SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2022-05-03

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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i845fa2c930424cb0b0530e9e40dfdddb_1"></div><div style="min-height:79.2pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">14ERA22O</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">14ERA22E</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">01&#47;31&#47;2025</font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">COTERRA ENERGY INC.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;This Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the &#8220;Agreement&#8221;), made and entered into by and between Coterra Energy Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), with its principal office at 840&#160;Gessner Road, Suite 1400, Houston, Texas 77024 and </font><font style="background-color:#ffff00;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#91; </font><font style="background-color:#ffff00;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Participant Name</font><font style="background-color:#ffff00;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> &#93;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, (the &#8220;Employee&#8221;), is dated as of &#91; </font><font style="background-color:#ffff00;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">grant date</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> &#93;. (the &#8220;Date of Grant&#8221;).</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;This Agreement is expressly subject to the terms and provisions of the Company&#8217;s 2014 Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;). In the event there is a conflict between the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall control. All undefined capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;padding-left:27pt">Grant of Restricted Stock Units.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> As an additional incentive and inducement to the Employee to remain in the employment of the Company, Cimarex Energy Co., or either of their Subsidiaries, and to devote his or her best efforts to the business and affairs of the Company, the Company hereby awards to the Employee Restricted Stock Units representing the right to receive </font><font style="background-color:#ffff00;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#91;&#160;</font><font style="background-color:#ffff00;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">number of shares granted</font><font style="background-color:#ffff00;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> &#93;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> shares of Company common stock, par value $.10 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth (the &#8220;Restricted Stock Units&#8221;).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;padding-left:27pt">Terms of Grant.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> Subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the Restricted Stock Units shall vest 100% on January 31, 2025 (&#8220;Vesting Date&#8221;), provided, however, that the Employee remain continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary from the Date of Grant through and including the Vesting Date. Any fractional shares shall be rounded up to the next whole share (not to exceed the total number of Restricted Stock Units granted under this Agreement). The period from the Date of Grant unt