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DEF 14A Filing
Pfizer (PFE) DEF 14ADefinitive proxy
Filed: 8 Mar 01, 12:00am
• | Preliminary Proxy Statement |
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|X| | Definitive Proxy Statement |
Definitive | Additional Materials |
Soliciting | Material underss. 240.14a-12 |
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![]() PROXY STATEMENTMarch 8, 2001 |
HOW TO VOTEShareholders of RecordShareholders of Record can vote any one of three ways: |
• | By Telephone: Call 1-877-PRX-VOTE (1-877-779-8683) to vote by phone. |
• | By Internet: Go to www.eproxyvote.com/pfe to vote on the Internet. |
• | By Mail: Mark, sign, date and mail your proxy card to First Chicago Trust Company, a division of EquiServe, in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. |
PFIZER INC. |
TIME | 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 26, 2001 |
PLACE | Pfizer Global Research and Development Eastern Point Road Groton, Connecticut 06340-5146 |
ITEMS OF BUSINESS | (1) To elect six members of the Board of Directors for three-year terms. (2) To approve KPMG LLP as our independent auditors for the 2001 fiscal year. (3) To approve the 2001 Stock and Incentive Plan. (4) To approve the 2001 Performance- Contingent Share Award Plan. (5) To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any adjournment or postponement. |
RECORD DATE | You can vote if you are a shareholder of record on February 28, 2001. |
ANNUAL REPORT | Our 2000 Annual Report, which is not a part of the proxy soliciting material, is enclosed. |
PROXY VOTING | It is important that your shares be represented and voted at the Meeting. Please vote in one of these ways: (1) USE THE TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER shown on the proxy card; (2) VISIT THE WEB SITE noted on your proxy card to vote on the Internet;OR (3) MARK, SIGN, DATE AND PROMPTLY RETURN the enclosed proxy card in the postage-paid envelope. Any proxy may be revoked at any time prior to its exercise at the Meeting. |
March 8, 2001 | C. L. Clemente Secretary |
Our Annual Meeting also will be webcast on our web site at www.pfizer.com at 10:00 a.m. on April 26, 2001. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS |
Page | |||
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PROXY STATEMENT | 1 | ||
Annual Meeting Admission | 1 | ||
Webcast of the Annual Meeting | 1 | ||
Shareholders Entitled to Vote | 1 | ||
Revocation of Proxies | 1 | ||
Vote by Telephone | 2 | ||
Vote on the Internet | 2 | ||
Vote by Mail | 2 | ||
Voting at the Annual Meeting | 2 | ||
Voting on Other Matters | 2 | ||
Consolidation of Your Vote | 3 | ||
List of Shareholders | 3 | ||
Required Vote | 3 | ||
Electronic Delivery of Proxy Materials and Annual Report | 3 | ||
Cost of Proxy Solicitation | 4 | ||
Shareholder Account Maintenance | 4 | ||
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance | 4 | ||
GOVERNANCE OF THE COMPANY | 5 | ||
Our Corporate Governance Principles | 5 | ||
Board and Committee Membership | 8 | ||
The Audit Committee | 8 | ||
The Corporate Governance Committee | 9 | ||
The Executive Compensation Committee | 10 | ||
The Executive Committee | 10 | ||
Compensation of Non-Employee Directors | 11 | ||
Fees and Benefit Plans for Non-Employee Directors | 11 | ||
Related Transactions | 12 | ||
Indemnification | 12 | ||
Securities Ownership of Officers and Directors | 13 | ||
ITEM 1—ELECTION OF DIRECTORS | 14 | ||
Nominees for Directors Whose Terms Expire in 2004 | 15 | ||
Directors Whose Terms Expire in 2002 | 17 | ||
Directors Whose Terms Expire in 2003 | 19 | ||
Named Executive Officers Who Are Not Directors | 20 | ||
ITEM 2—APPROVAL OF AUDITORS | 21 | ||
ITEM 3—APPROVAL OF THE PFIZER INC. 2001 STOCK AND INCENTIVE PLAN | 22 | ||
ITEM 4—APPROVAL OF THE PFIZER INC. 2001 PERFORMANCE- CONTINGENT SHARE AWARD PROGRAM | 27 | ||
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | 29 | ||
Summary Compensation Table | 29 | ||
Total Options Exercised in 2000 and Year End Values | 31 | ||
Option Grants in 2000 | 31 | ||
Long-Term Incentive Plan Awards in 2000 | 32 |
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT | 33 | ||
Overview of Compensation Philosophy and Program | 33 | ||
Evaluation of Executive Performance | 33 | ||
Total Compensation | 34 | ||
Salaries | 34 | ||
Executive Annual Incentive Awards | 35 | ||
Long-Term Incentive Compensation | 35 | ||
Tax Policy on Deductibility of Compensation | 36 | ||
Stock Ownership Program | 37 | ||
The Executive Compensation Committee | 37 | ||
PERFORMANCE GRAPH | 38 | ||
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AND LONG-TERM COMPENSATION PLANS | 39 | ||
Retirement Annuity Plan | 39 | ||
Pension Plan Table | 39 | ||
Performance-Contingent Share Award Program | 40 | ||
Executive Annual Incentive Plan | 40 | ||
Savings and Investment Plan | 40 | ||
Stock and Incentive Plan | 41 | ||
Warner-Lambert Company 1996 Stock Plan | 41 | ||
Employment Agreement | 41 | ||
Consulting Agreement | 42 | ||
Severance Agreements | 42 | ||
REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING DEADLINES, FOR SUBMISSION OF PROXY PROPOSALS, NOMINATION OF DIRECTORS AND OTHER BUSINESS OF SHAREHOLDERS | 44 |
Pfizer Inc. 235 East 42nd Street New York, New York 10017 |
• | written notice to the Secretary of the Company; |
• | timely delivery of a valid, later-dated proxy; or |
• | voting by ballot at the Annual Meeting. |
Consolidation of Your VoteYou will receive only one proxy card for all the shares you hold: |
• | In your own name; |
• | In the Pfizer Inc. Shareholder Investment Program; |
• | In the Pfizer Inc. Savings and Investment Plan (the “Pfizer Plan”); or |
• | In the Warner-Lambert Savings and Stock Plans for the U.S. or Puerto Rico (the “Warner-Lambert Plans”). |
Name | Audit | Corporate Governance | Executive Compensation | Executive |
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Dr. Brown | X | |||
Mr. Burns | X* | X | ||
Mr. Burt | X | |||
Mr. Cornwell | X | |||
Mr. Gray | X | |||
Mr. Harvey (1) | X* | |||
Ms. Horner | X* | X | ||
Mr. Howell | X | |||
Dr. Ikenberry | X | X | ||
Mr. Kamen | X | |||
Mr. Lorch | X | |||
Mr. Mandl | X | |||
Dr. Mead | X | |||
Mr. Raines | X | |||
Dr. Simmons | X | |||
Mr. Sovern | X | |||
Mr. Steere | X* | |||
Dr. Vallès | X | |||
2000 Meetings | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
*Chair |
(1) | After seven years of valued service as our Director, Mr. Harvey will retire after our 2001 Annual Meeting. Mr. Burt will assume the position of Chair of the Audit Committee at that time. |
The Audit Committee The Audit Committee meets at least six times a year and is responsible for recommending the annual appointment of the public accounting firm to be our outside auditors, subject to approval by the Board and the shareholders. The Committee: |
• | reviews with the outside auditors the scope of the audit, the auditors’ fees and related matters; |
• | considers whether the provision of information technology and other non-audit services by the outside auditors is compatible with maintaining their independence; |
• | receives copies of the annual comments from the outside auditors on accounting procedures and systems of control; |
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• | reviews with the outside auditors any questions, comments or suggestions they may have relating to our internal controls, accounting practices or procedures or those of our subsidiaries; |
• | reviews with management and the outside auditors our annual and quarterly financial statements and any material changes in accounting principles or practices used in preparing the statements prior to the filing of a report on Form 10K or 10Q with the SEC. This review includes the items required by SAS 61 as in effect at that time in the case of the quarterly statements; |
• | receives from the outside auditors the report required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 as in effect at that time and discusses it with the outside auditors; |
• | reviews the programs of our Internal Audit Department, including procedures for assuring implementation of recommendations made by the outside auditors, receives summaries of all audit reports issued by the Internal Audit Department and reviews the significant matters contained in these reports; |
• | reviews periodically the adequacy of the systems of internal controls and accounting practices of the Company and its subsidiaries regarding accounting trends and developments; |
• | reviews compliance with laws, regulations, and internal procedures, and contingent liabilities and risks that may be material to us; |
• | reviews and reassesses annually the adequacy of its charter; and |
• | prepares a report each year concerning compliance with its charter for inclusion in the Company’s annual Proxy Statement. |
• | considering and recommending candidates to fill new positions on the Board; |
• | reviewing candidates recommended by shareholders; |
• | conducting inquiries into the backgrounds and qualifications of possible candidates; and |
• | recommending the Director nominees for approval by the Board and the shareholders. |
The Committee’s additional functions are: |
• | to consider questions of possible conflicts of interest of Board members and of our senior executives; |
• | to monitor and recommend the functions of the various committees of the Board; |
• | to recommend members of the committees; |
• | to advise on changes in Board compensation; |
• | to make recommendations on the structure of Board meetings; and |
• | to recommend matters for consideration by the Board. |
The Committee also: |
• | considers and reviews our Corporate Governance Principles; |
• | reviews, periodically, our Shareholder Rights Plan; |
• | establishes Director retirement policies; |
• | reviews the functions of the senior officers and makes recommendations on changes; |
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• | reviews the job performance of officers and other senior executives with the Chairman and CEO; |
• | reviews the outside activities of senior executives; and |
• | reviews with the Chairman and CEO the succession plans relating to officer positions. |
• | determines and certifies the shares awarded under the Performance-Contingent Share Award Program; |
• | grants options and awards under the Stock and Incentive Plan; |
• | advises on the setting of compensation for senior executives whose compensation is not otherwise set by the Committee; |
• | monitors compliance by officers with our program of required stock ownership; and |
• | publishes an annual Executive Compensation Committee Report for the shareholders. |
The Executive CommitteeThe Executive Committee performs the duties and exercises the powers delegated to it by the Board of Directors. 10 |
Compensation of Non-Employee Directors2000 Cash Retainer and Meeting Fees |
Director | Annual Board/Committee Retainer | Board and Business Meeting Fees | Committee Meeting Fees | Total | |||||
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Dr. Brown | $30,000 | $19,500 | $12,000 | $61,500 | |||||
Mr. Burns | 32,000 | 18,000 | 12,000 | 62,000 | |||||
Mr. Burt | 15,750 | 9,000 | 6,000 | 30,750 | |||||
Mr. Cornwell | 30,000 | 19,500 | 9,000 | 58,500 | |||||
Mr. Gray | 15,750 | 9,000 | 3,000 | 27,750 | |||||
Mr. Harvey | 32,000 | 21,000 | 10,500 | 63,500 | |||||
Ms. Horner | 32,000 | 25,500 | 12,000 | 69,500 | |||||
Mr. Howell | 15,750 | 9,000 | 6,000 | 30,750 | |||||
Dr. Ikenberry | 30,000 | 19,500 | 10,500 | 60,000 | |||||
Mr. Kamen | 30,000 | 19,500 | 12,000 | 61,500 | |||||
Mr. Lorch | 15,750 | 9,000 | 6,000 | 30,750 | |||||
Mr. Mandl | 15,750 | 7,500 | 4,500 | 27,750 | |||||
Dr. Mead | 30,000 | 21,000 | 12,000 | 63,000 | |||||
Mr. Raines | 30,000 | 19,500 | 10,500 | 60,000 | |||||
Dr. Simmons | 30,000 | 19,500 | 10,500 | 60,000 | |||||
Mr. Sovern | 15,750 | 7,500 | 4,500 | 27,750 | |||||
Dr. Vallès | 30,000 | 19,500 | 10,500 | 60,000 |
Fees and Benefit Plans for Non-Employee DirectorsAnnual Cash Retainer Fees. Non-employee Directors receive an annual cash retainer fee of $26,000 per year. Non-employee Directors who serve on one or more Board committees (other than the Executive Committee) receive an additional annual fee of $4,000. In addition, the Chair of a Board committee receives an additional $2,000 per year, per committee. Meeting Fees. Non-employee Directors also receive a fee of $1,500 for attending each Board meeting, committee meeting, the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, each day of a visit to a plant or office of ours or our subsidiaries, and for attending any other business meeting to which the Director is invited as a representative of the Company. Unit Awards and Deferred Compensation. Under the Pfizer Inc. Nonfunded Deferred Compensation and Unit Award Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “Unit Award Plan”), a non-employee Director is granted an initial award of 3,600 units when he or she becomes a Director. Afterwards, each non-employee Director is granted an annual award of 3,600 units (“Annual Unit Award”) on the day of our Annual Meeting, provided the Director continues to serve as a Director following the Meeting. The awards under the Unit Award Plan are made in addition to the Directors’ annual cash retainers and meeting attendance fees. Such units are not payable until the recipient ceases to be a Director. Under the Unit Award Plan, non-employee Directors may defer all or a part of their annual cash retainers and meeting fees until they cease to be Directors. At a Director’s election, the fees held in the Director’s account may be credited either with interest at the rate of return of the Intermediate Bond Fund of the Pfizer Inc. Savings and Investment Plan, or with units. The units are calculated by dividing the amount of the fee by the closing price of our common stock on the last business day before the date that the fee would be paid. The number of units in a Director’s account is increased by the value of any distributions on the common stock. When an individual ceases to be a Director, the amount held in the Director’s account is paid in cash. The amount paid is determined by multiplying the number of units in the account by the closing price of the common stock on the last business day before the payment date. 11 |
Number of Shares or Units | |||||||
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Beneficial Owners | Common Stock | Stock-Equivalent Units | Options Exercisable Within 60 Days | ||||
Michael S. Brown | 1,200 | 22,409 | (2) | — | |||
M. Anthony Burns | 20,400 | 28,613 | (2) | — | |||
Robert N. Burt | 200 | 19,692 | (6) | — | |||
W. Don Cornwell | 600 | 26,510 | (2) | — | |||
William H. Gray III | 867 | 43,323 | (6) | — | |||
George B. Harvey | 19,474 | 58,877 | (2) | — | |||
Constance J. Horner | 10,800 | 28,613 | (2) | — | |||
William R. Howell | 6,350 | 32,334 | (6) | — | |||
Stanley O. Ikenberry | 39,873 | (4) | 120,074 | (2) | — | ||
Harry P. Kamen | 2,520 | 33,560 | (2) | — | |||
Karen L. Katen | 489,918 | (1) | 18,566 | (3) | 599,160 | ||
George A. Lorch | 1,650 | 14,758 | (6) | — | |||
Alex J. Mandl | 2,000 | 36,840 | (6) | — | |||
Henry A. McKinnell | 859,678 | (1)(5) | 44,347 | (3) | 1,555,812 | ||
Dana G. Mead | 9,000 | 22,374 | (2) | — | |||
John F. Niblack | 789,381 | (1)(4) | 30,472 | (3) | 906,000 | ||
Franklin D. Raines | 1,500 | 15,755 | (2) | — | |||
David L. Shedlarz | 441,913 | (1) | 63,328 | (3) | 209,162 | ||
Ruth J. Simmons | 879 | 23,885 | (2) | — | |||
Michael I. Sovern | 8,000 | 23,586 | (6) | — | |||
William C. Steere, Jr | 2,239,982 | (1) | 177,931 | (3) | 3,027,760 | ||
Jean-Paul Vallès | 762,915 | (4) | 71,476 | (2) | — | ||
Directors and all Executive | |||||||
Officers as a group | 10,088,012 | 1,264,143 | 12,039,029 |
(1) | As of February 23 , 2001, this number includes shares credited under the Savings and Investment Plan, or deferred under the Performance-Contingent Share Award Program. The Plan and the Program are described in this Proxy Statement under the heading “Employee Benefit and Long-Term Compensation Plans.” |
(2) | As of February 23, 2001, these units are held under the Pfizer Inc. Nonfunded Deferred Compensation and Unit Award Plan for Non-Employee Directors and the Pfizer Inc. Annual Retainer Unit Award Plan. The value of a Director’s unit account is measured by the price of the common stock. The Plans are described in this Proxy Statement under the heading “Fees and Benefit Plans for Non-Employee Directors.” |
(3) | As of February 23, 2001, these units are held under the Supplemental Savings Plan. The value of these units is measured by the price of the common stock. This Plan is described in this Proxy Statement under the sub-heading “Savings and Investment Plan.” |
(4) | These shares do not include the following number of shares held in the names of family members, as to which beneficial ownership is disclaimed: Dr. Ikenberry—18,000 shares; Dr. Niblack—17,508 shares; and Dr. Vallès—142,320 shares. |
(5) | As of February 23, 2001, this includes the following number of shares held in a grantor retained annuity trust: Dr. McKinnell—123,475 shares. |
(6) | As of February 23, 2001, this number includes units held under the Pfizer Inc. Nonfunded Deferred Compensation and Unit Award Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and also includes the following number of units resulting from the conversion into equivalent Pfizer units of previously deferred Warner-Lambert director compensation under the Warner-Lambert Company 1996 Stock Plan. That Plan is described in this Proxy Statement under the heading “Employee Benefit and Long-Term Compensation Plans”: Mr. Burt—16,068 units; Mr. Gray—39,699 units; Mr. Howell—27,961 units; Mr. Lorch—10,449 units; Mr. Mandl—32,496 units; and Mr. Sovern—19,962 units. |
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ITEM 1—ELECTION OF DIRECTORSThe Board of Directors is divided into three classes. With Mr. Harvey’s retirement after the 2001 Annual Meeting, two classes will consist of six Directors and one class will consist of seven Directors whose terms expire at successive annual meetings. Six Directors will be elected at the Annual Meeting to serve for a three-year term expiring at our Annual Meeting in 2004. The persons named in the enclosed proxy intend to vote the proxy for the election of each of the six nominees, unless you indicate on the proxy card that your vote should be withheld from any or all of the nominees. If you are voting by telephone or on the Internet, you will be told how to withhold your vote from some or all of the nominees. Each nominee elected as a Director will continue in office until his or her successor has been elected, or until his or her death, resignation or retirement. The Board of Directors has proposed the following nominees for election as Directors with terms expiring in 2004 at the Annual Meeting: Robert N. Burt, W. Don Cornwell, Henry A. McKinnell, Dana G. Mead, Ruth J. Simmons and William C. Steere, Jr. The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR the election of these nominees as Directors. We expect each nominee for election as a Director to be able to serve if elected. If any nominee is not able to serve, proxies will be voted in favor of the remainder of those nominated and may be voted for substitute nominees, unless the Board chooses to reduce the number of Directors serving on the Board. The principal occupation and certain other information about the nominees and other Directors whose terms of office continue after the Annual Meeting are set forth on the following pages. 14 |
Name and Age as of the April 26, 2001 Annual Meeting | Position, Principal Occupation, Business Experience and Directorships | |
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NOMINEES FOR DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN 2004 | ||
Robert N. Burt![]() | 63 | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of FMC Corporation (chemical and machinery manufacturing) since 1991 and a member of FMC’s Board of Directors since 1989. Director of Phelps Dodge Corporation, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Evanston Hospital Corp. Chairman of the Business Roundtable and Vice Chairman of the Illinois Business Roundtable. Our Director since June 2000 and a member of the Audit Committee. |
W. Don Cornwell![]() | 53 | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since 1988 of Granite Broadcasting Corporation, a group broadcasting company. Director of CVS Corporation. Also, a Director of Hershey Trust Company, Milton Hershey School and the Telecommunications Development Fund. Trustee of Big Brothers/Sisters of New York. Our Director since February 1997. Member of our Audit Committee. |
Henry A. McKinnell![]() | 58 | Chief Executive Officer since January 2001, President since May 1999 and President, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group, the principal operating division of the Company, since January 1997. Chief Operating Officer May 1999-December 2000 and Executive Vice President 1992-1999. Responsible for our Animal Health Group since February 2000 and our Consumer Health Care and Corporate Strategic Planning and Policy Groups since 1995. Director of Moody’s Corporation and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Chairman-elect of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). Member of the Business Roundtable (BRT), Vice Chairman of the BRT’s Corporate Governance Task Force and Chairman of its SEC subcommittee. Member of the Board of Directors of the Healthcare Leadership Council, the Trilateral Commission and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Advisory Council. Chairman Emeritus of the Business-Higher Education Forum and a member of the Boards of Trustees of the New York City Public Library, the New York City Police Foundation and the Economic Club of New York. Our Director since June 1997. |
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Name and Age as of the April 26, 2001 Annual Meeting | Position, Principal Occupation, Business Experience and Directorships | |
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NOMINEES FOR DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN 2004 (continued) | ||
Dana G. Mead![]() | 65 | Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tenneco, Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tenneco, Inc. from 1994 to 1999. Chairman of two of the successor companies of the Tenneco conglomerate, Tenneco Automotive Inc. and Pactiv Corporation, global manufacturing companies with operations in automotive parts and packaging, from November 1999 to March 2000. Director of Zurich Financial Services, TaskPoint.com, the Center for Creative Leadership and the Logistics Management Institute. Member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation and a Lifetime Trustee of the Association of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy, West Point. Former Chairman of both the Business Roundtable and the National Association of Manufacturers. Our Director since January 1998. Member of our Executive Compensation Committee. |
Ruth J. Simmons![]() | 55 | President since 1995 of Smith College, a private liberal arts college for women located in Northampton, Massachusetts. (Dr. Simmons has announced that she has accepted a position as president of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, effective July 1, 2001). Vice Provost of Princeton University from 1992 to 1995. Director of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Texas Instruments Inc. Trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Member of The Conference Board. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Our Director since January 1997. Member of our Audit Committee. |
William C. Steere, Jr.![]() | 64 | Chairman of our Board since 1992. Our Chief Executive Officer from February 1991 to December 2000. Director of Dow Jones and Company, Inc., Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Minerals Technologies Inc. and Texaco Inc. Director of the New York University Medical Center and the New York Botanical Garden. Member of the Board of Overseers of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Our Director since 1987. Chair of our Executive Committee. |
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Name and Age as of the April 26, 2001 Annual Meeting | Position, Principal Occupation, Business Experience and Directorships | |
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DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN 2002 | ||
Michael S. Brown![]() | 60 | Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences from 1989 and Regental Professor from 1985 at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1985 and the National Medal of Science in 1988. Member of the National Academy of Sciences. Director of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Our Director since 1996. Member of our Corporate Governance Committee. |
Constance J. Horner![]() | 59 | Guest Scholar since 1993 at The Brookings Institution, an organization devoted to nonpartisan research, education and publication in economics, government and foreign policy and the social sciences. Commissioner of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from 1993 to 1998. Served at the White House as Assistant to the President and as Director of Presidential Personnel from August 1991 to January 1993. Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 1989 to 1991. Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management from 1985 to 1989. Director of Foster Wheeler Corporation, Ingersoll-Rand Company and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Our Director since 1993. Chair of our Corporate Governance Committee and member of our Executive Committee. |
George A. Lorch![]() | 59 | Chairman Emeritus of Armstrong Holdings, Inc. since August 2000. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Armstrong Holdings, Inc. May 2000 to August 2000. President and Chief Executive Officer from 1993 and Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer from 1994 to May 2000 of Armstrong World Industries, Inc., and a Director from 1988 to December 2000. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. recently has filed for voluntary reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Director of Household International Inc. and R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Our Director since June 2000 and a member of our Executive Compensation Committee. |
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Name and Age as of the April 26, 2001 Annual Meeting | Position, Principal Occupation, Business Experience and Directorships | |
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DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN 2002 (continued) | ||
Alex J. Mandl![]() | 57 | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Teligent, Inc., a company offering high speed wireless telephone, data and video communications, since 1996. President and CEO from 1993 to 1996 of AT&T Corp. Chairman of the Board and CEO of Sea-Land Service, Inc. from 1988 to 1991. Director of Dell Computer Corp., OmniSky and LDCom. Our Director since June 2000 and a member of our Executive Compensation Committee. |
Franklin D. Raines![]() | 52 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fannie Mae, a company that provides a secondary market for residential mortgages through portfolio purchases, issuance of mortgage-backed securities, and other services, since January 1999. Director of the Office of Management and Budget for the Clinton administration from 1996 to 1998. Director of America Online Inc. and PepsiCo, Inc. A former Director of Pfizer from 1993 to 1996, Mr. Raines was re-elected to our Board in October 1998. Member of the Business Roundtable and Chairman of the Corporate Governance Task Force of the Business Roundtable. Member of our Executive Compensation Committee. |
Michael I. Sovern![]() | 69 | Chairman of the Board of Sotheby’s Holdings, Inc., one of the world’s leading auction houses, engaged in the appraisal and auction of fine art and antiques, since February 2000. President Emeritus since 1993 and Chancellor Kent Professor of Law since 1977 at Columbia University. Director of AT&T Corp and Sequa Corp. Our Director since June 2000 and a member of our Corporate Governance Committee. |
Jean-Paul Vallès![]() | 64 | Chairman of Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI), a resource and technology-based company that develops, produces and markets specialty mineral, mineral-based and synthetic mineral products, since 1989. Chief Executive Officer of MTI from August 1992 to December 2000. Formerly our Vice Chairman from March to October 1992. Director, Board of Overseers, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University. Our Director since 1980. Member of our Audit Committee. |
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Name and Age as of the April 26, 2001 Annual Meeting | Position, Principal Occupation, Business Experience and Directorships | |
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DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN 2003 | ||
M. Anthony Burns![]() | 58 | Chairman of the Board since May 1985, Chief Executive Officer from January 1983 to November 2000, and former President from December 1979 to June 1999 of Ryder System, Inc., a provider of transportation and logistics services. Director of Black and Decker Corporation, J. C. Penney Company, Inc. and J. P. Morgan Chase and Co. Trustee of the University of Miami. Member of the Business Council. Our Director since 1988. Chair of our Executive Compensation Committee and Member of our Executive Committee. |
William H. Gray III![]() | 59 | President and Chief Executive Officer of The College Fund/UNCF, an educational assistance organization, since 1991. Mr. Gray served as a Congressman from the Second District of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1991. Director of Dell Computer Corp., Electronic Data Systems Inc., J. P. Morgan Chase and Co., MBIA, Inc., Prudential Insurance Company of America, Rockwell International Corp., Viacom, Inc., and Visteon Corp. Our Director since June 2000 and a member of our Corporate Governance Committee. |
William R. Howell![]() | 65 | Chairman Emeritus of J. C. Penney Company, Inc., which provides consumer merchandise and services through department stores, catalog departments and the Internet, since 1997. Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of J. C. Penney Company, Inc., from 1983 until his retirement in 1997. Director of American Electric Power Company, Exxon Mobil Corp., Halliburton Company and The Williams Companies. Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University from 1996 to 2000. Our Director since June 2000 and a member of our Audit Committee. |
Stanley O. Ikenberry![]() | 66 | President since 1996 of the American Council on Education, an independent nonprofit association dedicated to ensuring high-quality education at colleges and universities throughout the United States. President, from 1979 through July 1995, of the University of Illinois. Director of Utilicorp United Inc. President of the Board of Overseers of Teachers’ Insurance & Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF). Director of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Our Director since 1982. Member of our Corporate Governance and Executive Committees. |
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Name and Age as of the April 26, 2001 Annual Meeting | Position, Principal Occupation, Business Experience and Directorships | |
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DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN 2003 (continued) | ||
Harry P. Kamen![]() | 67 | Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from 1993 through June 1998, and President from 1995 through November 1997, of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a multi-service insurance provider. Director of Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A., BDirect Capital, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Member of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Trustee of American Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Hall, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Jewish Museum and Smith College. Our Director since 1996. Member of our Corporate Governance Committee. |
John F. Niblack![]() | 62 | Vice Chairman since May 1999 and President of Pfizer Global Research and Development since June 2000. Executive Vice President from 1993 to May 1999. Responsible for our Global Research and Development Division and pharmaceutical Licensing and Development. Our Director since June 1997. |
NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT DIRECTORS | ||
Karen L. Katen | 52 | Senior Vice President of the Company since 1999. Executive Vice President of the Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group (PPG) since 1997 and President of U.S. Pharmaceuticals since 1995. Ms. Katen joined us in 1974. She is a Director of General Motors Corporation and Harris Corporation and also serves on the International Council of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. |
David L. Shedlarz | 52 | Executive Vice President of the Company since 1999 and our Chief Financial Officer since 1995. Mr. Shedlarz was appointed a Senior Vice President in January 1997 with additional worldwide responsibility for our former Medical Technology Group. He is a member of the J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. National Advisory Board and Chairman of the CFO Task Force of the Business Roundtable. Mr. Shedlarz joined us in 1976. |
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Mr. Harvey (Chair) Mr. Burt Mr. Cornwell | Mr. Howell Dr. Simmons Dr. Vallès |
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ITEM 3—APPROVAL OF THE PFIZER INC. 2001 STOCK AND INCENTIVE PLANOn February 2, 2001, the Executive Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) adopted the Pfizer Inc. 2001 Stock and Incentive Plan (the “2001 Plan”). The Board of Directors approved the 2001 Plan on February 22, 2001, subject to shareholder approval at the Annual Meeting. The Committee reviewed the Company’s current Stock and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the Warner-Lambert Company 1996 Stock Plan (the “Warner-Lambert 1996 Plan”), the only Warner-Lambert stock plan that we assumed in connection with our acquisition of Warner-Lambert from which future options or awards may be granted. Based on this review, the Committee determined that an insufficient number of shares are available under these plans to enable Pfizer to provide future grants of stock options and other stock awards to our employees. From the inception of Pfizer’s current Stock and Incentive Plan in 1965, through December 31, 2000, options covering 1,244,202,680 shares (including options that subsequently terminated or lapsed and were regranted under the terms of the Plan) have been granted to employees under this Plan. From 1965 through December 31, 2000, options for 826,960,762 shares have been exercised. A total of 262,004,065 shares were subject to outstanding options as of such date, leaving 81,626,060 shares available for future options or awards. As of December 31, 2000, a total of 39,344,722 shares were subject to outstanding options under all of the stock-based compensation plans assumed by the Company from Warner-Lambert, other than the Warner-Lambert 1996 Plan. From the inception of the Warner-Lambert 1996 Plan through December 31, 2000, options covering 121,805,891 shares (including options that subsequently terminated or lapsed and were regranted under the terms of the Warner-Lambert 1996 Plan) have been granted to employees. From 1996 through December 31, 2000, options for 22,312,842 shares have been exercised. A total of 94,264,787 shares were subject to outstanding options as of such date, leaving 55,622,091 shares available for future options or awards. If the 2001 Plan is approved by our shareholders, no further options or awards will be granted under these existing plans. The Board believes that by allowing us to continue to offer our employees long-term, performance-based compensation through the 2001 Plan, we will continue to be able to attract, motivate and retain experienced and highly qualified employees who will contribute to our financial success. It is the judgment of the Board of Directors that approval of the 2001 Plan is in the best interests of the Company and our shareholders. The 2001 Plan provides for the granting of stock options and stock awards to our employees. The 2001 Plan does not permit the repricing of options or the grant of discounted options. Provisions have been included to meet the requirements for deductibility of executive compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”) with respect to options and other awards by qualifying payments under the Plan as performance-based compensation. To minimize the dilutive effect of our stock-based awards and for other reasons, the Company will continue its practice of acquiring shares in the open market. In September 1998, the Board authorized a $5 billion share-purchase program. Approximately 111.6 million shares have been repurchased under the program so far. The following is a brief description of the 2001 Plan. The full text of this Plan is attached as Annex 2 and the following description is qualified in its entirety by reference to this Annex. Administration and DurationThe selection of participants in the 2001 Plan and the level of participation of each participant will be determined by the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Each member of the Committee must be a “Non-Employee Director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. Currently the Committee is comprised of five independent directors who are not employees of the Company. The Committee will have the authority to interpret the 2001 Plan, to establish and revise rules and regulations relating to the 2001 Plan, and to make any other determinations that it believes necessary or advisable for the administration of the 2001 Plan. The Committee may delegate any or all of its authority to administer the 2001 Plan as it deems appropriate, except that no delegation may be made in the case of awards intended to be qualified under Section 162(m) of the Code. 22 |
• | certain changes in the composition of more than 50% of the Board; |
• | the acquisition by a third party of 20% or more of our common stock; |
• | a merger |
• | a sale of all or substantially all of our assets; or |
• | shareholder approval of a plan of liquidation. |
The 2001 Plan also allows the Committee, in its discretion, to make unvested options immediately exercisable: |
• | where an optionee’s employment is to be terminated due to a divestiture or a downsizing by us; |
• | for a retiring optionee who holds options with extended vesting provisions; or |
• | to prevent inequities. |
Generally, all options terminate after a ten-year period from the date of the grant; however, an option may be exercisable for a period of up to ten years and six months, if necessary, to conform with or take advantage of certain governmental requirements, statutes or regulations. 23 |
• | in the number and kind of shares for which any options or awards may thereafter be granted, both in the aggregate and as to each optionee; |
• | in the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding options and awards; |
• | in the option price; and |
• | other adjustments as the Committee deems appropriate. |
Amendment and Revocation The Committee may amend or revoke the Plan, but may not, without prior approval of our shareholders: |
• | increase the maximum number of shares of common stock which may be issued under the 2001 Plan or the number of shares of common stock which may be issued to any one participant; |
• | extend the term of the 2001 Plan or of options granted under that Plan; or |
• | grant options with an exercise price below the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant. |
The table below shows the awards that would have been made in 2000 if the 2001 Plan were in effect at that time. These are identical to the awards actually made, as described in the Summary Compensation Table. |
Name and Principal Position | Stock Options (Granted at Fair Market Value in 2000) | Stock Awards Granted | Performance Unit Awards | ||||
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William C. Steere, Jr. | 800,000 | 60,000 | 0 | ||||
Chairman | |||||||
Henry A. McKinnell | 330,000 | 31,440 | 0 | ||||
CEO and President | |||||||
John F. Niblack | 210,000 | 24,480 | 0 | ||||
Vice Chairman | |||||||
Karen L. Katen | 165,000 | 15,360 | 0 | ||||
Senior V.P.; | |||||||
Executive V.P.–PPG | |||||||
and President– | |||||||
U.S. Pharmaceuticals | |||||||
David L. Shedlarz | 160,000 | 17,040 | 0 | ||||
Executive V.P. and CFO | |||||||
All Executive | 3,093,775 | 262,080 | 0 | ||||
Officers | |||||||
All Non-Executive | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Directors | |||||||
All Non-Executive | 28,390,436 | 334,920 | 0 | ||||
Officer Employees | |||||||
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• | total shareholder return (including reinvestment of dividends); and |
• | growth in diluted earnings per share. |
These criteria are measured point-to-point over the applicable performance period (not greater than five years) relative to the performance of our Peer Group, which is comprised of the companies listed in the footnote to the Performance Graph appearing later in this Proxy Statement. To the extent that the Company’s performance exceeds the low end of the range of performance, a varying number of shares up to the maximum will be earned. The maximum number of shares that may be awarded under the proposed Plan is 12.5 million. In addition, no eligible employee will be granted Performance-Contingent Share Awards for more than 500,000 shares of our common stock for any one full, five-year performance period. Actual awards generally will be a fraction of this annual limit and will be correlated with awards under the 2001 Stock and Incentive Plan. Receipt of shares awarded under the 2001 PCSA Plan may be deferred by an employee participant. In the event of any change in the number or kind of outstanding shares of common stock of the Company by reason of a recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization, separation, liquidation, stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares or any other change in the corporate structure or shares of stock of the Company, an appropriate adjustment will be made consistent with the applicable provisions of the Code and applicable Treasury Department rulings and regulations, in the number and kind of shares available and awarded under this Plan. 27 |
As discussed above, awards under the 2001 PCSA Plan are based on the long-term performance of the Company. The operation of the 2001 PCSA Plan will be generally the same as the current program. Therefore, in the table below, we are showing the awards that would have been earned by the individuals and groups indicated using the performance criteria established for the current program and based upon the performance of the Company for the periods ending in 2000. These awards are the same as the awards earned by the Named Executive Officers under the current Performance-Contingent Share Award Program for the period ended December 31, 2000, which are shown in the “LTIP Payouts” column of the Summary Compensation Table. |
Performance Periods Ending in 2000 Based on Criteria of Current Program | |||
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Name and Principal Position | Shares Earned | ||
William C. Steere, Jr. | 210,000 | ||
Chairman | |||
Henry A. McKinnell | 110,040 | ||
CEO and President | |||
John F. Niblack | 85,680 | ||
Vice Chairman | |||
Karen L. Katen | 53,760 | ||
Senior V.P.; | |||
Executive V.P.–PPG | |||
and President– | |||
U.S. Pharmaceuticals | |||
David L. Sheldarz | 59,640 | ||
Executive V.P. and CFO | |||
All Executive Officers | 917,280 | ||
All Non-Executive Directors | 0 | ||
All Non-Executive Officer Employees | 744,780 | ||
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION |
Summary Compensation Table | |||||||||||||||||
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Annual Compensation | Long-Term Compensation | ||||||||||||||||
Awards | Payouts | ||||||||||||||||
Name and Principal Position | Year | Salary ($) | Bonus(1) ($) | Other Annual Compensation(2) ($) | Restricted Stock Awards(3) ($) | Securities Underlying Options(4) (#) | LTIP Payouts(5) ($) | All Other Compensation(6) ($) | |||||||||
Mr. Steere | 2000 | 1,616,000 | 3,232,000 | 21,500 | 2,688,600 | 800,000 | 9,410,100 | 179,544 | |||||||||
Chairman | |||||||||||||||||
1999 | 1,436,300 | 2,872,600 | 13,595 | 0 | 900,450 | 10,668,750 | 167,828 | ||||||||||
1998 | 1,379,700 | 2,759,400 | 86,801 | 0 | 900,000 | 13,012,500 | 157,000 | ||||||||||
Dr. McKinnell | 2000 | 984,100 | 1,426,900 | 42,079 | 1,408,826 | 330,000 | 4,930,892 | 83,084 | |||||||||
CEO* and President | |||||||||||||||||
1999 | 869,800 | 1,093,000 | 26,998 | 2,003,125 | 405,450 | 4,864,950 | 76,796 | ||||||||||
1998 | 835,700 | 1,050,100 | 29,536 | 0 | 390,000 | 5,569,350 | 72,304 | ||||||||||
Dr. Niblack | 2000 | 832,500 | 932,400 | 23,538 | 1,096,949 | 210,000 | 3,839,321 | 69,128 | |||||||||
Vice Chairman | |||||||||||||||||
1999 | 799,700 | 895,700 | 13,849 | 1,802,813 | 360,450 | 4,096,800 | 66,404 | ||||||||||
1998 | 768,200 | 860,400 | 4,724 | 0 | 360,000 | 4,684,500 | 62,084 | ||||||||||
Ms. Katen | 2000 | 698,800 | 730,300 | 11,638 | 688,282 | 165,000 | 2,408,986 | 53,772 | |||||||||
Senior V.P.; | |||||||||||||||||
Executive V.P. – PPG | |||||||||||||||||
and President – | |||||||||||||||||
U.S. Pharmaceuticals | |||||||||||||||||
1999 | 625,800 | 645,500 | 9,774 | 130,906 | 225,450 | 2,389,800 | 45,304 | ||||||||||
1998 | 589,400 | 506,800 | 5,999 | 0 | 210,000 | 2,810,700 | 39,608 | ||||||||||
Mr. Shedlarz | 2000 | 695,100 | 723,700 | 12,909 | 763,562 | 160,000 | 2,672,468 | 53,508 | |||||||||
Executive V.P. | |||||||||||||||||
and CFO | |||||||||||||||||
1999 | 625,800 | 642,600 | 11,096 | 65,453 | 225,450 | 2,731,200 | 47,556 | ||||||||||
1998 | 596,200 | 563,100 | 5,529 | 31,689 | 225,000 | 3,123,000 | 41,356 | ||||||||||
* | As of January 1, 2001, Dr. McKinnell was elected Chief Executive Officer, the position previously held by Mr. Steere since 1991. |
(1) | The amounts shown in this column constitute the Annual Incentive Awards made to each officer based on the Board’s evaluation of each officer’s performance. These awards are discussed in further detail in the Executive Compensation Committee Report. |
(2) | The amounts shown in this column represent tax payments made by us on behalf of each officer relating to his use of Company transportation and personal financial counseling. The total for Mr. Steere for 1998 also includes the aggregate incremental cost to the Company —$59,684 —of providing perquisites and other personal benefits to him. Of this amount, $53,984 represents the incremental cost of his personal use of Company automobiles and aircraft. Mr. Steere is required by the Company to travel only on its aircraft for security reasons. |
(3) | The amounts shown in this column represent the dollar value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant of the restricted stock. All grants of restricted stock are made under our Stock and Incentive Plan. |
On February 21, 2001, Mr. Steere received a grant of 60,000 shares of common stock, Dr. McKinnell received a grant of 31,440 shares of common stock, Dr. Niblack received a grant of 24,480 shares of common stock, Ms. Katen received a grant of 15,360 shares of common stock and Mr. Shedlarz received a grant of 17,040 shares of common stock. All of these restricted stock grants vest on the earlier of February 21, 2002 or termination of employment due to retirement, death or disability. |
On August 26, 1999, Dr. McKinnell received a grant of 50,000 shares of common stock. On that same date, Dr. Niblack received a grant of 45,000 shares of common stock. Dr. McKinnell’s restricted stock grant vests on August 24, 2004 and Dr. Niblack’s restricted stock grant vests on August 26, 2002. |
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On February 25, 1999, Ms. Katen received a grant of 1,000 shares of common stock (subsequently adjusted to 3,000 shares to reflect our June 1999 3-for-1 stock split), and on that same date, Mr. Shedlarz received a grant of 500 shares of common stock (subsequently adjusted to 1,500 shares to reflect our June 1999 3-for-1 stock split). These shares vest on February 25, 2002. |
On August 27, 1998, Mr. Shedlarz received a grant of 300 shares of common stock (subsequently adjusted to 900 shares to reflect our June 1999 3-for-1 stock split). These shares vest on August 27, 2001. |
Dividends are paid during the restricted period on all restricted shares. |
As of December 31, 2000, the aggregate number of shares of restricted stock held by the officers, and the dollar value of such shares was: Mr. Steere, 0 shares ($0); Dr. McKinnell, 50,000 shares ($2,300,000); Dr. Niblack, 45,000 shares, ($2,070,000), Ms. Katen, 3,000 shares ($138,000) and Mr. Shedlarz, 2,400 shares, ($110,400). The dollar values are based on the closing price of our common stock on December 29, 2000, the last trading day of the year. |
(4) | Adjusted for our June 1999 3-for-1 stock split. |
(5) | The 2000 payout represents the dollar market value of shares of our common stock on February 21, 2001 (the payment date) earned under the Company’s Performance-Contingent Share Award Program using the closing sales price of our common stock ($44.81) on the New York Stock Exchange on that date. The number of Performance-Contingent Shares awarded to each Named Executive Officer was as follows: Mr. Steere, 210,000 shares; Dr. McKinnell, 110,040 shares; Dr. Niblack, 85,680 shares; Ms. Katen, 53,760 shares; Mr. Shedlarz, 59,640 shares; and all executive officers and Directors as a group, 917,280 shares. |
(6) | The amounts shown in this column represent Company matching funds under our Savings and Investment Plan (a tax-qualified retirement savings plan) and related supplemental plan, which are discussed under the heading “Employee Benefit and Long-Term Compensation Plans.” |
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Total Options Exercised in 2000 and Year-End ValuesThis table gives information for options exercised by each of the Named Executive Officers in 2000 and the value (stock price less exercise price) of the remaining options held by those executive officers at year-end, using the average ($46.3750) of the high and the low trading price of our common stock on December 29, 2000 (the last trading day of the year). |
Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Held at 12/31/00 | Value of Unexercised In-The-Money Options at 12/31/00 | ||||||||||||
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Name | Shares Acquired On Exercise (#) | Value Realized ($) | Exercisable (#) | Unexercisable (#) | Exercisable ($) | Unexercisable ($) | |||||||
Mr. Steere | 617,592 | 23,044,101 | 2,687,760 | 2,600,450 | 78,292,271 | 36,079,537 | |||||||
Dr. McKinnell | 180,000 | 7,223,400 | 1,408,812 | 1,116,450 | 43,996,450 | 15,259,577 | |||||||
Dr. Niblack | 255,756 | 9,691,555 | 792,000 | 918,450 | 20,704,920 | 12,547,667 | |||||||
Ms. Katen | 72,000 | 2,711,045 | 521,160 | 577,050 | 14,443,418 | 7,559,090 | |||||||
Mr. Shedlarz | 32,400 | 1,164,676 | 204,762 | 587,050 | 3,400,752 | 7,760,550 |
Individual Grants | Potential Realizable Value at Assumed Annual Rates of Stock Price Appreciation of Option Term | ||||||||||||||
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Name | Number of Securities Underlying Options Granted (#)(1) | Percent of Total Options Granted to Employees in Fiscal Year | Exercise or Base Price ($/Sh)(2) | Expiration Date | 0% | 5% | 10% | ||||||||
Mr. Steere | 800,000 | 2.70 | % | 32.94 | 2/23/10 | 0 | 16,572,631 | 41,998,301 | |||||||
Dr. McKinnell | 330,000 | 1.11 | % | 32.94 | 2/23/10 | 0 | 6,836,210 | 17,324,299 | |||||||
Dr. Niblack | 210,000 | 0.71 | % | 32.94 | 2/23/10 | 0 | 4,350,316 | 11,024,554 | |||||||
Ms. Katen | 165,000 | 0.56 | % | 32.94 | 2/23/10 | 0 | 3,418,105 | 8,662,150 | |||||||
Mr. Shedlarz | 160,000 | 0.54 | % | 32.94 | 2/23/10 | 0 | 3,314,526 | 8,399,660 | |||||||
Potential Gain for all shareholders at Assumed Appreciation Rates | 0 | 130,814,721,680 | 331,510,188,624 |
(1) | Option grants for Named Executive Officers who received grants in 2000 consisted of Key-Employee Grants that are exercisable one-fifth on each anniversary date beginning on February 24, 2001. |
(2) | The exercise price for all stock option grants is the fair market value of our common stock on the date of the grant. |
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Long-Term Incentive Plan Awards in 2000This table gives information concerning the participation of the Named Executive Officers in a long-term compensation plan called the Performance-Contingent Share Award Program. Under this plan, they were awarded the right to earn shares of our common stock (“Performance-Contingent Shares”). Actual payouts of these Performance-Contingent Shares, if any, will be determined by a non-discretionary formula which measures our performance over a five-year period using certain performance goals that were determined by our Executive Compensation Committee and approved by the Board. The formula is comprised of two performance criteria, total shareholder return (including reinvestment of dividends) and growth in diluted earnings per share, over the performance period relative to the industry Peer Group. If our minimum performance in both measures is below the threshold level relative to the Peer Group, then no Performance Contingent Shares will be earned. To the extent the Company’s performance on either or both measures exceeds the threshold performance level relative to the Peer Group, a varying amount of shares of common stock up to the maximum will be earned. These awards are also discussed in the Executive Compensation Committee Report. |
Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Stock Price-Based Plans | |||||||||||
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Name | Number of Shares (1) | Performance Period (or Other Period Until Maturation or Payment | Threshold(2) (#) | Target (#) | Maximum (#) | ||||||
Mr. Steere | * | 1/1/01-12/31/05 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||
Dr. McKinnell | * | 1/1/01-12/31/05 | 30,000 | 180,000 | 300,000 | ||||||
Dr. Niblack | * | 1/1/01-12/31/05 | 18,000 | 108,000 | 180,000 | ||||||
Ms. Katen | * | 1/1/01-12/31/05 | 10,500 | 63,000 | 105,000 | ||||||
Mr. Shedlarz | * | 1/1/01-12/31/05 | 10,500 | 63,000 | 105,000 |
(1) | The actual number of Performance-Contingent Shares that will be paid out at the end of the applicable period, if any, cannot be determined because the shares earned by the Named Executive Officers will be based upon our future performance compared to the future performance of the Peer Group. |
(2) | If our minimum performance in both measures is below the threshold level relative to the Peer Group, then no Performance Contingent Shares will be earned. To the extent the Company’s performance on either or both measures exceeds the threshold performance level relative to the Peer Group, a varying amount of shares of common stock up to the maximum will be earned. |
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Executive Compensation Committee ReportOverview of Compensation Philosophy and ProgramThe Executive Compensation Committee establishes the salaries and other compensation of the executive officers of the Company, including its Chairman and CEO and other executive officers named in the Compensation Table (the “Named Executive Officers”). The Committee consists entirely of independent Directors who are not officers or employees of the Company. The Company’s executive compensation program is designed to: |
• | retain executive officers by paying them competitively, motivate them to contribute to the Company’s success, and reward them for their performance; |
• | link a substantial part of each executive officer’s compensation to the performance of both the Company and the individual executive officer; and |
• | encourage significant ownership of Company common stock by executive officers. |
As discussed below, the program consists of, and is intended to balance, three elements: |
• | Salaries. Salaries are based on the Committee’s evaluation of individual job performance and an assessment of the salaries and total compensation mix paid by the Company’s Peer Group to executive officers holding equivalent positions. This Peer Group consists of the ten health care companies referred to in the Performance Graph that follows this report. |
• | Executive Annual Incentive Awards. Executive Annual Incentive Awards are based on an evaluation of both individual and Company performance against quantitative and qualitative measures. |
• | Long-Term Incentive Compensation. Long-term incentive awards, which consist of stock options and Performance-Contingent Share Awards, are designed to ensure that incentive compensation is linked to the long-term performance of the Company and its common stock. |
• | management’s overall accomplishments; |
• | the accomplishments of the individual executives; |
• | the Company’s financial performance; and |
• | other criteria discussed below. |
In 2000, management continued to effectively implement its long-term strategies which included: |
• | leveraging our strategic focus as a health care company by completing the acquisition of Warner-Lambert; |
• | improving operating margins; |
• | continuing the implementation of projects to optimize organizational effectiveness and productivity; |
• | maintaining the flow of new product candidates in the Company’s research pipeline; and |
• | augmenting the Company’s research and marketing abilities with external collaborations and partnerships. |
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The Committee believes that the success of these strategies is evidenced by: |
• | the successful conclusion of the Warner-Lambert acquisition; |
• | exceeding the merger related synergy/cost savings targets; |
• | the smooth integration of the Pfizer and Warner-Lambert organizations, processes and cultures; |
• | the Company’s operating margins; |
• | the breadth of the current product portfolio which drove considerable sales growth, resulting in the Company’s position as the number one pharmaceutical company; |
• | the acceptance of the Company’s products in the current marketplace; and |
• | the number of promising product candidates under development by the Company. |
• | evaluated each officer’s individual job performance; |
• | assessed the Company’s performance; and |
• | considered salaries paid by the Peer Group to executive officers holding equivalent positions. |
Chairman and CEO. Mr. Steere’s salary in 2000 totaled $1,616,000. As a result of his planned retirement in mid-2001, Mr. Steere did not receive an increase in salary for 2001. Dr. McKinnell, who assumed the CEO responsibilities as of January 1, 2001, received a salary of $984,100 in 2000. For 2001, it has been set at $1,350,000 which reflects his promotion to CEO. Other Named Executive Officers. The 2000 salaries of the other Named Executive Officers are shown in the “Salary” column of the Summary Compensation Table. 34 |
• | stock option grants made under the Company’s Stock and Incentive Plan; and |
• | awards made under the Company’s Performance-Contingent Share Award Program. |
• | competitive data relating to similar grants made by the Peer Group to executive officers holding comparable positions; |
• | each officer’s individual job performance; |
• | the individual stock ownership of the Company’s executive officers; and |
• | the interrelationship with the Performance-Contingent Share Awards established for the 2000-2004 performance period for such officers. |
Chairman and CEO. Based upon this data, Mr. Steere was awarded Key-Employee Stock Options for 800,000 shares of common stock and Dr.McKinnell was awarded Key-Employee Stock Options for 330,000 shares of common stock. Other Named Executive Officers. The other Named Executive Officers were awarded the number of Key-Employee Stock Options shown in the table headed “Option Grants in 2000.” The Key-Employee Stock Options of the Named Executive Officers and all other executive officers will vest over a five-year period, with 20 percent of the options vesting each year. Key-Employee Stock Options granted to Mr. Steere and the other Named Executive Officers, when combined with the value of the Performance-Contingent Shares that these officers may potentially earn, are targeted to fall at the median range of the value of long-term incentives granted by the Peer Group to executive officers holding comparable positions, subject to the following: |
• | The target assumes that the Company’s performance also falls at the median of the Peer Group’s performance. |
• | If the Company’s actual performance exceeds the median performance of the Peer Group, however, the total value of long-term incentive awards (which would include Performance-Contingent Share Awards discussed below) will be higher than the median awards made by the Peer Group. |
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• | Similarly, if the Company’s performance falls below the median performance of the Peer Group, the total value of the long-term incentive awards would fall below the median awards of the Peer Group. |
• | total shareholder return; and |
• | earnings per share growth. |
Performance GraphThis graph compares our total shareholder returns (assuming reinvestment of dividends), the Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) 500 Composite Stock Index (“S&P 500”), and an industry peer index compiled by us that consists of several companies (the “Peer Group”).(1) The graph assumes $100 invested at the per-share closing price of the common stock on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on December 31, 1995, in Pfizer and each of the indices. |
1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
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PFIZER | 100.0 | 134.0 | 243.7 | 411.7 | 323.2 | 462.4 |
PEER GROUP | 100.0 | 123.4 | 183.0 | 260.9 | 235.8 | 310.9 |
S&P 500 | 100.0 | 123.0 | 164.0 | 210.8 | 255.2 | 238.9 |
(1) | The following companies comprise the Peer Group(A): Abbott Laboratories, American Home Products Corp., Baxter International Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Colgate-Palmolive Co., Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly and Company, Merck and Co., Inc., Pharmacia Corporation(B) and Schering-Plough Corp. The Peer Group consolidation was done on a weighted average basis (market capitalization basis, adjusted at the beginning of each year). |
(A) | Pfizer acquired Warner-Lambert Company in 2000. |
(B) | Pharmacia &Upjohn merged with Monsanto to form Pharmacia Corporation in 2000. |
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Employee Benefit and Long-Term Compensation PlansRetirement Annuity PlanThe Retirement Annuity Plan (the “Retirement Plan”) is a funded, tax-qualified, noncontributory defined-benefit pension plan that covers certain employees, including the Named Executive Officers. Benefits under the Retirement Plan are based upon the employee’s years of service and the final average earnings for the five highest calendar years with us and/or our “Associate Companies” and are payable after retirement in the form of an annuity or a lump sum. Earnings covered by the Retirement Plan are base pay, bonus, and long-term incentive compensation, excluding gains on stock option exercises. The amount of annual earnings that may be considered in calculating benefits under the Retirement Plan is limited by law. For 2001, the annual limitation is $170,000. Benefits under our Retirement Plan are calculated as an annuity equal to the greater of: |
• | 1.4 percent of the participant’s final average earnings for the five highest calendar years multiplied by years of service; or |
• | 1.75 percent of such earnings less 1.5 percent of Primary Social Security benefits multiplied by years of service. |
• | payments will be made in the form of a 50 percent joint and survivor annuity (and both the Plan member and spouse are age 65); |
• | during the period of employment the employee received annual compensation increases of six percent; and |
• | the employee retired as of December 31, 2000. |
As of December 31, 2000, Mr. Steere had 35 years; Dr. McKinnell had 30 years; Dr. Niblack had 33 years; Ms. Katen had 26 years; and Mr. Shedlarz had 24 years under the Retirement Plan and the related supplemental plan. |
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Remuneration | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 35 | ||||||
$ 100,000 | $ 17,186 | $ 22,915 | $ 28,643 | $ 34,372 | $ 40,101 | ||||||
500,000 | 100,311 | 133,748 | 167,184 | 200,621 | 234,058 | ||||||
1,000,000 | 204,216 | 272,289 | 340,361 | 408,433 | 476,505 | ||||||
2,000,000 | 412,028 | 549,371 | 686,713 | 824,056 | 961,399 | ||||||
3,000,000 | 619,840 | 826,453 | 1,033,066 | 1,239,679 | 1,446,293 | ||||||
4,000,000 | 827,651 | 1,103,535 | 1,379,419 | 1,655,303 | 1,931,186 | ||||||
5,000,000 | 1,035,463 | 1,380,617 | 1,725,771 | 2,070,926 | 2,416,080 | ||||||
7,000,000 | 1,451,086 | 1,934,781 | 2,418,477 | 2,902,172 | 3,385,867 | ||||||
9,500,000 | 1,970,615 | 2,627,487 | 3,284,358 | 3,941,230 | 4,598,102 | ||||||
12,500,000 | 2,594,050 | 3,458,733 | 4,323,416 | 5,188,100 | 6,052,783 | ||||||
15,500,000 | 3,217,485 | 4,289,980 | 5,362,474 | 6,434,969 | 7,507,464 | ||||||
18,000,000 | 3,737,014 | 4,982,685 | 6,228,356 | 7,474,027 | 8,719,698 |
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• | total shareholder return (including reinvestment of dividends); and |
• | growth in diluted earnings per share (as reported); |
In addition, in the event of such a termination following a change in control, under the agreements each executive officer would receive a payout of all outstanding Performance-Contingent Share Awards that had been granted prior to the date of termination at the maximum amounts that could have been earned pursuant to the awards, along with all shares earned but deferred in accordance with the deferral feature of the Performance-Contingent Share Award Program. The executive officer would also receive a benefit payable from our general funds calculated using the benefit calculation provisions of our Retirement Annuity Plan and our unfunded Supplemental Retirement Plan with the following additional features: |
• | the executive officer would receive credit for an additional three years of service and compensation for purposes of calculating such benefit; |
• | the benefit would commence at age 55 (or upon the date of termination, if the executive officer is then over age 55) and for this purpose, three years would be added to the executive officer’s age; |
• | such benefit would be further determined without any reduction on account of its receipt prior to age 65; and |
• | such benefit would be offset by any amounts otherwise payable under our Retirement Annuity Plan and unfunded Supplemental Retirement Plan. |
The executive officer would also become vested in all other benefits available to our retirees. All restrictions on restricted stock awarded to such executive officer would lapse and all unvested options granted to such executive officer would vest and become exercisable for the remainder of the term of the option. If a change in control occurs, the agreements are effective for a period of four years from the end of the then existing term. Under the severance agreements, a change in control would include any of the following events: |
• | any “person”, as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, acquires 20 percent or more of our voting securities; |
• | a majority of our Directors are replaced during a two-year period; or |
• | shareholders approve certain mergers, or a liquidation or sale of our assets. |
In the event that any payments made in connection with a change in control would be subjected to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, we will “gross up” the executive officer’s compensation for all federal, state and local income and excise taxes and any penalties and interest. In certain circumstances, we must fund trusts established to secure our obligations to make payments under the severance agreements in advance of the time payment is due. 43 |
REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING DEADLINES, FOR SUBMISSION OF PROXY |
• | 60 days in advance of the 2002 Annual Meeting if it is being held within 30 days preceding the anniversary date (April 26, 2001) of this year’s meeting; or |
• | 90 days in advance of the meeting if it is being held on or after the anniversary date of this year’s meeting. |
For any other annual or special meeting, the nomination or item of business must be received by the tenth day following the date of public disclosure of the date of the meeting. Our annual meeting of shareholders is generally held on the fourth Thursday of April. Assuming that our 2002 Annual Meeting is held on schedule, we must receive notice of your intention to introduce a nomination or other item of business at that meeting by February 24, 2002. If we do not receive notice by that date, or if we meet other requirements of the SEC rules, the persons named as proxies in the proxy materials relating to that meeting will use their discretion in voting the proxies when these matters are raised at the meeting. The nomination must contain the following information about the nominee: |
• | name; |
• | age; |
• | business and residence addresses; |
• | principal occupation or employment; |
• | the number of shares of common stock held by the nominee; |
• | the information that would be required under the rules of the SEC in a Proxy Statement soliciting proxies for the election of such nominee as a Director; and |
• | a signed consent of the nominee to serve as a Director of the Company, if elected. |
Notice of a proposed item of business must include: |
• | a brief description of the substance of, and the reasons for conducting, such business at the annual meeting; |
• | the shareholder’s name and address; |
• | the number of shares of common stock held by the shareholder (with supporting documentation where appropriate); and |
• | any material interest of the shareholder in such business. |
The Board is not aware of any matters that are expected to come before the 2001 Annual Meeting other than those referred to in this Proxy Statement. If any other matter should come before the Annual Meeting, the persons named in the accompanying proxy intend to vote the proxies in accordance with their best judgment. The chairman of the meeting may refuse to allow the transaction of any business not presented beforehand, or to acknowledge the nomination of any person not made in compliance with the foregoing procedures. 44 |
Whether or not you plan to attend the Meeting, please vote by telephone, on the Internet, or by mail.
If you vote by telephone, the call is toll-free. No postage is required for mailing in the United States.
March 8, 2001
By order of the Board of Directors,
C.L. Clemente
Secretary
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1. | Review with members of the public accounting firm selected as outside auditors for the Company, the scope of the prospective audit, the estimated fees therefor and such other matters pertaining to such audit as the Committee may deem appropriate and receive copies of the annual comments from the outside auditors on accounting procedures and systems of control; review and consider whether the provision by the outside auditors of information technology and other non-audit services is compatible with maintaining their independence; and review with them any questions, comments or suggestions they may have relating to the internal controls, accounting practices or procedures of the Company or its subsidiaries. |
2. | Review, at least annually, the then current and future programs of the Company’s Internal Audit Department, including the procedure for assuring implementation of accepted recommendations made by the auditors; receive summaries of all audit reports issued by the Internal Audit Department; and review the significant matters contained in such reports. |
3. | Make or cause to be made, from time to time, such other examinations or reviews as the Committee may deem advisable with respect to the adequacy of the systems of internal controls and accounting practices of the Company and its subsidiaries and with respect to current accounting trends and developments, and take such action with respect thereto as may be deemed appropriate. |
4. | Recommend annually the public accounting firm to be outside auditors for the Company, for approval by the Board of Directors and set their compensation. |
5. | Review with management and the public accounting firm selected as outside auditors for the Company the annual and quarterly financial statements of the Company and any material changes in accounting principles or practices used in preparing the statements prior to the filing of a report on Form 10K or 10Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such review to include the items required by SAS 61 as in effect at that time in the case of the annual statements and SAS 71 as in effect at that time in the case of the quarterly statements. |
6. | Receive from the outside auditors the report required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 as in effect at that time and discuss it with the outside auditors. |
7. | Review the status of compliance with laws, regulations, and internal procedures, contingent liabilities and risks that may be material to the Company, the scope and status of systems designed to assure Company compliance with laws, regulations and internal procedures, through receiving reports from management, legal counsel and other third parties as determined by the Committee on such matters, as well as major legislative and regulatory developments which could materially impact the Company’s contingent liabilities and risks. |
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ANNEX 2 Pfizer Inc. 2001 |
1. | Purpose |
The purpose of the Pfizer Inc. 2001 Stock and Incentive Plan (“the Plan”) is to furnish a material incentive to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries by making available to them the benefits of a larger Common Stock ownership in the Company through stock options, awards and otherwise. It is believed that these increased incentives stimulate the efforts of employees towards the continued success of the Company and its subsidiaries, as well as assist in the recruitment of new employees. |
2. | Administration |
The Plan shall be administered and interpreted by the Executive Compensation Committee, consisting of not less than three persons appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company from among its members. A person may serve on the Executive Compensation Committee only if he or she (i) is a “Non-employee Director” for purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and (ii) satisfies the requirements of an “outside director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Executive Compensation Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion, and subject to the provisions of the Plan, from time to time establish such rules and regulations and delegate any or all of its authority to administer the Plan to any other persons or committee as it deems necessary or appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan, except that no such delegation shall be made in the case of stock options or awards intended to be qualified under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. The decisions of the Executive Compensation Committee or its authorized designee (“the Committee”) shall be final, conclusive, and binding with respect to the interpretation and administration of the Plan and any grant made under it. The Committee shall make, in its sole discretion, all determinations arising in the administration, construction or interpretation of the Plan and stock options and awards under the Plan, including the right to construe disputed or doubtful Plan, stock option or award terms and provisions, and any such determination shall be conclusive and binding on all persons, except as otherwise provided by law. |
3. | Total Number of Shares |
Subject to the provisions of Section 8(a), the maximum amount of stock which may be issued under the Plan is 250,000,000 shares of the Common Stock of the Company. No participant under this Plan shall be granted (i) options or awards which could result in such participant receiving in any calendar year more than 2,000,000 shares of the total number of shares of Common Stock, or (ii) any option or award if such participant owns more than ten percent of the stock of the Company within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, or (iii) any incentive stock option, as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, which would result in such participant receiving a grant of incentive stock options for stock that would have an aggregate fair market value in excess of $100,000, determined as of the time that the option is granted, that would be exercisable for the first time by such participant during any calendar year. Any shares which are not purchased or awarded under an option or other award which has terminated or lapsed, either by its terms or pursuant to the exercise, in whole or in part, of an award or right granted under the Plan may be used for the further grant of options or awards. |
4. | Participation in Plan |
(a)Employees: All employees of the Company or its subsidiaries shall be eligible to participate in this Plan. From time to time, the Committee shall determine the employees who shall be granted options, stock awards or other awards under the Plan and the number of shares of Common Stock to be made subject thereto granted to each such employee. i |
(b)Ineligible Persons: For any and all purposes under this Plan, the term “employee” shall not include a person hired as an independent contractor, leased employee, consultant or a person otherwise designated by the Company at the time of hire as not eligible to participate in or receive benefits under the Plan, even if such ineligible person is subsequently determined to be an “employee” by any governmental or judicial authority. (c) Nothing in the Plan shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate any participant’s employment at any time, nor confer upon any participant any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary. No employee shall have the right to be selected to receive an option or other award under this Plan or having been so selected, to be selected to receive a future award grant or option. Neither the award nor any benefits arising out of this Plan shall constitute part of a participant’s employment contract with the Company or any Subsidiary and, accordingly, this Plan and the benefits hereunder may be terminated at any time in the sole and exclusive discretion of the Company without giving rise to liability on the part of the Company or any Subsidiary for severance payments. The awards under this Plan are not intended to be treated as compensation for any purpose under any other Company plan. |
5. | Term of Plan |
No option or stock award with respect to shares shall be granted pursuant to this Plan after December 31, 2010, but the exercise of options or other awards, and restrictions on options or awards, may extend beyond such date. |
6. | Terms and Conditions of Options |
All options under the Plan shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: (a)Option Price. The option price per share shall be not less than the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date the option is granted, as determined by the Committee, in accordance with applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury Department rulings and regulations thereunder. (b)Number of Shares. The option shall state the number of shares of Common Stock covered thereby. (c)Exercise of Option. An option will be deemed exercised by the optionee, or in the event of death, an option shall be deemed exercised by the estate of the optionee, or by a person who acquired the right to exercise such option by bequest or inheritance or by reason of the death of the optionee, upon delivery of (i) a notice of exercise to the Company or its representative, or by using other methods of notice as the Committee shall adopt, and (ii) accompanying payment of the option price in accordance with any restrictions as the Committee shall adopt. The notice of exercise, once delivered, shall be irrevocable. (d)Term of Option. The Committee shall determine the option exercise period of each stock option. The period for incentive stock options shall not exceed ten years from the grant date. A non-qualified stock option may be exercisable for a period of up to ten years and six months so as to conform with or take advantage of governmental requirements, statutes or regulations. (e)First Exercisable Date. No option may be exercised during the first year of its term or such longer period as may be specified in the option; provided, however, in the event that the Board of Directors of the Company determines that a “Change of Control” of the Company has occurred or will occur, as that term is defined in Section 8 (d), any options or awards that are not yet exercisable or vested become exercisable or vested as of the Change of Control, and further provided that the Committee may in its discretion make any options that are not yet exercisable immediately exercisable in cases where (i) an optionee’s employment is to be terminated due to a divestiture or downsizing of a business, (ii) in the case of a retiring optionee who holds options with extended vesting provisions, or (iii) otherwise, where the Committee determines that such action is appropriate to prevent inequities with respect to an optionee. ii |
(f)Termination of Option. All options shall terminate upon their expiration, their surrender, upon breach by the optionee of any provisions of the option, or in accordance with any other rules and procedures incorporated into the terms and conditions governing the options as the Committee shall deem advisable or appropriate. (g) Incorporation by Reference. The option shall contain a provision that all the applicable terms and conditions of this Plan are incorporated by reference therein. (h)Other Provisions. The option shall also be subject to such other terms and conditions as the Committee shall deem advisable or appropriate, consistent with the provisions of the Plan as herein set forth. In addition, the incentive stock options shall contain such other provisions as may be necessary to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Department rulings and regulations issued thereunder with respect to incentive stock options. |
7. | Stock Awards |
Stock awards will consist of shares of Common Stock of the Company issued to participants. Each stock award to a participant shall provide that the shares subject to such award may not be transferred or otherwise disposed of by the participant prior to the expiration of a period or periods specified therein, which shall not occur earlier than one year following the date of the award (except that the award or the Committee may permit the earlier lapse of such restriction in the event of the participant’s death, disability or retirement pursuant to any pension or retirement plan maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), and that the Company shall have the right to reacquire such shares upon termination of the participant’s employment with the Company while such restriction is in effect, such reacquisition to be upon the terms and conditions provided in the award. Stock awards shall also be subject to such other terms and conditions as the Committee shall deem advisable or appropriate consistent with the provisions of the Plan as herein set forth. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, the maximum amount of stock awards which may be issued under this Section 7 shall not exceed 2,500,000 shares of the Common Stock of the Company. |
8. | Conditions Applicable to All Options and Awards |
(a)Recapitalization. In the event of any change in the number or kind of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company by reason of a recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization, separation, liquidation, stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares or any other change in the corporate structure or shares of stock of the Company, an appropriate adjustment will be made, in accordance with applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury Department rulings and regulations thereunder, in the number and kind of shares for which any options or awards may thereafter be granted both in the aggregate and as to each optionee, as well as in the number and kind of shares theretofore granted and the price payable. In no event may any change be made to an incentive stock option which would constitute a “modification” under Section 424(h)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Committee may adjust awards to preserve the benefits or potential benefits of the awards or otherwise in a manner not inconsistent with applicable provisions of the Code and regulations. Action by the Committee may include, without limitation: (i) adjustment of the number and kind of shares which may be delivered under the Plan; (ii) adjustment of the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding awards; (iii) adjustment of the exercise price of outstanding options; and (iv) any other adjustments the Committee determines to be equitable. Any such determination shall be final and binding on all parties. (b)Transferability. Options and awards shall not be transferable other than by Will or the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable, during the optionee’s or grantee’s lifetime, only by the optionee or grantee; provided, however, that the Committee in its discretion may grant (or sanction by way of an amendment to an existing grant) non-qualified stock options which may be transferred by the optionee, solely as gifts during the optionee’s lifetime, to any member of the optionee’s immediate family or to a trust established for the exclusive benefit of one or more members of the optionee’s immediate family, in which case the terms of such option shall so state. As used in this subsection, immediate family shall mean any spouse, child, stepchild or grandchild of an optionee, and shall include any of the foregoing relationships arising from legal adoption. iii |
(c)Leave of Absence. If approved by the Committee, an employee’s absence or leave because of military or governmental service, disability or other reason shall not be considered an interruption of employment for any purpose of the Plan. (d)Change of Control. Change of Control shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) at any time during the two-year period following the Effective Date, or the beginning of a renewal term as the case may be, at least a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors shall cease to consist of “Continuing Directors” (meaning directors of the Company who either were directors at the beginning of such two-year period or who subsequently became directors and whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a majority of the then Continuing Directors); or (ii) any “person” or “group” (as determined for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), except any majority-owned Subsidiary of the Company or any employee benefit plan of the Company or any trust thereunder, shall have acquired “beneficial ownership” (as determined for purposes of Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Regulation 13d-3) of shares of Common Stock of the Company having 20% or more of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, unless such acquisition is approved by a majority of the directors of the Company in office immediately preceding such acquisition; or (iii) a merger or consolidation occurs to which the Company is a party, whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation, in which outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company are converted into shares of another company (other than a conversion into shares of voting Common Stock of the successor corporation or a holding company thereof representing 80% of the voting power of all capital stock thereof outstanding immediately after the merger or consolidation) or other securities (of either the Company or another company) or cash or other property; or (iv) the sale of all, or substantially all, of the Company’s assets occurs; or (v) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company. (e)Applicable Law. Any option or other award shall contain a provision that it may not be exercised at a time when the exercise thereof or the issuance of shares thereunder would constitute a violation of any federal or state law or listing requirements of the New York Stock Exchange for such shares or a violation of the applicable laws of any foreign jurisdiction where options or other awards are or will be granted under the Plan. The provisions of the Plan shall be construed, regulated and administered according to the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws, except to the extent superseded by any controlling Federal statute. (f)Performance Based Awards. The Committee may designate whether any award under Section 7 being granted to any employee is intended to be “performance-based compensation” as that term is used in Section 162(m) of the Code. Any such awards designated to be “performance-based compensation” shall be conditioned on the achievement of one or more Performance Measures, to the extent required by Code Section 162(m). The Performance Measures that may be used by the Committee for such awards shall be based on any one or more of the following as selected by the Committee: Total shareholder return, earnings per share growth, increase in revenue, share price appreciation, return on assets, return on equity, inventory utilization, total asset utilization and operating income growth. For such awards intended to be “performance-based compensation,” the grant of the awards and the establishment of the Performance Measures shall be made during the period required under Code Section 162(m). (g)Tax Withholding. The Company shall have the right to deduct applicable taxes from any option or award payment and withhold, at the time of delivery or vesting of cash or shares of Common Stock under this Plan, an appropriate amount of cash or number of shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof for payment of taxes required by law or to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to satisfy all obligations for withholding of such taxes. The Committee may also permit withholding to be satisfied by the transfer to the Company of shares of Common Stock theretofore owned by the holder of the option or award with respect to which withholding is required. If shares of Common Stock are used to satisfy tax withholding, such shares shall be valued based on the Common Stock’s fair market value when the tax withholding is required to be made. iv |
9. | Definitions |
(a)Board of Directors. The term “Board of Directors” shall mean the Board of Directors of Pfizer Inc. (b)Committee. The term “Committee” shall mean the Executive Compensation Committee or such other persons or committee as referred to in Section 2 hereof to which it has delegated any authority, as may be appropriate. (c)Common Stock. The term “Common Stock” shall mean the $.05 par value Common Stock of the Company, authorized but unissued, or issued and reacquired by the Company and held as treasury stock, or held by any trust established by the Company for the purpose of satisfying the Company’s obligations for the issuance of Common Stock under the Plan. (d)Company. The term “Company” shall mean Pfizer Inc., a Delaware corporation. (e)Effective Date. The effective date shall be April 26, 2001. (f)Executive Compensation Committee. The term “Executive Compensation Committee” shall mean the Executive Compensation Committee of Pfizer Inc. as constituted by resolution of the Board of Directors. (g)Internal Revenue Code. The term “Internal Revenue Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to time. (h)Subsidiary. The term “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary corporation of the Company as determined by the Committee; provided however that in the case of incentive stock options such term shall be as defined in Section 424(f) of the Internal Revenue Code. |
10. | Use of Proceeds |
The proceeds received by the Company from the sale of stock under the Plan shall be added to the general funds of the Company and shall be used for such corporate purposes as the Board of Directors shall direct. |
11. | Amendment and Revocation |
The Executive Compensation Committee shall have the right to alter, amend or revoke the Plan or any part thereof at any time and from time to time, provided, however, that without the consent of the participants affected, unless required by law, no change may be made in any option or award theretofore granted which will impair the rights of participants under outstanding options or awards; and provided further, that the Executive Compensation Committee may not, without the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Common Stock, make any alteration or amendment to the Plan which increases the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan or the number of shares of such stock which may be issued to any one participant, extends the term of the Plan or of options granted thereunder, or reduces the option price below that now provided for in the Plan. The Executive Compensation Committee may delegate to another committee, as it may appoint, the authority to take any action consistent with the terms of the Plan, either before or after an option or award has been granted, which such other committee deems necessary or advisable to comply with any government laws or regulatory requirements of a foreign country, including but not limited to, modifying or amending the terms and conditions governing any options or awards, or establishing any local country plans as sub-plans to this Plan, each of which may be attached as an Appendix hereto. Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Plan to the contrary, in no event shall the Executive Compensation Committee, or its designee, reprice or regrant options at a price below the original option issue price. v |
12. | Compliance with Section 16 |
With respect to participants subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Members”), transactions under the Plan are intended to comply with all applicable conditions of Rule 16b-3 or its successors under the Securities Exchange Act of1934. To the extent that compliance with any Plan provision applicable solely to such Members is not required in order to bring a transaction by such Member into compliance with Rule 16b-3, it shall be deemed null and void as to such transaction, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Plan administrators. To the extent any provision of the Plan or action by the Plan administrators involving such Members is deemed not to comply with an applicable condition of Rule 16b-3, it shall be deemed null and void as to such Members, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Plan administrators. vi |
9. Recapitalization: In the event of any change in the number or kind of outstanding shares of common stock of the Company by reason of a recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization, separation, liquidation, stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares or any other change in the corporate structure or shares of stock of the Company, an appropriate adjustment will be made, in accordance with applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury Department rulings and regulations thereunder, in the number and kind of shares for which any awards may thereafter be granted both in the aggregate and as to each grantee, as well as in the number and kind of shares theretofore granted and the price or unit value payable. The Committee may adjust awards to preserve the benefits or potential benefits of the awards or otherwise in a manner not inconsistent with applicable provisions of the Code and regulations. Action by the Committee may include, without limitation: (i) adjustment of the number and kind of shares which may be delivered under the Plan; (ii) adjustment of the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding awards; and (iii) any other adjustments the Committee determines to be equitable. Any such determination shall be final and binding on all parties. 10. Amendment of Plan: The Committee shall have the right to alter, amend or revoke the Plan or any part thereof at any time and from time to time, provided, however, the Committee may not, without the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Common Stock, make any alteration or amendment to the Plan which increases the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan or the number of shares of such stock which may be issued to any one participant. iii |
DIRECTIONS TO PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT |
• | Take I-95 (New England Thruway) to Exit 87 South in Groton, Connecticut. |
• | Take Clarence B. Sharp Memorial Highway (Rt. 349) South for 11/4 miles (through two traffic lights) to the entrance to the Pfizer Visitor Center. |
• | Attendants will direct you to the parking area where a shuttle bus will transport you to the Annual Meeting site. |
• | You should anticipate heavy traffic, both on I-95 and Rt. 349. |
Public Transportation to New London, Connecticut is available via AMTRAK (800-872-7245) and Greyhound Bus (800-231-2222). Taxi service to the Pfizer facility is available from the train and bus stations in New London. |
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P R O X YPFIZER INC. |
[X] | Please mark your vote with an X. |
The Board of Directors recommends a vote "FOR" All Items.
FOR | WITHHELD | ||||||
1. Election of Directors. (Mark ONE box only.) | [ ] | [ ] | Vote WITHHELD from all nominees: | ||||
Nominees: 01. Robert N. Burt, 02. W. Don Cornwell 03. Henry A. McKinnell, 04. Dana G. Mead 05. Ruth J. Simmons, 06. William C. Steere, Jr. | |||||||
FOR all nominees, except vote withheld from the following nominees (if any): | |||||||
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | |||||
2. A proposal to approve the appointment of KPMG LLP as independent auditors for 2001. | [ ] | [ ] | [ ] | ||||
3. A proposal to approve the 2001 Stock and Incentive Plan. | [ ] | [ ] | [ ] | ||||
4. A proposal to approve the 2001 Performance Contingent Share Award Plan. | [ ] | [ ] | [ ] |
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IF ACTING AS ATTORNEY, EXECUTOR, TRUSTEE, OR IN OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY, PLEASE SIGN NAME AND TITLE. |
(SIGNATURE IF SHAREHOLDER) | DATE |
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ˆFOLD AND DETACH HERE IF YOU ARE NOT VOTING ON THE INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONEˆ PFIZER INC.Dear Shareholder: We encourage you to take advantage of Internet or telephone voting, both of which are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you vote electronically you must provide the control number that is printed in the box above, just below the perforation. Have the control number handy when you vote on the Internet or by telephone. |
1. To vote on the Internet: | Go to www.eproxyvote.com/pfe and follow the prompts. |
2. To vote by telephone: | On a touch-tone telephone call 1-877-prx-VOTE (1-877-779-8683). Outside of the U.S. and Canada call 201-536-8073 |
Your electronic vote authorizes the named proxies in the same manner as if you marked, signed, dated and returned the proxy card. If you vote your shares on the Internet or by telephone, you do not need to mail back your proxy card. Your vote is important. Thank you for voting. |