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8-K Filing
Mondelez International (MDLZ) 8-KEntry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Filed: 30 Mar 07, 12:00am
EXHIBIT 10.2
EXECUTION COPY
EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
ALTRIA GROUP, INC.
AND
KRAFT FOODS INC.
DATED AS OF MARCH 30, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
| DEFINITIONS |
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1.1 |
| General |
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1.2 |
| References to Time |
| 8 |
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ARTICLE II |
| GENERAL PRINCIPLES |
| 8 |
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2.1 |
| Altria Group Employees |
| 8 |
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2.2 |
| Kraft Group Employees |
| 8 |
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ARTICLE III |
| EMPLOYEE TRANSFERS |
| 9 |
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3.1 |
| Kraft Transferees |
| 9 |
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3.2 |
| Altria Transferees |
| 13 |
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ARTICLE IV |
| EQUITY COMPENSATION |
| 16 |
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4.1 |
| Altria Options |
| 16 |
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4.2 |
| Kraft Options Issued by Altria |
| 17 |
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4.3 |
| Restricted Stock |
| 18 |
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4.4 |
| Deferred Stock |
| 18 |
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4.5 |
| Existing Kraft Equity Compensation |
| 20 |
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4.6 |
| Other |
| 20 |
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ARTICLE V |
| SAVINGS PLANS |
| 22 |
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5.1 |
| Maintenance of Stock Funds |
| 22 |
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ARTICLE VI |
| ALTRIA STOCK PURCHASE PLAN |
| 22 |
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6.1 |
| Termination of Participation |
| 22 |
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ARTICLE VII |
| GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE |
| 23 |
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7.1 |
| Sharing of Participant Information |
| 23 |
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7.2 |
| No Third-Party Beneficiaries |
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7.3 |
| Audit Rights with Respect to Information Provided |
| 23 |
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7.4 |
| Fiduciary Matters |
| 24 |
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7.5 |
| Collective Bargaining |
| 24 |
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7.6 |
| Consent of Third Parties |
| 24 |
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ARTICLE VIII |
| INDEMNIFICATION |
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8.1 |
| Indemnification |
| 25 |
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ARTICLE IX |
| MISCELLANEOUS |
| 25 |
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9.1 |
| Relationship of Parties |
| 25 |
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9.2 |
| Affiliates |
| 25 |
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9.3 |
| Employee Communications |
| 25 |
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9.4 |
| Incorporation of Distribution Agreement Provisions |
| 25 |
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9.5 |
| Governing Law |
| 25 |
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9.6 |
| References |
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EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT
THIS EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT, dated as of March 30, 2007 (as amended and supplemented pursuant to the terms hereof, this “Agreement”), is entered into by and between Altria Group, Inc., a Virginia corporation (“Altria”), and Kraft Foods Inc., a Virginia corporation (“Kraft”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Altria and Kraft have entered into a Distribution Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2007 (the “Distribution Agreement”), providing for, among other things, the distribution by Altria of its entire ownership interest in Kraft through a pro-rata distribution of all of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock of Kraft owned by Altria on the Distribution Date to the holders of Altria Common Stock pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of the Distribution Agreement (the “Distribution”); and
WHEREAS, Altria and Kraft wish to set forth their agreement as to certain matters regarding the treatment of, and the compensation and employee benefits provided to, employees of Altria and Kraft and their subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Adjusted Altria Option: an Altria Option as adjusted pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof.
Affiliate: with respect to any specified Person, a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person; provided, however, that for purposes of this Agreement, no member of either Group and no officer or director of any member of either Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any member of the other Group.
Altria: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
Altria Benefit Liabilities: as defined in Section 2.1 hereof.
Altria Common Stock: the common stock, par value $0.33 1/3 per share, of Altria.
Altria Excess Severance Payment: as defined in Section 3.1(g)(ii) hereof.
Altria Deferred Stock: a deferred stock obligation relating to Altria Common Stock granted by Altria before the Distribution Date under an Altria Performance Incentive Plan, but not including any deferred stock granted by Altria after January 1, 2007 that is held on the Distribution Date by an employee of the Altria Group.
Altria Group: Altria and the Subsidiaries of Altria other than members of the Kraft Group.
Altria Group Employee: any individual who (i), as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, is either employed by, or on a leave of absence (as defined by the personnel policies of the Altria Group) from, a member of the Altria Group; (ii) is a Former Altria Group Employee; or (iii) is or becomes an Altria Transferee.
Altria Group Plans:
Altria-Kraft Option: an option to acquire Class A Common Stock, granted by Altria, as of June 12, 2001.
Altria Option: an option to acquire Altria Common Stock granted by Altria under an Altria Performance Incentive Plan before the Distribution Date.
Altria Pension Plans: any of the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees, the Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees, the Benefit Equalization Plan, the Supplemental Management Employees’ Retirement Plan and any other qualified or non-qualified defined benefit plan or program that is identified by Altria before the Distribution Date as providing retirement income to Altria Group Employees, all as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
Altria Performance Incentive Plans: any of the 1992 Incentive Compensation and Stock Option Plan, the 1997 Performance Incentive Plan, the 2000 Performance Incentive Plan or the 2005 Performance Incentive Plan, or any stock-based or other incentive plan for Altria Group Employees that is identified by Altria before the Distribution Date, all as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
Altria Post-Adjustment Price: the difference between (i) the Altria Pre-Adjustment Price and (ii) the Kraft Price multiplied by the Distribution Ratio.
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Altria Pre-Adjustment Price: the closing price of Altria Common Stock on the NYSE on the Distribution Date (as traded on the “regular way” market).
Altria Profit-Sharing Plan: any of the Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan for Salaried Employees, the Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan for Tobacco Workers, the Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan for Craft Employees, the Benefit Equalization Plan, the Supplemental Management Employees’ Retirement Plan and any other qualified or non-qualified defined contribution plan or program for Altria Group Employees that is identified by Altria before the Distribution Date, all as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
Altria Restricted Stock: restricted Altria Common Stock granted by Altria before the Distribution Date under an Altria Performance Incentive Plan.
Altria Stock Fund: as defined in Section 5.1(a) hereof.
Altria Transferee: as defined in Section 3.2 hereof.
Altria Welfare and Other Plans: any plan, fund or program that provides health, medical, surgical, hospital or dental care or other welfare benefits or benefits in the event of sickness, accident or disability, or death benefits to Altria Group Employees, all as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
Arbitration Act: the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16, as the same may be amended from time to time.
Assumed Altria Pension Plan Liability: as defined in Section 3.1(c) hereof.
Assumed Kraft Pension Plan Liability: as defined in Section 3.2(c) hereof.
Auditing Party: as defined in Section 7.3(a) hereof.
Business Day: any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions located in the Commonwealth of Virginia or the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
Class A Common Stock: the Class A common stock, no par value, of Kraft.
Class B Common Stock: the Class B common stock, no par value, of Kraft.
Code: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Distribution: as defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
Distribution Date: the date on which the Distribution becomes effective.
Distribution Ratio: the fraction determined under Section 2.04(b) of the Distribution Agreement.
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Equity Compensation: Altria Options, Adjusted Altria Options, Kraft Options, Altria-Kraft Options, Altria Restricted Stock, Kraft Restricted Stock, Altria Deferred Stock and Kraft Deferred Stock.
ERISA: Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Existing Kraft Options: an option to acquire Class A Common Stock, granted by Kraft before the Distribution Date under a Kraft Performance Incentive Plan.
Existing Kraft Deferred Stock: a deferred stock obligation relating to Class A Common Stock granted by Kraft before the Distribution Date under a Kraft Performance Incentive Plan.
Existing Kraft Restricted Stock: restricted Class A Common Stock granted by Kraft before the Distribution Date under a Kraft Performance Incentive Plan.
Fair Value: the anticipated value of the Kraft Options, Adjusted Altria Options, Altria-Kraft Options or Existing Kraft Options, as applicable, determined using the Modified Black-Scholes option pricing model used by Altria and Kraft in the preparation of their most recent respective annual or quarterly financial reporting prepared before the Distribution Date. Variables used in the pricing model will be determined as follows:
Expected Life: the lesser of two and one-half years or one-half of the remaining contractual term for each option grant.
Volatility: the annualized volatilities of Altria or Kraft stock, as applicable, utilizing daily closing stock prices for the period prior to January 31, 2007 that represents the Expected Life of each option grant.
Adjusted Altria Dividend Yield: the percentage that results from dividing (i) the annualized quarterly dividend per share of Altria common stock as of the Distribution Date less the value per Altria share of annualized quarterly dividends on Kraft common stock as of the Distribution Date by (ii) the Altria Post-Adjustment Price.
Risk-Free Interest Rate: the rate available on the day before the Distribution for zero-coupon U.S. government securities with terms that approximate the Expected Life of each option grant.
Current Altria and Kraft Stock Prices: the Altria Post-Adjustment Price with respect to Altria Common Stock, and the Kraft Price with respect to Class A Common Stock.
Former Altria Group Employee: any individual who: (i) before the Distribution Date has retired from or otherwise separated from service from a member of the Altria Group; and (ii) still participates in, or otherwise receives, or is entitled to receive, benefits
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under, any Altria Group Plan; provided, however, that a “Former Altria Group Employee” shall not include a Kraft Transferee.
Former Kraft Group Employee: any individual who: (i) before the Distribution Date has retired from or otherwise separated from service from a member of the Kraft Group; and (ii) still participates in, or otherwise receives, or is entitled to receive, benefits under, any Kraft Group Plan; provided, however, that a “Former Kraft Group Employee” shall not include an Altria Transferee.
Governmental Authority: any federal, state, local, foreign or international court, government, department, commission, board, bureau or agency, authority (including, but not limited to, any central bank or taxing authority) or instrumentality (including, but not limited to, any court, tribunal or grand jury) exercising executive, prosecutorial, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government or any other regulatory, administrative or governmental authority, including the NYSE.
Group: the Altria Group or the Kraft Group, as the context requires.
Information: all records, books, contracts, instruments, computer data and other data and information.
Initial Altria Calculation Date: as defined in Section 3.1(c) hereof.
Initial Kraft Calculation Date: as defined in Section 3.2(c) hereof.
Intrinsic Value: with respect to the relevant options, the product of (i) the number of such options and (ii) the difference between the exercise price of such options and, for Altria Options, the Altria Pre-Adjustment Price, for Altria Adjusted Options, the Altria Post-Adjustment Price, and for Kraft Options, the Kraft Price, as applicable.
Kraft: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
Kraft Benefit Liabilities: as defined in Section 2.2 hereof.
Kraft Common Stock: the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock.
Kraft Deferred Stock: a deferred stock obligation relating to Class A Common Stock granted by Kraft as of the Distribution Date under a Kraft Performance Incentive Plan pursuant to Section 4.4(b) hereof.
Kraft Group: Kraft and the Kraft Subsidiaries.
Kraft Group Employee: any individual who (i), as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, is either employed by, or on leave of absence (as defined by the personnel policies of the Kraft Group) from, a member of the Kraft Group; (ii) is a Former Kraft Group Employee; or (iii) is or becomes a Kraft Transferee.
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Kraft Group Plans:
(i) the Kraft Pension Plans;
(ii) the Kraft Savings Plans;
(iii) the Kraft Welfare and Other Plans; and
(iv) the Kraft Performance Incentive Plans.
Kraft Option: an option to acquire Class A Common Stock granted by Kraft under the Kraft Performance Incentive Plan in partial substitution for the Altria Options.
Kraft Pension Plans: any of the Kraft Foods Global, Inc. Retirement Plan, the Kraft Foods Global, Inc. Hourly Retirement Plan, Kraft Foods Global, Inc. Supplemental Benefits Plan I, Kraft Foods Global, Inc. Supplemental Benefits Plan II, and any other qualified or non-qualified defined benefit plan or program that is identified by Kraft before the Distribution Date as providing retirement income to Kraft Group Employees, all as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
Kraft Performance Incentive Plans: any of the Kraft Foods Inc. 2001 Performance Incentive Plan, the Kraft Foods Inc. 2005 Performance Incentive Plan and any stock-based or other incentive plan identified by Kraft before the Distribution Date, all as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
Kraft Price: the closing price of Class A Common Stock on the NYSE on the Distribution Date.
Kraft Restricted Stock: restricted Class A Common Stock distributed as of the Distribution Date and subject to terms and conditions pursuant to Section 4.3(a) hereof.
Kraft Restricted Stock Forfeiture Value: the anticipated value of the Kraft Restricted Stock that may be forfeited by holders and returned to Kraft, determined using the Kraft Price and the forfeiture assumptions used for Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 123(R) purposes in Altria’s most recent quarterly or annual financial reporting prepared before the Distribution Date for Altria Group employees (with respect to Altria Restricted Stock held by Altria Group employees).
Kraft Savings Plans: any of the Kraft Foods Global Inc. Thrift Plan, the Kraft Foods Global, Inc. Employee TIP Plan, Kraft Canada Inc. Employee Savings Plan and any other qualified or non-qualified defined contribution plan or program for Kraft Group Employees that is identified by Kraft before the Distribution Date, all as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
Kraft Severance Payment: as defined in Section 3.1(g)(i) hereof.
Kraft Stock Fund: as defined in Section 5.1(b) hereof.
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Kraft Subsidiaries: all of the Subsidiaries of Kraft.
Kraft Transferee: as defined in Section 3.1 hereof
Kraft Welfare and Other Plans: any plan, fund or program that provides health, medical, surgical, hospital or dental care or other welfare benefits or benefits in the event of sickness, accident or disability, or death benefits to Kraft Group Employees, all as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
Law: any federal, state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, code, license, permit, authorization, approval, consent, common law, legal doctrine, order, judgment, decree, injunction or requirement of any Governmental Authority or any order or award of any arbitrator, now or hereafter in effect.
Liabilities: means any and all claims, debts, liabilities, assessments, guarantees, assurances, commitments, obligations, fines, penalties, damages (whether compensatory, punitive, consequential, multiple or other), losses, disgorgements and obligations, of any kind, character or description (whether absolute, contingent, matured, not matured, liquidated, unliquidated, accrued, known, unknown, direct, indirect, derivative or otherwise) whenever arising, including, but not limited to, those arising under or in connection with any Law, and those arising under any contract, guarantee, commitment or undertaking, whether sought to be imposed by any Governmental Authority or arbitrator, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute, or otherwise, and including all costs, expenses and interest relating thereto (including, but not limited to, all expenses of investigation, all attorneys’ fees and all out-of-pocket expenses in connection with any Action or threatened Action).
Losses: with respect to any Person, all losses, Liabilities, damages, claims, demands, judgments or settlements of any nature or kind, known or unknown, fixed, accrued, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, including all costs and expenses (legal, accounting or otherwise as such costs are incurred) relating thereto, including punitive damages and criminal fines and penalties, but excluding damages in respect of actual or alleged lost profits, suffered by such Person, regardless of whether any such losses, Liabilities, damages, claims, demands, judgments, settlements, costs, expenses, fines and penalties relate to or arise out of such Person’s own alleged or actual negligent, grossly negligent, reckless or intentional misconduct or the capacity in which such Person was acting.
Non-parties: as defined in Section 7.3(b) hereof.
NYSE: the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Option Conversion Ratio: the ratio of the pre-adjustment exercise price of the Altria Options being adjusted to the Altria Pre-Adjustment Price.
Person: an individual, a committee, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, a limited liability company, an unincorporated organization, or a government or any department or agency thereof.
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Personal Data: as defined in Section 7.1 hereof.
Record Date: the close of business on the date to be determined by Altria’s Board of Directors as the record date for determining the holders of Altria Common Stock entitled to receive shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Distribution.
Retained Altria Pension Plan Liability: as defined in Section 3.1(c) hereof.
Retained Kraft Pension Plan Liability: as defined in Section 3.2(c) hereof.
SABMiller Group: SABMiller PLC, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales under the Companies Act (1985), and the Subsidiaries of SABMiller PLC.
SEC: the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act: the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute.
Securities Exchange Act: the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute.
Subsidiary: with respect to any specified Person, any corporation or other legal entity of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries controls or owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the stock or other equity interest entitled to vote on the election of members to the board of directors or similar governing body; provided, however, that for purposes of this Agreement, (1) the Kraft Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be Subsidiaries of Kraft and (2) no member of the Kraft Group shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary of any member of the Altria Group.
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Each Kraft Transferee shall remain entitled to all benefits under the appropriate Altria Pension Plan to which he or she is or would be entitled if he or she had separated from service with the Altria Group as of the later of (i) the date of his or her transfer to the Kraft Group or (ii) the Distribution Date (the later of which is referred to herein as the “Initial Altria Calculation Date”), and the appropriate Altria Pension Plan shall retain all Liability for such benefits (each, a “Retained Altria Pension Plan Liability”). For purposes of calculating benefits under this Section 3.1(c), the Retained Altria Pension Plan Liability and the Assumed Altria Pension Plan Liability of any Kraft Transferee who has received target payments from Altria and accordingly did not participate in non-qualified Altria Pension Plans for periods after December 31, 2004, and before the Initial Altria Calculation Date shall be calculated as if he or she participated in such Plans with respect to such periods. A Kraft Transferee shall be considered as separated from the
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service of the Altria Group as of the Initial Altria Calculation Date and may elect to commence receiving his or her benefit in accordance with the terms of the applicable Altria Pension Plan and any individual agreements that alter such terms.
The appropriate Kraft Pension Plan will also assume the Retained Altria Pension Plan Liability with respect to each Kraft Transferee (whether or not vested) to the Initial Altria Calculation Date (as to each Kraft Transferee an “Assumed Altria Pension Plan Liability”) subject to the offset described later in this paragraph. As of such date, the Assumed Altria Pension Plan Liability should be equal to the Retained Altria Pension Plan Liability. The appropriate Kraft Pension Plan is not required to credit the Kraft Transferee with benefit service in determining the Assumed Altria Pension Plan Liability for periods of employment with the Kraft Group on and after the Initial Altria Calculation Date, but shall credit the Kraft Transferee with vesting and eligibility service on and after such date for purposes of determining whether the Kraft Transferee’s Assumed Altria Pension Plan Liability is vested and whether the Kraft Transferee has completed the requisite years of service in order to be eligible for an early retirement benefit and accompanying early retirement subsidies (which must be no less favorable than the eligibility requirements and other terms of the Altria Pension Plan in which the Kraft Transferee participated on his or her date of transfer) with respect to the Assumed Altria Pension Plan Liability. In computing the benefit determined pursuant to the Assumed Altria Pension Plan Liability (and determined in accordance with the applicable Altria Pension Plan) as of any date, the Kraft Pension Plan shall use the same methodology as the relevant Altria Pension Plan (as in effect on the Distribution Date) in determining the Kraft Transferee’s “five-year average compensation” and “social security integration level” (as such terms are defined in the Altria Pension Plan) as of the Kraft Transferee’s retirement or other separation from service of the Kraft Group, but taking into account compensation paid by the Kraft Group through the date of the Kraft Transferee’s retirement or other separation from service. The benefit determined pursuant to the Assumed Altria Pension Plan Liability, as adjusted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two sentences and payable from the appropriate Kraft Pension Plan shall be offset by the benefit determined pursuant to the Retained Altria Pension Plan Liability (and determined in accordance with the applicable Altria Pension Plan) payable from the relevant Altria Pension Plan as of the age at which the offset is applied. The early or late retirement factors used to determine the amount of the Retained Altria Pension Plan Liability that will be used as an offset to the Assumed Altria Pension Plan Liability shall be based on the entitlement of the Kraft Transferee as of the Initial Altria Calculation Date to a vested, early, full or deferred retirement allowance, as applicable, under the appropriate Altria Pension Plan.
Altria will calculate and notify Kraft in writing of the amount of the Retained Altria Pension Plan Liability for each Kraft Transferee as soon as practicable following the Distribution Date.
These principles shall remain in effect so long as the Kraft Transferee continues to be employed by a member of the Kraft Group irrespective of whether or when the Kraft Transferee elects to begin receiving a benefit under an Altria Pension Plan.
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As soon as practicable following the Initial Altria Calculation Date, Altria will cause the appropriate member of the Altria Group to pay to each Kraft Transferee in cash the full amount of any non-qualified deferred compensation account or accounts under any Altria Pension Plan or Altria Profit-Sharing Plan held by such Kraft Transferee or as otherwise required by the terms of the applicable non-qualified deferred compensation plan or by individual agreements; provided, however, that such payments may be deferred to the extent doing so is, in the judgment of Altria, appropriate to avoid potential violations of Code Section 409A.
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(i) any severance or other amounts payable by such member of the Kraft Group to such Kraft Transferee, which severance or other amount shall be no less than that paid to any employee of that member similarly situated in age, seniority or job responsibility (each, a “Kraft Severance Payment”); and
(ii) the excess, if any, of: (A) any severance or other amounts that would have been payable by the member of the Altria Group from which the Kraft Transferee transferred if the Kraft Transferee had remained in the employ of such member of the Altria Group through the date of his or her involuntary separation (determined based on the Altria workforce reduction practices in effect on the date of the involuntary separation, which practices shall in no event be less favorable than the practices in effect on the date of transfer); over (B) the Kraft Severance Payment (each, an “Altria Excess Severance Payment”);
provided that a Kraft Transferee shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Section 3.1(g) if: (A) the Kraft Transferee is involuntarily separated because of misconduct or violation of any Kraft Group policy or procedure as determined by the appropriate member of the Kraft Group; or (B) the Kraft Transferee voluntarily terminates his or her employment with a member of the Kraft Group.
The member of the Kraft Group from which the Kraft Transferee is involuntarily separated shall be solely responsible for the payment of the Kraft Severance Payment. The member of the Altria Group from which the Kraft Transferee transferred shall be solely responsible for the payment of the Altria Excess Severance Payment. Kraft will calculate and notify Altria in writing of the amount of the Kraft Severance Payment and Altria will calculate and notify Kraft in writing of the amount of the Altria Excess Severance Payment as soon as practicable following such Kraft Transferee’s involuntary termination. In order to receive the payment of his or her Altria Excess Severance Payment the Kraft Transferee must execute a general release agreement provided by Altria.
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Each Altria Transferee shall remain entitled to all benefits under the appropriate Kraft Pension Plan to which he or she is or would be entitled if he or she had separated from service with the Kraft Group as of the later of (i) the date of his or her transfer to the Altria Group or (ii) the Distribution Date (the later of which is referred to herein as the “Initial Kraft Calculation Date”), and the appropriate Kraft Pension Plan shall retain all Liability for such benefits (each, a “Retained Kraft Pension Plan Liability”). An Altria Transferee shall be considered as separated from the service of the Kraft Group as of the Initial Kraft Calculation Date and may elect to commence receiving his or her benefit in accordance with the terms of the applicable Kraft Pension Plan and any individual agreements that alter such terms.
The appropriate Altria Pension Plan will also assume the Retained Kraft Pension Plan Liability with respect to each Altria Transferee (whether or not vested) to the Initial Kraft Calculation Date, (as to each Altria Transferee an “Assumed Kraft Pension Plan Liability”), subject to the offset described later in this paragraph. As of such date, the
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Assumed Kraft Pension Plan Liability should be equal to the Retained Kraft Pension Plan Liability. The appropriate Altria Pension Plan is not required to credit the Altria Transferee with benefit service in determining the Assumed Kraft Pension Plan Liability for periods of employment with the Altria Group on and after the Initial Kraft Calculation Date, but shall credit the Altria Transferee with vesting and eligibility service on and after such date for purposes of determining whether the Altria Transferee’s Assumed Kraft Pension Plan Liability is vested and whether the Altria Transferee has completed the requisite years of service in order to be eligible for an early retirement benefit and accompanying early retirement subsidies (which must be no less favorable than the eligibility requirements and other terms of the Kraft Pension Plan in which the Altria Transferee participated on his or her date of transfer) with respect to the Assumed Kraft Pension Plan Liability. In computing the benefit determined pursuant to the Assumed Kraft Pension Plan Liability (as determined in accordance with the applicable Kraft Pension Plan) as of any date, the Altria Pension Plan shall use the same methodology as the relevant Kraft Pension Plan (as in effect on the Distribution Date) in determining the Altria Transferee’s “final average pay” and “social security integration level/covered compensation” (as such terms are defined in the Kraft Pension Plan) as of the Kraft Transferee’s retirement or other separation from service from the Altria Group, but taking into account compensation paid by the Altria Group through the date of the Altria Transferee’s retirement or other separation from service. The benefit determined pursuant to the Assumed Kraft Pension Plan Liability, as adjusted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two sentences and payable from the appropriate Altria Pension Plan shall be offset by the benefit determined pursuant to the Retained Kraft Pension Plan Liability (as determined in accordance with the applicable Kraft Pension Plan) payable from the relevant Kraft Pension Plan as of the age at which the offset is applied. The early or late retirement factors used to determine the amount of the Retained Kraft Pension Plan Liability that will be used as an offset to the Assumed Kraft Pension Plan Liability shall be based on the entitlement of the Altria Transferee as of the Initial Kraft Calculation Date to a vested, early, full or deferred retirement benefit, as applicable, under the appropriate Kraft Pension Plan.
Kraft will calculate and notify Altria in writing of the amount of the Retained Kraft Pension Plan Liability for each Altria Transferee as soon as practicable following the Distribution Date.
These principles shall remain in effect so long as the Altria Transferee continues to be employed by a member of the Altria Group irrespective of whether or when the Altria Transferee elects to begin receiving a benefit under a Kraft Pension Plan.
As soon as practicable following each Altria Transferee’s Initial Kraft Calculation Date, Kraft will cause the appropriate member of the Kraft Group to pay to such Altria Transferee in cash the full amount of any non-qualified deferred compensation account or accounts under the terms of the General Foods Management Performance Awards Plan held by such Altria Transferee.
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The member of the Altria Group from which the Altria Transferee is involuntarily separated shall be solely responsible for the payment of such amounts.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Employee Matters Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
ALTRIA GROUP, INC. | ||
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| By: | /s/ Louis C. Camilleri |
| Name: | Louis C. Camilleri |
| Title: | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
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| KRAFT FOODS INC. | |
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| By: | /s/ Irene B. Rosenfeld |
| Name: | Irene B. Rosenfeld |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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