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AMENDED AND RESTATED CHANGE-IN-CONTROL AGREEMENT

Change of Control Agreement

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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED CHANGE-IN-CONTROL AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 3/27/2009

AMENDED AND RESTATED CHANGE-IN-CONTROL AGREEMENT, Parties: mead johnson nutrition co , bristol-myers squibb company
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Exhibit 10.15

AMENDED AND RESTATED CHANGE-IN-CONTROL AGREEMENT

December 19, 2008

PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL

Mr. Stephen W. Golsby

President, Mead Johnson Nutritionals

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

500 Winthrop Court

Evansville, IN 47715

Dear Steve:

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (the “Company”) considers it essential to the best interests of its stockholders to foster the continued employment of key management personnel. Our Board of Directors (the “Board”) recognizes that the possibility of a change in ownership or control of the Company may result in the departure or distraction of key personnel to the detriment of the Company and our stockholders. Therefore, the Board has determined to enter into this agreement with you (i) to encourage and reinforce your attention and dedication to your assigned duties without distraction in the face of the disruptive circumstances that can arise from a possible change in control of the Company, (ii) to enhance our ability to retain you in those circumstances, and (iii) to provide you with fair and reasonable protection from the risks of a change in ownership and control so that you will be in a position to help the Company complete a transaction that would be beneficial to stockholders. Accordingly, you and the Company have entered into a Change-in-Control Agreement effective for the period from January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008 (the “Prior CiC Agreement”). For purposes of complying with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, we have amended the Prior CiC Agreement as permitted under Section 8(f) of the Prior CiC Agreement. The Amended and Restated Change-in-Control Agreement is as follows:

1. Term of Agreement and Protected Period.

(a) Term of Agreement . This Agreement shall be effective as of January 1, 2009 and shall continue in effect through December 31, 2009, and commencing on January 1, 2010, and each January 1 thereafter, this Agreement shall be automatically extended for one additional year unless, not later than December 1 of the year preceding the renewal date, either party to this Agreement has given notice to the other that the Agreement shall not be extended under this Section 1(a); provided, however , that if a Change in Control or Potential Change in Control (as defined below) have occurred during the term of this Agreement, this Agreement shall continue in effect until the later of 36 months beyond the month in which the latest Change in Control occurred or the next December 31 that is at least 18 months after the latest occurrence of a Potential Change in Control. The foregoing notwithstanding, this Agreement shall terminate upon your attaining your Retirement Date.

(b) Protected Period . The “Protected Period” is the period from the time of occurrence of a Change in Control until the end of the 36th month after the Change in Control, except that the introductory text to Section 4 provides that certain events occurring before a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred during the Protected Period.

2. Change in Control and Potential Change in Control .

(a) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if, during the term of this Agreement, on the earliest to occur of the following dates:

(i) The date any Person (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities and Exchange Act) shall have become the direct or indirect beneficial owner of thirty percent (30%) or more of the then outstanding common shares of the Company;


(ii) The date of consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than (i) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent at least fifty one percent (51%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company in which no Person acquires more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;

(iii) The date the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all the Company’s assets;

(iv) The date there shall have been a change in the composition of the Board of Directors of the Company within a two (2) year period such that a majority of the Board does not consist of directors who were serving at the beginning of such period together with directors whose initial nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders or, if earlier, initial appointment to the Board was approved by the vote of two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were in office at the beginning of the two (2) year period together with the directors who were previously so approved.

The foregoing notwithstanding, a Change in Control shall not include any event, circumstance or transaction resulting from the actions of any entity or group which is affiliated with you, unless the event, circumstance or transaction is within six months following a Potential Change in Control which resulted from the action of an entity or group not affiliated with you. The term “Person” has the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof; however, a Person shall not include (i) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.

(b) A “Potential Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if, during the term of this Agreement:

(i) The Company enters into a written agreement, the consummation of which would result in a Change in Control; or

(ii) The Company or any Person publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions which, if consummated, would constitute a Change in Control; or

(iii) Any Person who is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 10% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities (except, if the Beneficial Owner is an institutional investor eligible to file a Schedule 13G in respect of the Company under Rule 13d-1(b), this threshold shall be 15%), thereafter increases such Person’s beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more; or

(iv) The Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Potential Change in Control has occurred.

3. Employee Covenants .

You agree that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in the event of a Potential Change in Control, you will remain in the employ of the Company or a subsidiary until the date that is six months after the earliest Potential Change in Control, except your commitment will end upon (i) the occurrence of a Change in Control, (ii) your Termination by reason of death, (iii) your Termination by the Company for any reason, or (iv) any other Termination under which you become entitled to severance and benefits under Section 4(b) of this Agreement. A “Termination” means your “separation from service” from the Company and all subsidiaries within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(h).

 

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4. Termination and Resulting Compensation and Benefits . The Agreement provides no compensation or benefits in connection with Terminations which occur at times other than during the Protected Period, except that, if you are Terminated prior to a Change in Control by the Company without Cause at the direction of a Person who has entered into an agreement with the Company the consummation of which will constitute a Change in Control, or if you Terminate with Good Reason prior to a Change in Control (determined by treating a Potential Change in Control as a Change in Control in applying the definition of Good Reason) if the circumstance or event which constitutes Good Reason occurs at the direction of such Person, and if in each case the Change in Control occurs within one year after your Termination, then your Termination shall be deemed to have been during the Protected Period and following a Change in Control and shall qualify for the compensation and benefits specified in Section 4(b).

(a) Termination by the Company for Cause, by You Without Good Reason, or by Reason of Death, and Failure to Perform Duties Due to Disability . If during the Protected Period you are Terminated by the Company for Cause, you voluntarily Terminate without Good Reason, Termination occurs due to your death, or you fail to perform your duties with the Company as a result of Disability, the Company will have no obligation to pay any compensation or benefits to you under this Agreement, but the following obligations will apply:

(i) In the case of failure to perform your duties due to Disability, you will be compensated on terms at least as favorable as those of the Company’s short-term and long-term disability plans as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control.

(ii) For any such Termination, you will be paid your salary through the Date of Termination plus all other compensation and benefits payable through the Date of Termination under the terms of any compensation or benefit plan, program or arrangement maintained by the Company during such period, subject to Section 5. If any annual incentive compensation was potentially earnable by you by performance in a year that has been completed, and such year was completed at the date of the Termination but the annual incentive compensation was not yet determined or not yet paid, the Company will determine the amount payable in good faith and with no exercise of negative discretion except as is consistent with the exercise of such negative discretion for other executives of the Company who have not Terminated (taking into account practice in prior years in determining such annual incentive awards); provided, however, that this sentence will not apply in the case of a Termination by the Company for Cause.

(iii) You will receive other compensation and benefits accrued and owing but not yet paid at the Date of Termination and any compensation and benefits as may be provided under the Company’s retirement, insurance and other compensation or benefit plans, programs and arrangements on terms at least as favorable as those in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control.

(b) Terminations Triggering Severance Compensation and Benefits . In lieu of any other severance compensation or benefits to which you may otherwise be entitled under any plan, program, policy or arrangement of the Company or any subsidiary, entitlement to which you hereby expressly waive, the Company will pay you the payments described in this Section 4(b) (the “Severance Payments”) upon Termination during the Protected Period and during the term of this Agreement, unless such termination is (i) by the Company for Cause, (ii) by reason of death, (iii) due to your failure to perform your duties with the Company as a result of Disability, or (iv) by you without Good Reason. The compensation and benefits provided under this Section 4(b) are as follows:

(i) The Company will pay you the amounts specified in Section 4(a)(ii).

(ii) In lieu of any further salary payments to you and in lieu of any severance benefit otherwise payable to you, the Company will pay you, in the form specified in Section 5 (a lump sum to the extent permissible), a severance payment, in

 

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cash, equal to 2.99 or, if less, the number of years, including fractions, from your Date of Termination until you reach your Retirement Date, times the sum of (i) the higher of your annual base salary in effect immediately prior to the occurrence of the event or circumstance upon which the Notice of Termination is based or your annual base salary in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control, and (ii) the aggregate amount of your target annual bonus opportunity for the year in which the Notice of Termination was given under the annual incentive plan applicable to you as in effect immediately prior to the occurrence of the event or circumstances giving rise to the Notice of Termination or, if greater, your target annual bonus under the applicable plan for the preceding year.

(iii) The Company will pay to you, in the form specified in Section 5 (a lump sum to the extent permissible), an amount, in cash, equal to the sum of (A) any incentive compensation which has been earned, allocated or awarded by you or to you for a completed calendar year or other measuring period preceding the Date of Termination but has not yet been paid (this shall not result, however, in duplication of payments under Section 4(b)(i) and 4(a)(ii)), with any further service requirement for the vesting of such compensation deemed met as of the Date of Termination, and (B), in the case of any annual incentive award contingent upon performance (i.e., a contingency other than continued service), equal to the pro rata portion of each authorized award or award opportunity for any performance measurement period that was in effect at the Date of Termination, calculated as to each such award assuming that any performance goal or measurement will have been achieved (for the entire performance period) at the level of the actual results achieved, if available, or if not at the target level; provided, however, any additional forfeiture conditions in the nature of a “clawback” contained in any plan or award agreement shall continue to apply to any payment under clause (A) or (B), and shall be deemed your covenants to be performed following termination. For purposes of clause (B), the pro rata portion shall be determined based on the proportion of the performance period elapsed from the beginning of such period until the Date of Termination, and any service, vesting or other non-performance requirement relating to such an award, including a service period that would have extended after the performance period, will be deemed met; provided, however, that the payment authorized by Section 4(b)(iii)(B) will be limited if the terms of any award or other agreement specifically limit the payment under this agreement (referring clearly to this agreement or a predecessor change in control agreement).

(iv) In the case of restricted stock, restricted stock units, options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) and other equity awards, other than performance-based awards governed by Section 4(b)(iii) above, such awards shall be deemed fully vested and non-forfeitable (to the extent not previously vested and non-forfeitable) and restrictions on such awards shall automatically lapse as of the Date of Termination (subject to Section 5), and options and SARs and other exercisable awards will be immediately exercisable in full at that date; provided, however, that (A) the enhanced rights and benefits specified in this Section 4(b)(iv) will be limited if and to the extent that the terms of any award or other agreement specifically limit such enhanced rights and benefits under this agreement (referring clearly to this agreement or a predecessor change-in-control agreement), (B), if minimum vesting requirements applicable to any award under the 2007 or 2002 Stock Incentive Plan or other Company plan do not permit such accelerated vesting, the Company will make a cash payment to you equal to the fair market value (net of any exercise price) of such award at the Date of Termination, whereupon such award will be canceled; (C) any additional forfeiture conditions in the nature of a “clawback” contained in any plan or award agreement shall continue to apply, and shall apply to any payment under clause (B), and shall be deemed your covenants to be performed following termination; and (D) the acceleration of options and SARs and other awards provided for hereunder is subject to the limitations specified in Section 4(c).

(v) In addition to the retirement benefits to which you are entitled under the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Retirement Income Plan (the “Retirement Plan”) and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Benefit Equalization Plan relating to the Retirement Plan (the “BEP”), or any successor plans thereto, the Company will pay you an additional amount (the “Additional Amount”) equal to the excess of

 

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(x)

the actuarial equivalent present value of the retirement pension (determined as a straight life annuity commencing at your Retirement Date) which you would have accrued under the terms of the Retirement Plan and BEP (without regard to any amendment to the Retirement Plan or BEP made subsequent to a Change in Control which is adverse to you), determined as if you (A) were fully vested thereunder, and (B) had accumulated (after the Date of Termination) 36 additional months of age and service credit thereunder at your highest annual rate of compensation (as such term is defined under the BEP) during the 12 months immediately preceding the Date of Termination (but in no event will you be deemed to have accumulated additional service credit in excess of the maximums taken into account under the Retirement Plan and BEP) (the “Additional Age/Service Credit”)

over

 

 

(y)

the actuarial equivalent present value of the vested retirement pension (determined as a straight life annuity commencing at your Retirement Date) which you had then accrued pursuant to the respective provisions of the Retirement Plan and BEP (the BEP portion of such retirement pension being the “Base BEP Benefit”).

The Additional Amount will be paid, in the form specified in Section 5 (a lump sum to the extent permissible), as a cash amount following your Termination in accordance with Section 5 hereof. If you have not attained age 55 with ten years of service credit as of the Date of Termination (after taking into account the Additional Age/Service Credit), you will receive the payments under this Section 4(b)(v) as though you had attained age 55 with ten years of service credit as of the Date of Termination, and without actuarial reduction to reflect the fact that you have not attained age 55 with ten years of service as of the Date of Termination. For purposes of this Section 4(b)(v), “actuarial equivalent” will be determined using the same methods and assumptions utilized under the Retirement Plan immediately prior to the Date of Termination.

(vi) For a 36-month period after the Date of Termination (subject to Section 5), the Company will arrange to provide you with life and health (including medical and dental) insurance benefits substantially similar to those which you are receiving immediately prior to the Notice of Termination (without giving effect to any reduction in such benefits subsequent to a Change in Control). Benefits otherwise receivable by you pursuant to this Section 4(b)(vi) will be reduced to the extent comparable benefits are actually received by or made available to you without greater cost to you than as provided by the Company during the 36-month period following your termination of employment (and any such benefits actually received by you will be reported to the Company by you).

(vii) Following the 36-month period described in Section 4(b)(vi), you will be immediately eligible to participate (although you may elect to defer commencement of such participation to such later date as you will determine) in the Company’s retiree medical plans, whether or not you have satisfied any age and service requirements then applicable. For purposes of determining the level of your participation thereunder, you will be deemed to have accumulated 36 months of additional age and service credit; it being understood that if your age and service credit (as augmented hereunder) do not satisfy the minimum requirements for eligibility, you will be eligible to participate at the level requiring the maximum contribution requirement by an eligible retiree. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the forgoing retiree benefits fail to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, then in lieu of receiving such benefits, you will be entitled to receive cash payments from the Company that will equal the Company’s cost of providing those benefits to you. Your first payment in lieu of those retiree benefits will be made in the first month following cessation of the coverage or payments in lieu of coverage as provided under Section 4(b)(vi) hereof.

(viii) In addition to the vested amounts, if any, to which you are entitled under the Company’s Savings and Investment Program, including the Company’s Benefit Equalization Plan for the Savings and Investment Program, as of

 

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the Date of Termination, the Company will pay you a lump sum amount (subject to Section 5) equal to the value of the unvested portion, if any, of the employer matching contributions credited to you under the Company’s Savings and Investment Program, including the Company’s Benefit Equalization Plan for the Savings and Investment Program (to the extent such unvested portion is forfeited as a result of your Termination).

(ix) The Company will provide you with (including reimbursements to you for) reasonable outplacement services consistent with past practices of the Company prior to the Change in Control.

(c) Excise Tax, Gross-Up and Related Provisions . In the event you become entitled to any amounts payable in connection with a Change in Control (whether or not such amounts are payable pursuant to this Agreement) (the “CiC Payments”), if any of such CiC Payments are subject to the tax (the “Excise Tax”) imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any similar federal, state or local tax that may hereafter be imposed), the Company shall pay to you at the time specified in Section 5 hereof an additional amount (the “Gross-Up Payment”) such that the net amount retained by you, after deduction of any Excise Tax on the Total Payments (as hereinafter defined) and any federal, state and local income tax (taking into account the loss of itemized deductions) and employment tax and Excise Tax upon the payment provided for by this Section 4(c), shall be equal to present value of the Total Payments. If any portion of the Total Payments would be subject to the imposition of the Excise Tax, and if a reduction of any compensation or benefit under Section 4(b) by an amount not exceeding 10% of the Safe Harbor Amount would avoid the imposition of the Excise Tax on you, payments and benefits payable pursuant to Section 4(b) of this Agreement shall be reduced to the extent necessary (but not more than 10% of the Safe Harbor Amount and only to the extent necessary) to result in no imposition of the Excise Tax on you. This cut-back provision shall apply to amounts and benefits payable hereunder which are designated in writing by you prior to the applicable payment date or, if no designation has been made, to payments and benefits hereunder as determined by the Company so as to minimize the amount of your compensation that is reduced (i.e., the payments that to the greatest extent are parachute payments shall be reduced to the extent authorized hereunder). “Safe Harbor Amount” shall mean one dollar less than 300% of the “base amount” as determined in accordance with Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code.

For purposes of determining whether any of the CiC Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax and the amount of such Excise Tax:

(i) The Severance Payments and any other payments or benefits received or to be received by you in connection with a Change in Control or your termination of employment (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement with the Company, any Person whose actions result in a Change in Control or any Person affiliated with the Company or such Person) (which together constitute the “Total Payments”) shall be treated as “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code, and all “excess parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax, unless in the opinion of nationally-recognized tax counsel selected by the Company’s independent auditors and reasonably acceptable to you (the “Tax Counsel”), such payments or benefits (in whole or in part) do not constitute parachute payments, or such excess parachute payments (in whole or in part) represent reasonable compensation for services actually rendered within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4) of the Code in excess of the base amount within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code, or are otherwise not subject to the Excise Tax;

(ii) The amount of the Total Payments which shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax shall be equal to the lesser of (A) the total amount of the Total Payments and (B) the amount of excess parachute payments within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code (after applying Section 4(c)(i) above), provided, however, that no payment or benefit shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax or as a parachute payment if you h


 
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