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RETIREMENT BENEFIT AGREEMENT

Employee Benefits Plan Agreement

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MYLAN INC. | 1500 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA | Mylan Inc

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Title: RETIREMENT BENEFIT AGREEMENT
Date: 10/30/2009
Industry: Biotechnology and Drugs     Sector: Healthcare

RETIREMENT BENEFIT AGREEMENT, Parties: mylan inc. , 1500 corporate drive  canonsburg  pa , mylan inc
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Exhibit 10.3

Privileged and Confidential

RETIREMENT BENEFIT AGREEMENT

     This Amended Retirement Benefit Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of the 31 st day of August, 2009 (the “Effective Date”) by and between:

Mylan Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, with offices located at 1500 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317 (hereinafter referred to as “Mylan” or “Company”).

and

Heather Bresch, an executive officer of Mylan (hereinafter referred to as “Executive”).

WHEREAS, Executive performs valuable services for the Company; and

     WHEREAS, in recognition of her continuing service to Mylan, the Company wishes to provide Executive with financial assistance with respect to certain retirement and death;

     WITNESSETH THEREFORE that in consideration of the additional benefits provided for hereunder, the premises and covenants set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and Executive, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

I. DEFINITIONS

     Whenever used in the Agreement the following terms shall be defined as follows:

 

(a)

 

“At-Will” shall mean with respect to the period of Executive’s employment with Mylan or any subsidiary thereof, that the Company is under no obligation to continue to employ Executive for any period of time, and can terminate her employment at any time without notice, subject to certain statutory and regulatory requirements, and if applicable, any contractual rights Executive may have; and that Executive is under no obligation to remain employed by the Company or any subsidiary thereof.

 

 

(b)

 

“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

 

(c)

 

“Change in Control” shall mean:

 

(1)

 

The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor provision) of 20% or more of either (A) the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common

 


 

 

 

 

Stock”) or (B) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (i) any acquisition directly from the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) any acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (iv) any acquisition by a Person that is permitted to, and actually does, report its beneficial ownership on Schedule 13G (or any successor schedule); provided that, if any Person subsequently becomes required to or does report its beneficial ownership on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule), then, for purposes of this paragraph, such Person shall be deemed to have first acquired, on the first date on which such Person becomes required to or does so report, beneficial ownership of all of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities beneficially owned by it on such date or (v) any acquisition pursuant to a transaction that complies with (3)(A), (3)(B) and (3)(C) below; or

 

 

(2)

 

Individuals who, as of Effective Date, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board; provided, however, the term “Incumbent Board” as used in this Agreement shall not include any individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of or an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; or

 

 

(3)

 

Consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation or similar corporate transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries, a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity by the Company or any of its subsidiaries

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(each, a “Business Combination”), in each case unless, following such Business Combination, (A) the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination continue to represent (either by remaining outstanding or being converted into voting securities of the resulting or surviving entity or any parent thereof) more than 50% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries), (B) no Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of such corporation, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (C) individuals who comprise the Incumbent Board immediately prior to such Business Combination constitute at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Company or all or substantially of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries); or

 

 

(4)

 

Approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

(d)

 

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

 

(e)

 

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

 

(f)

 

“Mylan” or “Company” shall mean Mylan Inc. or any Successor thereof.

 

 

(g)

 

“NPV” shall mean the sum of the present value at any given time of the monthly benefits to be paid, using a discount rate equal to

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the long-term applicable federal rate then in effect (determined under Section 1274(d) of the Code), compounded semiannually. For purposes of determining NPV of Executive’s Retirement Benefit where Executive Retires prior to attaining age 55, it shall be assumed that Executive’s Retirement Benefit would have commenced at the date on which Executive would have attained age 55, and the NPV of such Retirement Benefit shall equal the present value of such Benefit at age 55 discounted back to the Executive’s actual age at Retirement using the rate prescribed in the preceding sentence. Executive’s age at Retirement for purposes of this Agreement shall be Executive’s age at her nearest birthday.

 

 

(h)

 

“Party” or “Parties” shall mean the Company or Executive, or both the Company and Executive depending upon which term is required by the context in which it is used.

 

 

(i)

 

“Retire” or “Retirement” shall mean (i) prior to a Change of Control, the date on which Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated without Cause or for Good Reason (in either case pursuant to and as defined in the Executive Employment by and between the Company and the Executive dated January 31, 2007, as amended (as the same may be amended or superseded)); or (ii) following a Change of Control or the Full Vesting Date, the date of which Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated for any reason other than the death of Executive.

 

 

(j)

 

“Successor” shall mean any person, partnership, limited partnership, joint-venture, corporation, trust or any other entity or organization who, subsequent to the Effective Date, comes into possession of or acquires, either directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the Company’s business, assets or voting stock, or the right to direct the business activities and practices of the Company.

II. RETIREMENT

 

2.1

 

Upon her Retirement from the Company on or after at least ten continuous years of service as an executive (the “Full Vesting Date”), Executive shall receive the NPV of an annual retirement benefit equal to twenty percent (20%) of the sum of (i) her then-current annual base salary and (ii) her target annual bonus, for a period of fifteen (15) years (the “Retirement Benefit”), paid in accordance with Section 2.6 of this Agreement; provided, however, that if Executive Retires on or after the completion of at least five years of continuous service and prior to the Full Vesting Date,

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Executive shall be entitled to receive a portion of the Retirement Benefit determined as follows (“Partial Retirement Benefit”):

 

(a)

 

If such termination occurs on or after five years of continuous service as an executive but prior to six years of continuous service, 50% of the Retirement Benefit;

 


 
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