portion of these Terms and Conditions and the attached
Agreement shall be held to be invalid, the same shall not affect in any respect whatsoever the
validity and enforceability of the remainder of these Terms and Conditions and the attached
Agreement.

13. Interpretations. These Terms and Conditions and the attached Agreement are subject in all
respects to the Plan. A copy of the Plan is available upon your request. In the event that any
provision of these Terms and Conditions or the attached Agreement is inconsistent with the terms of
the Plan, the terms and provisions of the Plan shall govern. Any question of administration or
interpretation arising under these Terms and Conditions or the attached Agreement shall be
determined by the Committee administering the Plan, and such determination shall be final,
conclusive and binding upon all parties in interest.

14. No Right to Employment. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions, the attached Agreement or the
Plan shall be construed as giving you the right to be retained as an employee of the Company. In
addition, the Company may at any time dismiss you from employment, free from any liability or any
claim under these Terms and Conditions and the attached Agreement, unless otherwise expressly
provided in these Terms and Conditions and the attached Agreement.

15. No Rights of Stockholders. You shall have none of the rights and privileges of a stockholder
of the Company with respect to the Shares until such Shares have vested pursuant to Section 3,
Section 4 or Section 5 hereof, except the right to receive all cash dividends and the right to
vote.

16. Compensation. Any compensation realized from the receipt or payment of (or the lapse of
restrictions relating to) this Award of Restricted Stock shall constitute a special long-term
incentive payment to you and whether or not it is taken into account as compensation in determining
the amount of any benefit under any retirement or other employee benefit plan of the Company or any
of its Affiliates will be determined solely under the terms of those benefit plans.

17. Securities Matters. The Company shall not be required to deliver any Shares until the
requirements of any federal or state securities or other laws, rules or regulations (including the
rules of any securities exchange) as may be determined by the Company to be applicable are
satisfied.

18. Headings. Headings are given to the sections and subsections of these Terms and Conditions
and the attached Agreement solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall
not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of these Terms
and Conditions and the attached Agreement or any provision hereof.

19. Governing Law.
The internal law, and not the law of conflicts, of the State of Delaware will govern all
questions concerning the validity, construction and effect of these Terms and Conditions and the
attached Agreement.

20. Notice. For purpose of these Terms and Conditions and the attached Agreement, notices and
all other communications provided for in the Agreement, these Terms and Conditions or contemplated
by either shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when personally delivered
or when mailed United States certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, and addressed, in the case of the Company, to the Company at:

P.O. Box 990

Minneapolis, MN 55440

Attention: Corporate Secretary

and in the case of you, to you at the most current address shown on your employment records.
Either party may designate a different address by giving notice of change of address in the manner
provided above, except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

	 	a)	 	Notice of Termination by Company. Any purported termination of employment of
you by the Company (whether for Cause or without Cause) shall be communicated by a Notice
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	 	 	 	Termination to you. No purported termination of employment of you by the Company shall
be effective without a Notice of Termination having been given.
	 
	 	b)	 	Good Reason Notice by You. Any purported termination of employment by you for
Good Reason shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination to the Company. Your
termination of employment will not be for Good Reason unless (i) you give the Company
written notice of the event or circumstance which you claim is the basis for Good Reason
within six (6) months of such event or circumstance first occurring and (ii) the Company is
given thirty (30) days from its receipt of such notice within which to cure or resolve the
event or circumstance so noticed. If the circumstance is cured or resolved within said
thirty (30) days, your termination of employment will not be for Good Reason.

21. Definitions. The following terms, and terms derived from the following terms, shall have the
following meanings when used in these Terms and Conditions and the attached Agreement with initial
capital letters unless, in the context, it would be unreasonable to do so.

	 	a)	 	Cause shall mean:

	 	i)	 	your continued failure to perform your duties with the Company (other than any
such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), after a
written demand for substantial performance is delivered to you by the Board or an
officer of the Company which specifically identifies the manner in which the Board or
the officer believes that you have not substantially performed your duties;
	 
	 	ii)	 	the conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony or the
willful engaging by you in conduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious to
the Company;
	 
	 	iii)	 	your commission of a material act or material acts of personal dishonesty
intended to result in your substantial personal enrichment at the expense of the
Company; or
	 
	 	iv)	 	your material violation of Company policies relating to Code of Business
Conduct, Equal Employment Opportunities and Harassment or Workplace Violence;

	 	 	 	provided, however, that in no event shall Cause exist by virtue of any action taken by you
(A) in compliance with express written directions of the Board, the Company’s Chief
Executive Officer or the officer to whom you report, or (B) in reliance upon the express
written consent of the Company’s counsel.
	 
	 	 	 	In each case above, for a termination of employment to be for Cause, you must be provided
with a Notice of Termination (as described in Section 20(a)) within six (6) months after the
Company has actual knowledge of the act or omission constituting Cause. Whether a
termination of employment is for Cause as provided above will be determined by the Company
in its sole discretion based on all the facts and circumstances.

	 	b)	 	Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred upon any of the following events:

	 	i)	 	the acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of
Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act of beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of twenty percent (20%) or
more of either (A) the then outstanding shares of Common Stock or (B) the combined
voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors; provided, however, that for purposes of this
subsection (i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control:
(A) any acquisition directly from the Company or (B) any acquisition by any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any
corporation controlled by the Company;
	 
	 	ii)	 	the consummation of any merger or other business combination of the Company,
sale or lease of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or combination of the
foregoing transactions (the “Transactions”) other than a Transaction immediately
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	 	 	 	stockholders of the Company and any trustee or fiduciary of any
Company employee benefit plan immediately prior to the Transaction own at least sixty
percent (60%) of the voting power, directly or indirectly, of (A) the surviving
corporation in any such merger or other business combination; (B) the purchaser or
lessee of the Company’s assets or (C) both the surviving corporation and the purchaser
or lessee in the event of any combination of Transactions;
	 
	 	iii)	 	within any 24-month period, the persons who were directors immediately before
the beginning of such period (the “Incumbent Directors”) shall cease (for any reason
other than death) to constitute at least a majority of the Board or the board of
directors of a successor to the Company. For this purpose, any director who was not a
director at the beginning of such period shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director if
such director was elected to the Board by, or on the recommendation of or with the
approval of, at least three-fourths of the directors who then qualified as Incumbent
Directors (so long as such director was not nominated by a person who has expressed an
intent to effect a Change in Control or engage in a proxy or other control contest); or
	 
	 	iv)	 	such other event or transaction as the Board shall determine constitutes a
Change in Control.

	 	c)	 	CIC Date shall mean the date on which a Change in Control occurs.
	 
	 	d)	 	Good Reason shall mean any one or more of the following events occurring during the
two-year period following the CIC Date:

	 	i)	 	your annual base salary is reduced below the higher of (A) the amount in effect
on the CIC Date, or (B) the highest amount in effect at any time thereafter;
	 
	 	ii)	 	your Target Bonus is reduced below the Target Bonus as it existed before the
CIC Date;
	 
	 	iii)	 	your duties and responsibilities or the program of incentive compensation
(including without limitation long term incentive plans and equity incentive programs),
vacation, fringe benefits, perquisites, retirement and general insurance benefits
offered to your are materially and adversely diminished in comparison to the duties and
responsibilities or the program of such benefits enjoyed by you on the CIC Date;
	 
	 	iv)	 	you are required to be based at a location more than forty-five (45) miles from
the location where you were based and performed services on the CIC Date or your
business travel obligations are significantly increased over those in effect
immediately prior to the CIC Date;

	 	 	 	provided, however, that any diminution of duties or responsibilities that occurs solely as a
result of the fact that the Company ceases to be a public company shall not, in and of
itself, constitute Good Reason.

	 	e)	 	Notice of Termination shall mean a written notice which shall indicate the specific
provision in these Terms and Conditions relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable
detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for your termination of
employment under the provisions so indicated.
	 
	 	f)	 	Target Bonus shall mean the target amount of bonus established under the annual bonus
plan for you for the year in which the termination of employment occurs. When the context
requires, it shall also mean the target amount of bonus established for any earlier or
later year.

Original Approval:exv10w4

EXHIBIT 10.4

SUPERVALU INC.

2007 STOCK PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

     This agreement is made and entered into as of the grant date indicated below (the “Grant
Date”), by and between SUPERVALU INC. (the “Company”), and the individual whose name appears below
(“Recipient”).

     The Company has established the 2007 Stock Plan (the “Plan”), under which key employees of the
Company may be granted Awards of Restricted Stock Units of the Company. Recipient has been
selected by the Company to receive an Award of Restricted Stock Units subject to the provisions of
this agreement. Capitalized terms that are used in this agreement, that are not defined, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.

     In consideration of the foregoing, the Company and Recipient hereby agree as follows:

     1. Grant. The Company hereby grants to Recipient, subject to Recipient’s acceptance
hereof, an Award of Restricted Stock Units for the number of Restricted Stock Units indicated
below, effective as of the Grant Date.

     2. Acceptance of Award of Restricted Stock Units and Restricted Stock Unit Award Terms
and Conditions. The Award of Restricted Stock Units is subject to and governed by the
Restricted Stock Unit Award Terms and Conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) attached hereto, which is
incorporated herein and made a part hereof, and the terms and provisions of the Plan. To accept
the Award of Restricted Stock Units, this agreement must be delivered and accepted through an
electronic medium in accordance with procedures established by the Company or Recipient must sign
and return a copy of this agreement to the Company within sixty (60) days after the Grant
Date. By so doing, Recipient acknowledges receipt of the accompanying Terms and Conditions and
the Plan, and represents that Recipient has read and understands the same and agrees to be bound by
the accompanying Terms and Conditions and the terms and provisions of the Plan. In the event that
any provision of this agreement or the accompanying Terms and Conditions is inconsistent with the
terms and provisions of the Plan, the terms and provisions of the Plan shall govern. Any question
of administration or interpretation arising under this agreement or the accompanying Terms and
Conditions shall be determined by the Committee administering the Plan, and such determination
shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties in interest.

     3. Vesting. Except as otherwise provided in the accompanying Terms and Conditions,
the Award of Restricted Stock Units shall vest as indicated below.

	 	 	 

	 
	Award Number:

	 	%%OPTION_NUMBER%-%
	Grant Date:

	 	%%OPTION_DATE%-%
	Number of Restricted Stock Units:

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	Vesting Dates:

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	 	%%SHARES_PERIOD2%-% on %%VEST_DATE_PERIOD2%-%
	 

	 	 	 

	SUPERVALU INC.

	 	RECIPIENT:
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
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           ]

[Title]

	 	%%FIRST_NAME%-% %%LAST_NAME%-%

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%%CITY%-% %%STATE%-% %%ZIPCODE%-%

 

 

SUPERVALU INC.

2007 STOCK PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS

(FOR EMPLOYEES)

These Restricted Stock Unit Award Terms and Conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) apply to the Award
of Restricted Stock Units granted under the 2007 Stock Plan (the “Plan”), pursuant to the
Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “Agreement”) to which this document is attached.
Capitalized terms that are used in this document, but are not defined, shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Plan or the attached Agreement. See Section 20 for a list of defined
terms.

1. Award of Restricted Stock Units. SUPERVALU INC. (the “Company”) hereby grants to you an Award
of Restricted Stock Units for the number of Restricted Stock Units set forth in the attached
Agreement representing the right to receive one (1) share of the Company’s Common Stock, $1.00 par
value (the “Common Stock”), subject to certain restrictions as provided in these Terms and
Conditions. The Award is effective as of the Grant Date.

2. Rights with Respect to the Restricted Stock Units. The Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant
to the attached Agreement do not and shall not give you any of the rights and privileges of a
holder of Common Stock. Your rights with respect to the Restricted Stock Units shall remain
forfeitable at all times prior to the date or dates on which such rights become vested and the
restrictions with respect to the Restricted Stock Units lapse in accordance with Section 3 or
Section 4 hereof.

3. Vesting. Subject to these Terms and Conditions, the Restricted Stock Units shall vest in full
on the date or dates and in the amount or amounts set forth in the attached Agreement if you remain
continuously employed by the Company or any of its Affiliates until the respective vesting dates.

4. Change in Control.

	 	a)	 	If, within two (2) years after a Change in Control you experience an involuntary
termination of employment initiated by the Company for reasons other than Cause, or a
termination of employment for Good Reason, then you shall become immediately and
unconditionally vested in all the Restricted Stock Units and the restrictions with respect
to all the Restricted Stock Units shall lapse and the Restricted Stock Units shall be
settled and paid to you as soon as administratively feasible following your termination of
employment but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year of your
termination of employment. If the Award of Restricted Stock Units is replaced pursuant to
subsection (c) below, the protections and rights granted under this subsection (a) shall
transfer and apply to such replacement grant.
	 
	 	b)	 	If, in the event of a Change in Control, and to the extent the Award of Restricted
Stock Units is not assumed by a successor corporation (or affiliate thereto) or other
successor entity or person, or replaced with an award or grant that, solely in the
discretionary judgment of the Committee preserves the existing value of the Award of
Restricted Stock Units at the time of the Change in Control, then you shall become
immediately and unconditionally vested in all the Restricted Stock Units and the
restrictions with respect to all the Restricted Stock Units shall lapse and the Restricted
Stock Units shall be settled and paid to you as soon as administratively feasible after the
Change in Control but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year of the
Change in Control.
	 
	 	c)	 	If in the event of a Change in Control and to the extent that this Award of Restricted
Stock Units is assumed by any successor corporation, affiliate thereof, person or other
entity, or are replaced with awards that, solely in the discretionary judgment of the
Committee preserve the existing value of this Award of Restricted Stock Units at the time
of the Change in Control and provide for vesting and settlement terms that are at least as
favorable to you as the vesting and payout terms applicable to this Award of Restricted
Stock Units, then the assumed Award of Restricted Stock Units or such substitute therefor
shall remain outstanding and be governed by its respective terms.

5. Forfeiture. If you cease to be an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates prior to
the vesting of the Restricted Stock Units pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4 hereof for any reason,
then your rights to all of the unvested Restricted Stock Units shall be immediately and irrevocably
forfeited. However, the Committee administering the Plan may determine to accelerate the vesting
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you cease to be an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates prior to the vesting of the
Restricted Stock Units pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4 hereof for any reason.

6. Restrictions on Transfer. Except as may otherwise be determined by the Committee administering
the Plan, until the Restricted Stock Units vest pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4 hereof, none of
the Restricted Stock Units may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise
disposed of or encumbered by you, and no attempt to transfer the Restricted Stock Units, whether
voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, shall vest the transferee with any
interest or right in or with respect to the Restricted Stock Units. No transfer by will or the
applicable laws of descent and distribution of any Restricted Stock Units which are vested by
action of the Committee administering the Plan following your death shall be effective to bind the
Company unless the Committee administering the Plan shall have been furnished with written notice
of such transfer and a copy of the will or such other evidence as the Committee may deem necessary
to establish the validity of the transfer.

7. Issuance. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued to you prior to the date on which the
applicable Restricted Stock Units vest, in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and the
attached Agreement. Furthermore, in no event shall any shares of Common Stock be issued to you
later than sixty (60) calendar days after the applicable Restricted Stock Units vested. After any
Restricted Stock Units vest pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4 hereof, and following payment of the
applicable withholding taxes pursuant to Section 8 hereof, the Company shall promptly cause one (1)
share of Common Stock for each such vested Restricted Stock Unit (less any shares of Common Stock
withheld to pay taxes), free of any restrictions, to be delivered, either by book-entry
registration or in the form of a certificate or certificates, registered in your name or in the
names of your legal representatives, beneficiaries or heirs, as the case may be, to you. Only
whole shares of Common Stock shall be issued to you pursuant to a certificate.

8. Taxes.

	 	a)	 	You acknowledge that you will consult with your personal tax advisor regarding the
income tax consequences of the grant of the Restricted Stock Units, the vesting of the
Restricted Stock Units and the receipt of shares of Common Stock and any other matters
related to these Terms and Conditions and the attached Agreement. In order to comply with
all applicable federal or state income, social security, payroll, withholding or other tax
laws or regulations, the Company may take such action, and may require you to take such
action, as it deems appropriate to ensure that all applicable federal or state income,
social security, payroll, withholding or other taxes, which are your sole and absolute
responsibility, are withheld or collected from you.
	 
	 	b)	 	You acknowledge that you are responsible for the payment of any federal, state, local
or other taxes that are required to be withheld by the Company upon vesting of the
Restricted Stock Units. In order to satisfy any applicable federal, state, local or other
taxes that are required to be withheld, the Company shall withhold a portion of the shares
of Common Stock otherwise to be issued upon vesting of the Restricted Stock Units having a
Fair Market Value as of the vesting date equal to the amount of federal and state income
tax required to be withheld upon such vesting (commonly referred to as a “Tax Swap” or
“Stock for Tax”).

9. Adjustments. If any Restricted Stock Units vest subsequent to any change in the number or
character of the Common Stock through any recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split,
reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of
shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase shares
or other securities of the Company or other similar corporate transaction or event that affects the
Restricted Stock Units covered by this Award of Restricted Stock Units, you shall then receive upon
such vesting the number and type of securities or other consideration which you would have received
if such Restricted Stock Units had vested prior to the event changing the number or character of
the outstanding Common Stock.

10. Covenants. In consideration of benefits described elsewhere in these Terms and Conditions and
the attached Agreement, and in recognition of the fact that, as a result of your employment with
the Company or any of its Affiliates, you have had or will have access to and gain knowledge of
highly confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets pertaining to the Company or its
Affiliates, as well as the customers, suppliers, joint ventures, licensors, licensees, distributors
or other persons and entities with whom the Company or any of its Affiliates does business
(“Confidential Information”), which the Company or its Affiliates have expended time, resources and
money to obtain or develop and which have significant value to the Company and its Affiliates, you
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a material condition to your receipt of benefits described elsewhere in these Terms and Conditions
and the attached Agreement, as follows:

	 	a)	 	Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information. You acknowledge that you will
receive access or have received access to Confidential Information about the Company or its
Affiliates, that this information was obtained or developed by the Company or its
Affiliates at great expense and is zealously guarded by the Company and its Affiliates from
unauthorized disclosure, and that your possession of this special knowledge is due solely
to your employment with the Company or one (1) or more of its Affiliates. In recognition
of the foregoing, you will not at any time during employment or following termination of
employment for any reason, disclose, use or otherwise make available to any third party,
any Confidential Information relating to the Company’s or any Affiliate’s business,
products, services, customers, vendors or suppliers; trade secrets, data, specifications,
developments, inventions and research activity; marketing and sales strategies, information
and techniques; long and short term plans; existing and prospective client, vendor,
supplier and employee lists, contacts and information; financial, personnel and information
system information and applications; and any other information concerning the business of
the Company or its Affiliates which is not disclosed to the general public or known in the
industry, except for disclosure necessary in the course of your duties or with the express
written consent of the Company. All Confidential Information, including all copies, notes
regarding and replications of such Confidential Information will remain the sole property
of the Company or its Affiliates, as applicable, and must be returned to the Company or
such Affiliates immediately upon termination of your employment.
	 
	 	b)	 	Return of Property. Upon termination of employment with the Company or any of
its Affiliates, or at any other time at the request of the Company, you shall deliver to a
designated Company representative all records, documents, hardware, software and all other
property of the Company or its Affiliates and all copies of such property in your
possession. You acknowledge and agree that all such materials are the sole property of the
Company or its Affiliates and that you will certify in writing to the Company at the time
of delivery, whether upon termination or otherwise, that you have complied with this
obligation.
	 
	 	c)	 	Non-Solicitation of Existing or Prospective Customers, Vendors and Suppliers.
You specifically acknowledge that the Confidential Information described in Section 10(a)
includes confidential data pertaining to existing and prospective customers, vendors and
suppliers of the Company or its Affiliates; that such data is a valuable and unique asset
of the business of the Company or its Affiliates; and that the success or failure of the
their businesses depends upon the their ability to establish and maintain close and
continuing personal contacts and working relationships with such existing and prospective
customers, vendors and suppliers and to develop proposals which are specific to such
existing and prospective customers, vendors and suppliers. Therefore, during your
employment with the Company or any of its Affiliates and for the twelve (12) months
following termination of employment for any reason, you agree that you will not, except on
behalf of the Company or its Affiliates, or with the Company’s express written consent,
solicit, approach, contact or attempt to solicit, approach or contact, either directly or
indirectly, on your own behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity, any existing or
prospective customers, vendors or suppliers of the Company or its Affiliates with whom you
had contact or about whom you gained Confidential Information during your employment with
the Company or its Affiliates for the purpose of obtaining business or engaging in any
commercial relationship that would be competitive with the “Business of the Company” (as
defined below in Section 10(e)(i)) or cause such customer, supplier or vendor to materially
change or terminate its business or commercial relationship with the Company or its
Affiliates.
	 
	 	d)	 	Non-Solicitation of Employees. You specifically acknowledge that the
Confidential Information described in Section 10(a) also includes confidential data
pertaining to employees and agents of the Company or its Affiliates, and you further agree
that during your employment with the Company or its Affiliates and for the twelve (12)
months following termination of employment for any reason, you will not, directly or
indirectly, on your own behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity, solicit,
contact, approach, encourage, induce or attempt to solicit, contact, approach, encourage or
induce any of the employees or agents of the Company or its Affiliates to terminate their
employment or agency with the Company or any of its Affiliates.
	 
	 	e)	 	Non-Competition. You covenant and agree that during your employment with the
Company or any of its Affiliates and for the twelve (12) months following termination of
employment for any reason, you will not, in any geographic market in which you worked on
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	 	 	 	any of its Affiliates, or for which you had any sales, marketing, operational, logistical or
other management or oversight responsibility, engage in or carry on, directly or indirectly,
as an owner, employee, agent, associate, consultant, partner or in any other capacity, a
business competitive with the Business of the Company. This Section 10(e) shall not apply
in the event of a Change in Control as described in Section 4 above.

	 	i)	 	The “Business of the Company” shall mean any business or activity involved in
grocery or general merchandise retailing and supply chain logistics, including but not
limited to grocery distribution, business-to-business portal, retail support services
and third-party logistics, of the type provided by the Company or its Affiliates, or
presented in concept to you by the Company or its Affiliates at any time during your
employment with the Company or any of its Affiliates.
	 
	 	ii)	 	To “engage in or carry on” shall mean to have ownership in such business
(excluding ownership of up to one percent (1%) of the outstanding shares of a
publicly-traded company) or to consult, work in, direct or have responsibility for any
area of such business, including but not limited to operations, logistics, sales,
marketing, finance, recruiting, sourcing, purchasing, information technology or
customer service.

	 	f)	 	No Disparaging Statements. You agree that you will not make any disparaging
statements about the Company, its Affiliates, directors, officers, agents, employees,
products, pricing policies or services.
	 
	 	g)	 	Remedies for Breach of These Covenants. Any breach of the covenants in this
Section 10 likely will cause irreparable harm to the Company or its Affiliates for which
money damages could not reasonably or adequately compensate the Company or its Affiliates.
Accordingly, the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be entitled to all forms of
injunctive relief (whether temporary, emergency, preliminary, prospective or permanent) to
enforce such covenants, in addition to damages and other available remedies, and you
consent to the issuance of such an injunction without the necessity of the Company or any
such Affiliate posting a bond or, if a court requires a bond to be posted, with a bond of
no greater than $500 in principal amount. In the event that injunctive relief or damages
are awarded to Company or any of its Affiliates for any breach by you of this Section 10,
you further agree that the Company or such Affiliate shall be entitled to recover its costs
and attorneys’ fees necessary to obtain such recovery. In addition, you agree that upon
your breach of any covenant in this Section 10, this Award of Restricted Stock Units shall
be immediately and irrevocably forfeited.
	 
	 	h)	 	Enforceability of These Covenants. It is further agreed and understood by you
and the Company that if any part, term or provision of these Terms and Conditions and the
attached Agreement should be held to be unenforceable, invalid or illegal under any
applicable law or rule, the offending term or provision shall be applied to the fullest
extent enforceable, valid or lawful under such law or rule, or, if that is not possible,
the offending term or provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions of these Terms
and Conditions and the attached Agreement shall not be affected or impaired in any way.

11. Arbitration. You and the Company agree that any controversy, claim or dispute arising out of
or relating to the attached Agreement or the breach of any of these Terms and Conditions, or
arising out of or relating to your employment relationship with the Company or any of its
Affiliates, or the termination of such relationship, shall be resolved by final and binding
arbitration under the Employment Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures of the American
Arbitration Association, or other neutral arbitrator and rules as mutually agreed to you and the
Company, except for claims by the Company relating to your alleged breach of any of the employee
covenants set forth in Section 10 above. This agreement to arbitrate specifically includes, but is
not limited to, discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and under
state and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Nothing in this Section 11 shall
preclude the Company from pursuing a court action to obtain a temporary restraining order or a
preliminary injunction relating to the alleged breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section
10. The agreement to arbitrate shall continue in full force and effect despite the forfeiture of
this Award of Restricted Stock Units or the termination of your employment relationship with the
Company or any of its Affiliates. You and the Company agree that any award rendered by the
arbitrator must be in writing and include the findings of fact and conclusions of law upon which it
is based, shall be final and binding and that judgment upon the final award may be entered in any
court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitrator may grant any remedy or relief that the
arbitrator deems just and equitable, including any remedy or relief that would have been available
to you or the Company or any of its Affiliates had the matter been heard in court. All expenses of
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any witnesses, and the costs relating to any proof produced at the direction of the arbitrator,
shall be borne equally by you and the Company unless otherwise mutually agreed or unless the
arbitrator directs otherwise in the award. The arbitrator’s compensation shall be borne equally by
you and the Company unless otherwise mutually agreed or the law provides otherwise.

12. Severability. In the event that any portion of these Terms and Conditions and the attached
Agreement shall be held to be invalid, the same shall not affect in any respect whatsoever the
validity and enforceability of the remainder of these Terms and Conditions and the attached
Agreement.

13. Interpretations. These Terms and Conditions and the attached Agreement are subject in all
respects to the Plan. A copy of the Plan is available upon your request. In the event that any
provision of these Terms and Conditions or the attached Agreement is inconsistent with the terms of
the Plan, the terms and provisions of the Plan shall govern. Any question of administration or
interpretation arising under these Terms and Conditions or the attached Agreement shall be
determined by the Committee administering the Plan, and such determination shall be final,
conclusive and binding upon all parties in interest.

14. No Right to Employment. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions, the attached Agreement or the
Plan shall be construed as giving you the right to be retained as an employee of the Company. In
addition, the Company may at any time dismiss you from employment, free from any liability or any
claim under these Terms and Conditions and the attached Agreement, unless otherwise expressly
provided in these Terms and Conditions and the attached Agreement.

15. Compensation. Any compensation realized from the receipt or payment of (or the lapse of
restrictions relating to) this Award of Restricted Stock Units shall constitute a special long-term
incentive payment to you and whether or not it is taken into account as compensation in determining
the amount of any benefit under any retirement or other employee benefit plan of the Company or any
of its Affiliates will be determined solely under the terms of those benefit plans.

16. Securities Matters. The Company shall not be required to deliver any shares of Common Stock
until the requirements of any federal or state securities or other laws, rules or regulations
(including the rules of any securities exchange) as may be determined by the Company to be
applicable are satisfied.

17. Headings. Headings are given to the sections and subsections of these Terms and Conditions
and the attached Agreement solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall
not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of these Terms
and Conditions and the attached Agreement or any provision hereof.

18. Governing Law. The internal law, and not the law of conflicts, of the State of Delaware will
govern all questions concerning the validity, construction and effect of these Terms and Conditions
and the attached Agreement.

19. Notice.  For purpose of these Terms and Conditions and the attached Agreement,
notices and all other communications provided for in the attached Agreement, these Terms and
Conditions or contemplated by either shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly
given when personally delivered or when mailed United States certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, and addressed, in the case of the Company, to the Company at:

P.O. Box 990

Minneapolis, MN 55440

Attention: Corporate Secretary

and in the case of you, to you at the most current address shown on your employment records.
Either party may designate a different address by giving notice of change of address in the manner
provided above, except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

	 	a)	 	Notice of Termination by Company. Any purported termination of employment of
you by the Company (whether for Cause or without Cause) shall be communicated by a Notice
of Termination to you. No purported termination of employment of you by the Company shall
be effective without a Notice of Termination having been given.
	 
	 	b)	 	Good Reason Notice by You. Any purported termination of employment by you for
Good Reason shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination to the Company. Your
termination of employment will not be for Good Reason unless (i) you give the Company
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	 	 	 	event or circumstance which you claim is the basis for Good Reason within six (6) months of
such event or circumstance first occurring and (ii) the Company is given thirty (30) days
from its receipt of such notice within which to cure or resolve the event or circumstance so
noticed. If the circumstance is cured or resolved within said thirty (30) days, your
termination of employment will not be for Good Reason.

20. Definitions. The following terms, and terms derived from the following terms, shall have the
following meanings when used in the Agreement with initial capital letters unless, in the context,
it would be unreasonable to do so.

	 	a)	 	Cause shall mean:

	 	i)	 	your continued failure to perform your duties with the Company (other than any
such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), after a
written demand for substantial performance is delivered to you by the Board or an
officer of the Company which specifically identifies the manner in which the Board or
the officer believes that you have not substantially performed your duties;
	 
	 	ii)	 	the conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony or the
willful engaging by you in conduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious to
the Company;
	 
	 	iii)	 	your commission of a material act or material acts of personal dishonesty
intended to result in your substantial personal enrichment at the expense of the
Company; or
	 
	 	iv)	 	your material violation of Company policies relating to Code of Business
Conduct, Equal Employment Opportunities and Harassment or Workplace Violence;

	 	 	provided, however, that in no event shall Cause exist by virtue of any action taken by you (A)
in compliance with express written directions of the Board, the Company’s Chief Executive
Officer or the officer to whom you report, or (B) in reliance upon the express written consent
of the Company’s counsel.
	 
	 	 	In each case above, for a termination of employment to be for Cause, you must be provided with a
Notice of Termination (as described in Section 19(a)) within six (6) months after the Company
has actual knowledge of the act or omission constituting Cause. Whether a termination of
employment is for Cause as provided above will be determined by the Company in its sole
discretion based on all the facts and circumstances.

	 	b)	 	Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred upon any of the following events:

	 	i)	 	the acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of
Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act of beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d 3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of twenty percent (20%) or
more of either (A) the then outstanding shares of Common Stock or (B) the combined
voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors; provided, however, that for purposes of this
subsection (i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control:
(A) any acquisition directly from the Company or (B) any acquisition by any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any
corporation controlled by the Company;
	 
	 	ii)	 	the consummation of any merger or other business combination of the Company,
sale or lease of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or combination of the
foregoing transactions (the “Transactions”) other than a Transaction immediately
following which the stockholders of the Company and any trustee or fiduciary of any
Company employee benefit plan immediately prior to the Transaction own at least sixty
percent (60%) of the voting power, directly or indirectly, of (A) the surviving
corporation in any such merger or other business combination; (B) the purchaser or
lessee of the Company’s assets or (C) both the surviving corporation and the purchaser
or lessee in the event of any combination of Transactions;
	 
	 	iii)	 	within any 24-month period, the persons who were directors immediately before
the beginning of such period (the “Incumbent Directors”) shall cease (for any reason
other than death) to constitute at least a majority of the Board or the board of
directors of a successor to the Company. For this purpose, any director who was not a
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	 	 	 	period shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director if such director was elected to the
Board by, or on the recommendation of or with the approval of, at least three-fourths of
the directors who then qualified as Incumbent Directors (so long as such director was
not nominated by a person who has expressed an intent to effect a Change in Control or
engage in a proxy or other control contest); or

	 	iv)	 	such other event or transaction as the Board shall determine constitutes a
Change in Control.

	 	c)	 	CIC Date shall mean the date on which a Change in Control occurs.
	 
	 	d)	 	Good Reason shall mean any one (1) or more of the following events occurring during the
two-year period following the CIC Date:

	 	i)	 	your annual base salary is reduced below the higher of (A) the amount in effect
on the CIC Date or (B) the highest amount in effect at any time thereafter;
	 
	 	ii)	 	your duties and responsibilities or the program of incentive compensation
(including without limitation long term incentive plans and equity incentive programs),
vacation, fringe benefits, perquisites, retirement and general insurance benefits
offered to your are materially and adversely diminished in comparison to the duties and
responsibilities or the program of such benefits enjoyed by you on the CIC Date; or
	 
	 	iii)	 	you are required to be based at a location more than forty-five (45) miles from
the location where you were based and performed services on the CIC Date or your
business travel obligations are significantly increased over those in effect
immediately prior to the CIC Date;

	 	 	 	provided, however, that any diminution of duties or responsibilities that occurs solely as a
result of the fact that the Company ceases to be a public company shall not, in and of
itself, constitute Good Reason.

	 	e)	 	Notice of Termination shall mean a written notice which shall indicate the specific
provision in these Terms and Conditions relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable
detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for your termination of
employment under the provisions so indicated.

Original Approval:

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