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2007 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Executive Compensation Plan Agreement

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Title: 2007 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
Governing Law: North Carolina     Date: 10/15/2008
Industry: Beverages (Non-Alcoholic)     Sector: Consumer/Non-Cyclical

2007 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN, Parties: pepsico inc
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EXHIBIT 10.6

PepsiCo, Inc.

2007 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

(as amended and restated effective September 12, 2008)

1. Purposes.

The purposes of the Plan are to provide long-term incentives to those persons with significant responsibility for the success and growth of PepsiCo and its subsidiaries, divisions and affiliated businesses, to associate the interests of such persons with those of PepsiCo’s shareholders, to assist PepsiCo in recruiting, retaining and motivating a diverse group of employees and outside directors on a competitive basis, and to ensure a pay for performance linkage for such employees and outside directors. If approved by PepsiCo’s shareholders, the Plan shall replace the 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan, and no further awards shall be made under the 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

2. Definitions.

For purposes of the Plan:

 

 

(a)

“2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan” means the PepsiCo, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated from time to time.

 

 

(b)

“Award” means a grant of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Shares, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Stock Awards, or any or all of them (but a Stock Award may not be granted to employees or officers).

 

 

(c)

“Board” means the Board of Directors of PepsiCo.

 

 

(d)

“Cause” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(b)(ii).

 

 

(e)

“Change in Control” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(b)(i).

 

 

(f)

“Change-in-Control Treatment” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(ii).

 

 

(g)

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a section of the Code shall also be a reference to any successor section of the Code (or a successor code).

 

 

(h)

“Committee” means, with respect to any matter relating to Section 8 of the Plan, the Board, and with respect to all other matters under the Plan, the Compensation Committee of the Board. The Compensation Committee shall be appointed by the Board and shall consist of two or more outside, disinterested members of the Board. In the judgment of the Board, the

 

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Compensation Committee shall be qualified to administer the Plan as contemplated by (a) Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act, (b) Code Section 162(m) and the regulations thereunder, and (c) any rules and regulations of a stock exchange on which Common Stock is traded. Any member of the Compensation Committee of the Board who does not satisfy the qualifications set out in the preceding sentence may recuse himself or herself from any vote or other action taken by the Compensation Committee of the Board. The Board may, at any time and in its complete discretion, remove any member of the Compensation Committee and may fill any vacancy in the Compensation Committee.

 

 

(i)

“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value 1 2/3 cents per share, of PepsiCo.

 

 

(j)

“Company” means PepsiCo, its subsidiaries, divisions and affiliated businesses.

 

 

(k)

“Covered Employee” means any PepsiCo employee for whom PepsiCo is subject to the deductibility limitation imposed by Code Section 162(m).

 

 

(l)

“Director Deferral Program” means the PepsiCo Director Deferral Program, as amended from time to time, and any successor program.

 

 

(m)

“Eligible Person” means any of the following individuals who is designated by the Committee as eligible to receive Awards, subject to the conditions set forth in the Plan: (i) any employee of the Company (including any officer of the Company and any Employee Director) provided that the term employee does not include any individual who is not, as of the grant date of an Award, classified by the Company as an employee on its corporate books and records even if that individual is later reclassified (by the Company, any court, any governmental agency or otherwise) as an employee as of the grant date; (ii) any consultant or advisor of the Company; and (iii) any Non-Employee Director who is eligible to receive an Award in accordance with Section 8 hereof.

 

 

(n)

“Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is also an employee of the Company.

 

 

(o)

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.

 

 

(p)

“Fair Market Value” on any date means the average of the high and low market prices at which a share of Common Stock shall have been sold on such date, or the immediately preceding trading day if such date was not a trading day, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions Listing and, in the case of an ISO, means fair market value as

 

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determined by the Committee in accordance with Code Section 422 and, in the case of an Option or SAR that is intended to be exempt from Code Section 409A, fair market value as determined by the Committee in accordance with Code Section 409A.

 

 

(q)

“Good Reason” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(b)(iii).

 

 

(r)

“Initial Grant” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).

 

 

(s)

“ISO” means an Option satisfying the requirements of Code Section 422 and designated as an ISO by the Committee.

 

 

(t)

“Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company.

 

 

(u)

“NQSO” or “Non-Qualified Stock Option” means an Option that does not satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422 or that is not designated as an ISO by the Committee.

 

 

(v)

“Options” means the right to purchase shares of Common Stock at a specified price for a specified period of time.

 

 

(w)

“Option Exercise Price” means the purchase price per share of Common Stock covered by an Option granted pursuant to the Plan.

 

 

(x)

“Participant” means an Eligible Person who has received an Award under the Plan.

 

 

(y)

“Payment Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(d).

 

 

(z)

“PepsiCo” means PepsiCo, Inc., a North Carolina corporation, and its successors and assigns.

 

 

(aa)

“Performance Awards” means an Award of Options, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Restricted Shares, Restricted Stock Units or SARs conditioned on the achievement of Performance Goals during a Performance Period.

 

 

(bb)

“Performance-Based Exception” means the performance-based exception to the deductibility limitations of Code Section 162(m), as set forth in Code Section 162(m)(4)(C).

 

 

(cc)

“Performance Goals” means the goals established by the Committee under Section 7(d).

 

 

(dd)

“Performance Measures” means the criteria set out in Section 7(d) that may be used by the Committee as the basis for a Performance Goal.

 

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(ee)

“Performance Period” means the period established by the Committee during which the achievement of Performance Goals is assessed in order to determine whether and to what extent an Award that is conditioned on attaining Performance Goals has been earned.

 

 

(ff)

“Performance Shares” means an Award of shares of Common Stock awarded to a Participant based on the achievement of Performance Goals during a Performance Period.

 

 

(gg)

“Performance Units” means an Award denominated in shares of Common Stock, cash or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee, awarded to a Participant based on the achievement of Performance Goals during a Performance Period.

 

 

(hh)

“Plan” means this PepsiCo, Inc. 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated from time to time.

 

 

(ii)

“Prior Plans” means the PepsiCo, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the PepsiCo, Inc. 1994 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the PepsiCo, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Incentive Plan, the PepsiCo SharePower Stock Option Plan, the Director Stock Plan, the PepsiCo 1987 Incentive Plan, the Quaker Long Term Incentive Plan of 1990, the Quaker Long Term Incentive Plan of 1999 and the Quaker Stock Compensation Plan for Outside Directors, each as amended and restated from time to time.

 

 

(jj)

“Restricted Shares” means shares of Common Stock that are subject to such restrictions and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may establish.

 

 

(kk)

“Restricted Stock Units” means the right, as described in Section 7(c), to receive an amount, payable in either cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof, equal to the value of a specified number of shares of Common Stock, subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may establish.

 

 

(ll)

“Restriction Period” means, with respect to Performance Shares, Performance Units, Restricted Shares or Restricted Stock Units, the period during which any risk of forfeiture or other restrictions set by the Committee remain in effect. Such restrictions remain in effect until such time as they have lapsed under the terms and conditions of the Performance Shares, Performance Units, Restricted Shares or Restricted Stock Units or as otherwise determined by the Committee.

 

 

(mm)

“SharePower Program” means the broad-based equity program under the Plan.

 

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(nn)

“Stock Appreciation Rights” or “SARs” means the right to receive a payment equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date the Stock Appreciation Rights are exercised over the exercise price per share of Common Stock established for those Stock Appreciation Rights at the time of grant, multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Rights are exercised.

 

 

(oo)

“Stock Award” means an Award of shares of Common Stock, including Payment Shares, that are subject to such terms, conditions and restrictions (if any) as determined by the Committee in accordance with Section 7(e).

3. Administration of the Plan.

 

 

(a)

Authority of Committee . The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have all the powers vested in it by the terms of the Plan, such powers to include the authority (within the limitations described in the Plan):

 

 

to select the persons to be granted Awards under the Plan;

 

 

to determine the type, size and terms of Awards to be made to each Participant;

 

 

to determine the time when Awards are to be granted and any conditions that must be satisfied before an Award is granted;

 

 

to establish objectives and conditions for earning Awards;

 

 

to determine whether an Award shall be evidenced by an agreement and, if so, to determine the terms and conditions of such agreement (which shall not be inconsistent with the Plan) and who must sign such agreement;

 

 

to determine whether the conditions for earning an Award have been met and whether an Award will be paid at the end of an applicable Performance Period;

 

 

except as otherwise provided in Section 7(d), to modify the terms of Awards made under the Plan;

 

 

to determine if, when and under what conditions payment of all or any part of an Award may be deferred;

 

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to determine whether the amount or payment of an Award should be reduced or eliminated;

 

 

to determine the guidelines and/or procedures for the payment or exercise of Awards; and

 

 

to determine whether an Award should qualify, regardless of its amount, as deductible in its entirety for federal income tax purposes, including whether any Awards granted to Covered Employees should comply with the Performance-Based Exception.

 

 

(b)

Interpretation of Plan . The Committee shall have full power and authority to administer and interpret the Plan and to adopt or establish such rules, regulations, agreements, guidelines, procedures and instruments, which are not contrary to the terms of the Plan and which, in its opinion, may be necessary or advisable for the administration and operation of the Plan. The Committee’s interpretations of the Plan, and all actions taken and determinations made by the Committee pursuant to the powers vested in it hereunder, shall be conclusive and binding on all parties concerned, including PepsiCo, its shareholders and all Eligible Persons and Participants.

 

 

(c)

Delegation of Authority . To the extent not prohibited by law, the Committee (i) may delegate its authority hereunder to one or more of its members or other persons (except that no such delegation shall be permitted with respect to Awards to Eligible Persons who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act and Awards intended to comply with the Performance-Based Exception) and (ii) may grant authority to employees or designate employees of the Company to execute documents on behalf of the Committee or to otherwise assist the Committee in the administration and operation of the Plan.

4. Eligibility.

 

 

(a)

General . Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee may, from time to time, select from all Eligible Persons those to whom Awards shall be granted under Section 7 and shall determine the nature and amount of each Award. Non-Employee Directors shall be eligible to receive Awards only pursuant to Section 8.

 

 

(b)

International Participants . Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in order to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of the Plan or to comply with provisions of the laws in countries outside the United States in which the Company operates or has employees, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to (i) determine which Eligible Persons (if any) employed by the Company

 

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outside the United States should participate in the Plan, (ii) modify the terms and conditions of any Awards made to such Eligible Persons, and (iii) establish sub-plans, modified Option exercise procedures and other Award terms, conditions and procedures to the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable to comply with provisions of the laws in such countries outside the United States in order to assure the lawfulness, validity and effectiveness of Awards granted under the Plan and to the extent such actions are consistent with the Committee’s authority to amend the Plan absent shareholder approval pursuant to Section 13(b).

5. Shares of Common Stock Subject to the Plan.

 

 

(a)

Authorized Number of Shares . Unless otherwise authorized by PepsiCo’s shareholders and subject to the provisions of this Section 5 and Section 10, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be the total of (i) 65 million plus (ii) the total number of shares of Common Stock underlying awards under the Prior Plans that are cancelled or expire after the effective date of the Plan without delivery of shares. Any of the authorized shares may be used for any of the types of Awards described in the Plan, except:

 

 

(i)

at least 20 million of the authorized shares of Common Stock will be exclusively available for issuance pursuant to Awards under the SharePower Program;

 

 

(ii)

no more than 20 million of the authorized shares of Common Stock may be issued pursuant to Awards other than Options or SARs;

 

 

(iii)

no more than 45 million of the authorized shares of Common Stock may be issued in the form of ISOs; and

 

 

(iv)

no more than 150,000 of the authorized shares of Common Stock may be issued in connection with (A) Restricted Shares or Restricted Stock Units having a time-based Restriction Period less than three years (but in no event less than one year), subject to acceleration due to the Participant’s death, total disability, retirement or retirement eligibility; (B) Restricted Shares or Restricted Stock Units having a time-based Restriction Period that is actually accelerated due to a Participant’s transfer to an affiliated business; or (C) Stock Awards having a restriction on transferability of less than three years (not including transfers to satisfy required tax withholding or intra-family transfers permitted by the Committee), subject to acceleration due to the Participant’s death or total disability, in each case described in (A), (B) or (C) above as specified in the applicable award agreement; provided that such limitation shall not be applicable to Payment Shares.

 

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(b)

Share Counting .   The following rules shall apply in determining the number of shares of Common Stock remaining available for grant under the Plan:

 

 

(i)

In connection with the granting of an Option or other Award, the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced by the number of shares of Common Stock in respect of which the Option or Award is granted or denominated, including the number of phantom shares of Common Stock under the Director Deferral Program payable in Payment Shares pursuant to Section 8(d). For example, upon the grant of stock-settled SARs, the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced by the full number of SARs granted, and the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall not thereafter be increased upon the exercise of the SARs and settlement in shares of Common Stock, even if the actual number of shares of Common Stock delivered in settlement of the SARs is less than the full number of SARs exercised. However, Awards that by their terms do not permit settlement in shares of Common Stock shall not reduce the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan.

 

 

(ii)

Any shares of Common Stock that are tendered by a Participant or withheld as full or partial payment of withholding or other taxes or as payment for the exercise or conversion price of an Award under the Plan shall not be added back to the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan.

 

 

(iii)

Whenever any outstanding Option or other Award (or portion thereof) expires, is cancelled, is settled in cash rather than in shares of Common Stock (pursuant to the terms of an Award that permits but does not require cash settlement) or is otherwise terminated for any reason without having been exercised or payment having been made in the form of shares of Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be increased by the number of shares of Common Stock allocable to the expired, cancelled, settled or otherwise terminated Option or other Award (or portion thereof).

 

 

(iv)

Any shares of Common Stock underlying Awards granted through the assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted to individuals who become employees of the Company as a result of a merger, consolidation, acquisition or other corporate transaction involving the Company shall not, unless required by law or regulation, count against the reserve of available shares of Common Stock under the Plan.

 

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(c)

Shares to be Delivered . The source of shares of Common Stock to be delivered by the Company under the Plan shall be determined by the Company and may consist in whole or in part of authorized but unissued shares or repurchased shares.

6. Award Limitations.

The maximum number of shares of Common Stock subject to Options and SARs that can be granted to any Eligible Person during a single calendar year shall not exceed two (2) million. The maximum amount of Awards other than Options and SARs that can be granted to any Eligible Person during a single calendar year shall not exceed $15 million; provided that the foregoing limitation shall be applied to an Award that is denominated in shares of Common Stock on the basis of the Fair Market Value of such shares on the date the Award is granted. Notwithstanding the limitation set forth in the preceding sentence, the maximum Award that may be granted to any Eligible Person for a Performance Period longer than one calendar year shall not exceed the foregoing annual maximum multiplied by the number of full calendar years in the Performance Period.

7. Awards to Eligible Persons.

 

 

(a)

Options .

 

 

(i)

Grants . Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, Options may be granted to Eligible Persons. Options may consist of ISOs or NQSOs, as the Committee shall determine. Options may be granted alone or in tandem with SARs. With respect to Options granted in tandem with SARs, the exercise of either such Options or such SARs will result in the simultaneous cancellation of the same number of tandem SARs or Options, as the case may be.

 

 

(ii)

Option Exercise Price . The Option Exercise Price shall be equal to or, at the Committee’s discretion, greater than the Fair Market Value on the date the Option is granted, unless the Option was granted through the assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted to individuals who became employees of the Company as a result of a merger, consolidation, acquisition or other corporate transaction involving the Company (in which case the assumption or substitution shall be accomplished in a manner that permits the Option to be exempt from Code Section 409A).

 

 

(iii)

Term . The term of Options shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, but in no event shall the term exceed ten (10) years from the date of grant; provided, however, that Awards of NQSOs and SARs covering up to five (5) million shares of Common Stock, in the aggregate, may be issued with a term of up to fifteen (15) years.

 

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(iv)

ISO Limits . ISOs may be granted only to Eligible Persons who are employees of PepsiCo or of any parent or subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of Code Section 424) on the date of grant, and may only be granted to an employee who, at the time the Option is granted, does not own stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of PepsiCo or of any parent or subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of Code Section 424). The aggregate Fair Market Value of all shares of Common Stock with respect to which ISOs are exercisable by a Participant for the first time during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company) shall not exceed $100,000 or such other amount as may subsequently be specified by the Code and/or applicable regulations. The aggregate Fair Market Value of such shares shall be determined at the time the Option is granted. ISOs shall contain such other provisions as the Committee shall deem advisable but shall in all events be consistent with and contain or deem to contain all provisions required in order to qualify as incentive stock options under Code Section 422.

 

 

(v)

No Repricing . Except for adjustments made pursuant to Section 10, the Option Exercise Price for any outstanding Option granted under the Plan may not be decreased after the date of grant nor may any outstanding Option granted under the Plan be surrendered to the Company as consideration for the grant of a new Option with a lower Option Exercise Price without the approval of PepsiCo’s shareholders.

 

 

(vi)

Form of Payment . The Option Exercise Price shall be paid to the Company at the time of such exercise, subject to any applicable rules or regulations adopted by the Committee:

 

 

(A)

to the extent permitted by applicable law, pursuant to cashless exercise procedures that are, from time to time, approved by the Committee; proceeds from any such exercise shall be used to pay the exercise costs, which include the Option Exercise Price, statutory minimum applicable taxes, brokerage commissions and SEC fees; any remaining proceeds from the sale shall be delivered to the Participant in cash or stock as specified by the Participant;

 

 

(B)

through the tender of shares of Common Stock owned by the Participant (or by delivering a certification or attestation of ownership of such shares) valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise;

 

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(C)

in cash or its equivalent; or

 

 

(D)

by any combination of (A), (B), and (C) above.

 

 

(vii)

No


 
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