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Exhibit 10.4  

 
 

AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO
  FOREST OIL CORPORATION
  STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN    
    

        WHEREAS, Forest Oil Corporation (the "Company") has heretofore adopted the Forest Oil Corporation Stock Incentive
Plan, as Amended and Restated Effective as of March 22, 1996, and as amended by Amendments No. 1 and No. 2 dated May 9, 2001 (the "Plan"); and 

        WHEREAS, the Company now desires to amend Subparagraph X(b) of the Plan; 

        WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors have each approved the proposed amendment to Subparagraph X(b) of the Plan
and such other provisions of the Plan as may be necessary or advisable to effectuate the change to Subparagraph X(b); and 

        WHEREAS, the proposed amendment to the Plan is not a material modification and does not require approval by the shareholders under
applicable rules of the New York Stock Exchange; 

        NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan shall be amended as follows: 

Paragraph X(b), of the Plan shall be amended by adding the following language at the end of Subparagraph X(b): 

"In
the event of changes in the outstanding Common Stock by reason of recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, split-ups, split-offs,
spin-offs, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization or distributions to the holders of Common Stock occurring after the date of the grant of any Option and not otherwise
provided for by this Subparagraph X(b), such Option and any agreement evidencing such Option shall be subject to adjustment by the Committee at its sole discretion as to the number and price of shares
of Common Stock or other consideration subject to such Option. In the event of
any such change in the outstanding Common Stock or distribution to the holders of Common Stock, the aggregate number of shares available under the Plan and the maximum number of shares that may be
subject to Options granted to any one individual may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive." 

   
        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Amendment No. 3 to Forest Oil Corporation 1996 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended
and Restated Effective as of March 22, 1996 to be executed this 6th day of December 2005. 

	

 	
FOREST OIL CORPORATION
	

 	

By:	

/s/  CYRUS D. MARTER IV        
 Cyrus D. Marter IV

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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Exhibit 10.8  

 
 

AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO
  FOREST OIL CORPORATION
  2001 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN    
    

        WHEREAS, Forest Oil Corporation (the "Company") has heretofore adopted the Forest Oil Corporation 2001 Stock
Incentive Plan, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated May 8, 2003 and Amendment No. 2 dated April 22, 2004 (the "Plan"); and 

        WHEREAS, the Company's Bylaws allow the Company to issue uncertificated shares and provide that the rights and obligations of the holders
of uncertificated shares and the rights and obligations of holders of certificates representing shares of the same class and series shall be identical; and 

        WHEREAS, the Company now desires to amend the Plan to permit the electronic, book-entry delivery of shares of the Company's
common stock upon settlement of any options, director stock awards, performance awards, phantom stock awards and restricted stock awards under the Plan; and 

        WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee and the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors have each approved such amendment permitting the
Company to use uncertificated shares in connection with the settlement of any awards under the Plan; 

        NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of January 1, 2006 the Plan shall be amended as follows: 

	1.
	Paragraph V(c) of the Plan shall be amended by adding the following sentence to the end of the paragraph: 

        "The
shares of the Company's stock to be issued pursuant to any Award may be represented by physical stock certificates or may be uncertificated. Notwithstanding references in the Plan
to certificates, the Company may deliver uncertificated shares of Common Stock in connection with any Restricted Stock Award or stock settlement of any other form of Award." 

	2.
	Paragraph VIII(b) of the Plan shall be amended by deleting the first sentence. 

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Amendment No. 3 to Forest Oil Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan to be
executed this 10th day of January, 2006. 

	 	 	FOREST OIL CORPORATION
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CYRUS D. MARTER IV      

	 	 	 	Cyrus D. Marter IV

Vice President,

General Counsel & Secretary

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Exhibit 10.12  

 
  RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT    
    

        THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of
the                        day
of                        ,
        , between Forest Oil Corporation, a New York corporation (the "Company"),
and                        (the "Employee"). 

        1.    Award.    Pursuant to the Forest Oil Corporation 2001 Stock
Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"), as of the date of this Agreement,            shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.10 per share (the "Restricted Stock"), shall be issued
as
hereinafter provided in the Employee's name subject to certain restrictions thereon, in consideration of services that the Employee has performed for the Company in 2005 and services to be provided to
the Company in the future. The Restricted Stock shall be issued upon acceptance of this Agreement by the Employee and upon satisfaction of the conditions of this Agreement. This award of Restricted
Stock shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan, including future amendments thereto, if any, which is available on http://corpweb1/. For paper copies of the Plan and prospectus
please contact Stock Administration, 707 Seventeenth Street, Suite 3600, Denver, CO 80202, or call 303.812.1502 or 303.812.1579. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and
the Plan, the Plan shall control. 

        2.    Restricted Stock.    The Employee hereby accepts the Restricted
Stock when issued and agrees with respect thereto as follows: 

        (a)    Forfeiture Restrictions.    The Restricted Stock may not be
sold, assigned, pledged, exchanged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred, encumbered or disposed of to the extent then subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions (as hereinafter defined), and in the
event of termination of the Employee's employment with the Company for any reason other than death, Disability, or Involuntary Termination (as such terms are hereinafter defined), the Employee shall,
for no consideration, forfeit to the Company all Restricted Stock to the extent then subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions. The prohibition against transfer and the obligation to forfeit and
surrender Restricted Stock to the Company upon termination of employment are herein referred to as the "Forfeiture Restrictions." The Forfeiture Restrictions shall be binding upon and enforceable
against any transferee of Restricted Stock. For purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized words and terms shall have the meanings indicated below: 

        (i)    "Board"
shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company. 

        (ii)   "Code"
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

        (iii)  "Committee"
shall mean the committee of the Board that is selected by the Board to administer the Plan as provided in the Plan. 

        (iv)  "Corporate
Change" shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the following events: (A) the Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger,
consolidation or other reorganization (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity other than a previously wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company); (B) the Company sells, leases or exchanges
all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity (other than a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company); (C) the Company is to be dissolved and liquidated; (D) any
person or entity, including a "group" as contemplated by Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, acquires or gains ownership or control (including, without
limitation, power to vote) of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company's voting stock (based upon voting power); or (E) as a result of or in connection with a contested election
of directors, the persons who were directors of the Company before such election shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Corporate Change" shall not
include any reorganization, merger or consolidation involving solely the Company and one or more previously wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company. 

 

        (v)   "Disability"
shall mean that, as a result of the Employee's incapacity due to physical or mental illness, he shall have been absent from the full-time
performance of his duties for six consecutive months, and he shall not have returned to full-time performance of his duties within 30 days after written notice of termination is
given to the Employee by the Company (provided, however, that such notice may not be given prior to 30 days before the expiration of such six-month period). 

        (vi)  "Involuntary
Termination" shall mean any termination of the Employee's employment with the Company which does not result from a resignation by the Employee; provided,
however, that the term "Involuntary Termination" shall not include a termination as a result of death, Disability, or a termination of the Employee's employment by the Company (or its subsidiaries) by
reason of the Employee's gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of his duties or final conviction of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or a felony. 

        (vii) "Section 16
Person" shall mean an officer, director or affiliate of the Company or a former officer, director or affiliate of the Company who is subject to
section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

        (b)    Lapse of Forfeiture Restrictions.    The Forfeiture
Restrictions shall lapse as to the Restricted Stock in accordance with the following schedule provided that the Employee has been continuously employed by the Company from the date of this Agreement
through the lapse date: 

	Lapse Date
 
	 	Percentage of Total Number

of Restricted Stock as to Which

Forfeiture Restrictions Lapse

	  	 	 
	  	 	 

Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse as to all of the Restricted Stock then subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions on (i) the date of a Corporate Change
provided that the Employee has been continuously employed by the Company from the date of this Agreement to the date of such Corporate Change or (ii) the date the Employee's employment with the
Company is terminated by reason of death, Disability, or Involuntary Termination. 

        (c)    Certificates.    A certificate evidencing the Restricted Stock
shall be issued by the Company in Employee's name, pursuant to which Employee shall have all of the rights of a shareholder of the Company with respect to the Restricted Stock, including, without
limitation, voting rights and the right to receive dividends; provided, however, that dividends paid in shares of the Company's stock shall be subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions. The Employee may
not sell, transfer, pledge, exchange, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of the Restricted Stock until the Forfeiture Restrictions have expired and a breach of the terms of this Agreement shall cause a
forfeiture of the Restricted Stock. The Company, in its discretion, may elect to complete the delivery of the Restricted Stock by means of electronic, book-entry statement, instead of
issuing physical share certificates. 

        Certificates,
if any, shall be delivered upon issuance to the Secretary of the Company or to such other depository as may be designated by the Committee as a depository for safekeeping
until the forfeiture of such Restricted Stock occurs or the Forfeiture Restrictions lapse pursuant to the terms of the Plan and this award. Upon the lapse of the Forfeiture Restrictions, the Company
shall cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued without legend (except for any legend required pursuant to applicable securities laws or any other agreement to which the Employee is a
party) in the name of the Employee in exchange for the certificate evidencing the Restricted Stock, or, as may be the case, it shall issue appropriate instructions to the transfer agent if the
electronic, 

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book-entry
method is utilized. In any event, the Company, in its discretion, may elect to deliver the shares in certificate form or electronically to a brokerage account established for
the Employee's benefit at a brokerage financial institution selected by the Company. At the Company's request, the Employee shall deliver to the Company a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to
the Restricted Stock and the Employee agrees to complete and sign any other documents and take additional action that the Company may request to enable it to deliver the Restricted Stock on the
Employee's behalf. 

        (d)    Corporate Acts.    The existence of the Restricted Stock shall
not affect in any way the right or power of the Board or the shareholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company's capital
structure or its business, any merger or consolidation of the Company, any issue of debt or equity securities, the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any sale, lease, exchange or other
disposition of all or any part of its assets or business or any other corporate act or proceeding. The prohibitions of Section 2(a) hereof shall not apply to the transfer of Restricted Stock
pursuant to a plan of reorganization of the Company, but the stock, securities or other property received in exchange therefor shall also become subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions and provisions
governing the lapsing of such Forfeiture Restrictions applicable to the original Restricted Stock for all purposes of this Agreement and the certificates representing such stock, securities or other
property shall be legended to show such restrictions. 

        3.    Withholding of Tax.    To the extent that the receipt of the
Restricted Stock or the lapse of any Forfeiture Restrictions results in compensation income or wages to the Employee for federal or state income tax purposes, the Employee shall deliver to the Company
at the time of such receipt or lapse, as the case may be, such amount of money as the Company may require to meet its obligation under applicable tax laws or regulations. The Employee may elect with
respect to this Agreement to surrender or authorize the Company to withhold shares of stock of the Company (valued at their fair market value on the date of surrender or withholding of such shares) to
satisfy any tax required to be withheld by reason of compensation income or wages resulting under this Agreement. An election pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be referred to herein as a "Stock
Withholding Election" and the Company retains the right to impose conditions on the stock withholding election right. All Stock Withholding Elections shall be made by written notice to the Company at
its principal executive office addressed to the attention of the Secretary. If the Employee is not a Section 16 Person, the Employee may revoke such election by delivering to the Secretary
written notice of such revocation prior to the date such election is implemented through actual surrender or withholding of shares of stock of the Company (the "Withholding Date"). If the Employee is
a Section 16 Person, the Stock Withholding Election must: 

        (i)    be
irrevocable and made six months prior to the Withholding Date, or 

        (ii)   (a)
be approved by the Committee, either before or after such election is made, (b) be made, and the Withholding Date occur, during a period beginning on the
third business day following the date of release by the Company for publication of quarterly and annual summary statements of sales and earnings and ending on the twelfth business day following such
date, and (c) be made more than six months after the effective date of this Agreement. 

        If
the Employee fails to pay the required amount to the Company or fails to make a Stock Withholding Election, the Company is authorized to withhold from any cash remuneration (or, if
the Employee is not a Section 16 Person, stock remuneration, including withholding any Restricted Stock distributable to the Employee under this Agreement) then or thereafter payable to the
Employee any tax required to be withheld by reason of compensation income or wages resulting under this Agreement or the disposition of Restricted Stock acquired under this Agreement. 

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        4.    Status of Stock.    The Employee agrees that the Restricted
Stock issued under this Agreement will not be sold or otherwise disposed of in any manner which would constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws. The Employee also
agrees that (i) certificates, if any, representing the Restricted Stock may bear such legend or legends as the Committee deems appropriate in order to reflect the Forfeiture Restrictions and to
assure compliance with applicable securities laws, (ii) the Company may refuse to register the transfer of the Restricted Stock on the stock transfer records of the Company if such proposed
transfer would constitute a violation of the Forfeiture Restrictions or, in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, of any applicable securities law, and (iii) the Company may give
related instructions to its transfer agent, if any, to stop registration of the transfer of the Restricted Stock. 

        5.    Employment Relationship.    For purposes of this Agreement, the
Employee shall be considered to be in the employment of the Company as long as the Employee remains an employee of either the Company, an Affiliate (as such term is defined in the Plan), or any
successor corporation. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, it is expressly provided that the Employee shall be considered to have terminated employment with the Company at the time
of the termination of the "Affiliate" status under the Plan of the entity or other organization that employs the Employee. Nothing in the adoption of the Plan, nor the award of the Restricted Stock
thereunder pursuant to this Agreement, shall confer upon the Employee the right to continued employment by the Company or affect in any way the right of the Company to terminate such employment at any
time. Unless otherwise provided in a written employment agreement or by applicable law, the Employee's employment by the Company shall be on an at-will basis, and the employment
relationship may be terminated at any time by either the Employee or the Company for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause. Any question as to whether and when there has been a termination of
such employment, and the cause of such termination, shall be determined by the Committee, and its determination shall be final. 

        6.    Notices.    Any notices or other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be
sufficient if in writing. In the case of the Employee, such notices or communications shall be effectively delivered if hand delivered to the Employee at his principal place of employment or if sent
by registered or certified mail to the Employee at the last address the Employee has filed with the Company. In the case of the Company, such notices or communications shall be effectively delivered
if sent by registered or certified mail to the Company at its principal executive offices. 

        7.    Parachute Payment.    In the event that the receipt of the Restricted Stock or the lapse
of any Forfeiture Restrictions would constitute a parachute payment (within the meaning of section 280G of the Code) at a time when the Employee's Severance Agreement, if any, with the Company
that is in effect as of the date hereof (or any successor agreement) is in effect, then the amount of such parachute payment shall be treated as a payment to the Employee for purposes of determining
the amount of any gross-up payment to be made to the Employee under the terms of any such Severance Agreement (or any successor agreement) with respect to the excise tax imposed by
Section 4999 of the Code. 

        8.    Entire Agreement; Amendment.    This Agreement replaces and merges all previous
agreements and discussions relating to the same or similar subject matters between the Employee and the Company and constitutes the entire agreement between the Employee and the Company with respect
to the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement may not be modified in any respect by any verbal statement, representation or agreement made by any employee, officer, or representative of the
Company or by any written agreement unless signed by an officer of the Company who is expressly authorized by the Company to execute such document. Except as provided below, any modification of this
Agreement shall be effective only if it is in writing and signed by both the Employee and an authorized officer of the Company. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary,
if the Committee determines that the provisions of new Section 409A of the Code apply to 

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this
Agreement and that the terms of this Agreement do not, in whole or in part, satisfy the requirements of such section, then the Committee, in its sole discretion, may unilaterally modify this
Agreement in such manner as it deems appropriate to comply with such section and any regulations or guidance issued thereunder. 

        9.    Binding Effect.    This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any
successors to the Company and all persons lawfully claiming under the Employee. 

        10.    Controlling Law.    This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be duly executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized, and the Employee
has executed this Agreement, all as of the date first above written. 

	

 	
FOREST OIL CORPORATION
	

 	

By:	

  
 Cyrus D. Marter IV

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
	

 	
EMPLOYEE
	

 	

  
 [Employee Name]

[SSN]

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