Exhibit 10.1
Warner Chilcott
Equity Incentive
Plan
(Amended and
Restated)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1 . Purpose.
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Section 2 .
Administration.
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Section 3 . Eligibility.
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Section 4 . Shares Subject to
Plan.
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Section 5 . Awards.
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Section 6 . Options.
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Section 7 . Share Appreciation
Rights.
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Section 8 . Share
Awards.
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Section 9 . Share Units.
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Section 10 . Performance
Awards.
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Section 11 . Dividend Equivalent
Rights.
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Section 12 . Payment for Class A
Common Shares.
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Section 13 . Termination of
Service.
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Section 14 . Adjustment of Class A
Common Shares.
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Section 15 . Securities Law
Requirements.
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Section 16 . General
Terms.
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Section 17 . Duration and
Amendments.
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Section 18 .
Definitions.
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Section 19 . Choice of
Law.
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APPENDIX I CALIFORNIA SECURITIES LAW
REQUIREMENTS
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APPENDIX II UNITED KINGDOM LAW
REQUIREMENTS
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APPENDIX II -1
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APPENDIX III UNITED KINGDOM TAX APPROVED
OPTIONS
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APPENDIX III -1
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Warner Chilcott
Equity Incentive
Plan
(Amended and
Restated)
SECTION 1 .
Purpose.
The purpose of the Plan is to
attract and retain the best available personnel, to provide
additional incentive to persons who provide services to the Company
and its Subsidiaries, and to promote the success of the
Company’s business. Unless the context otherwise requires,
capitalized terms used herein are defined in
Section 18.
SECTION 2 .
Administration.
(a) Authority
of the Board. The Plan shall be administered by the Board. The
Board shall have full authority and sole discretion to take any
actions it deems necessary or advisable for the administration and
operation of the Plan, subject to the terms and conditions of the
Plan, including, without limitation, the right to construe and
interpret the provisions of the Plan or any Award, to provide for
any omission in the Plan, to resolve any ambiguity or conflict
under the Plan or any Award, to accelerate vesting of or otherwise
waive any requirements applicable to any Award, to extend the term
or any period of exercisability of any Award, to modify the
purchase price or exercise price under any Award, to establish
terms or conditions applicable to any Award and to review any
decisions or actions made or taken by the Board. All decisions,
interpretations and other actions of the Board shall be final and
binding on all participants and other persons deriving their rights
from a participant. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, no action taken by the Board shall adversely affect in any
material respect the rights granted to any participant under any
outstanding Award without the participant’s written consent.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Board may, at
its discretion, delegate its authorities under the Plan to any
officer of the Company and may subject such delegation to such
limits or parameters as it may determine and may revoke such
delegation at will.
SECTION 3 .
Eligibility.
The Board is authorized to grant
Awards to employees, directors and consultants of the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company. Employees who have been granted
Awards shall be participants in the Plan with respect to such
Awards.
SECTION 4 . Shares Subject
to Plan.
(a) Basic
Limitation. Subject to the following provisions of this Section and
Section 14, the maximum number of Class A Common Shares
that may be issued pursuant to Awards under the Plan is 24,170,880
Class A Common Shares. Class A Common Shares may only be
authorized but unissued Class A Common Shares and, unless
permitted under Bermuda or other applicable law, may not be
treasury Class A Common Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing
and subject to the provisions of Section 14 of the Plan, under
the Plan no Person may be granted in any calendar year Options,
Stock Appreciation Rights or Performance Awards denominated in
Class A Common Shares that, in the case of each type of Award,
relate to more than two million Class A Common Shares or, with
respect to any Performance Award denominated in cash or valued with
reference to property other than Class A Common Shares, allow
for a payment in excess of $5,000,000.
(b) Additional
Class A Common Shares. In the event that any outstanding Award
expires, is cancelled or otherwise terminated, any rights to
acquire Class A Common Shares allocable to the unexercised or
unvested portion of such Award shall again be available for the
purposes of the Plan. In the event that Class A Common Shares
issued under the Plan are reacquired by the Company pursuant to any
forfeiture provision, such Class A Common Shares shall again
be available for the purposes of the Plan.
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SECTION 5 .
Awards.
(a) Types of
Awards. The Board may, in its sole discretion, make Awards of one
or more of the following: Options, Share Appreciation Rights, Share
Awards, Share Units, Performance Awards and Dividend Equivalent
Rights. The Company shall make Awards directly or cause one or more
of its Subsidiaries to make Awards; provided ,
however , that the Company shall be responsible for causing
any such Subsidiary to comply with the terms of any Award and the
Plan.
(b) Award
Agreements. Each Award made under the Plan shall be evidenced by a
written agreement, and no Award shall be valid without any such
agreement. An Award shall be subject to all applicable terms and
conditions of the Plan and to any other terms and conditions which
the Board in its sole discretion deems appropriate for inclusion in
the Award agreement provided such terms and conditions are not
inconsistent with the Plan. Accordingly, in the event of any
conflict between the provisions of the Plan and any such agreement,
the provisions of the Plan shall prevail. Prior to an Initial
Public Offering, awards made to California participants shall also
be subject to the applicable requirements set forth in Appendix I.
Each agreement evidencing an Award shall provide, in addition to
any terms and conditions required to be provided in such agreement
pursuant to any other provision of this Plan, the following
terms:
(i) Number of
Class A Common Shares. The number of Class A Common
Shares subject to the Award, if any, which number shall be subject
to adjustment in accordance with Section 14 of the
Plan.
(ii) Price.
Where applicable, each agreement shall designate the price, if any,
to acquire any Class A Common Shares underlying the Award,
which price shall be payable in a form described in Section 12
and subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 14.
(iii) Vesting. Each Award
agreement shall specify the dates and events on which all or any
installment of the Award shall be vested and non-forfeitable.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon a Change in Control any
unvested Awards which are subject to a time-based vesting schedule
shall be fully vested and non-forfeitable. Awards which are subject
to a performance-based vesting schedule shall not be affected by a
Change in Control, i.e. such awards shall not vest
automatically upon a Change in Control.
(c) No Rights
as a Shareholder. A participant, or a transferee of a participant,
shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any
Class A Common Shares covered by an Award until Class A
Common Shares are actually issued in the name of such person (or if
Class A Common Shares will be held in street name, to a broker
who will hold such Class A Common Shares on behalf of such
person).
SECTION 6 .
Options.
(a) Option
Agreement. The Board may, in its sole discretion, grant Options.
Each agreement evidencing an Award of Options shall contain the
following information, which shall be determined by the Board, in
its sole discretion:
(i) ISO/Nonstatutory
Option. Each agreement shall designate an Option as either an ISO
or a Nonstatutory Option (provided that an Option shall be a
Nonstatutory Option unless the applicable award agreement
specifically designates such Option as an ISO).
(ii) Exercisability. Each
agreement shall specify the dates and events when all or any
installment of the Option becomes exercisable.
(iii) Term.
Each agreement shall state the term of each Option (including the
circumstances under which such Option will expire prior to the
stated term thereof), which shall not exceed ten years from the
date of grant or (in respect of an ISO) such shorter term as may be
required by Section 6(b)(iii) below for Ten Percent
Class A Common Shareholders.
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(b) Special
ISO Rules. The following rules apply to ISO grants in addition to
any other rule that may apply under this Plan:
(i) ISO
Participants. ISOs may only be granted to employees of the Company
or a Subsidiary thereof.
(ii) Exercise
Price. The exercise price of an ISO shall not be less than 100% of
the Fair Market Value of a Class A Common Share on the date of
grant or such higher price as may be required by
Section 6(b)(iii) below for Ten Percent Class A Common
Shareholders.
(iii) Ten
Percent Class A Common Shareholders. An individual who owns
more than ten percent of the total combined voting power of all
classes of outstanding stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (a “ Ten Percent Class A Common
Shareholder ”) shall not be eligible for designation as a
participant under an ISO unless (A) the exercise price is at
least 110% of the Fair Market Value of a Class A Common Share
on the date of grant and (B) the ISO is not exercisable after
the expiration of five years from the date of grant. In determining
stock ownership for purposes hereof, the attribution rules of
Section 424(d) of the Code shall apply.
(iv) Dollar
Limitation. The aggregate Fair Market Value of Class A Common
Shares (determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) for
which one or more Options granted to any participant under the Plan
(or any other option plan of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof)
may for the first time become exercisable as ISOs during any one
calendar year shall not exceed the sum of $100,000. To the extent a
participant holds two or more Options which become exercisable for
the first time in the same calendar year, such Options shall
qualify as ISOs on the basis of the order in which such Options
were granted.
(v) Failure
to Qualify. If all or a portion of an Award granted as an ISO fails
(or later ceases to) qualify as an ISO, such Option or portion
thereof shall be treated as a Nonstatutory Option.
SECTION 7 . Share
Appreciation Rights.
(a) Generally. The Board
may, in its sole discretion, grant “Share Appreciation
Rights,” including a concurrent grant of Share Appreciation
Rights in tandem with any Option. A Share Appreciation Right means
a right to receive a payment in cash, Class A Common Shares or
a combination thereof in an amount equal to the excess of
(i) the Fair Market Value, or other specified valuation, of a
number of Class A Common Shares on the date the right is
exercised over (ii) the Fair Market Value, or other specified
valuation, of such Class A Common Shares on the date the right
is granted. If a Share Appreciation Right is granted in tandem with
or in substitution for an Option, the designated Fair Market Value
in the Award agreement shall reflect the Fair Market Value of the
Class A Common Shares underlying the Awards on the date the
Option is granted.
(b) Share
Appreciation Rights Award Agreement. Each agreement evidencing an
Award of Share Appreciation Rights shall contain the following
information, which shall be determined by the Board, in its sole
discretion:
(i) Base
Value. Each agreement shall specify the base value of the
Class A Common Shares above which a participant shall be
entitled to share in the appreciation in the value of such
Class A Common Shares.
(ii) Exercisability. Each
agreement shall specify the dates and events when all or any
installment of the Share Appreciation Rights becomes
exercisable.
(iii) Term.
Each agreement shall state the term of each Share Appreciation
Right (including the circumstances under which such Share
Appreciation Right will expire prior to the stated term thereof),
which shall not exceed ten years from the date of grant.
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SECTION 8 . Share
Awards.
(a) Generally. The Board
may, in its sole discretion, make “Share Awards” by
granting or selling Class A Common Shares under the Plan. Each
Share Award agreement shall set forth the applicable dates and/or
events on which all or any portion of the Share Awards shall be
vested and non-forfeitable. Payment in Class A Common Shares
of all or a portion of any bonus under any other arrangement may be
treated by the Board as an Award of Class A Common Shares
under the Plan.
(b) No
Purchase Price Necessary. In lieu of a purchase price, and except
as required by applicable law, a Share Award may be made in
consideration of services previously rendered by a participant to
the Company or its Subsidiaries thereof.
SECTION 9 . Share
Units.
(a) Generally. The Board
may, in its sole discretion, grant “Share Units”, which
in each case shall be a notional account representing Class A
Common Shares. Each Share Unit agreement shall set forth the
applicable dates and/or events on or after which all or any portion
of the Share Unit Award may be settled.
(b) Settlement of Share
Units. Share Units shall be settled in Class A Common Shares
unless the agreement evidencing the Award expressly provides for
settlement of all or a portion of the Share Units in cash equal to
the value of the Class A Common Shares that would otherwise be
distributed in settlement of such units. Class A Common Shares
distributed to settle a Share Unit may be issued with or without
payment or consideration therefore, except as may be required by
applicable law or the Board in its sole discretion as set forth in
the agreement evidencing the Award. The Board may, in its sole
discretion, establish a program to permit participants to defer
payments and distributions made in respect of Share
Units.
SECTION 10. Performance
Awards.
(a) The Board
may, in its sole discretion, grant any Awards under the Plan
pursuant to terms which condition the Award recipient’s right
to receive the Award, exercise the Award or have the Award settled,
and the timing thereof, upon achievement or satisfaction of such
performance conditions as may be specified by the Board. The Board
may use such business criteria and other measures of performance as
it deems appropriate in establishing any performance
conditions.
(b) Any such
Awards may, in the discretion of the Board, be subject to such
conditions as the Board deems necessary or appropriate to ensure
that such Award satisfies the requirements for
“performance-based compensation” within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Code, or any successor provision
thereto. For these purposes, one or more of the following criteria
relating to the Company or a designated business segment, business
unit, division, business line or other sub-category of the Company
or its businesses may be used by the Board in establishing
performance goals for such Awards: (i) revenues,
(ii) expenses, (iii) gross profit, (iv) operating
income, (v) net income, (vi) earnings per share,
(vii) cash flow, (viii) capital expenditures,
(ix) working capital, (x) economic value added,
(xi) stock price per share, (xii) market value,
(xiii) enterprise value, (xiv) book value,
(xv) return on equity, (xvi) return on book value,
(xvii) return on invested capital, (xviii) return on
asset, (xix) capital structure, (xx) return on
investment, (xxi) utilization, (xxii) cash net income,
(xxiii) adjusted cash net income, (xxiv) EBITDA and
(xxv) adjusted EBITDA. The performance goals relating to such
criteria may be expressed as absolute measures or measures relative
to stated references, including, without limitation, the
achievements of one or more other businesses or indices.
(c) The Board
will have the authority to adjust performance goals for any
performance period as equitably necessary, without enlarging or
diminishing the participants’ rights, in recognition of
(i) extraordinary or nonrecurring events experienced by the
Company during the performance period, (ii) changes in
applicable accounting rules or principles or changes in the
Company’s methods of accounting during the
performance
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period or (iii) other corporate
transactions or events affecting Awards, including, without
limitation, the occurrence of a dividend or other distribution
(other than an ordinary dividend), whether in the form of cash,
securities or other property, recapitalization, stock split,
reverse stock split, reorganization, reclassification, merger,
consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase,
exchange of shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of
warrants or other rights to purchase shares or other securities of
the Company; provided that such adjustment is appropriate to
prevent diminution or enlargement of the benefits or potential
benefits intended to be provided under the Plan.
SECTION 11 . Dividend
Equivalent Rights.
(a) Generally. The Board
may, in its sole discretion, grant Dividend Equivalent Rights with
respect to any Award.
(b) Settlement of
Dividend Equivalent Rights. Dividend Equivalent Rights may be
settled in cash, Class A Common Shares, or other securities or
property, all as provided in the Award agreement. The Board may, in
its sole discretion, grant share units, which in each case shall be
a notional account representing Class A Common Shares. The
Board may, in its sole discretion, establish a program to permit
participants to defer payments and distributions made in respect of
Dividend Equivalent Rights.
SECTION 12 . Payment for
Class A Common Shares.
(a) General
Rule. The purchase price of Class A Common Shares issued under
the Plan shall be payable in cash or personal check at the time
when such Class A Common Shares are purchased, except as
otherwise provided in this Section 12.
(b) Surrender
of Class A Common Shares. At the sole discretion of the Board,
all or any part of the purchase price and any applicable
withholding requirements may be paid by surrendering, or attesting
to the ownership of, Class A Common Shares that are already
owned by the participant. Such Class A Common Shares shall be
surrendered to the Company in good form for transfer and shall be
valued at their Fair Market Value on the date when the Award is
exercised. The participant shall not surrender, or attest to the
ownership of, Class A Common Shares in payment of any portion
of the purchase price (or withholding) if such action would cause
the Company or any Subsidiary thereof to recognize a compensation
expense (or additional compensation expense) with respect to the
applicable Award for financial reporting purposes, unless the Board
consents thereto.
(c) Services
Rendered. At the sole discretion of the Board, and except as
required by applicable law, Class A Common Shares may be
awarded under the Plan in consideration of services rendered to the
Company or a Subsidiary thereof prior to or after the
Award.
(d) Net
Exercise. At the sole discretion of the Board on or after an
Initial Public Offering, payment of all or any portion of the
purchase price under any Award under the Plan and any applicable
withholding requirements may be made by reducing the number of
Class A Common Shares otherwise deliverable pursuant to the
Award by the number of such Class A Common Shares having a
Fair Market Value equal to the purchase price.
(e) Exercise/Sale. At the
sole discretion of the Board and subject to applicable law, on or
after an Initial Public Offering, payment may be made in whole or
in part by the delivery (on a form prescribed by the Company) of an
irrevocable direction (i) to a securities broker approved by
the Company to sell Class A Common Shares and to deliver all
or part of the sales proceeds to the Company, or (ii) to
pledge Class A Common Shares to a securities broker or lender
approved by the Company as security for a loan, and to deliver all
or part of the loan proceeds to the Company, in each case in
payment of all or part of the purchase price and any withholding
requirements.
(f) Discretion of Board.
Should the Board exercise its sole discretion to permit the
participant to pay the purchase price under an Award in whole or in
part in accordance with Section 12 (b) through
(e) above, it shall not be bound to permit such alternative
method of payment for the remainder of any such Award or with
respect to any other Award or participant under the
Plan.
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SECTION 13 . Termination of
Service.
(a) Termination of
Service. If a participant’s Service terminates for any
reason, the Award shall be subject to the rights of repurchase, and
the other provisions, set forth in the written agreement with the
participant governing such Award.
(b) Leave of
Absence. For purposes of this Section 13, unless otherwise
required by applicable law, Service shall be deemed to continue
while a participant is on a bona fide leave of absence, if such
leave is approved by the Company in writing or if continued
crediting of service for this purpose is expressly required by the
terms of such leave or by applicable law (as determined by the
Board).
SECTION 14 . Adjustment of
Class A Common Shares.
(a) General.
If there shall be a Recapitalization, an adjustment shall be made
to each outstanding Award such that each such Award shall
thereafter be exercisable or payable, as the case may be, in such
securities, cash and/or other property as would have been received
in respect of Class A Common Shares subject to, or referenced
by, such Award had such Award been exercised and/or settled in full
immediately prior to such Recapitalization and such an adjustment
shall be made successively each time any such change shall occur.
In addition, in the event of any Recapitalization, the Board will
adjust, in a manner it deems fair and equitable, the number of
Class A Common Shares that may be issued under the Plan, the
number of Class A Common Shares that may be issued to any
Person in any calendar year, the number of Class A Common
Shares subject to outstanding Awards, and the purchase price
applicable to outstanding Awards to prevent dilution or enlargement
of participants’ rights under the Plan and outstanding
Awards. Should the vesting of any Award be conditioned upon the
Company’s attainment of performance conditions, the Board
may, in a fair and equitable manner, make such adjustments to the
terms and conditions of such Awards and the criteria therein to
recognize unusual and nonrecurring events affecting the Company or
in response to changes in applicable laws, regulations or
accounting principles. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board
shall not without a participant’s consent make any adjustment
to an ISO or an Award that is subject to Section 409A of the
Code that does not comply with the rules of Section 424(a) of
the Code or Section 409A of the Code, respectively, or would
otherwise cause the ISO to fail to qualify as an ISO for purposes
of Section 422 of the Code.
(b) Mergers
and Consolidations. In the event that the Company is a party to a
merger or consolidation, outstanding Awards shall be subject to the
agreement of merger or consolidation. Subject to the terms of the
applicable Award agreement, the agreement with respect to such
merger or consolidation, without the participants’ consent,
may provide for:
(i) The
continuation or assumption of such outstanding Awards under the
Plan by the Company (if it is the surviving entity) or by the
surviving entity or its direct or indirect parent;
(ii) The
substitution by the surviving entity or its direct or indirect
parent of share awards with substantially the same terms and
economic value for such outstanding Awards;
(iii) The
acceleration of the vesting of or right to exercise or receive
settlement with respect to such outstanding Awards immediately
prior to or as of the date of the merger or consolidation, and the
expiration of such outstanding Awards to the extent not timely
exercised or purchased by the date of the merger or consolidation
or other date thereafter designated by the Board, after reasonable
advance