SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2015-02-25

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<a name="s1014e5f957be47d2aab0af700fd269b8"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.5.6</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">2013 AMENDED AND RESTATED LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">PERFORMANCE BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">This PERFORMANCE BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT, dated as of ________ __, 2014 (the &#8220;Date of Grant&#8221;), is delivered by Penn Virginia Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) to ______________________ (the &#8220;Participant&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">RECITALS</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The 2013 Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) provides for the award of Restricted Stock Units (as defined in the Plan) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan. The Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#8220;Committee&#8221;) has decided to award Restricted Stock Units that are also Performance Awards (as defined in the Plan) to the Participant as an inducement for the Participant to promote the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. The Restricted Stock Units are subject in all respects to the terms and conditions set forth this Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and Schedules A and B attached hereto (this &#8220;Agreement&#8221;) and the Plan, each of which is incorporated herein by reference and made part hereof. All terms capitalized but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan. Copies of the Plan and the Plan prospectus are being provided to the Participant with this Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Agreement, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Award of Performance Based Restricted Stock Units</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan, the Committee hereby grants to the Participant ____ Restricted Stock Units (the &#8220;Target Restricted Stock Units&#8221;). The Target Restricted Stock Units are contingently awarded, and shall vest, and be adjusted and paid, based on the actual level of attainment of the Performance Goals (as defined in Schedule A hereto). The number of the Target Restricted Stock Units which are ultimately earned (expressed as a percentage of the number of the Target Restricted Stock Units) based on actual performance are referred to in this Agreement as the &#8220;Restricted Stock Units.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Committee shall, as soon as practicable following the last day of each Performance Period (as defined in Schedule A hereof), but in no event later than thirty (30) days following the end of the Performance Period, certify (i) the extent, if any, to which the Performance Goals have been attained with respect to such Performance Period and (ii) the amount of cash, if any, which the Participant shall be entitled to receive with respect to such Performance Period. Such certificatio