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Exhibit
10.2
EMPLOYEE MATTERS
AGREEMENT
BY AND
BETWEEN
ALTRIA GROUP,
INC.
AND
PHILIP MORRIS
INTERNATIONAL INC.
DATED AS OF MARCH 28,
2008
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS |
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1.1
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General |
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1.2
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References to Time |
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ARTICLE II
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GENERAL
PRINCIPLES |
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2.1
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Altria
Group Employees |
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2.2
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PMI Group
Employees |
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ARTICLE III
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PMI Group
Plans |
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3.1
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PMI Group
Plans |
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ARTICLE IV
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EMPLOYEE
TRANSFERS |
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4.1
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PMI
Transferees |
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4.2
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Altria
Transferees |
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4.3
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Payments |
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ARTICLE V
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EQUITY
COMPENSATION |
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5.1
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Altria
Options |
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5.2
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Kraft
SARs Issued by Altria |
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5.3
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Restricted Stock and pre-January 31, 2007 Deferred
Stock |
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5.4
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Deferred
Stock |
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5.5
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Existing
Kraft Equity Compensation |
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5.6
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Payments
Previously Made By PMI |
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5.7
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Other |
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ARTICLE VI
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PROFIT-SHARING PLANS |
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6.1
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Maintenance of Stock Investment Options |
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ARTICLE VII
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ALTRIA
STOCK PURCHASE PLAN |
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7.1
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Termination of Participation |
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ARTICLE VIII
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GENERAL
AND ADMINISTRATIVE |
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8.1
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Sharing
of Participant Information |
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8.2
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No
Third-Party Beneficiaries |
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8.3
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Audit
Rights with Respect to Information Provided |
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8.4
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Fiduciary
Matters |
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8.5
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Collective Bargaining |
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8.6
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Consent
of Third Parties |
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ARTICLE IX
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INDEMNIFICATION |
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9.1
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Indemnification |
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ARTICLE X
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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10.1
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Relationship of Parties |
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10.2
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Affiliates |
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10.3
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Employee
Communications |
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10.4
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Incorporation of Distribution Agreement Provisions |
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10.5
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Governing
Law |
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10.6
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References |
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EMPLOYEE MATTERS
AGREEMENT
THIS EMPLOYEE MATTERS
AGREEMENT , dated as of March 28, 2008 (as amended and
supplemented pursuant to the terms hereof, this
“Agreement”), is entered into by and between Altria
Group, Inc., a Virginia corporation (“Altria”), and
Philip Morris International Inc., a Virginia corporation
(“PMI”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS , Altria and
PMI have entered into a Distribution Agreement, dated as of January
30, 2008 (the “Distribution Agreement”), providing for,
among other things, the distribution by Altria of its entire
ownership interest in PMI through a pro-rata distribution of all of
the outstanding shares of PMI Common Stock owned by Altria on the
Distribution Date to the holders of Altria Common Stock pursuant to
the terms and subject to the conditions of the Distribution
Agreement (the “Distribution”); and
WHEREAS , Altria and
PMI wish to set forth their agreement as to certain matters
regarding the treatment of, and the compensation and employee
benefits provided to, employees and former employees of the Altria
Group and the PMI Group (as hereinafter defined).
NOW, THEREFORE , in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein
contained and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 General .
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both
the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
Adjusted Altria Option
: an Altria Option as adjusted pursuant to Section 5.1
hereof.
Affiliate : with
respect to any specified Person, a Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified
Person; provided , however , that for purposes
of this Agreement, no member of either Group and no officer or
director of any member of either Group shall be deemed to be an
Affiliate of any member of the other Group.
Altria : as defined in
the preamble to this Agreement.
Altria Benefit
Liabilities : as defined in Section 2.1
hereof.
Altria Common Stock :
the common stock, par value $0.33 1 / 3 per share,
of Altria.
Altria Deferred Stock
: a deferred stock obligation relating to Altria Common Stock
granted by Altria before the Distribution Date under an Altria
Performance Incentive Plan.
Altria Group : Altria
and the Subsidiaries of Altria other than members of the PMI
Group.
Altria Group Employee
: any individual, excluding a PMI Transferee, who (i), as of the
close of business on the Distribution Date, is either employed by,
or on a leave of absence (as defined by the personnel policies of
the Altria Group) from, a member of the Altria Group; (ii) is
a Former Altria Group Employee; or (iii) is or becomes an
Altria Transferee.
Altria Group Plans
:
(i) the Altria Pension
Plans;
(ii) the Altria
Profit-Sharing Plans;
(iii) the Altria Welfare and
Other Plans; and
(iv) the Altria Performance
Incentive Plans.
Altria Option : an
option to acquire Altria Common Stock granted by Altria under an
Altria Performance Incentive Plan before the Distribution
Date.
Altria Participating
Company : any company of the Altria Group whose eligible
employees participate in the Altria Pension Plans and Altria
Profit-Sharing Plans.
Altria Pension Plan :
any of the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees, the Retirement
Plan for Hourly Employees, the Benefit Equalization Plan, the
Supplemental Management Employees’ Retirement Plan, the
Retirement Plan for Employees of Philip Morris de Puerto Rico and
any other qualified or non-qualified defined benefit plan or
program that is identified by Altria before the Distribution Date
as providing retirement income to Altria Group Employees, all as in
effect as of the time relevant to the applicable provisions of this
Agreement.
Altria Performance
Incentive Plans : any of the 1992 Incentive Compensation and
Stock Option Plan, the 1997 Performance Incentive Plan, the 2000
Performance Incentive Plan or the 2005 Performance Incentive Plan,
or any stock-based or other incentive plan for Altria Group
Employees that is identified by Altria before the Distribution
Date, all as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable
provisions of this Agreement.
Altria Post-Adjustment
Price : the Altria Pre-Adjustment Price multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the closing price of Altria
Common Stock on the NYSE on the Distribution Date (as traded on the
“when issued” market) and the denominator of which is
the sum of the numerator plus the closing price of PMI Common Stock
on the NYSE on the Distribution Date (as traded on the “when
issued” market).
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Altria Pre-Adjustment
Price : the closing price of Altria Common Stock on the NYSE on
the Distribution Date (as traded on the “regular way”
market).
Altria Profit-Sharing
Plan : any of the Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan for Salaried
Employees, the Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan for Tobacco Workers,
the Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan for Craft Employees, the Benefit
Equalization Plan, the Supplemental Management Employees’
Retirement Plan, the Savings Plan for Employees of Philip Morris de
Puerto Rico and any other qualified or non-qualified defined
contribution plan or program for Altria Group Employees that is
identified by Altria before the Distribution Date, all as in effect
as of the time relevant to the applicable provisions of this
Agreement.
Altria Restricted
Stock : restricted Altria Common Stock granted by Altria before
the Distribution Date under an Altria Performance Incentive
Plan.
Altria Stock Investment
Option : the investment option offered under the following
Altria Profit-Sharing Plans: the Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan for
Salaried Employees, the Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan for Tobacco
Workers, the Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan for Craft Employees; and
the investment option offered under the PMI Deferred Profit-Sharing
Plan whose value in each case is based on the value of Altria
Common Stock.
Altria Stock Purchase
Plan : the Plan sponsored by Altria and administered by
Computershare Trust Company, N.A., that allows eligible employees
of Altria and its subsidiaries to purchase shares of Altria Common
Stock through automatic payroll deductions, additional cash
contributions and dividend reinvestment without incurring any
brokerage commissions or other costs.
Altria Transferee :
any employee of a member of the PMI Group who will transfer
employment to a member of the Altria Group on or after the
Distribution Date, but on or prior to December 31,
2008.
Altria Welfare and Other
Plans : any plan, fund or program that provides health,
medical, surgical, hospital or dental care, severance, survivor
income, long-term disability, cafeteria, flexible benefits or other
welfare benefits or benefits in the event of sickness, accident or
disability, or death benefits to Altria Group Employees, all as in
effect as of the time relevant to the applicable provisions of this
Agreement.
Arbitration Act : the
United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16, as
the same may be amended from time to time.
Auditing Party : as
defined in Section 8.3(a) hereof.
Business Day : any day
other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions located in the Commonwealth of Virginia or the State
of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order
to close.
Code : the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Distribution : as
defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
Distribution Agreement
: as defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
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Distribution Date :
the date on which the Distribution becomes effective.
Equity Compensation :
Altria Options, Adjusted Altria Options, PMI Options, Kraft SARs,
Altria Restricted Stock, PMI Restricted Stock, Altria Deferred
Stock and PMI Deferred Stock.
ERISA : Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Existing Kraft Deferred
Stock : a deferred stock obligation relating to Kraft
Class A Common Stock granted by Kraft as of or before
March 30, 2007 under a Kraft Performance Incentive
Plan.
Existing Kraft Options
: an option to acquire Kraft Class A Common Stock, granted by
Kraft as of or before March 30, 2007 under a Kraft Performance
Incentive Plan.
Existing Kraft Restricted
Stock : restricted Kraft Class A Common Stock granted by
Kraft as of or before March 30, 2007 under a Kraft Performance
Incentive Plan.
Fair Value : in the
case of PMI Options and Adjusted Altria Options, the anticipated
value of the options, determined using the Modified Black-Scholes
option pricing model used by Altria in the preparation of its most
recent annual or quarterly financial reporting prepared before the
Distribution Date with such modifications as may be determined
before the Distribution Date by Altria.
In the case of Existing Kraft
Options, the Fair Value shall be the Fair Value used for such
options pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement By and Between
Altria Group, Inc. and Kraft Foods Inc.
Former Altria Group
Employee : any individual who: (i) before the Distribution
Date has retired from or otherwise separated from service from a
member of the Altria Group and has not been re-employed by a member
of the PMI Group before the Distribution Date; or (ii) has
transferred from a member of the Altria Group or Former Altria
Group that was an Altria Participating Company to a member of the
Former Altria Group that was not an Altria Participating Company
and thereafter separated from service from a member of the Former
Altria Group and has not been re-employed by a member of the PMI
Group before the Distribution Date; and, in all cases participates
in, receives, or is entitled to receive, benefits under, any Altria
Group Plan; provided , however , that a Former
Altria Group Employee shall not include a PMI Group
Transferee.
Former Altria Group :
shall mean the Altria Group as in existence on and prior to
March 30, 2007 and shall include Altria and the then
Subsidiaries of Altria other than members of the PMI
Group.
Former PMI Group
Employee : any individual who: (i) before the Distribution
Date has retired from or otherwise separated from service from a
member of the PMI Group and has not been re-employed by a member of
the Altria Group before the Distribution Date; or (ii) has
transferred from a member of the PMI Group to a member
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of the Former Altria Group that was not
an Altria Participating Company and thereafter is separated from
service from a member of the Former Altria Group that was not an
Altria Participating Company and has not been re-employed by a
member of the Altria Group before the Distribution Date; and, in
each such case, participates in, receives or is entitled to
receive, benefits under, any PMI Group Plan; or (iii) was
employed by a PMI Participating Company, died before the
Distribution Date while so employed and whose spouse and/or child
are in receipt of a survivor income benefit allowance from the
Survivor Income Benefit Plan for Salaried Employees on the
Distribution Date; or (iv) was employed by a PMI Participating
Company, suffered a disability (as defined in the Long-Term
Disability Plan for Salaried Employees) before the Distribution
Date while so employed and is in receipt of a disability allowance
from the Long-Term Disability Plan for Salaried Employees on the
Distribution Date; provided , however , that a
Former PMI Group Employee shall not include an Altria
Transferee.
Governmental Authority
: any federal, state, local, foreign or international court,
government, department, commission, board, bureau or agency,
authority (including, but not limited to, any central bank or
taxing authority) or instrumentality (including, but not limited
to, any court, tribunal or grand jury) exercising executive,
prosecutorial, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government or any other regulatory,
administrative or governmental authority, including the NYSE or any
other exchange on which Altria or PMI Common Stock may be
listed.
Group : the Altria
Group or the PMI Group, as the context requires.
Information : all
records, books, contracts, instruments, computer data and other
data and information.
Intrinsic Value : with
respect to the relevant options, the product of (i) the number
of such options and (ii) the difference between the exercise
price of such options and, for Altria Options, the Altria
Pre-Adjustment Price, for Adjusted Altria Options, the Altria
Post-Adjustment Price, and for PMI Options, the PMI Price, as
applicable.
Kraft : Kraft Foods
Inc., a Virginia corporation.
Kraft Class A Common
Stock : the Class A common stock, no par value, of
Kraft.
Kraft Group : Kraft
and the Kraft Subsidiaries.
Kraft Price : the
closing price of Kraft Class A Common Stock on the NYSE on the
Distribution Date.
Kraft Performance
Incentive Plan : the 2001 Kraft Foods Inc. Performance
Incentive Plan or the Kraft Foods Inc. 2005 Performance Incentive
Plan.
Kraft SAR : a
cash-settled stock appreciation right based on the value of Kraft
Class A Common Stock resulting from an option to acquire Kraft
Class A Common Stock originally granted by Altria as of
June 12, 2001.
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Kraft Stock Investment
Option : the investment option offered under the PMI Deferred
Profit-Sharing Plan whose value is based on the value of Kraft
Class A Common Stock.
Kraft Subsidiaries :
all of the Subsidiaries of Kraft as of March 30,
2007.
Law : any federal,
state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, code, license,
permit, authorization, approval, consent, common law, legal
doctrine, order, judgment, decree, injunction or requirement of any
Governmental Authority or any order or award of any arbitrator, now
or hereafter in effect.
Liabilities : any and
all claims, debts, liabilities, assessments, guarantees,
assurances, commitments, obligations, fines, excise taxes,
penalties, damages (whether compensatory, punitive, consequential,
multiple or other), losses, disgorgements and obligations, of any
kind, character or description (whether absolute, contingent,
matured, not matured, liquidated, unliquidated, accrued, known,
unknown, direct, indirect, derivative or otherwise) whenever
arising, including, but not limited to, those arising under or in
connection with any Law, and those arising under any contract,
guarantee, commitment or undertaking, whether sought to be imposed
by any Governmental Authority or arbitrator, whether based in
contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability,
criminal or civil statute, or otherwise, and including all costs,
expenses and interest relating thereto (including, but not limited
to, all expenses of investigation, all attorneys’ fees and
all out-of-pocket expenses in connection with any action or
threatened action).
Losses : with respect
to any Person, all losses, Liabilities, damages, claims, demands,
judgments or settlements of any nature or kind, known or unknown,
fixed, accrued, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated,
including all costs and expenses (legal, accounting or otherwise as
such costs are incurred) relating thereto, including punitive
damages and criminal fines and penalties, but excluding damages in
respect of actual or alleged lost profits, suffered by such Person,
regardless of whether any such losses, Liabilities, damages,
claims, demands, judgments, settlements, costs, expenses, fines and
penalties relate to or arise out of such Person’s own alleged
or actual negligent, grossly negligent, reckless or intentional
misconduct or the capacity in which such Person was
acting.
Non-parties : as
defined in Section 8.3(b) hereof.
Non-PMI Group : the
Altria Group, the Kraft Group, and SABMiller.
NYSE : the New York
Stock Exchange, Inc.
Option Conversion
Ratio : the ratio of the pre-adjustment exercise price of the
applicable Altria Options to the Altria Pre-Adjustment
Price.
Permissible Offset :
with respect to an Altria Pension Plan, any benefit earned under a
PMI Pension Plan (including, for this purpose, any defined benefit
plan or program that provides retirement income for PMI Group
Employees, regardless of
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whether such PMI Group Employee is a
U.S. payroll-based PMI Group Employee) that may be used to offset a
benefit earned under an Altria Pension Plan, but only if such
benefit is attributable to a period of service used to determine
the amount of his or her benefit under the Altria Pension Plan; and
with respect to a PMI Pension Plan, any benefit earned under an
Altria Pension Plan that may be used to offset a benefit earned
under a PMI Pension Plan, but only if such benefit is attributable
to a period of service used to determine the amount of his benefit
under the PMI Pension Plan.
Person : an
individual, a committee, a partnership, a joint venture, a
corporation, a trust, a limited liability company, an
unincorporated organization, or a government or any department or
agency thereof.
Personal Data : as
defined in Section 8.1 hereof.
PMI : as defined in
the preamble to this Agreement.
PMI Benefit
Liabilities : as defined in Section 2.2
hereof.
PMI Common Stock : the
common stock, no par value, of PMI.
PMI Deferred Stock : a
deferred stock obligation relating to PMI Common Stock granted by
PMI as of the Distribution Date under a PMI Performance Incentive
Plan pursuant to Section 5.3(a) and
Section 5.4(a) hereof.
PMI Group : PMI and
the PMI Subsidiaries; provided, however, that solely for the
purpose of determining whether a former employee of the PMI Group
is a Former PMI Group Employee, PMI Group shall include PM Duty
Free, Inc.
PMI Group Employee :
any individual, excluding an Altria Transferee, who (i), as of the
close of business on the Distribution Date, is either employed by,
or on leave of absence (as defined by the personnel policies of the
PMI Group) from, a member of the PMI Group; (ii) is a Former
PMI Group Employee; or (iii) is or becomes a PMI
Transferee.
PMI Group Plans
:
(i) the PMI Pension
Plans;
(ii) the PMI Profit-Sharing
Plans;
(iii) the PMI Welfare and
Other Plans; and
(iv) the PMI Performance
Incentive Plans.
PMI Option : an option
to acquire PMI Common Stock granted by PMI as of the Distribution
Date under the PMI Performance Incentive Plan in partial
substitution for the Altria Options.
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PMI Participating
Company : any company of the PMI Group whose eligible employees
participated in the Altria Pension Plans and Altria Profit-Sharing
Plans prior to January 1, 2008.
PMI Pension Plans :
any of PMI Retirement Plan, the PMI Benefit Equalization Plan, the
PMI Supplemental Management Plan for Salaried Employees, and any
other qualified or non-qualified defined benefit plan or program
that provides retirement income for U.S. payroll-based PMI Group
Employees that is identified by PMI no later than the Distribution
Date, all as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable
provisions of this Agreement.
PMI Performance Incentive
Plans : the PMI 2008 Performance Incentive Plan, or any other
stock-based or other incentive plan for PMI Group Employees that is
identified by PMI before the Distribution Date, all as in effect as
of the time relevant to the applicable provisions of this
Agreement.
PMI Price : the Altria
Pre-Adjustment Price multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the closing price of PMI Common Stock on the NYSE on the
Distribution Date (as traded on the “when issued”
market) and the denominator of which is the sum of the numerator
plus the closing price of Altria Common Stock on the NYSE on the
Distribution Date (as traded on the “when issued”
market).
PMI Profit-Sharing
Plans : any of the PMI Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan, the PMI
Benefit Equalization Plan, the PMI Supplemental Management Plan for
Salaried Employees, the Philip Morris Products Inc. 401(k) Savings
Plan and any other qualified or non-qualified defined contribution
plan or program that provides retirement income for U.S.
payroll-based PMI Group Employees that is identified by PMI before
the Distribution Date, all as in effect as of the time relevant to
the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
PMI Restricted Stock :
restricted PMI Common Stock distributed as of the Distribution Date
and subject to terms and conditions pursuant to
Section 5.3(b) hereof.
PMI Stock Investment
Option : the investment option to be offered under the
following Altria Profit-Sharing Plans: the Deferred Profit-Sharing
Plan for Salaried Employees, the Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan for
Tobacco Workers, the Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan for Craft
Employees and the investment option to be offered under the PMI
Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan whose value in each case is based on
the value of PMI Common Stock.
PMI Subsidiaries : all
of the Subsidiaries of PMI.
PMI Transferee : any
employee of a member of the Altria Group who will transfer
employment to a member of the PMI Group on or after the
Distribution Date, but on or prior to December 31,
2008.
PMI Welfare and Other
Plans : any plan, fund or program that provides health,
medical, surgical, hospital or dental care, severance, survivor
income, long-term
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disability, cafeteria, flexible benefits
or other welfare benefits or benefits in the event of sickness,
accident or disability, or death benefits to PMI Group Employees,
all as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable
provisions of this Agreement.
Record Date : the
close of business on the date to be determined by Altria’s
Board of Directors as the record date for determining the holders
of Altria Common Stock entitled to receive shares of PMI Common
Stock pursuant to the Distribution.
SEC : the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act : the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor
statute.
Securities Exchange
Act : the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
successor statute.
Subsidiary : with
respect to any specified Person, any corporation or other legal
entity of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries controls or
owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the stock or other
equity interest entitled to vote on the election of members to the
board of directors or similar governing body; provided ,
however , that for purposes of this Agreement,
(1) the PMI Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be Subsidiaries of
PMI; and (2) no member of the PMI Group shall be deemed to be
a Subsidiary of any member of the Altria Group.
1.2 References to
Time . All references in this Agreement to times of the day
shall be to Richmond, Virginia time, except as otherwise
specifically provided herein.
ARTICLE II
GENERAL
PRINCIPLES
2.1 Altria Group
Employees .
(a) Obligations .
Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, to the exclusion
of the PMI Group, the appropriate member of the Altria Group shall
continue to be responsible for and pay, perform and discharge each
and every of the employment, compensation and employee benefits
Liabilities relating to the Altria Group Employees and Former PMI
Group Employees described in clauses (iii) and (iv) of
the definition of Former PMI Group Employees that arise from
employment with the Altria Group, the Former Altria Group and the
PMI Group before the Distribution Date and that arise with respect
to Altria Group Employees from employment with the Altria Group on
or after the Distribution Date, including each and every Liability
arising under an Altria Group Plan or assumed pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement (collectively, the “Altria Benefit
Liabilities”); provided, however, that nothing shall preclude
any Altria Pension Plan to reduce or eliminate any such Altria
Benefit Liability by a Permissible Offset.
(b) Reimbursement . As
soon as practicable following the Distribution Date, PMI shall
reimburse Altria in an amount equal to the present value of
the
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Altria Benefit Liabilities
retained by Altria with respect to Former PMI Group Employees
described in clauses (iii) and (iv) of the definition of
Former PMI Group Employees.
(c) Crediting Service
. As of the Distribution Date, the service used to determine the
eligibility for, the vested portion of and the amount of, any
benefit under any Altria Group Plan of each Altria Group Employee
shall not be less than the service that such Altria Group Employee
earned with the Altria Group, the Former Altria Group and the PMI
Group with respect to such Altria Group Plan to such
date.
2.2 PMI Group
Employees .
(a) Obligations .
Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, to the exclusion
of the Altria Group, the appropriate member of the PMI Group shall
continue to be responsible for and pay, perform and discharge each
and every of the employment, compensation and employee benefits
Liabilities relating to PMI Group Employees (other than Former PMI
Group Employees described in clauses (iii) and (iv) of
the definition of Former PMI Group Employees) that arise from
employment with the PMI Group, the Altria Group and the Former
Altria Group before the Distribution Date and that arise with
respect to PMI Group Employees from employment with the PMI Group
on or after the Distribution Date, including each and every
Liability arising under a PMI Group Plan or assumed pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement (collectively, the “PMI Benefit
Liabilities”); provided, however, that nothing shall preclude
any PMI Pension Plan to reduce or eliminate any such PMI Benefit
Liability by a Permissible Offset.
(b) Crediting of
Service . As of the Distribution Date, the service used to
determine the eligibility for, the vested portion of and the amount
of, any benefit under any PMI Group Plan (including, for purposes
of this subparagraph (b), any PMI Group employee benefit plan that
provides retirement income, regardless of whether it covers only
U.S. payroll-based PMI Group Employees) of each PMI Group Employee
(including, for purposes of this subparagraph (b), any PMI Group
employee, regardless of whether such employee is a U.S.
payroll-based PMI Group Employee) shall not be less than the
service that such PMI Group Employee earned with the Altria Group,
the Former Altria Group and the PMI Group with respect to such PMI
Group Plan to such date.
ARTICLE III
PMI GROUP
PLANS
3.1 PMI Group
Plans . The following principles shall apply.
(a) PMI Pension Plans
. A member of the PMI Group has previously adopted and established
the PMI Pension Plans for the benefit of eligible PMI Group
Employees. PMI shall timely take all actions necessary to obtain a
favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service
that the PMI
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Retirement Plan is qualified
under Section 401(a) of the Code and the related trust forms
part of a qualified plan and is therefore exempt from tax under
Section 501(a) of the Code.
(b) Transfer of Assets
.
(i) Prior Asset
Transfer . At or about the time of the establishment of the PMI
Retirement Plan by a member of the PMI Group, Altria caused the
trust under the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees to make a
direct transfer of assets to the trust established under the PMI
Retirement Plan. The value of the assets transferred and to be
transferred from the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees to the
trust under the PMI Retirement Plan was and will be the amount
required to be transferred pursuant to Section 414( l )
of the Code. Such amount was determined by the actuary for the
Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees and the PMI Retirement Plan.
Any amount required to be transferred pursuant to this section
shall be adjusted for (i) allocable gains and/or losses of the
trust under the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees,
(ii) benefit payments on behalf of the PMI Retirement Plan,
and (iii) allocable expenses.
(ii) Subsequent Asset
Transfer .
(A) As soon as practicable
after December 31, 2008, or such earlier date that may be
agreed upon by the Altria Group and the PMI Group, but in no event
earlier than 30 days following the filing of Form 5310-A with the
Internal Revenue Service, if required, Altria agrees to cause the
trust under the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees to make a
direct transfer (or transfers) of assets to the trust established
under the PMI Retirement Plan in an amount determined by the
actuary for the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees and agreed
to by the actuary for the PMI Retirement Plan, equal to the amount
required to be transferred pursuant to Section 414( l )
of the Code with respect to those PMI Group Employees who were
participants in the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees and for
whom assets were not transferred pursuant to clause
(i) hereof. The value of the assets to be transferred from the
trust under the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees to the trust
under the PMI Retirement Plan will be determined in accordance with
Section 414( l ) of the Code without regard to
Section 414( l )(2) of the Code. The PMI Group
similarly agrees to cause the trust under the Philip Morris
International Retirement Plan to make a direct transfer (or
transfers) of assets to the trust established under the Retirement
Plan for Salaried Employees in an amount determined by the actuary
for the Philip Morris International Retirement Plan and agreed to
by the actuary for the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees,
equal to the amount required to be transferred pursuant to Section
414( l ) of the Code with respect to those Altria
Transferees who were participants in the Philip Morris
International Retirement Plan and who transferred after the
Distribution Date.
(B) Altria and PMI shall
reasonably cooperate with each other in order to facilitate the
foregoing provisions of this clau
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