Exhibit
10.264
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P HARMACEUTICAL P RODUCT D EVELOPMENT , I NC .
D EFERRED C OMPENSATION P LAN FOR N ON -E MPLOYEE
D IRECTORS
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Amended and
Restated Effective January 1, 2009
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P
HARMACEUTICAL P
RODUCT D
EVELOPMENT , I
NC .
D
EFERRED C
OMPENSATION P
LAN
FOR N
ON -E MPLOYEE D IRECTORS
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The name of this plan is the Pharmaceutical Product Development,
Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the
“Plan”). Its purpose is to provide members of the Board
of Directors of Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. (the
“Company”) who are not also employees of the Company
with the opportunity to defer (i) cash compensation earned as
a director and (ii) shares of Company stock received upon the
lapse of restrictions on restricted stock of the Company. The Plan
is an amendment and restatement of the predecessor plan, the
Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
for Directors (the “Prior Plan”) whose terms were
frozen and grandfathered under prior law effective as of
December 31, 2004.
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A.
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The Plan is hereby amended and restated
effective as of January 1, 2009 to reflect certain design
changes in order for the Plan to comply with the requirements of
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “Code”), and to otherwise meet current needs.
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B.
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It is the intent of the Company that amounts
deferred under the Plan shall not be taxable to any Director for
income tax purposes until the time actually received by the
Director.
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All non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company
(“Directors”) shall be eligible to participate in the
Plan. Any such Director who elects to participate in the Plan is
hereinafter called a “Participant.” Any individual who
participated in the Prior Plan as of December 31, 2004 shall
automatically become a Participant in this Plan as of
January 1, 2005. The Company will establish for each
Participant one or more unfunded deferred compensation accounts, as
specified in Articles V and VII.
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IV.
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D EFERRAL OF C ASH C OMPENSATION
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A.
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On or before December 31 of any year, each Director
eligible to participate shall be entitled to make an irrevocable
election on the form established from time to time by the Committee
(hereinafter the “Cash Compensation Deferral
Agreement”) to defer receipt of all or a specified portion of
the cash compensation otherwise payable (whether or not otherwise
deferred) from the Company for the following calendar year. Such
election shall remain effective only for such following calendar
year, and separate elections must be made with respect to each
subsequent calendar years. The term “cash compensation”
as used
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herein shall mean compensation paid to Directors by the Company
for services rendered to the Company as a Director in the form of
either annual retainer or meeting fees.
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B.
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For the first calendar year that a Director
becomes eligible, a Director must complete, execute, and return to
the Committee a Cash Compensation Deferral Agreement within 30 days
after the Director becomes eligible; provided the Director has not
participated in any other nonqualified deferred compensation plan
that is an account balance plan maintained by the Company.
Elections under the Prior Plan with respect to cash compensation
payable in the 2005 calendar year, which were made on or prior to
December 31, 2004 (or, to the extent applicable, prior to
March 15, 2005, pursuant to the transition rules applicable to
Code Section 409A), shall be recognized under the terms of
this Plan in accordance with rules adopted by the Committee in lieu
of being recognized under the terms of the Prior Plan.
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C.
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Directors may elect to defer receipt of up to
100% of their cash compensation.
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V.
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C ASH C OMPENSATION D EFERRAL A CCOUNTS
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A.
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Separate Cash Compensation Deferral Accounts
shall be established and maintained for each Participant reflecting
the amount deferred by the Participant in the Plan with respect to
each separate plan year.
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B.
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At the end of each calendar quarter an amount
equal to the Participant’s deferral for such quarter shall be
credited to the appropriate Cash Compensation Deferral Account of
such Participant to reflect the cash compensation otherwise payable
during periods ending in that calendar quarter but deferred
pursuant to the Plan by the Participant. Interest will be credited
to the Participant’s Cash Compensation Deferral Account as of
the last day of each calendar quarter based upon the balance in the
Participant’s Cash Compensation Deferral Account on the first
day of such quarter after reducing that Cash Compensation Deferral
Account to reflect any distributions or withdrawals from such Cash
Compensation Deferral Account during such quarter and after
crediting the Cash Compensation Deferral Account with fifty percent
of the deferrals for such calendar quarter. Interest for each
calendar quarter shall be based on the three month London Interbank
Offered Rate (or similar index designated by the Committee) plus
1.5%.
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VII.
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D EFERRAL O F R ESTRICTED S TOCK
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A.
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For purposes of this Article VII, the
following terms shall be defined as follows:
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Common Stock. “Common Stock” shall mean
the common stock of Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc., $0.05
par value per share.
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Restricted Stock/Restricted Stock Award.
“Restricted Stock” or “Restricted Stock
Award” shall mean a share of restricted Common Stock that was
granted to a Director under a Stock Plan.
Restricted Stock Deferral Agreement.
“Restricted Stock Deferral Agreement” shall mean the
form established from time to time by the Committee that a Director
completes, executes, and returns to the Committee to defer the
receipt of shares of Common Stock upon the lapse of restrictions on
Restricted Stock Awards.
Restricted Stock Unit/RSU. “Restricted Stock
Unit” or “RSU” shall mean units of deemed
investment in shares of Common Stock in accordance with Article VII
of the Plan.
Restricted Stock Unit Account/RSU Account.
“Restricted Stock Unit Account” or “RSU
Account” shall mean the record of a Participant’s
interest in this Plan represented by the number of RSUs related to
shares of Restricted Stock deferred hereunder, adjusted for
distributions, withdrawals, and other similar activities as
provided in the Plan.
Stock Plan. “Stock Plan” shall mean
collectively the equity incentive plans adopted by the company from
time to time or under which the Company has Restricted Stock Awards
outstanding, and individually, such equity incentive plan governing
any particular Restricted Stock Award.
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The provisions of this Article VII shall apply
to all deferral elections made in compliance with this Article VII.
All Directors who receive a Restricted Stock Award under a Stock
Plan of the Company after the effective date of this Plan whose
agreement provides that the recipient may elect to defer the
receipt of such Restricted Stock Award are permitted to make
deferral elections with respect to such Restricted Stock Awards
under this Plan by following the provisions of this Article
VII.
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Eligible Directors who elect to defer
Restricted Stock Awards must enter into an irrevocable Restricted
Stock Deferral Agreement, in the form approved by the Committee,
which provides for the exchange of shares of Restricted Stock for
Restricted Stock Units. A Restricted Stock Deferral Agreement must
be filed: (i) within 30 days of the date that a Restricted
Stock Award is granted, provided that the earliest that any
restriction imposed on any portion of such award shall lapse is at
least 13 months from the date that the Restricted Stock Award is
granted or (ii) in the event that (i) does not apply,
prior to the date that a Restricted Stock Award is granted.
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Each Restricted Stock Deferral Agreement shall set forth:
(a) the number of shares of Restricted Stock to be deferred;
(b) the date of grant of such shares of Restricted Stock;
(c) the date or dates on which the restrictions imposed on
such shares of Restricted Stock lapse; (d) the date on which
the Restricted Stock Units credited to the Participant’s
Restricted Stock Unit Account shall become payable;
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(e) whether distribution of the Restricted Stock Units shall be
in installments or in a lump sum; and (f) any other item
determined to be appropriate by the Committee. Participants agree
to execute any form that may be required by the Company’s
stock transfer agent with respect to book-entry or certificated
shares. If the shares are not held in book-entry format by the
Company’s stock transfer agent, eligible Directors deferring
Restricted Stock Awards must also tender the certificates for the
shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which the Restricted
Stock Deferral Agreement is being entered into at the time the
Restricted Stock Deferral Agreement is tendered.
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The effective date of the deferral of
Restricted Stock hereunder is the close of business on the business
day on which the Committee, or its designee, receives the
Restricted Stock Deferral Agreement, and if the shares of
Restricted Stock are not held in book-entry format, the
certificates for the shares of Restricted Stock, along with any
properly completed and executed stock powers that may be requested
by the Committee.
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F.
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Until the date specified in the
Participant’s Restricted Stock Deferral Agreement as the date
on which restrictions on the shares of Restricted Stock will lapse,
RSUs credited to such Participant’s Restricted Stock Unit
Account upon the deferral of such shares of Restricted Stock shall
remain subject to forfeiture under the provisions of the Stock Plan
and any related Restricted Stock Award agreement in the same manner
as the shares of Restricted Stock deferred hereunder. The RSUs will
be subject to restrictions identical to the restrictions on the
shares of Restricted Stock deferred hereunder, and the restrictions
on the RSUs shall lapse, if at all, at the same time and in the
same manner that the restrictions on the shares of Restricted Stock
would have lapsed had the participant not made a deferral
election.
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For each Participant electing to defer
Restricted Stock, upon the effective date of the deferral, a RSU
Account will be established by the Company, reflecting one RSU for
each Restricted Stock share deferred hereunder. A subaccount
representing cash equal to the earnings credited to the RSU Account
with respect to dividend equivalents and interest thereon as
calculated pursuant to Section V.B hereof, will also be
established, unless the Participant has elected to receive earnings
attributable to RSUs currently, and not on a deferred basis,
pursuant to Section VII.J hereof. Earnings will be credited to the
Participant’s cash subaccount as follows: on each date on
which the Company pays a dividend on its Common Stock, an amount
equal to such dividend will be credited to the Participant’s
Account with respect to each RSU. Then, an additional amount will
be credited to the Participant’s cash subaccount to reflect
earnings pursuant to Section V.B hereof to reflect earnings on the
dividend equivalents from the time they were credited to the cash
subaccount hereunder.
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In the event of a stock dividend, split-up, or combination of
the Common Stock, merger, consolidation, reorganization, or
recapitalization affecting the Common Stock, such that an
adjustment is determined by the Committee to be appropriate in
order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or
potential benefits
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intended to be made available under this Article VII, then the
Committee may make appropriate adjustments to the number of Share
Units credited to any RSU Account. The determination of the
Committee as to such adjustments, if any, shall be binding and
conclusive.
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Restricted Stock Units shall be distributed in
the form of Common Stock. Distributions from a Participant’s
RSU Account and related RSU cash subaccount pursuant to Article
VIII hereof will be computed as follows: with respect to the
Participant’s RSU Account, one share of Common Stock will be
distributed for each RSU credited to such RSU Account; and with
respect to the Participant’s RSU cash subaccount, cash in the
amount credited to such subaccount will be paid to the
Participant.
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A Participant may elect to receive earnings
attributable to the Participant’s RSU cash subaccount
currently, and not on a deferred basis, by indicating such an
election on the Participant’s Restricted Stock Deferral
Agreement. If such an election is made, the Participant will
receive in cash on each date on which the Company pays a dividend
on its shares of Common Stock an amount equal to such dividend with
respect to each RSU in the Participant’s RSU Account. Such
payment shall be made in lieu of crediting any amount to the
Participant’s RSU cash subaccount pursuant to Section VII.G
hereof, and such Participant’s RSU cash subaccount will be
deemed to be “zero” for all purposes under the
Plan.
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VIII.
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M ETHOD OF D ISTRIBUTION OF D EFERRED C OMPENSATION
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A.
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At the time a Participant executes each
separate Cash Compensation Deferral Agreement or Restricted Stock
Deferral Agreement, the Participant shall elect one of the
following two payment events which shall apply to all amounts
deferred pursuant to such Deferral Agreement:
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(i)
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The earlier of: (a) the date specified by
the Participant that is at least two (2) years following the
effective date of the Deferral Agreement or (b) the tenth
anniversary of Participant’s Separation from Service; or
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(ii)
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The earlier of: (a) the date specified by
the Participant that is at least two (2) years following the
effective date of the Deferral Agreement and (b) the date on
which the Participant Separates from Service.
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Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the
Participant shall be deemed to have elected a Separation from
Service payment event if no election is duly made. For purposes of
the Plan, “Separation from Service” shall mean a
Participant’s “separation from service” with the
Company or Affiliates within the meaning of Code Section 409A
and any applicable administrative policies of the Company.
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At the time a Participant executes each
separate Deferral Agreement, the Participant shall elect one of the
following two forms of payment which shall apply to all amounts
deferred pursuant to such deferral agreement:
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(i)
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Lump Sum : a lump sum payment to be
made on the first business day of the calendar year next following
the calendar year during which the applicable payment event under
Section VIII.A occurs or as soon as administratively practicable
thereafter (not to exceed 60 days after such date); or
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Installments : ratable semi-annual
installments payable over a period of 5 years, to commence on the
first business day coinciding with or next following the
January 1 or July 1 next following the applicable payment
event under Section VIII.A or as soon as administratively
practicable thereafter (not to exceed 60 days after such date).
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Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the
Participant shall be deemed to have elected a lump sum payment if
no election is duly made.
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Notwithstanding anything in this Section VIII
to the contrary, in the event of a Participant’s death, the
balance of all of the Participant’s Cash Compensation
Deferral Accounts and/or Restricted Stock Unit Accounts shall be
distributed pursuant to the terms of Article X.
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Notwithstanding anything in this Section VIII
to the contrary, in the event of a Participant’s Disability
(as defined hereinafter), the balance of all of the
Participant’s Cash Compensation Deferral Accounts and/or
Restricted Stock Unit Accounts shall be distributed pursuant to the
terms of Article XI.
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In the case of a Participant who is a
“specified employee” (within the meaning of Code
Section 409A and any administrative policies of the Company),
no distribution payable due to Separation from Service shall be
made before the date which is six (6) months after the date of
Separation from Service. In the case of installment payments
elected hereunder, only the first such installment payment shall be
subject to such payment delay. Any amount subject to such payment
delay shall continue to be adjusted for interest or earnings in
accordance with the provisions of Article V or VII, as applicable,
through the date of payment.
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A Participant may change his elections under
Section VIII.A or Section VIII.B above at any time by duly
completing, executing, and filing with the Committee his new
election in an appropriate form designated by the Committee with
respect to a given Cash Compe
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