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Title: EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Virginia     Date: 3/28/2008
Industry: Tobacco     Sector: Consumer/Non-Cyclical

EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT, Parties: altria group  inc. , philip morris international inc
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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

 

         Page

ARTICLE I

  DEFINITIONS    1

1.1

  General    1

1.2

  References to Time    9

ARTICLE II

  GENERAL PRINCIPLES    9

2.1

  Altria Group Employees    9

2.2

  PMI Group Employees    10

ARTICLE III

  PMI Group Plans    10

3.1

  PMI Group Plans    10

ARTICLE IV

  EMPLOYEE TRANSFERS    13

4.1

  PMI Transferees    13

4.2

  Altria Transferees    14

4.3

  Payments    15

ARTICLE V

  EQUITY COMPENSATION    15

5.1

  Altria Options    15

5.2

  Kraft SARs Issued by Altria    17

5.3

  Restricted Stock and pre-January 31, 2007 Deferred Stock    17

5.4

  Deferred Stock    18

5.5

  Existing Kraft Equity Compensation    19

5.6

  Payments Previously Made By PMI    20

5.7

  Other    20

ARTICLE VI

  PROFIT-SHARING PLANS    23

6.1

  Maintenance of Stock Investment Options    23

ARTICLE VII

  ALTRIA STOCK PURCHASE PLAN    24

7.1

  Termination of Participation    24

ARTICLE VIII

  GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE    24

8.1

  Sharing of Participant Information    24

8.2

  No Third-Party Beneficiaries    24

8.3

  Audit Rights with Respect to Information Provided    25

8.4

  Fiduciary Matters    25

8.5

  Collective Bargaining    25

8.6

  Consent of Third Parties    26

ARTICLE IX

  INDEMNIFICATION    26

9.1

  Indemnification    26

ARTICLE X

  MISCELLANEOUS    26

10.1

  Relationship of Parties    26

10.2

  Affiliates    26

 

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10.3

  Employee Communications    26

10.4

  Incorporation of Distribution Agreement Provisions    26

10.5

  Governing Law    27

10.6

  References    27

 

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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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