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Exhibit

Exhibit 10.02(z)

PARTICIPANT AWARD AGREEMENT
(Options) 
  
January 1, 2019
  
  
Dear [Name]: 
  
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the EQT Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”), the Management Development and Compensation Committee (“Committee”) of the Board of Directors (“Board”) of EQT Corporation (the “Company”) has granted you Non-Qualified Stock Options (the “Options”) to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock as outlined below. 
  
Options Granted: [Insert]
Grant Date: January 1, 2019
Exercise Price per Share: [Insert closing stock price on December 31, 2018] 
Expiration Date: January 1, 2029 (Options may not be exercised on or after this date)
	
		
	Vesting Schedule:
	100% on January 1, 2022

	 
	 

Notwithstanding Section 9 of the Plan, in the event of a Change of Control (as defined in the Plan), the following shall be the applicable vesting provisions:

		
	(i)
	if (a) your grant of Options is assumed by the surviving entity of the Change of Control (or otherwise equitably converted or substituted in connection with the Change of Control in a manner approved by the Committee) or (b) the Company is the surviving entity of the Change of Control, and (1) your employment is terminated without Cause (as defined below), including termination resulting from death or Disability (as defined in the Plan), or (2) you resign for Good Reason (as defined below), in each case prior to the second anniversary of the effective date of the Change of Control, all unvested Options will vest immediately upon such termination or resignation; and  

		
	(ii)
	if (a) your grant of Options is not assumed by the surviving entity of the Change of Control (or otherwise equitably converted or substituted in connection with the Change of Control in a manner approved by the Committee) and (b) the Company is not the surviving entity of the Change of Control, all unvested Options will vest immediately upon such Change of Control.   

As a condition to the vesting of any Options in connection with a termination of your employment described in subsection (i)(b)(1) or subsection (i)(b)(2) above, you (or your estate or beneficiary) will be required to execute and not revoke a full release of claims in a form acceptable to the Company within 30 days of such termination.  Until this condition is satisfied, you will not be permitted to exercise such Options, and failure to satisfy this condition will result in forfeiture of such Options.

Upon termination of your employment for Cause, all unvested Options and any unexercised vested Options shall be forfeited immediately.  Upon termination of your employment for any 

other reason, whether voluntarily (including retirement) or involuntarily, prior to January 1, 2022, all unvested Options shall be forfeited immediately, except: (i) as provided above in connection with a Change of Control; (ii) as provided below in connection with your service on the board of directors of the Company or any Affiliate whose equity is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market; (iii) as provided in accordance with any written employment-related agreement that you have with the Company (including any confidentiality, non-solicitation, non-competition, change of control or similar agreement); (iv) if your termination is due to your death, 100% of the Options will vest, or (v) if your termination is due to any other Qualifying Termination (as defined below), the unvested Options will vest as follows:

	
			
	Termination Date
	 
	Percent Vested

	Prior to January 1, 2020
	 
	0%

	On or after January 1, 2020 and prior to  
January 1, 2021
	 
	25%

	On or after January 1, 2021 and prior to  
January 1, 2022
	 
	50%

As a condition to the vesting of any Options in connection with a Qualifying Termination pursuant to clause (iv) or (v) of the preceding sentence, you (or your estate or beneficiary) will be required to execute and not revoke a full release of claims in a form acceptable to the Company within 30 days of your Qualifying Termination.  Until this condition is satisfied, you will not be permitted to exercise such Options, and failure to satisfy this condition will result in forfeiture of such Options.

Upon a voluntary or involuntary termination of your employment for any reason other than Cause, any unexercised vested Options held on the date of termination shall remain exercisable for the remaining original term of the Options (except in the event of your death or Disability, in which case the post termination exercise period will be one year after termination of employment).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Participant Award Agreement, if your employment is terminated voluntarily (including retirement) or your employment is terminated involuntarily without Cause and you remain on the board of directors of the Company or any Affiliate whose equity is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market following such termination of employment, then your Options shall not be forfeited but shall continue to vest in accordance with the above provisions for as long as you remain on such board of directors, in which case any references herein to your employment shall be deemed to include your continued service on such board.  

Solely for purposes of this Participant Award Agreement,  “Cause” shall mean: (i) your conviction of a felony, a crime of moral turpitude or fraud or your having committed fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement in connection with the performance of your duties; (ii) your willful and repeated failures to substantially perform assigned duties; or (iii) your violation of any provision of a written employment-related agreement between you and the Company or express significant policies of the Company.  If the Company terminates your employment for Cause, the Company shall give you written notice setting forth the reason for your termination not later than 30 days after such termination.  

Solely for purposes of this Participant Award Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean your resignation within 90 days after (but in all cases prior to the second anniversary of a Change of Control): (i) a reduction in your base salary of 10% or more (unless the reduction is applicable to all similarly situated employees); (ii) a reduction in your annual short-term bonus target of 10% or more (unless the reduction is applicable to all similarly situated employees); (iii) a significant diminution in your job responsibilities, duties or authority; (iv) a change in the geographic location of your primary reporting location of more than 50 miles; and/or (v) any other action or inaction that constitutes a material breach by the Company of this Participant Award Agreement.  

A termination by you shall not constitute termination for Good Reason unless you first deliver to the General Counsel of the Company written notice: (i) stating that you intend to resign for Good Reason pursuant to this Participant Award Agreement; and (ii) setting forth with specificity the occurrence deemed to give rise to a right to terminate for Good Reason (which notice must be given no later than 90 days after the initial occurrence of such event).  The Company shall have a reasonable period of time (not less than 30 days) to take action to correct, rescind or substantially reverse the occurrence supporting termination for Good Reason as identified by you.  Failure by the Company to act or respond to the written notice shall not be deemed to be an admission that Good Reason exists.

Solely for purposes of this Participant Award Agreement, “Qualifying Termination” shall mean the involuntary termination by the Company (or, as applicable, its successor) of your employment as a result of (i) the sale, consolidation or full or partial shutdown of a facility, department or business unit; (ii) a position elimination because of a reorganization or lack of work or (iii) your death or Disability.

The exercise price and tax withholding obligations with respect to the Options shall be satisfied by (i) the Company withholding shares that would otherwise be issued upon exercise of the award  having a Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) equal to the amount needed to pay your exercise price and satisfy the required tax withholding obligations or (ii) if hereinafter approved and directed by the Committee, a payment of cash to the Company equal to the amount needed to pay your exercise price and satisfy the minimum required statutory tax withholding obligations.

The terms contained in the Plan are hereby incorporated into and made a part of this Participant Award Agreement, and this Participant Award Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Plan.  In the event of any actual or alleged conflict between (i) the provisions of the Plan and the provisions of this Participant Award Agreement, the provisions of the Plan shall be controlling and determinative, or (ii) the provisions of this Participant Award Agreement and the terms of any written employment-related agreement that you have with the Company, the terms of such employment-related agreement shall be controlling and determinative.  The Options, including any shares acquired by you upon exercise of the Options and any cash or other benefit acquired upon the sale of stock acquired through exercise of the Options, shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any compensation recoupment policy adopted from time to time by the Board or any committee of the Board, to the extent such policy is applicable to the Options.  Any dispute regarding the payment of benefits under this Participant Award Agreement or the Plan shall be resolved in accordance with the EQT Corporation Long-Term Incentive Dispute Resolution Procedures as in effect at the time of such dispute.  A copy of such procedures is available on the Fidelity NetBenefits website, which can be found at www.netbenefits.fidelity.com.

You may access important information about the Company and the Plan through the Company’s website.  Copies of the Plan and Plan Prospectus can be found by logging into the Fidelity NetBenefits website, which can be found at www.netbenefits.fidelity.com, and clicking on the “Stock Plans” tab and then following the prompts to your Plan documents.  Copies of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Proxy Statement and other information generally delivered to the Company’s shareholders can be found at www.eqt.com  by clicking on the “Investors” link on the main page and then “SEC Filings.” Paper copies of such documents are available upon request made to the Company’s Corporate Secretary.   

Your grant of Options under this Participant Award Agreement shall not be effective unless, no later than February 14, 2019, (i) you accept your grant through the Fidelity NetBenefits website (ii) to the extent you are not already subject to a confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-competition agreement with the Company, you execute a confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-competition agreement acceptable to the Company, and (iii) if the Company has requested that you sign an amendment to your existing confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-competition agreement with the Company, you execute the requested amendment. When you accept your grant through the Fidelity NetBenefits website, you shall be deemed to have (i) acknowledged receipt of the Options granted on the date shown above (the terms of which are subject to the terms and conditions of this Participant Award Agreement and the Plan) and a copy of this Participant Award Agreement and the Plan and (ii) agreed to be bound by all provisions of this Participant Award Agreement and the Plan.Exhibit

Exhibit 10.13(b)

AMENDMENT OF 
CONFIDENTIALITY, NON-SOLICITATION AND 
NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), by and among EQT Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation (“EQT”), Equitrans Midstream Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation (“Equitrans Midstream”), and Robert J. McNally (“Employee”), is executed as of November 12, 2018.
W I T N E S E T H:
WHEREAS, Employee and EQT are party to a Confidentiality, Non-Solicitation and Non-Competition Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2016 (the “Covenant Agreement”);
WHEREAS, Equitrans Midstream will be separated into a new publicly traded company pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement, by and among EQT, Equitrans Midstream and EQT Production Company (the “Separation Agreement”) and certain other ancillary agreements;
WHEREAS, immediately prior to (and following) the separation of Equitrans Midstream into a new publicly traded company pursuant to the Separation Agreement (the “Separation”), Employee will be an employee of EQT or its subsidiaries;
WHEREAS, EQT, Equitrans Midstream and Employee have determined that, as a result of and in connection with the Separation and Employee’s employment by EQT and its subsidiaries on and immediately following the Separation, it is appropriate and in the best interests of EQT, Equitrans Midstream and Employee that certain clarifying amendments to the Covenant Agreement be adopted; and
WHEREAS, Employee acknowledges and agrees that Employee is executing this Agreement freely and of Employee’s own volition following an opportunity to consult with legal counsel of Employee’s choice.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound, EQT, Equitrans Midstream and Employee hereby agree as follows:
1.Effectiveness.  This Agreement shall become effective upon the Effective Time (as such term is defined in the Separation Agreement).  In the event that the Separation Agreement is terminated for any reason prior to the Effective Time, this Agreement shall be null and void ab initio.  Except as expressly set forth herein, the Covenant Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms as of the date of this Agreement.
2.    Amendment to Sections 1 and 2 of the Covenant Agreement.  EQT, Equitrans Midstream and Employee each acknowledges and agrees that, if not for the Separation, the references to “the Company” in Sections 1 and 2 of the Covenant Agreement would include Equitrans Midstream as a subsidiary of EQT.  In order to clarify the rights of EQT and Equitrans 

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Midstream on and after the Effective Time, and the obligations of Employee, under Sections 1 and 2 of the Covenant Agreement, the parties hereby agree as follows:
(a)    For purposes of Sections 1 and 2 of the Covenant Agreement, the term “the Company” shall refer to both EQT and Equitrans Midstream and their respective subsidiaries; provided, however, that (x) with respect to Equitrans Midstream and its subsidiaries, the parties agree that the post-termination non-competition and non-solicitation periods specified in Section 1 of the Covenant Agreement shall commence at the Effective Time; and (y) with respect to EQT and its subsidiaries (excluding Equitrans Midstream and its subsidiaries), the post-termination non-competition and non-solicitation periods specified in Section 1 of the Covenant Agreement shall not commence, if at all, until the date Employee’s employment with EQT and its subsidiaries terminates.  For illustrative purposes only, assume (A) the Effective Time occurs on November 30, 2018 and (B) Employee’s employment with EQT and its subsidiaries terminates on March 15, 2021.  In this case, by virtue of the restriction on competition for twenty-four (24) months following Employee’s termination from employment contained in Section 1 of the Covenant Agreement, the post-termination non-competition period would cease to apply (x) with respect to Equitrans Midstream and its subsidiaries, on November 30, 2020 and (y) with respect to EQT and its subsidiaries (excluding Equitrans Midstream and its subsidiaries), on March 15, 2023.
(b)    In the event that EQT and Equitrans Midstream (or their successors in interest) engage in activities that are competitive with each other, the non-competition covenant shall not apply while Employee is employed by EQT or its successor.   
(c)    Equitrans Midstream shall be a third-party beneficiary of Sections 1 and 2 of the Covenant Agreement and may enforce its rights thereunder, to the same extent as EQT (as clarified by this Agreement), in accordance with Section 6 of the Covenant Agreement.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Covenant Agreement to the contrary, Sections 1, 2, 6 and 11 of the Covenant Agreement may not be amended in any manner that would be adverse to the interests of Equitrans Midstream without Equitrans Midstream’s consent.
3.    Amendment to Section 3(e) of the Covenant Agreement.  Section 3(e) of the Covenant Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows in order to provide Employee with termination protection with respect to awards granted under the Equitrans Midstream Corporation 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan: 
(e)    Subject to Section 14 of this Agreement, all stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other time-vesting equity awards granted to Employee under the Equitrans Midstream Corporation 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, and including any successor plan thereto, the “2018 LTIP”), the EQT Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, and including any successor plan thereto, the “2014 LTIP”), the EQT Midstream Services, LLC 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, and including any successor plan thereto, the “2012 LTIP”), the EQT GP Services, LLC 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, and including any successor plan thereto, the “2015 LTIP”), and any other long-term incentive plan of the Company (the 2018 LTIP, 2014 LTIP, the 2012 LTIP, the 2015 LTIP and any other long-term incentive plan of the Company are, collectively, the “LTIPs”) shall immediately become vested and exercisable in 

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full and/or all restrictions on such awards shall lapse (for avoidance of doubt, this provision shall supersede any provision to the contrary contained in any award agreement or program); and
4.    2019 Annual Equity Awards.  A condition to Employee’s eligibility for a 2019 equity award under the EQT Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2019 LTIP Award”) is Employee’s execution of this Agreement.  If Employee’s employment with EQT is terminated involuntarily by EQT without “Cause” (as defined in the Covenant Agreement) or voluntarily for “Good Reason” (as defined in the Covenant Agreement) prior to the grant to Employee of the 2019 LTIP Award, which is expected to occur on or about January 1, 2019, subject to Employee’s compliance with the Covenant Agreement (including execution and non-revocation of a release of claims), Employee shall receive a cash payment equal to the target value of the 2019 LTIP Award that would have been granted to Employee, which amount shall be paid (less applicable tax and other withholding) in a lump sum within 60 days of the termination of Employee’s employment.
 [Signature page follows]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date first above written.

	
		
	EQT CORPORATION

By: 

/s/ Jonathan Lushko   
Name:  Jonathan Lushko

Title:    General Counsel & Senior Vice 
             President, Government Affairs

	EQUITRANS MIDSTREAM CORPORATION

By:

 /s/ Diana Charletta   
Name:  Diana Charletta  

Title:    Executive Vice President & 
             Chief Operating Officer

	

EMPLOYEE

/s/ Robert J. McNally                                        .
Name:  Robert J. McNally

	 

[Signature Page to Amendment Agreement]

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