Exhibit
10.1
ENERGIZER HOLDINGS,
INC.
EXECUTIVE OFFICER BONUS
PLAN
ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE
1.1 Purpose . Energizer
Holdings , Inc. hereby establishes the Energizer
Holdings , Inc. Executive Officer Bonus Plan (the
"Plan"). The Plan is intended to (i) motivate and reward a greater
degree of excellence and teamwork among the senior officers of the
Company by providing incentive compensation award opportunities;
(ii) provide attractive and competitive total cash compensation
opportunities for exceptional corporate, business unit and personal
performance; (iii) reinforce the communication and achievement of
the mission, objectives and goals of the Company; and (iv) enhance
the Company’s ability to attract, retain and motivate the
highest caliber senior officers. Awards under the Plan which are
based upon attainment of Performance Goals, are intended to qualify
as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the
Code.
1.2 Effective Date .
Contingent upon shareholder approval of appropriate performance
criteria at the Company’s 2006 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, the Plan shall become effective October 1, 2006 and
shall continue in effect until terminated by the Board in
accordance with Section 7.4. As long as the Plan remains in effect,
performance criteria shall be resubmitted to shareholders as
necessary to enable Awards under the Plan which are based upon
attainment of Performance Goals to continue to qualify as
performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code
.
SECTION
2
DEFINITIONS
The following
words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless a
different meaning is plainly required by the context:
2.1 "Award" means any cash
bonus granted under the terms of the Plan. An Award may be
expressed as a percentage of an Executive Officer’s Base
Salary or a specific dollar amount, as determined by the Committee
for each Participant for any Plan Year, or for multiple Plan
Years.
2.2 "Base Salary" means as
to any Plan Year, 100% of the Participant's annualized salary rate
on the last day of the Plan Year. Such Base Salary shall be before
both (a) deductions for taxes or benefits, and (b) deferrals of
compensation pursuant to Company-sponsored plans.
2.3 "Board" means the
Company's Board of Directors.
2.4 "Code" means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Reference to a specific
Section of the Code shall include such Section, any valid
regulation promulgated thereunder, and any comparable provision of
any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or
superseding such Section or regulation.
2.5 "Committee" means the
Nominating and Executive Compensation Committee of the Board, or
any successor committee the Board may designate to administer the
Plan. Each member of the Committee shall be (i) an “outside
director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code,
subject to any transitional rules applicable to the definition of
outside director, and (ii) an “independent” director,
as defined under the Company’s Corporate Governance
Principles and the listing standards of the New York Stock
Exchange.
2.6 "Company" means
Energizer Holdings , Inc., a Missouri
corporation.
2.7 "Determination Date"
means as to any Plan Year, (a) the first day of the Plan Year, or
(b) if later, the latest date possible which will not jeopardize
the Plan's qualification as performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Code.
2.8 “Executive
Officer” means any individual with the title of
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, or President of
the Company, and any other individual designated as an Executive
Officer of the Company by the Board.
2.9 "Maximum Award" means
the maximum amount which may be paid to a Participant as a single
Award, whether that Award represents performance for a single Plan
Year or for multiple Plan Years. The size of the Maximum Award is
five million dollars ( $ 5,000,000).
2.10 "Participant" means as
to any Plan Year (or series of Plan Years), an Executive Officer
who has been selected by the Committee for participation in the
Plan for that Plan Year (or series of Plan Years).
2.11 "Performance Goals"
means performance goals established by the Committee with respect
to any Potential Award, which goals must be based upon one or more
performance-based criteria approved by the shareholders of the
Company in accordance with the requirements of Section 162(m) of
the Code.
2.12 "Plan Year" means the
fiscal year of the Company beginning October 1, 2006, and each
succeeding fiscal year of the Company.
2.13 “Potential
Award” means an Award which is potentially payable
to a Participant, the terms of which are established by the
Committee as of the Determination Date for a Plan Year. The terms
of a Potential Award can relate to that Plan Year, or a series of
Plan Years, and can be exclusively performance-based, with
Performance Goals, or can involve a combination of
performance-based criteria and individual performance assessments,
as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine. The
Committee shall have the power to impose any restrictions on
Potential Awards subject to this Plan as it may deem necessary or
appropriate to ensure that an Award under this Plan, to the extent
applicable, satisfies all the requirements for
“performance-based compensation” within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Code, the regulations thereunder, and any
successors thereto.
SECTION
3
SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS AND DETERMINATION OF
AWARDS
3.1 Selection of
Participants. On or prior to the Determination Date, the
Committee, in its sole discretion, shall select the Executive
Officers who shall be Participants for the Plan Year. In selecting
Participants, the Committee shall choose officers who are likely to
have a significant impact on the performance of the Company.
Participation in the Plan is in the sole discretion of the
Committee, and on a Plan Year by Plan Year basis. Accordingly, an
Executive Officer who is a Participant for a given Plan Year in no
way is guaranteed or assured of being selected for participation in
any subsequent Plan Year or Years.
3.2 Determination of Performance
Goals and Potential Awards . On or
prior to the Determination Date, the Committee, in its sole
discretion, shall establish the terms of the Potential Award for
each Participant for the Plan Year, or for multiple Plan Years,
commencing on said Determination Date, and any Performance Goals
applicable to all, or a portion of, the Potential Award. To the
extent that all, or a portion, of the Participant's Potential Award
is performance-based, such Potential Award shall be contingent upon
the attainment of the Participant’s Performance Goals.
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