SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2015-05-04

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<a name="s155d7ab46fe2480db38d04ceec7afb3a"></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 10.2</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT </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%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Granted by</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%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">FIRST NIAGARA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.</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%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">under the</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%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">FIRST NIAGARA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">2012 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</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:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (this &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Restricted Stock Unit Award</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; or this &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) is hereby made subject to the provisions of the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Plan</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) of First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. (including its Subsidiaries where applicable, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), which provisions are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part hereof. A copy of the Plan has been provided to the holder of this Restricted Stock Unit Award (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Participant</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), and the Participant hereby accepts this Restricted Stock Unit Award, subject to all the terms and provisions of the Plan and this Agreement, and agrees that all decisions under and interpretations of the Plan and this Agreement by the Committee will be final, binding and conclusive upon the Participant and the Participant&#8217;s beneficiaries, heirs, legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, capitalized terms used herein but not defined will have the meaning given such terms in the Plan. The term &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Stock</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall refer to the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The number of shares of Stock (or share determination formula) under this Restricted Stock Unit Award is set forth in the award notice or email (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Award Notice</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) sent to the Participant that sets forth the grant of this Restricted Stock Unit Award and the terms thereof, and such Award Notice is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part hereof. This Restricted Stock Unit Award is described in the Award Notice as &#8220;Time-Based Restricted Stock Units.&#8221; For purposes of this Agreement, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Grant Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall mean the date that this Restricted Stock Unit Award was granted to the Participant, as set forth in the Award Notice sent to the Participant.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:47px;"></td><t