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This excerpt taken from the USU DEF 14A filed Mar 24, 2006.
Long-Term Incentives
 
Senior executive officers of the Company, including the Named Executive Officers, are eligible to participate in the Company’s restricted stock unit program under the USEC Inc. 1999 Equity Incentive Plan. The restricted stock unit program is a three-year, performance-based program that is described in more detail in the report of the Compensation Committee on Executive Compensation later in this Proxy Statement.
 
A restricted stock unit (RSU) is the right to receive, after the restriction period expires and subject to the achievement of certain goals, cash or stock equal in value to one share of common stock. Dividend equivalents accrue on the RSUs (to the extent the Company pays dividends) and are payable at the end of the performance period, again subject to the achievement of goals. The Compensation Committee creates the performance goals for the RSUs and will decide, at the end of the three-year performance period, to what extent the goals have been met. Award values will increase or decrease based on performance against the goals, stock price performance and dividend equivalent accruals.
 
The following table sets forth the long-term incentive awards in 2005 to the Named Executive Officers.
 
                                         
          Performance or
    Estimated Future Payouts Under
 
    Number of
    Other Period Until
    Nonstock Price-Based Plans  
    Shares, Units or
    Maturation or
    Threshold
    Target
    Maximum
 
Name
  Other Rights(1)     Payout     (#)     (#)     (#)  
 
James R. Mellor
                             
John K. Welch
    59,268       10/2005 - 6/2007       29,634       59,268       88,902  
Philip G. Sewell
                             
Robert Van Namen
                             
Ellen C. Wolf
                             
W. Lance Wright
    19,900       2/2005 - 6/2007       9,950       19,900       29,850  
Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty
                             
 
 
(1) The current three-year performance period is from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2007 and target awards for that period were set in 2004 for Mr. Sewell, Mr. Van Namen, Ms. Wolf and Ms. Gordon-Hagerty. Messrs. Wright and Welch were added as participants on February 1, 2005 and October 3, 2005, respectively, and their target awards were pro-rated to reflect their period of participation. Grants consisted of restricted stock units pursuant to which grantees are entitled to receive the cash equivalent value of shares of USEC common stock in the event that USEC total shareholder return and performance against a predetermined set of business goals are achieved. The final cash value of each restricted stock unit will be based


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on the closing price of USEC common stock on the NYSE on June 30, 2007. There are no minimum amounts payable under the three-year performance plan. Grantees can earn from 0% to 150% of the target number of restricted stock units in the grant for the three-year performance period, where no restricted stock units will be earned if the threshold goals are not achieved, where 50% of the target number of restricted stock units will be earned if threshold goals (50%) are achieved, the target number of restricted stock units will be earned if 100% of the goals are achieved and the maximum number of restricted stock units (150% of the target number of restricted stock units) will be earned if 150% of the goals are achieved. The final award will also include dividend equivalents based on actual dividends paid during the three-year performance period.
 
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