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CVS Caremark Corporation 2007 Incentive Plan

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Title: CVS Caremark Corporation 2007 Incentive Plan
Date: 8/4/2009
Industry: Retail (Drugs)     Sector: Services

CVS Caremark Corporation 2007 Incentive Plan, Parties: cvs caremark corporation
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Exhibit 10.2

 

 

CVS Caremark Corporation

2007 Incentive Plan

As Amended Through

December 31, 2008

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

  

Page

1.

 

Purpose

  

1

2.

 

Definitions

  

1

3.

 

Administration

  

2

 

(a)

  

Authority of the Committee

  

2

 

(b)

  

Manner of Exercise of Committee Authority

  

3

 

(c)

  

Limitation of Liability

  

3

4.

 

Eligibility; Per-Person Award Limitations

  

3

5.

 

Performance and Annual Incentive Awards

  

4

 

(a)

  

Performance Conditions

  

4

 

(b)

  

Performance Awards Granted to Designated Covered Employees

  

4

 

(c)

  

Annual Incentive Awards Granted to Designated Covered Employees

  

5

 

(d)

  

Written Determinations

  

6

 

(e)

  

Status of Section 5(b) and Section 5(c) Awards under Code Section 162(m)

  

7

6.

 

Change in Control

  

7

 

(a)

  

Effect of “Change in Control”

  

7

 

(b)

  

Definition of “Change in Control”

  

7

7.

 

General Provisions

  

8

 

(a)

  

Compliance with Legal and Other Requirements

  

8

 

(b)

  

Limits on Transferability; Beneficiaries

  

9

 

(c)

  

Adjustments

  

9

 

(d)

  

Taxes

  

9

 

(e)

  

Changes to the Plan and Awards

  

10

 

(f)

  

Limitation on Rights Conferred under Plan

  

10

 

(g)

  

Unfunded Status of Awards; Creation of Trusts

  

10

 

(h)

  

Non-exclusivity of the Plan

  

10

 

(i)

  

Governing Law

  

11

 

(j)

  

Plan Effective Date and Shareholder Approval; Expiration Date

  

11

 

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CVS CAREMARK CORPORATION

2007 Incentive Plan

1. Purpose . The purpose of this 2007 Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to assist CVS Caremark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and its subsidiaries in attracting, retaining, and rewarding high-quality executives, employees, and other persons who provide services to the Corporation and/or its subsidiaries, and to qualify certain compensation awarded under the Plan for tax deductibility under Code Section 162(m) (as hereafter defined) to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee (or any successor committee) of the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

2. Definitions . For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below, in addition to such terms defined in Section 1 hereof:

(a) “Annual Incentive Award” means a conditional right granted to a Participant under Section 5(c) hereof to receive a cash payment after the end of a specified fiscal year.

(b) “Award” means any Performance Award or Annual Incentive Award.

(c) “Beneficiary” means the person, persons, trust or trusts which have been designated by a Participant in his or her most recent written beneficiary designation filed with the Committee to receive the benefits specified under the Plan upon such Participant’s death. If, upon a Participant’s death, there is no designated Beneficiary or surviving designated Beneficiary, then the term Beneficiary means person, persons, trust or trusts entitled by will or the laws of descent and distribution to receive such benefits.

(d) “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act and any successor to such Rule.

(e) “Board” means the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

(f) “Change in Control” means Change in Control as defined with related terms in Section 6 of the Plan.

(g) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, including regulations thereunder and successor provisions and regulations thereto.

(h) “Committee” means a committee of two or more directors designated by the Board to administer the Plan; provided, however, that, unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Committee shall consist solely of two or more directors, each of whom shall be an “outside director” as defined under Code Section 162(m), unless administration of the Plan by “outside directors” is not then required in order to qualify for tax deductibility under Code Section 162(m).

 

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(i) “Covered Employee” means an Eligible Person who is a Covered Employee as specified in Section 5(e) of the Plan.

(j) “Effective Date” means May 9, 2007.

(k) “Eligible Person” means each Executive Officer and other officers and employees of the Corporation or of any subsidiary, including such persons who may also be directors of the Corporation. An employee on leave of absence may be considered as still in the employ of the Corporation or a subsidiary for purposes of eligibility for participation in the Plan.

(l) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, including rules thereunder and successor provisions and rules thereto.

(m) “Executive Officer” means an executive officer of the Corporation as defined under the Exchange Act.

(n) “Participant” means a person who has been granted an Award under the Plan that remains outstanding, including a person who is no longer an Eligible Person.

(o) “Performance Award” means a right, granted to a Participant under Section 5 hereof, to receive Awards based upon performance criteria specified by the Committee.

(p) “Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, and shall include a “group” as defined in Section 13(d) thereof.

(aa) “Qualified Member” means a member of the Committee who is an “outside director” within the meaning of Regulation 1.162-27 under Code Section 162(m).

(bb) “Stock” means the Corporation’s Common Stock

3. Administration.

(a) Authority of the Committee . The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall have full and final authority, in each case subject to and consistent with the provisions of the Plan, to select Eligible Persons to become Participants, grant Awards, determine the type, number and other terms and conditions of, and all other matters relating to, Awards, prescribe Award agreements (which need not be identical for each Participant) and rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan, construe and interpret the Plan and Award agreements and correct defects, supply omissions or reconcile inconsistencies therein, and to make all other decisions and determinations as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.

 

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(b) Manner of Exercise of Committee Authority . At any time that a member of the Committee is not a Qualified Member, any action of the Committee relating to an Award intended by the Committee to qualify as “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder, may be taken either (i) by a subcommittee, designated by the Committee, composed solely of two or more Qualified Members, or (ii) by the Committee but with each such member who is not a Qualified Member abstaining or recusing himself or herself from such action; provided, however, that, upon such abstention or recusal, the Committee remains composed solely of two or more Qualified Members. Such action, authorized by such a subcommittee or by the Committee upon the abstention or recusal of such non-Qualified Member(s), shall be the action of the Committee for purposes of the Plan. Any action of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Corporation, its subsidiaries, Participants, Beneficiaries, or other persons claiming rights from or through a Participant, and shareholders. The express grant of any specific power to the Committee, and the taking of any action by the Committee, shall not be construed as limiting any power or authority of the Committee. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Committee may delegate to officers or managers of the Corporation or any subsidiary, or committees thereof, the authority, subject to such terms as the Committee shall determine, to perform such functions, including administrative functions, as the Committee may determine, to the extent that such delegation will not cause Awards intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) to fail to so qualify. The Committee may appoint agents to assist it in administering the Plan.

(c) Limitation of Liability . The Committee and each member thereof shall be entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to him or her by any executive officer, other officer or employee of the Corporation or a subsidiary, the Corporation’s independent auditors, consultants or any other agents assisting in the administration of the Plan. Members of the Committee and any officer or employee of the Corporation or a subsidiary acting at the direction or on behalf of the Committee shall not be personally liable for any action or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan, and shall, to the extent permitted by law, be fully indemnified and protected by the Corporation with respect to any such action or determination.

4. Eligibility ; Per-Person Award Limitations . Awards may be granted under the Plan only to Eligible Persons. In each fiscal year during any part of which the Plan is in effect, the maximum cash amount that may be earned under the Plan as a final Annual Incentive Award or other cash annual Award in respect of any fiscal year by any one Participant shall be $10 million, and the maximum cash amount that may be earned under the Plan as a final Performance Award or other cash Award in respect of a performance period other than an annual period by any one Participant on an annualized basis shall be $5 million.

 

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5.

Performance and Annual Incentive Awards .

(a) Performance Conditions . The right of a Participant to exercise or receive a grant or settlement of any Award, and the timing thereof, may be subject to such performance conditions as may be specified by the Committee. The Committee may use such business criteria and other measures of performance as it may deem appropriate in establishing any performance conditions, and may exercise its discretion to reduce or increase the amounts payable under any Award subject to performance conditions, except as limited under Sections 5(b) and 5(c) hereof in the case of a Performance Award or Annual Incentive Award intended to qualify under Code Section 162(m).

(b) Performance Awards Granted to Designated Covered Employees . If the Committee determines that a Performance Award to be granted to an Eligible Person who is designated by the Committee as likely to be a Covered Employee should qualify as “performance-based compensation” for purposes of Code Section 162(m), the grant, exercise and/or settlement of such Performance Award shall be contingent upon achievement of pre-established performance goals and other terms set forth in this Section 5(b).

(i) Performance Goals Generally . The performance goals for such Performance Awards shall consist of one or more business criteria and a targeted level or levels of performance with respect to each of such criteria, as specified by the Committee consistent with this Section 5(b). Performance goals shall be objective and shall otherwise meet the requirements of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder (including Regulation 1.162-27 and successor regulations thereto), including the requirement that the level or levels of performance targeted by the Committee result in the achievement of performance goals being “substantially uncertain.” The Committee may determine that such Performance Awards shall be granted, exercised and/or settled upon achievement of any one performance goal or that two or more of the performance goals must be achieved as a condition to grant, exercise and/or settlement of such Performance Awards. Performance goals may differ for Performance Awards granted to any one Participant or to different Participants.

(ii) Business Criteria . One or more of the following business criteria for the Corporation, on a consolidated basis, and/or for specified subsidiaries or business units of the Corporation (except with respect to the total shareholder return and earnings per share criteria), shall be used by the Committee in establishing performance goals for such Performance Awards: (1) earnings pe


 
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