A. L. PHARMA INC.
SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION PLAN
SECTION 1
Introduction
1.1The Plan and Its Effective Date. The A. L. Pharma Inc. Supplemental Pension Plan (the "Plan") is maintained by Alpharma Inc. (the "Company"). The Plan was originally established by A. L. Pharma Inc. effective as of July 1, 1994 and was amended and restated effective January 1, 2005. The Plan is being amended and restated in its entirety effective January 1, 2008. With respect to benefits under the Plan that were not in "pay status" as of December 31, 2004, the Company intends that Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") shall apply.
1.2Purpose. The Company maintains the Alpharma Inc. Pension Plan (the "Pension Plan") which is intended to meet the requirements of a "qualified plan" under the Code. While the Code places limitations on the maximum amount of an employee's compensation that may be taken into account for determining benefits payable under a qualified plan, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), permits the payment under an "unfunded plan" of the benefits which may not be paid under a qualified plan because of such limitation. The purpose of this Plan is to provide a certain level of additional benefits which may not be provided under the pension plan because of the maximum compensation limitation of the Code. Effective January 1, 2006, participation in, and accruals under, the Plan were frozen.
SECTION 2
Benefits
2.1Eligibility. Only those highly compensated or key management employees of the Company or its affiliates, who participate in the Pension Plan and who were employed on June 30, 1994, shall participate in the Plan (the "Participants"), subject to the conditions and limitations of the Plan. Highly compensated key management employees hired after June 30, 1994 and before January 1, 2006, shall be eligible to participate in the Plan at the discretion of the Committee.
2.2Amount of Benefits. Subject to Section 2.3 below, with respect to a Participant who becomes entitled to a pension benefit under the Pension Plan, and such benefit has been limited as a result of the maximum compensation limitation imposed by Section 401(a)(17) of the Code (as such maximum compensation limitation is incorporated in the Pension Plan and as it may be changed from time to time), he or she shall be entitled to receive under this Plan the portion of the Participant's benefit under the Pension Plan which exceeds the benefit payable to the Participant under the Pension Plan after applying the legal maximum compensation limitation; provided, however, that the annual compensation earned by a Participant for this purpose shall not exceed $235,840. Such estimated limitation shall be determined by the Committee (as defined in section 3.1). A Participant's benefit under this Plan shall be referred to hereinafter as a Participant's "Supplemental Pension Benefit." With respe ct to determining a Participant's Supplemental Pension Benefit, service after December 31, 2005 and compensation paid after the last payroll period ending in 2005, shall not be taken into account.
2.3Vesting. If a Participant resigns or is dismissed from the employ of the Company and all of its controlled group members prior to completing at least five years of employment service with the Company or any member of its controlled group, the Participant shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Participants (i) whose employment was transferred from the controlled group that includes the Company to the controlled group that includes Actavis Group hf. on or about December 16, 2005, or (ii) who were employees involuntarily terminated as a result of the sale of the Company's generics business, shall be entitled to a benefit under the Plan based on their service through their termination date, regardless of whether such Participants had completed at least five years of employment service on their termination date.
2.4Payment of Benefits. Upon a Participant's Termination from Employment, a Participant's Supplemental Pension Benefit under the Plan shall be paid to the Participant, or in the event of his or her death, the Participant's beneficiary, in a lump sum on the date that is six months after such Participant's Termination from Employment, but in event later than the later of (i) December 31 of the calendar year in which the Participant has been Terminated from Employment for six months, or (ii) the fifteenth day of the third calendar month following the date on which the Participant has been Terminated from Employment for six months. For purpose of this Section 2.4, whether aTermination of Employment has occurred is determined based on whether the facts and circumstances indicate that the Company and the Participant reasonably anticipated that no further services would be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide services the Particip ant would perform after such date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) would permanently decrease to no more than 20% of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding 36-month period (or the full period of services to the Company if the Participant has been providing services to the Company less than 36 months). The lump sum payment shall be determined using Applicable Interest Rate and the Applicable Mortality, both as defined under the Code and the regulations thereunder. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to contrary, if a Participant is receiving his or her Supplemental Pension Benefit in the form of an annuity, upon the Participant's death, his or her beneficiary shall be entitled to survivor benefits provided under the form of annuity, if any.
2.4Funding. Benefits payable under this Plan to a Participant or his beneficiary shall be paid directly by the Company. The Company shall not be required to segregate on its books or otherwise any amount to be used for payment of supplemental pension benefits under this Plan. This Plan shall constitute an unfunded arrangement and any amounts actually set aside by the Company shall remain as Company assets, subject to the general creditors of the Company.
SECTION 3
General Provisions
3.1Committee. This Plan shall be administered by the pension plan administrative committee (the "Committee"). The Committee shall have, to the extent appropriate, the same powers, rights, duties and obligations with respect to this Plan as it has with respect to the pension plan. Each determination provided for in this Plan shall be made by the Committee under such procedure as may from time to time be prescribed by the Committee and shall be made in the absolute discretion of the Committee. Any determination so made shall be conclusive on all parties.
3.2Beneficiary. A participant's "beneficiary" under this Plan means (i) any person who becomes entitled to benefits under the pension plan because of the participant's death, or (ii) if the Participant has no designated beneficiary for purposes of the pension plan as set forth in (i) above, or if his or her beneficiary designated for purposes of the pension plan as set forth in (i) above dies before the date of the participant's death, any one or more of the participant's estate and his or her relatives by blood or marriage, in such proportions as the Committee determines.
3.3Employment Rights. Establishment of the Plan shall not be construed to give any participant the right to be retained in the Company's service or to any benefits not specifically provided by the Plan.
3.4Withholding. The Committee shall deduct from all payments under the Plan any taxes required to be withheld under the laws of the United States or any state, including but not limited to Federal and/or state income and employment taxes.
3.5Interests Not Transferable. Except as to withholding of any tax under the laws of the United States or any state, the interests of the participants and their beneficiaries under the Plan are not subject to the claims of their creditors and may not be voluntarily or involuntarily transferred, assigned, alienated or encumbered. No participant shall have any right to any benefit payments hereunder prior to the Participant's termination of employment with the Company and all other companies which are part of the controlled group of companies which includes the Company.
3.6Payment with Respect to Incapacitated Participants or Beneficiaries. If any person entitled to benefits under the Plan is under a legal disability or in the Committee's opinion is incapacitated in any way so as to be unable to manage his or her financial affairs, the Committee may direct the payment of such benefit to such person's legal representative or to a relative or friend of such person for such person's benefit, or the Committee may direct the application of such benefits for the benefit of such person in any manner which the Committee may select that is consistent with the Plan. Any payments made in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this section shall be a full and complete discharge of any liability for such payments. The Committee shall deduct from all payments any taxes required to be withheld under the laws of the United States or any state, including but not limited to Federal and/or state income and employment taxes.
3.7Limitation of Liability. To the extent permitted by law, no person (including the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company, the Committee, any present or former member of the Board, or the Committee, and any present or former officer of the Company) shall be personally liable for any act done or omitted to be done in good faith in the administration of the Plan.
3.8Controlling Law. To the extent not superseded by federal law, the laws of New Jersey shall be controlling in all matters relating to the Plan.
3.9Gender and Number. Where the context admits, words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders, the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.
3.10Action by the Company. Any action required of or permitted by the Company under the Plan shall be by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company or any person or persons authorized by resolution of such Board.
3.11Successor to the Company. The term "Company" as used in the Plan shall include any successor to the Company by reason of merger, consolidation, the purchase of all or substantially all of the Company's assets or otherwise.
3.12Miscellaneous. The Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties, their legal representatives, successors and assigns, and all persons entitled to benefits hereunder. Any notice given in connection with the Plan shall be in writing and shall be delivered in person or by registered mail, return receipt requested. Any notice given by registered mail shall be deemed to have been given upon the date of delivery indicated on the registered mail return receipt, if correctly addressed.
SECTION 4
Amendment and Termination
While the Company expects to continue the Plan, it must necessarily reserve and hereby does reserve the right to amend the Plan from time to time or to terminate the Plan at any time; provided that no amendment of the Plan nor the termination of the Plan may cause the reduction or cessation of any benefits that were accrued as of the date of such amendment or termination and otherwise would be payable under this Plan, but for such amendment or termination. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Company may terminate the Plan only to the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
While the Company expect to continue the Plan, the Company, acting through its Board of Directors, must necessarily reserve and hereby does reserve the right to amend the Plan from time to time, provided, that no amendment of the Plan may cause the reduction or cessation of any benefits that were accrued as of the date of such amendment and otherwise would be payable under the plan, but for such amendment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors has delegated to the executive management Benefits Committee the authority to adopt administrative amendments to the Plan, provided, that such amendments do not involve a change in the costs or liability of the Company or alter the benefits payable thereunder. The Board of Directors has delegated to the Compensation Committee the authority to adopt all other amendments to the Plan, provided, that such amendments do not significantly increase or decrease benefit amounts, or are required to be adopted by the Board of Directors under the Code or the regulations thereunder. The Board of Directors retains the authority to adopt amendments to the Plan that significantly increase or decrease benefit amounts, or are required to be adopted by the Board of Directors under the Code or regulations thereunder.
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