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Alliant Energy Director Long Term Incentive Plan (DLIP)

 Exhibit 10.6 
 ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION 
 DIRECTOR LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

  

	1.	Purposes, History and Effective Date. 

 (a) Purpose. The Alliant Energy Corporation 2010 Director Long Term Incentive Plan has two complementary purposes: (i) to attract and retain outstanding employees and (ii) to increase
shareowner value. The Plan will provide participants incentives to increase shareowner value by offering the opportunity to receive monetary awards for achieving Performance Goals related to increasing shareowner value. 

(b) Effective Date. This Plan will become effective, and Awards may be granted under this Plan, on and after January 1, 2010.

  

	2.	Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Plan have the following meanings: 

(a) “Affiliate” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act or any successor rule or regulation
thereto. 
 (b) “Award” means the right to receive a cash payment to the extent Performance Goals are achieved, and
shall include Long Term Incentive Awards, Performance Units or Restricted Cash Grants. Any Award granted under this Plan shall be provided or made in such manner and at such time as complies with the applicable requirements of Code Section 409A
to avoid a plan failure described in Code Section 409A(a)(1), including, without limitation, deferring payment to a specified employee or until a specified distribution event, as provided in Code Section 409A(a)(2). 

(c) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a specific provision of the Code includes any
successor provision and the regulations promulgated under such provision. 
 (d) “Committee” means the Total
Compensation Committee, or any successor committee authorized to provide oversight and development of non-officer compensation programs. 
 (e) “Company” means Alliant Energy Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation, or any successor thereto. 
 (f) “Participant” means an individual selected by the Committee to receive an Award. 
 (g) “Performance Goals” means any goals the Committee establishes, including net income, total shareowner return and earnings per share. As to each Performance Goal, the relevant measurement of
performance shall be computed in 

 
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, but, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, will exclude the effects of: (i) charges for reorganizing and restructuring;
(ii) discontinued operations; (iii) asset write-downs; (iv) gains or losses on the disposition of a business; (v) changes in tax or accounting principles, regulations or laws; (vi) mergers, acquisitions or dispositions; and
(vii) extraordinary, unusual and/or non-recurring items of gain or loss, that in all of the foregoing the Company identifies in its audited financial statements, including footnotes, or the Management’s Discussion and Analysis section of
the Company’s annual report. Also, the Committee may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Performance Goal to exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (i) litigation, claims,
judgments or settlements; (ii) the effects of changes in other laws or regulations affecting reported results; and (iii) accruals of any amounts for payment under this Plan or any other compensation arrangements maintained by the Company.
In addition, the Committee may establish other Performance Goals not listed in this Plan. Where applicable, the Performance Goals may be expressed, without limitation, in terms of attaining a specified level of the particular criterion or the
attainment of an increase or decrease (expressed as absolute numbers or a percentage) in the particular criterion or achievement in relation to a peer group or other index. The Performance Goals may include a threshold level of performance below
which no payment will be made (or no vesting will occur), levels of performance at which specified payments will be paid (or specified vesting will occur), and a maximum level of performance above which no additional payment will be made (or at
which full vesting will occur). 
 (h) “Performance Units” means the right to receive cash valued in relation to a
unit that has a designated dollar value payable at a multiple of target value based on achievement of Performance Goals. 
 (i)
“Plan” means this Alliant Energy Corporation 2010 Director Long Term Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time. 
 (j) “Restricted Cash Awards” means awards that are subject to a risk of forfeiture, which risk may lapse upon the achievement or partial achievement of Performance Goals and upon the completion
of a period of service. 
 (k) “Stock” means the Common Stock of the Company, $.01 par value. 

(l) “Subsidiary” means any corporation, limited liability company or other limited liability entity in an unbroken chain of
entities beginning with the Company if each of the entities (other than the last entities in the chain) owns the stock or equity interest possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock or
other equity interests in one of the other entities in the chain. 
  

	3.	Administration. 

 In
addition to the authority specifically granted to the Committee in this Plan, the Committee has full discretionary authority to administer this Plan, including but not 

 
limited to the authority to (i) interpret the provisions of this Plan, (ii) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan, (iii) correct any defect,
supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in any Award or agreement covering an Award in the manner and to the extent it deems desirable to carry this Plan into effect and (iv) make all other determinations necessary or advisable for
the administration of this Plan. All Committee determinations shall be made in the sole discretion of the Committee and are final and binding on all interested parties. 

 

	4.	Eligibility.  

 The
Committee may designate any of the following as a Participant from time to time: any employee of the Company or its Affiliates. The Committee may not designate executive officers of the Company or its Affiliates as Participants. The Committee’s
designation of a Participant in any year will not require the Committee to designate such person to receive an Award in any other year. The Committee’s granting of a particular type of Award to a Participant will not require the Committee to
grant any other type of Award to such individual. 
  

	5.	Long Term Incentive Awards 

Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Committee will determine all terms and conditions of an Award, including but not limited to the
Performance Goals, performance period, the potential amount payable, the type of payment, and the timing of payment, subject to the following: (a) the Committee must require that payment of all or any portion of the amount subject to the Award
is contingent on the achievement or partial achievement of one or more Performance Goals during the period the Committee specifies; (b) the performance period must relate to a period of more than one fiscal year of the Company except that, if
the Award is made at the time of commencement of employment with the Company or on the occasion of a promotion, then the Award may be pro rated to a shorter period; and (c) payment will be in cash. This Section 5 applies to any awards of
Performance Units or Restricted Cash Awards. 
  

	6.	Performance Units 

 (a)
Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Committee will determine all terms and conditions of each award of Performance Units, including but not limited to: (i) one or more Performance Goals that must be achieved during such period as the
Committee specifies (which period may not be less than three years); (ii) the number of Performance Units to be awarded to each Participant based on a percentage of that Participant’s salary; and (iii) the target for the Performance
Goal and, to determine the amount to be paid to the Participant, any multiplier to be used in relation to the target for the Performance Goal. 
 (b) Prior to the 75th day following the end of the performance period, provided the Performance Goals are achieved, the Company shall deliver to the Participant cash equal to the fair market value of one share of Stock for
each Performance Unit earned by 

 
the Participant, as determined based on the achievement of the Performance Goal and any multiplier set by the Committee at the time the Award was granted. The earned Performance Units payable to
the Participant shall be paid solely in cash based on the fair market value of the Stock (determined based on the closing price for the Stock on the first business day next following the last day of the performance period, as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange). 
  

	7.	Restricted Cash Awards. 

(a) Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Committee will determine all terms and conditions of each award of Restricted Cash Grants,
including but not limited to: (i) one or more Performance Goals that must be achieved during such period as the Committee specifies; (ii) the amount of the Restricted Cash Awards to be awarded to each Participant based on a percentage of
that Participant’s salary; and (iii) whether and how to measure the value of the Restricted Cash Award in relation to the fair market value of the Stock. 

(b) Prior to the 75th day following the end of the performance period, provided the Performance Goals are achieved, the Company shall
deliver to the Participant cash equal to the Restricted Cash Award. The earned Restricted Cash Awards payable to the Participant shall be paid solely in cash based on the fair market value of the Stock (determined based on the closing price for the
Stock on the first business day next following the last day of the performance period, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange). 
  

	8.	Amendment of Minimum Vesting and Performance Periods. 

 Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan that requires a minimum vesting and/or performance period for an Award, the Committee, at the time an Award is granted or any later date, may subject an Award to
a shorter vesting and/or performance period to take into account a Participant’s hire or promotion. If the Participant’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates terminates during the performance period because of the
Participant’s death, disability (as defined by the Committee), retirement (as defined by the Committee), involuntary termination without cause (as defined by the Committee), or a change in control of the Company (as defined by the Committee),
the Participant shall be entitled to a prorated value of the Award earned if the Performance Goals are met, determined at the end of the performance period, and based on the ratio of the number of months the Participant was employed during the
performance period to the total number of months in the performance period. If a Participant’s employment with the Company or its Affiliates terminates for any reason other than death, disability, retirement, involuntary termination without
cause or a change in control of the Company before the last day of the performance period, the Participant will not be entitled to any payment or Award under this Plan. 

	9.	Transferability. 

 Awards
are not transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, unless and to the extent the Committee allows a Participant to: (a) designate in writing a beneficiary to exercise the Award or receive payment under the Award
after the Participant’s death; or (b) transfer an Award to the former spouse of the Participant as required by a domestic relations order incident to a divorce. 

 

	10.	Termination and Amendment of Plan 

 (a) Amendment, Modification or Cancellation of Awards. The Committee may modify or amend any Award, or waive any restrictions or conditions applicable to any Award or the exercise of the Award, or
amend, modify or cancel any terms and conditions applicable to any Award, in each case by mutual agreement between the Committee and the Participant or any other person(s) as may then have an interest in the Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Committee need not obtain Participant (or other interested party) consent for any such action: (i) to the extent the action is deemed necessary by the Committee to comply with any applicable law or the listing requirements of any principal
securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then traded; (ii) to the extent the action is deemed necessary by the Committee to preserve favorable accounting or tax treatment of any Award for the Company; or (iii) to the extent
the Committee determines that such action does not materially and adversely affect the value of an Award or that such action is in the best interest of the affected Participant or any other person(s) as may then have an interest in the Award.

 (b) Survival of Authority and Awards. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the authority of the Committee will extend beyond
the date of this Plan’s termination. In addition, termination of this Plan will not affect the rights of Participants with respect to Awards previously granted to them, and all unexpired Awards will continue in force and effect after
termination of this Plan except as they may lapse or be terminated by their own terms and conditions. 
  

	11.	Taxes. 

 (a)
Withholding. In the event the Company or an Affiliate of the Company is required to withhold any federal, state or local taxes or other amounts in respect of any income recognized by a Participant as a result of the grant, vesting, payment or
settlement of an Award, the Company may deduct (or require an Affiliate to deduct) cash from any payments of any kind otherwise due the Participant to satisfy tax withholding obligations. 

(b) No Guarantee of Tax Treatment. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, the Company does not guarantee to
any Participant or any other person(s) with an interest in an Award that (i) any Award intended to be exempt from Code Section 409A shall be so exempt, (ii) any Award intended to comply with Code Section 409A shall so comply, or
(iii) any Award shall otherwise receive a specific tax treatment under any other applicable tax law, nor in any such case will the Company or any Affiliate indemnify, defend or hold harmless any individual with respect to the tax consequences
of any Award. 

	12.	Miscellaneous. 

 (a)
Other Terms and Conditions. The grant of any Award may also be subject to other provisions (whether or not applicable to the Award granted to any other Participant) as the Committee determines appropriate, provided, however, dividend payment
or dividend equivalent payments may not be made with respect to Awards. 
 (b) Employment and Service. The issuance of an
Award shall not confer upon a Participant any right with respect to continued employment or service with the Company or any Affiliate, or the right to continue as an employee of the Company in any capacity. Unless determined otherwise by the
Committee, for purposes of the Plan and all Awards, the following rules shall apply: 
 (i) a Participant who transfers
employment between the Company and its Affiliates, or between Affiliates, will not be considered to have terminated employment; 

(ii) a Participant who ceases to be employed by the Company or an Affiliate and immediately thereafter becomes a non-employee member of
the Board of Directors of the Company, a non-employee member of the board of directors of an Affiliate, shall not be considered to have terminated employment until such Participant’s service as a member of the board of directors of, or
consultant to, the Company and its Affiliates has ceased; and 
 (iii) a Participant employed by an Affiliate will be considered
to have terminated employment when such entity ceases to be an Affiliate. 
 (c) Unfunded Plan. This Plan is unfunded and
does not create, and should not be construed to create, a trust or separate fund with respect to this Plan’s benefits. This Plan does not establish any fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant or other person. To the
extent any person holds any rights by virtue of an Award granted under this Plan, such rights are no greater than the rights of the Company’s general unsecured creditors. 
 (d) Deferrals Prohibited. Awards made under this Plan are not eligible to be deferred in the Alliant Energy Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan or the Alliant Energy Deferred Compensation Plan.

 (e) Governing Law. This Plan, and all agreements under this Plan, will be construed in accordance with and governed by
the laws of the State of Wisconsin, without reference to any conflict of law principles. 

 (f) Limitations on Actions. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Plan,
any Award or any award agreement must be brought within one year (365 days) after the day the complaining party first knew or should have known of the events giving rise to the complaint. 

(g) Construction. Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine, they shall be construed as though they were used in the
feminine in all cases where they would so apply; and wherever any words are used in the singular or plural, they shall be construed as though they were used in the plural or singular, as the case may be, in all cases where they would so apply.
Titles of sections are for general information only, and this Plan is not to be construed with reference to such titles. 
 (h)
Severability. If any provision of this Plan or any award agreement or any Award (i) is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person or Award, or (ii) would disqualify this
Plan, any award agreement or any Award under any law the Committee deems applicable, then such provision should be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the
determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of this Plan, award agreement or Award, then such provision should be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award, and the remainder of this Plan, such award agreement and such
Award will remain in full force and effect.Form of Restricted Cash Agreement pursuant to the Alliant Energy DLIP

 Exhibit 10.6a 
 FORM OF 
 ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION 

RESTRICTED CASH AGREEMENT 
 THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of the      day of             ,
20     (the “Award Date”), by and between Alliant Energy Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (the “Company”), and [Employee], a key employee of the Company (“Employee”) pursuant to the
terms and conditions of the Alliant Energy Corporation Director Long Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) effective as of January 1, 2010. 
 RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, the Employee is now employed by the
Company or an Affiliate of the Company in a key capacity and has exhibited judgment, initiative and efforts which have contributed materially to the successful performance of the Company or its Affiliates; and 

WHEREAS, the Company desires the Employee to remain as an employee of the Company or its Affiliates and wishes to provide the
Employee with the opportunity to secure or increase his or her compensation in order to develop even a stronger incentive to put forth maximum effort for the continued success and growth of the Company. 

AGREEMENT 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the covenants and agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby mutually covenant and agree as follows: 

 

	1.	Award. Subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Plan, the Employee is hereby granted an Award equal to a targeted value of
$             (the “Targeted Amount”). 

  

	2.	Performance Period. The “Performance Period” is the period beginning on             
    , 20     and ending on                  , 20    ,
                 , 20    , or             
    , 20    , as applicable to satisfy the Performance Contingency. 

  

	3.	 Performance Contingency. The “Performance Contingency” is satisfied if for the second year, for the third year or for the fourth year
of the Performance Period, the Company’s adjusted annual Net Income from Continuing Operations (“Net Income from Continuing Operations”) is at least     % of the adjusted Net Income from Continuing
Operations for the year ending immediately prior to the beginning of the Performance Period (based on compounded annual Net Income growth from Continuing Operations of     % per year times three years). More specifically,
the Performance Contingency is satisfied if on                  , 20    , or on
                 , 20    , or on             
    , 20    , the Company’s adjusted Net Income from Continuing Operations is at least     % of the 20     year-end adjusted Net Income
from Continuing Operations. To determine whether the Performance Contingency is satisfied, Net Income from Continuing Operations will 

	 	 
be calculated excluding the effects of the following, if the amount is over $4,000,000 on a pre-tax basis and is not considered in the annual budget approved by the Board of Directors:
(i) charges for reorganizing and restructuring; (ii) discontinued operations; (iii) asset write-downs; (iv) gains or losses on the disposition of an asset or business; (v) mergers, acquisitions or dispositions; and
(vii) extraordinary, unusual and/or non-recurring items of gain or loss, that in all of the foregoing the Company identifies in its audited financial statements, including footnotes, or the Management’s Discussion and Analysis section of
the Company’s periodic reports. 

  

	4.	Payment of Awards. The amount of the Award shall be the Targeted Amount multiplied by the Modifier. The Award shall be paid in cash as soon as practicable after
the end of the Performance Period, subject to the Committee certifying in writing as to the satisfaction of the requisite Performance Goal or Goals, provided, however, the payment is made not later than 75 days following the Performance Period.

  

	5.	Retirement, Disability, or Death During Performance Period. If the Employee’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates terminates during the
Performance Period because of the Employee’s Retirement, Disability, involuntary termination without Cause, or death, the Employee shall be entitled to a prorated value of the Award determined at the end of the Performance Period, and based on
the ratio of the number of months the Employee was employed during the Performance Period to the total number of months in the Performance Period. 

  

	6.	Other Terminations of Employment During Performance Period. If the Employee’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates terminates during the
Performance Period for any reason other than the Employee’s Retirement, Disability, involuntary termination without Cause, or death, the Award made under this Agreement will be forfeited on the date of such termination of employment;
provided, however, that in such circumstances, the Committee, in its discretion, may determine that the Employee will be entitled to receive a pro rata or other portion of the Award. 

 

	7.	Change in Control. If a Change in Control occurs during the Performance Period and at least 180 days after Award Date, and the Employee’s termination does
not occur before the Change in Control date, then the Employee shall earn the Award that would have been earned by the Employee as if 100% of the Performance Contingencies for the Performance Period had been achieved, but prorated based on the ratio
of the number of months the Employee is employed during the Performance Period to 36 (unless the Performance Period is already into it fourth year, in which case the denominator would be 48) with the closing price of the Company Stock utilized for
purposes of the determining the numerator in the Modifier being equal to the closing price of the Company Stock on the date of the Change in Control. 

  
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	8.	Definitions. The following sets forth definitions of certain terms used in this Agreement: 

 

	 	(a)	Cause. The term “Cause” means, but is not limited to, (1) embezzlement of funds of the Company or an Affiliate, (2) fraud, (3) the
engaging by the Employee in conduct not taken in good faith which has caused demonstrable financial or reputational harm to the Company, (4) commission of a felony which impairs the Employee’s ability to perform the Employee’s duties
and responsibilities and (5) continuing willful and unreasonable refusal by the Employee to perform Employee’s duties or responsibilities. The Total Compensation Committee (the “Committee”), by a majority vote, shall make the
determination of whether Cause exists. 

  

	 	(b)	Change in Control. The term “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any one of the events set forth in the following paragraphs:

  

	 	(i)	any Person (other than (A) the Company or any subsidiary of the Company (each a “Subsidiary”), (B) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities
under any employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary, (C) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities or (D) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareowners of the
Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock in the Company (“Excluded Persons”)) is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities
beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates after the Grant Date, pursuant to express authorization by the Board that refers to this exception) representing 20% or more of either the then
outstanding shares of Common Stock or the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities; or 

  

	 	(ii)	 the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors of the Company then serving: (A) individuals
who, on the Award Date, constituted the Board and (B) any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy or consent solicitation for the purpose of opposing a
solicitation by the Company relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareowners was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the
directors then still in office who either were directors on the Award Date, or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved (collectively the “Continuing Directors”); provided,
however, that individuals who are appointed to the Board pursuant to or in accordance with the terms of an agreement relating to a merger, consolidation, or share exchange involving the Company (or any Subsidiary) shall not be
Continuing Directors for purposes of this Agreement until after such individuals are first nominated for election by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the then Continuing

  
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Directors and are thereafter elected as directors by the shareowners of the Company at a meeting of shareowners held following consummation of such merger, consolidation or share exchange; and,
provided further, that in the event the failure of any such Persons appointed to the Board to be Continuing Directors results in a Change in Control, the subsequent qualification of such Persons as Continuing Directors shall not alter the
fact that a Change in Control occurred; or 

  

	 	(iii)	the Company after the Award Date, consummates a merger, consolidation or share exchange with any other corporation or issues voting securities in connection with a
merger, consolidation or share exchange involving the Company (or any Subsidiary), other than (A) a merger, consolidation or share exchange which results in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger,
consolidation or share exchange continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof) at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities
of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation or share exchange, or (B) a merger, consolidation or share exchange effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company
(or similar transaction) in which no Person (other than an Excluded Person) is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities
acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates after the Award Date, pursuant to express authorization by the Board that refers to this exception) representing 20% or more of either the then outstanding shares of Common Stock or the combined
voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities; or 

  

	 	(iv)	the shareowners of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or the Company effects a sale or disposition of all or substantially
all of its assets (in one transaction or a series of related transactions within any period of 24 consecutive months), other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity at least 75%
of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by Persons in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if there is consummated
any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the shares of Common Stock immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to own, directly or indirectly, in the same
proportions as their ownership in the Company, an entity that owns all or substantially all of the assets or voting securities of the Company immediately following such transaction or series of transactions. 

  
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	 	(c)	Disability. “Disability” shall have the meaning provided in the Alliant Energy Cash Balance Plan. 

 

	 	(d)	Involuntary Termination without Cause. “Involuntary Termination without Cause” shall mean that an Employee has been notified in writing that his or her
position is being eliminated or significantly altered as a result of a substantial diminishment of responsibility or salary or as a result of a structured job elimination program implemented by management of the Company. 

 

	 	(e)	Modifier. The Modifier shall be a fraction the denominator of which is the closing price of a share of the Company Stock on the Award Date and the numerator
shall be the closing price of a share of Company Stock on the business day immediately preceding the date the award is paid. 

  

	 	(f)	Retirement. “Retirement” of the Employee shall mean the Employee’s employment terminates (with the consent of the Company) after he or she has
reached age 55 and the Employee’s age added to the number of years of the Employee’s continuous employment with the Company totals 65 or greater. 

 

	9.	Tax Withholding. The Company may deduct and withhold from any cash otherwise payable to the Employee such amount as may be required for the purpose of satisfying
the Company’s obligation to withhold federal, state or local taxes. Further, in the event the amount so withheld is insufficient for such purpose, the Company may require that the Employee pay to the Company upon its demand or otherwise make
arrangements satisfactory to the Company for payment of, such amount as may be requested by the Company in order to satisfy its obligation to withhold any such taxes. 

 

	10.	Designation of Beneficiary. 

  

	 	(a)	The person whose name appears on the signature page hereof after the caption “Beneficiary” or any successor designated by the Employee in accordance herewith
(the person who is the Employee’s beneficiary at the time of his or her death is herein referred to as the “Beneficiary”) shall be entitled to payouts hereunder, to the extent they are made, after the death of the Employee. The
Employee may from time to time revoke or change his or her beneficiary without the consent of any prior beneficiary by filing a new designation with the Committee. The last such designation received by the Committee shall be controlling; provided,
however, that no designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall be effective unless received by the Committee prior to the Employee’s death, and in no event shall any designation be effective as of a date prior to such receipt.

  

	 	(b)	 If no such Beneficiary designation is in effect at the time of the Employee’s death, or if no designated Beneficiary survives the Employee or if
such designation conflicts with law, the Employee’s estate acting through his or her legal 

  
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representative shall be entitled to receive payouts hereunder, to the extent they are made, after the death of the Employee. If the Committee is in doubt as to the right of any person to the
Award or any payout thereunder, the Company may refuse to settle such matter until the Committee determines the person entitled to the Award or any payout thereunder, or the Company may apply to any court of appropriate jurisdiction and such
application shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Company therefor. 

  

	11.	Status of Employee. Neither the Plan nor the Award shall confer upon the Employee any right to continue as an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates,
nor to interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate the employment or directorship of the Employee at any time. 

  

	12.	Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Company its successors and assigns, and upon any person acquiring,
whether by merger, consolidation, purchase of assets or otherwise, all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and business. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the Employee, his or her legal heirs, legatees
and representatives. Except for the designation of a beneficiary as provided herein, this Agreement may not be assigned or pledged by the Employee in any way, and any attempted assignment or pledge shall be null and void and of no legal effect.

  

	13.	Powers of the Company Not Affected. The existence of the Award shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareowners to make or
authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issuance of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior
preference stock senior to or affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof, or dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of the Company’s assets or business or any other corporate act or
proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. 

  

	14.	Interpretation by the Committee. As a condition of the granting of the Award, the Employee agrees, for himself or herself and for his or her legal
representatives or guardians, that this Agreement shall be interpreted by the Committee and that any interpretation by the Committee of the terms of this Agreement and any determination made by the Committee pursuant to this Agreement shall be
final, binding and conclusive. 

  

	15.	Miscellaneous. 

  

	 	(a)	This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Wisconsin applicable to contracts made and to be performed therein
between residents thereof. 

  

	 	(b)	This Agreement is subject in all respect to the terms and conditions of the Plan. 

 

	 	(c)	 This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by the written consent of the parties hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee need
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obtain Employee (or other interested party) consent for any such action: (i) to the extent the action is deemed necessary by the Committee to comply with any applicable law; (ii) to the
extent the action is deemed necessary by the Committee to preserve favorable accounting or tax treatment for the Company of any Award; or (iii) to the extent the Committee determines that such action does not materially and adversely affect the
value of an Award or that such action is in the best interest of the affected Employee. 

  

	 	(d)	The captions of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be taken into account in construing this Agreement.

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officer
and the Employee has hereunto affixed his or her hand as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION
	(the “Company”)
		
	By:	 	  

		
	Its:	 	
	
	EMPLOYEE:
	
	  

I understand that I have the right to name one or more primary beneficiaries and one or more contingent beneficiaries to receive benefits
in the event that my primary beneficiaries die. 
 I hereby make the following beneficiary designations: 

 

							
	Primary Beneficiary:	 		 	Contingent Beneficiary:
				
	Name:	 	  
	 		 	  

				
	Address:	 	  
	 		 	  

				
	Relationship:	 	  
	 		 	  

 (attach a piece of paper with the appropriate information for any multiple beneficiaries, including the manner of splitting the benefit between beneficiaries of the same class; if not provided
otherwise, all sums payable to more than one beneficiary of the same class shall be paid equally to those beneficiaries living at the time of your death) 

  
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