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EXHIBIT 10.1

 

 

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC

LISTED DERIVATIVES

U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES PURCHASE AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT

This Agreement governs the service (“Service”) made available to each Fund set forth in Annex A hereto (each such Fund, the “Customer”) by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“MS&Co.”) and is effective as of June 1, 2015.  This Agreement is in addition to and supplements Customer’s Commodity Futures Customer Agreement (the “Futures Agreement”).  Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Futures Agreement and references herein and in the Futures Agreement to the “Agreement” shall be construed to mean the Futures Agreement as amended and supplemented by this Agreement.  Except as otherwise modified by this Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Futures Agreement remain in full force and effect.

1.  The Service.   The Service consists of: (i) the purchase of U.S. Treasury securities with Available Cash from Customer’s Account; and (ii) actions taken from time to time with respect to such U.S. Treasury securities by MS&Co., each as instructed and authorized by Customer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, as further set forth below.  The term “Available Cash” means the amount of any excess equity in the form of cash in the Account, which would, consistent with Applicable Law, be available on demand for withdrawal or transfer in accordance with Customer’s instructions.

2.  Authorizations.   MS&Co. is hereby authorized and instructed to: (a) purchase with Available Cash U.S. Treasury securities in accordance with a written purchase order substantially in the form of Annex B hereto; provided, however, that at no time shall the Available Cash be debited from the Customer’s Account unless the U.S. Treasuries are simultaneously credited to the Segregated Account (as defined below); (b) transfer proceeds from the sale or disposition (whether at maturity or obtained via automatic redemption, sale or otherwise) of U.S. Treasury securities to the Futures Account to, (i) satisfy debits and margin calls in the Account, (ii) fund settlement of transactions Customer or Advisor or Customer’s designated and duly authorized Account controller has executed for the Account,  in the case of (i) and (ii), only if the Withholding Amount is insufficient and (iii) in the absence of Customer instructions to the contrary, redeem proceeds from the maturity of U.S. Treasury securities and use such proceeds to purchase U.S. Treasury securities in the next available tenor of the same or substantially comparable maturities as the U.S. Treasury securities just redeemed; (c) discharge Customer’s instructions as set forth in this Agreement without any further authorizations or consents; and (d) present this Agreement to any regulator, governmental authority or self-regulatory authority or in any administrative or judicial proceeding as verification that MS&Co. has authority to take action with respect to such U.S. Treasury securities on behalf of Customer as instructed herein.

3.  Relationship to MS&Co.  Customer understands and agrees as follows:

	
(a)

	
U.S. Treasury securities purchased pursuant to this Agreement will at all times be held by MS&Co. for the benefit of Customer in segregation in an omnibus customer account (each, as applicable, a “Segregated Account”) in accordance with the provisions of Section 4d(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act (“Act”) and Regulation 1.20 or Regulation 30.7, as applicable, of the regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) promulgated thereunder, and will at all times be reflected on MS&Co.’s books and records as customer segregated assets, in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Act and the CFTC’s regulations thereunder.  MS&Co. will mark its books and records to indicate the amount of U.S. Treasury securities held for each Fund in the Segregated Account.

	
(b)

	
U.S. Treasury securities purchased pursuant to this Agreement will, so long as they are custodied in a Segregated Account, be eligible to satisfy Customer’s margin requirements for its Futures Account with MS&Co., subject to the relevant provisions of the Futures Agreement;

	
(c)

	
MS&Co. shall have no duties or responsibilities to Customer in connection with the Service except those duties and responsibilities expressly set forth herein and as may exist under Applicable Law;

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(d)

	
MS&Co. is not in any way acting as Customer’s fiduciary in connection with the Service or the authorizations and instructions set forth herein, and Customer is not relying on any communications or statements (written or oral) of MS&Co. as investment advice or as a recommendation from MS&Co. or its employees to purchase or sell U.S. Treasury securities;

	
(e)

	
U.S. Treasury securities custodied in a Segregated Account will be reflected on MS&Co.’s statements of Customer’s collateral held in segregation pursuant to Section 4d(a)(2) of the Act or as 30.7 customer funds pursuant to CFTC Regulation 30.7, as applicable;

	
(f)

	
Customer bears the sole risk of any decline in the value of the U.S. Treasury securities and understands that any such decline in value may, to the extent that such U.S. Treasury securities are being held as Collateral under the Futures Agreement, give rise to a shortfall in its margin requirement under the Futures Agreement; and

	
(g)

	
This Agreement and the Service is not an offer to buy or sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell U.S. Treasury securities or to participate in any particular trading strategy.

4.  Revocation of Authorizations.  The authorizations and instructions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect until MS&Co. receives a written notice of revocation from Customer and MS&Co. acknowledges such revocation to Customer in writing within two (2) business days of MS&Co.’s receipt of such written notice.

5.  Termination of the Service.  MS&Co. may terminate the Service at any time and for any reason upon notice to Customer.  Customer shall remain responsible for all authorized charges that arise prior to such termination.  Notwithstanding any such termination, MS&Co shall provide the Service until the maturity date of the U.S. Treasuries held in the Customer’s Account at the time the notice to terminate was received by the Customer.

6.  U.S. Treasury Securities as Collateral.  Customer agrees that all U.S. Treasury securities purchased through the Service will be deemed “Collateral” (as that term is used in the Futures Agreement) held in and for the Account.

7. Liens and Other Secured Interests.  Customer hereby (i) assigns, pledges and transfers to MS&Co. all of Customer’s right, title and interest in the U.S. Treasury securities purchased pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) understands and agrees that MS&Co. may use any U.S. Treasury securities held in a Segregated Account for the purpose of collateralizing Customer’s obligations under the Futures Agreement (in accordance with the terms thereof).  MS&Co. shall, at all times when U.S. Treasury securities are custodied in a Segregated Account, retain a security interest and right of setoff, to the extent set forth in the Futures Agreement with respect to “Collateral” as defined therein, in and with respect to such U.S. Treasury securities.  For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the purchase of U.S. Treasury securities with Available Cash from Customer’s Futures Account as part of the Service shall not constitute a “permitted investment” as defined in CFTC Regulation 1.25.

8.   Certain Procedures.  MS&Co. is hereby authorized and instructed to calculate Available Cash through the following procedures.  MS&Co. shall first calculate Customer’s excess equity in the form of available USD cash balances held on Customer’s behalf by MS&Co. in the Account subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Futures Agreement (the “Excess Equity”).  For the avoidance of doubt, Excess Equity may, at the discretion of MS&Co., be determined after taking into account any rights of set-off, netting and any other application of Customer’s cash balances to its obligations owed to MS&Co. (or, if applicable, its affiliates) to the extent permitted under the Futures Agreement.  MS&Co. shall then subtract the Withholding Amount from the Excess Equity. (  The resulting amount is then available for the purchase of U.S. Treasury Securities in connection with MS&Co.’s provision of the Service pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

MS&Co. is hereby authorized and instructed to withhold from inclusion in its computation of Excess Equity a percentage of available cash, as determined by Customer in its discretion (the “Withholding Amount”), for the purpose of (i) satisfying Customer’s obligations in respect of the Futures Account for that day; (ii) satisfying  Customer’s margin requirements in respect of the Futures Account for that day and (iii) protecting against the possibility of adverse market moves causing Customer to incur a debit balance in the Futures Account.

9.  ERISA.  Except as disclosed to MS&Co. in writing, Customer continuously represents that it is not (a) an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “ERISA Plan”), as defined in Section 3 (3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), or subject to any other statute, regulation, procedure or restriction that is materially similar to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or which contain any prohibition against entering into any transaction under this Agreement (together with ERISA Plans, “Plans”), (b) a person acting on behalf of a Plan or (c) a person the assets of whom constitute assets of a Plan.  Customer will provide notice to MS&Co. in the event that it is aware that it is in breach of any aspect of this representation or is aware that with the passing of time, giving of notice or expiry of any applicable grace period, it will breach this representation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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10.   Miscellaneous Provisions.  Those provisions in Customer’s Futures Agreement with MS&Co. regarding matters not otherwise expressly addressed in this Agreement shall have the same meaning and effect as if the provisions were part of this Agreement.

Customer represents that it is authorized to enter into this Agreement and utilize the Service and has obtained any consents and made any disclosures necessary regarding its investment in U.S. Treasury securities and the fees and expenses associated with such investment.

In witness whereof, Customer has caused this Agreement to be executed by its officer or duly authorized representative as of the date first above written.

CUSTOMER-: Each fund set forth on Annex A (which may be amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Futures Agreement), attached hereto, in their individual capacity.

 

 

	
Signature: /s/ Patrick T. Egan                                                              

	 
	
Title:  President & Director – Ceres Managed Futures LLC           

	 
	
Date:   October 29, 2015                                                                       

	 
	 	 
	
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MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC

	 
	 	 
	
Signature:  /s/ Craig Abruzzo                                                              

	 
	
Title:  Managing Director                                                                    

	 
	
Date: October 29, 2015                                                                        

	 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Annex A

List of Funds

	
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ANNEX B

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5EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 
  

 
  
  

 
  

NOTICE OF GRANT OF PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD 

AND AWARD AGREEMENT 
  

 
  
  

 

					
	 Participant Name
	  	Grant Date:	 	Grant Date
		  	Grant Type:	 	PSA

  
  

 
 Effective Grant Date, you have been granted a Performance Restricted Stock Award of Number of Shares Granted shares of Devon Energy Corporation (the “Company”) Common Stock (the “Award”) under the Company’s 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan. None of the shares subject to this Award shall vest,
and this Award shall terminate in its entirety, should the Company fail to attain the Performance Goal specified in attached Schedule A for the Performance Period, except as specifically provided otherwise in the Award Agreement. Except as otherwise
provided in the Award Agreement, if such Performance Goal is attained and certified, then the Award will vest in four (4) separate installments as follows: (a) twenty-five percent (25%) of the Award will vest upon the completion of
the Performance Period and the Committee’s certification of the attainment of the Performance Goal, and Vested Stock will be released as soon as practicable following the Committee’s certification of the Company’s attainment of the
Performance Goal, and (b) the balance of the Award will vest, and Vested Stock will be released, in a series of three (3) successive equal annual installments on the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the Date of Grant. 

 
  

By accepting this agreement online, you and the Company agree that this award is granted under and governed by the terms and
conditions of the Company’s 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan, and the Award Agreement, both of which are attached and made a part of this document. 
  

 

 DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION 

2015 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN 
 PERFORMANCE
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT 
 THIS PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT (the “Award
Agreement”) is entered into as of Grant Date (the “Date of Grant”), by and between Devon Energy Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Participant Name (the “Participant”). 

W I T N E S S E T H: 

WHEREAS, the Devon Energy Corporation 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) permits the grant of Restricted Stock that
vests based upon performance standards (referred to herein as a “Performance Restricted Stock”) to employees, officers and non-employee directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities, in accordance with the terms and
provisions of the Plan; and 
 WHEREAS, in connection with the Participant’s employment with the Company, the Company desires to
award to the Participant Number of Shares Granted shares of the Company’s Common Stock under the Plan subject to the terms and conditions of this
Award Agreement and the Plan; and 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises and covenants
herein contained, the Participant and the Company agree as follows: 
 1. The Plan. The Plan, a copy of which is attached
hereto, is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof for all purposes, and when taken with this Award Agreement shall govern the rights of the Participant and the Company with respect to the Award. 

2. Grant of Award. The Company hereby grants to the Participant an award (the “Award”) of Number of Shares Granted shares of the Company’s Common subject to the restrictions placed thereon pursuant to the terms of this Award Agreement
(“Performance Restricted Stock”), on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan. 
 3. Terms of
Award. 
 (a) Escrow of Shares. A certificate or book-entry registration representing the Performance Restricted Stock
shall be issued in the name of the Participant and shall be escrowed with the Secretary subject to removal of the restrictions placed thereon or forfeiture pursuant to the terms of this Award Agreement. 

(b) Vesting. 25% of the shares of the Performance Restricted Stock are scheduled to vest on each of the first four anniversary
dates of the Date of Grant (each, a “Vesting Date”), provided that the Performance Goals described in subsection (ii) below are satisfied, unless provided otherwise in this Section 3. If the Participant’s Date of Termination
has not occurred as of a Vesting Date, then the Participant shall be entitled, subject to the applicable provisions of the Plan and this Award Agreement having been satisfied, to receive on or within a reasonable time after the applicable Vesting
Date the shares scheduled to vest as of the applicable Vesting Date. The portion of the Performance Restricted Stock that has vested pursuant to the terms of this Award Agreement shall be deemed “Vested Stock.” 

 Vesting Schedule 

If the Performance Goal (specified in attached Schedule A) for the Performance Period (specified in attached Schedule A) is attained and certified, then
the Award will vest in four (4) separate installments as follows: 
 (i) 25% of the Award will vest upon the completion of the Performance
Period and the Vested Stock will be released within a reasonable time following the Committee’s certification of the Company’s attainment of the Performance Goal, and the Vested Stock will be expected to be released; 

(ii) 25% of the Award will vest, and the Vested Stock will be released, on the second anniversary of the Date of Grant; 

(iii) 25% of the Award will vest, and the Vested Stock will be released, on the third anniversary of the Date of Grant; and 

(iv) the remaining 25% of the Award will vest, and the Vested Stock will be released, on the fourth anniversary of the Date of Grant. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued pursuant to this Award, and any fractional share
resulting from any calculation made in accordance with the terms of this Award Agreement shall be aggregated, and any such aggregated shares will vest, and the Vested Stock will be released, at the time provided in (3)(b)(iv) above. 

Except as otherwise provided in Section 3(c) below, none of the shares subject to this Award shall vest should the Company fail to
attain the Performance Goal for the Performance Period. Except to the extent that an Award has previously vested pursuant to Section 3(c) below, this Award shall terminate in its entirety and shall not vest should the Company fail to attain the
Performance Goal for the Performance Period. 
 (c) Change in Control Event or Death or Disability. 

(i) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Award Agreement, a Participant shall become fully and immediately vested in the Award in the
event of the Participant’s death, without regard to attainment or certification of the Performance Goal. In the event of the Participant’s death the Vested Stock will be released within a reasonable time thereafter. 

(ii) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Award Agreement, upon a Change in Control Event, the Performance Goal shall be deemed to
have been satisfied, without regard to attainment or certification of the Performance Goal, and the Award will continue to vest in accordance with this Section 3 based on the Participant’s continued employment with the Company. 

(iii) If the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs by reason of disability, the Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion, elect to
vest all or a portion of the unvested Performance Restricted Stock upon the Participant’s Date of Termination and the Vested Stock will be released within a reasonable time thereafter. 

(d) Termination of Employment. The Participant shall forfeit the unvested portion of the Award (including the underlying
Performance Restricted Stock and Accrued Dividends) upon the occurrence of the Participant’s Date of Termination unless the Performance Goal is attained and certified and the Award becomes vested under the circumstances described below. 

 (i) If the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs under circumstances in which the
Participant is entitled to a severance payment from the Company, a Subsidiary, or an Affiliated Entity under (1) the Participant’s employment agreement or severance agreement with the Company due to a termination of the Participant’s
employment by the Company without “cause” or by the Participant for “good reason” in accordance with the Participant’s employment agreement or severance agreement or (2) the Devon Energy Corporation Severance Plan, and
if the Participant signs and returns to the Company a release of claims against the Company in a form prepared by the Company (the “Release”) and such Release becomes effective, the Performance Restricted Stock shall be treated as vested
as of the Participant’s Date of Termination, provided the Date of Termination occurs after the Performance Goal is attained and certified, and the Performance Restricted Stock shall be released within a reasonable time thereafter. If the
Participant’s Date of Termination occurs before the Performance Goal is attained and certified, the Performance Restricted Stock shall be treated as vested as of the certification of attainment of the Performance Goal, and the Performance
Restricted Stock, if vested, shall be released within a reasonable time thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Performance Goal is not attained and certified, or if Participant fails to sign and return the Release to the Company or
revokes the Release prior to the date the Release becomes effective, then the unvested shares of Performance Restricted Stock subject to this Award Agreement shall not vest pursuant to this Section 3(d)(i) and shall be forfeited. 

(ii) If a Participant’s Date of Termination occurs on or after the Participant becomes Post-Retirement Vesting Eligible, or by
reason of other special circumstances (as determined by the Committee), and the Committee determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that the Performance Restricted Stock shall continue to vest following the Participant’s Date of
Termination, the Performance Restricted Stock shall continue to vest after the Participant’s Date of Termination in accordance with the Vesting Schedule in Section 3(b) above and the Performance Restricted Stock shall be released within a
reasonable time after the applicable Vesting Date; provided that, if the Participant is Post-Retirement Vesting Eligible, the Participant shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions in Section 16, be eligible to vest in accordance with
the Vesting Schedule above in Section 3(b), in the installments of Performance Restricted Stock that remain unvested on the Date of Termination as follows: 
  

			
	Age at Retirement	  	 Percentage of each Unvested
Installment of Performance
 Restricted Stock Eligible to be Earned by the Participant

 

	54 and earlier	  	    0%
	55	  	  60%
	56	  	  65%
	57	  	  70%
	58	  	  75%
	59	  	  80%
	60 and beyond	  	100%

 (e) Voting Rights and Dividends. The Participant shall not have voting rights attributable to
the shares of Performance Restricted Stock prior to the completion of the Performance Period and the Committee’s certification of the Company’s attainment of the Performance Goal. Any dividends declared and paid by the Company with respect
to shares of Performance Restricted Stock prior to the Committee’s certification of the attainment of the Performance Goal (the “Accrued Dividends”) shall not be paid to the Participant until and unless the Committee certifies the
attainment of the Performance Goal. Any such Accrued Dividends shall be forfeited if the Award is terminated because the Performance Goal is not attained. If the Performance Goal is attained and certified, the Accrued Dividends shall be paid to the
Participant within a reasonable time thereafter and any dividends or other distributions (in cash or other property, but excluding extraordinary dividends) that are declared and/or paid with respect to the shares of Performance Restricted Stock
shall be paid to the Participant on a current basis. Any extraordinary dividends (i.e., special or nonrecurring dividends in excess of the regular dividends paid by the Company), in cash or property, on Performance Restricted Stock shall not
be paid until and unless the Performance Restricted Stock becomes Vested Stock. 

 (f) Certification of Performance Goal. The Committee shall, as soon as practicable
following the last day of the Performance Period, determine and certify, based on the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year coincident with the Performance Period, whether the Performance Goal for the Performance Period has been
attained. Such certification shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Participant, and on all other persons, to the maximum extent permitted by law. 

(g) Vested Stock - Removal of Restrictions. Upon Performance Restricted Stock becoming Vested Stock, all restrictions shall be
removed from the certificates or book-entry registrations and the Stock Plan Administrator will provide each participant a Confirmation of Release, representing such Vested Stock free and clear of all restrictions, except for any applicable
securities laws restrictions, together with a check in the amount of all Accrued Dividends attributed to such Vested Stock without interest thereon. 

4. Legends. The shares of Performance Restricted Stock which are the subject of this Award Agreement shall be subject to the
following legend: 
 “THE SHARES OF STOCK EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE OR BOOK-ENTRY REGISTRATION ARE SUBJECT TO AND ARE
TRANSFERABLE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT CERTAIN AWARD AGREEMENT DATED Grant Date FOR THE DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION 2015 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN. ANY
ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF THE SHARES OF STOCK EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE OR BOOK-ENTRY REGISTRATION IN VIOLATION OF SUCH AWARD AGREEMENT SHALL BE NULL AND VOID AND WITHOUT EFFECT. A COPY OF THE AWARD AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE SECRETARY OF
DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION.” 
 5. Delivery of Forfeited Shares. The Participant authorizes the Secretary to deliver
to the Company any and all shares of Performance Restricted Stock that are forfeited under the provisions of this Award Agreement. The Participant further authorizes the Company to hold as a general obligation of the Company any Accrued Dividends
and to pay the Accrued Dividends to the Participant at the time the underlying Performance Restricted Stock becomes Vested Stock. 

6. Certain Corporate Changes. If any change is made to the Common Stock (whether by reason of merger, consolidation,
reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, or exchange of shares or any other change in capital structure made without receipt of consideration), then unless such event or change results in the termination
of all the Performance Restricted Stock granted under this Award Agreement, the Committee shall adjust, in an equitable manner and as provided in the Plan, the number and class of shares underlying the Performance Restricted Stock, the maximum
number of shares for which the Award may vest, and the share price or class of Common Stock as appropriate, to reflect the effect of such event or change in the Company’s capital structure in such a way as to preserve the value of the Award.

 7. Employment. Nothing in the Plan or in this Award Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the
employ of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities, or interfere in any way with the right to terminate the Participant’s employment at any time. 

8. Nontransferability of Award. The Participant shall not have the right to sell, assign, transfer, convey, dispose, pledge,
hypothecate, burden, encumber or charge any Performance Restricted Stock or any interest therein in any manner whatsoever. 

 9. Notices. All notices or other communications relating to the Plan and this Award
Agreement as it relates to the Participant shall be in writing and shall be delivered electronically, personally or mailed (U.S. mail) by the Company to the Participant at the then current address as maintained by the Company or such other address
as the Participant may advise the Company in writing. 
 10. Binding Effect and Governing Law. This Award Agreement shall be
(i) binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors and assigns except as may be limited by the Plan, and (ii) governed and construed under the laws of the State of Delaware. 

11. Company Policies. The Participant agrees that the Award will be subject to any applicable clawback or recoupment policies,
share trading policies and other policies that may be implemented by the Company’s Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof, from time to time. 

12. Withholding. The Company and the Participant shall comply with all federal and state laws and regulations respecting the
required withholding, deposit and payment of any income, employment or other taxes relating to the Award (including Accrued Dividends). The Company shall withhold the employer’s minimum statutory withholding based upon minimum statutory
withholding rates for federal and state purposes, including payroll taxes that are applicable to such supplemental taxable income. Any payment of required withholding taxes by the Participant in the form of Common Stock shall not be permitted if it
would result in an accounting charge with respect to such shares used to pay such taxes unless otherwise approved by the Committee. 

13. Award Subject to Claims of Creditors. The Participant shall not have any interest in any particular assets of the Company,
its parent, if applicable, or any Subsidiary or Affiliated Entity by reason of the right to earn an Award (including Accrued Dividends) under the Plan and this Award Agreement, and the Participant or any other person shall have only the rights of a
general unsecured creditor of the Company, its parent, if applicable, or a Subsidiary or Affiliated Entity with respect to any rights under the Plan or this Award Agreement. 

14. Captions. The captions of specific provisions of this Award Agreement are for convenience and reference only, and in no way
define, describe, extend or limit the scope of this Award Agreement or the intent of any provision hereof. 
 15. Counterparts.
This Award Agreement may be executed in any number of identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original for all purposes, but all of which taken together shall form one agreement. 

16. Conditions to Post-Retirement Vesting. 

(a) Notice of and Conditions to Post-Retirement Vesting. If the Participant is Post-Retirement Vesting Eligible, the Company
shall, within a reasonable period of time prior to the Participant’s Date of Termination, notify the Participant that the Participant has the right, pursuant to this Section 16(a), to continue to vest following the Date of Termination in
any unvested installments of Performance Restricted Stock (each such unvested installment, an “Installment”). The Participant shall have the right to vest in such Installments of Performance Restricted Stock, provided that the Participant
executes and delivers to the Company, with respect to each such Installment, the following documentation: (i) a non-disclosure letter agreement, in the form attached as Exhibit A (a “Non-Disclosure
Agreement”) on or before January 1 of the year in which such Installment vests pursuant to the Vesting Schedule (or, with respect to the calendar year in which the Date of Termination occurs, on or before the Date of Termination), and
(ii) a compliance certificate, in the form attached as Exhibit B (a “Compliance Certificate”) indicating the Participant’s full compliance with the Non-Disclosure Agreement on or before November 1 of the year in which such
Installment vests pursuant to the Vesting Schedule. 

 (b) Consequences of Failure to Satisfy Vesting Conditions. In the event that, with
respect to any given Installment, the Participant fails to deliver either the respective Non-Disclosure Agreement or Compliance Certificate for such Installment on or before the date required for the delivery of such document (such failure, a
“Non-Compliance Event”), the Participant shall not be entitled to vest in any unvested Installments that would vest from and after the date of the Non-Compliance Event and the Company shall be
authorized to take any and all such actions as are necessary to cause such unvested Performance Restricted Stock to not vest and to terminate. The only remedy of the Company for failure to deliver a
Non-Disclosure Agreement or a Compliance Certificate shall be the failure to vest in, and cancellation of, any unvested Installments then held by the Participant. 

17. Definitions. Words, terms or phrases used in this Award Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in this Section 17.
Capitalized terms used in this Award Agreement but not defined herein shall have the meaning designated in the Plan. 
 (a)
“Accrued Dividends” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(e). 
 (b) “Award” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2. 
 (c) “Award Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble. 

(d) “Company” has the meaning set forth on the Cover Page. 

(e) “Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 16(a). 

(f) “Date of Grant” has the meaning set forth in the preamble. 

(g) “Date of Termination” means the first day occurring on or after the Date of Grant on which the Participant is not
employed by the Company, a Subsidiary, or an Affiliated Entity, regardless of the reason for the termination of employment; provided, however, that a termination of employment shall not be deemed to occur by reason of a transfer of the Participant
between the Company, a Subsidiary, and an Affiliated Entity or between two Subsidiaries or two Affiliated Entities. The Participant’s employment shall not be considered terminated while the Participant is on a leave of absence from the Company,
a Subsidiary, or an Affiliated Entity approved by the Participant’s employer pursuant to Company policies. If, as a result of a sale or other transaction, the Participant’s employer ceases to be either a Subsidiary or an Affiliated Entity,
and the Participant is not, at the end of the 30-day period following the transaction, employed by the Company or an entity that is then a Subsidiary or Affiliated Entity, then the date of occurrence of such transaction shall be treated as the
Participant’s Date of Termination. 
 (h) “Early Retirement Date” means, with respect to the Participant, the
first day of a month that occurs on or after the date the Participant (i) attains age 55 and (ii) earns at least 10 Years of Service. 

(i) “Escrow Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a). 

(j) “Installment” has the meaning set forth in Section 16(a). 

(k) “Non-Compliance Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 16(b). 

(l) “Non-Disclosure Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 16(a). 

 (m) “Normal Retirement Date” means, with respect to the Participant, the
first day of a month that occurs on or after the date the Participant attains age 65. 
 (n) “Participant” has the
meaning set forth in the preamble. 
 (o) “Plan” has the meaning set forth in the preamble. 

(p) “Performance Restricted Stock” has the meaning set forth in the preamble and Section 2. 

(q) “Post-Retirement Vesting Eligible” means the Participant has attained the Early Retirement Date or Normal
Retirement Date. 
 (r) “Vested Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b). 

(s) “Vesting Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b). 

(t) “Year of Service” means a calendar year in which the Participant is employed with the Company, a Subsidiary or
Affiliated Entity for at least nine months of a calendar year. When calculating Years of Service hereunder, the Participant’s first hire date with the Company, a Subsidiary or Affiliated Entity shall be used. 

 

			
	 “COMPANY”
	  	DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION
	 “PARTICIPANT”
	  	 a Delaware corporation
  

Participant Name

  

  
 

 
 SCHEDULE A 

PERFORMANCE PERIOD AND PERFORMANCE GOAL 

1. Performance Period. The measurement period for the Performance Goal shall be the period beginning January 1, 2015 and
ending December 31, 2015 (the “Performance Period”). 
 2. Performance Goal. The Performance Goal is based on
the Company’s cash flow before balance sheet changes. Vesting will be based on the Company’s achievement of $4 billion in cash flow before balance sheet changes during the Performance Period and the Committee’s certification of the
attainment of the Performance Goal. 
 3. Certification of Performance Goal. The Committee shall, as soon as practicable
following the last day of the Performance Period, determine and certify, based on the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year coincident with the Performance Period, whether the Performance Goal for the Performance Period has been
attained. Such certification shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Participant, and on all other persons, to the maximum extent permitted by law. 

4. Maximum Award. The maximum number of shares of Performance Restricted Stock that may become earned and vested pursuant to this
Award is Number of Shares Granted. 

 EXHIBIT A 

Form of Non-Disclosure Agreement 

[Insert Date] 
 Devon Energy Corporation 

333 West Sheridan Avenue 
 Oklahoma City, OK
73102-5010 
  

	 	Re:	Non-Disclosure Agreement 

 Ladies and Gentlemen: 

This letter agreement is entered between Devon Energy Corporation (together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, the
“Company”) and the undersigned (the “Participant”) in connection with that certain Performance Restricted Stock Award Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated
            , 20     between the Company and the Participant. All capitalized terms used in this letter agreement shall have the same meaning ascribed to
them in the Agreement unless specifically denoted otherwise. 
 The Participant acknowledges that, during the course of and in
connection with the employment relationship between the Participant and the Company, the Company provided and the Participant accepted access to the Company’s trade secrets and confidential and proprietary information, which included, without
limitation, information pertaining to the Company’s finances, oil and gas properties and prospects, compensation structures, business and litigation strategies and future business plans and other information or material that is of special and
unique value to the Company and that the Company maintains as confidential and does not disclose to the general public, whether through its annual report and/or filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission or otherwise (the “Confidential
Information”). 
 The Participant acknowledges that his position with the Company was one of trust and confidence because of the
access to the Confidential Information, requiring the Participant’s best efforts and utmost diligence to protect and maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information. Unless required by the Company or with the Company’s express
written consent, the Participant will not, during the term of this letter agreement, directly or indirectly, disclose to others or use for his own benefit or the benefit of another any of the Confidential Information, whether or not the Confidential
Information is acquired, learned, attained or developed by the Participant alone or in conjunction with others. 
 The Participant
agrees that, due to his access to the Confidential Information, the Participant would inevitably use and/or disclose that Confidential Information in breach of his confidentiality and non-disclosure obligations if the Participant worked in certain
capacities or engaged in certain activities for a period of time following his employment with the Company, specifically in a position that involves (i) responsibility and decision-making authority or input at the executive level regarding any
subject or responsibility, (ii) decision-making responsibility or input at any management level in the Participant’s individual area of assignment with the Company, or (iii) responsibility and decision-making authority or input that
otherwise allows the use of the Confidential Information (collectively referred to as the “Restricted Occupation”). Therefore, except with the prior written consent of the Company, during the term of this letter agreement, the Participant
agrees not to be employed by, consult for or otherwise act on behalf of any person or entity in any capacity in which he would be involved, directly or indirectly, in a Restricted Occupation. The Participant acknowledges that this commitment is
intended to protect the Confidential Information and is not intended to be applied or interpreted as a covenant against competition. 

 The Participant further agrees that during the term of this letter agreement, the
Participant will not, directly or indirectly on behalf of a person or entity or otherwise, (i) solicit any of the established customers of the Company or attempt to induce any of the established customers of the Company to cease doing business
with the Company, or (ii) solicit any of the employees of the Company to cease employment with the Company. 
 This letter
agreement shall become effective upon execution by the Participant and the Company and shall terminate on December 31, 20        . [Note: Insert date that is the end of the calendar year of the
letter agreement.] 
 If you agree to the above terms and conditions, please execute a copy of this letter agreement below and
return a copy to me. 
  

			
		 	 “PARTICIPANT”

		
		 	  

Participant Name

	
	 THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY ACCEPTS AND AGREES TO THE TERMS SET FORTH ABOVE AS OF THIS
            
 DAY OF
            ,         .

		
		 	 “COMPANY”

		
		 	 DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION

		
	
                           
                                         
                                        
	 	
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 EXHIBIT B 

Form of Compliance Certificate 

I hereby certify that I am in full compliance with the covenants contained in that certain letter agreement (the “Agreement”)
dated as of             ,      between Devon Energy Corporation and me and have been in full compliance with such covenants at all times during the period
ending October 31,             . 
  

	
	 Participant Name

Dated:

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